Show YACHT SHAMROCK STARTS UN ON TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Has Real Rel Earl on Board Who Wo Will Wil Act as aa One of the te Racing Sailors PORTSMOUTH England July 15 Shamrock IV I. I which left lef hero here toa today has been rigged an as n a ketch for tor her voyage oye i across the Atlantic and will wI carry cr only half lt o of her hr racing o crew orew w of ot thirty m men men n. n Charles E. E Nicholson the te designer WUlm William Wil WU- liam m l P. P Burton Buron who Is U to b be the racing racing skipper r and nd Captain Turner who will wU act as es a skipper during durn ta the voy voyage e will wm be aboard the yacht The remainder o of tho the crew will wi be on Sir Thomas Thomas' Thoma steam yacht Erin Es Erit which will U t act as 8 convoy and In case ce of ot necessity tow lw the Shamrock IV I. I The problem of getting the Shamrock across tho the Atlantic under her own sails i Is almost as great et as ns that tat of racing her and and the ships ship's builders and crew have havo been bus busy with wit preparations since the last trial trial spin Jib and a Jigger Rig Big R. R The single mast mant which looks loks so large fargo by contrast with wih the small smal hull hul has been shortened by b the removal remo of or the topmast and a a. second small smal mast mat erected far oft aft nt to carry car a small smal mizzen sail aull IU In case care of bad bd weather wether the Shamrock Shamro can cn n sail sU with wit only her foresail and her small email sail sil The two yachts yacht will wl go 10 on a 8 southerly course cour and will wI stop for tor forrest rest and supple supplies supplies sup sup- plies at the Azores Azore There the complement complement comple comple- ment mont of or men for tor the Shamrock will be shifted The men who take her he to the Azores tho the Erin Enin will cn change e places with those tose on Tho The challenger painted pea pe preen green een with her stumpy rig temporary high rails ral for tor forthe tho the protection of ot her crow cow and lifeboats on oa her decks pres presented by no means the tho smart appearance she displayed while mar I racing Sho She looked looke shipshape however Missed Me Kings King's Farewell It I had h been intended to sail sil tho th-e Shamrock Shamrock Sham Sham- rock rok past pt the royal yacht yat for tor the tle Inspection inspection tion ton of or his majesty before her het departure but a a change in the tho program was brought I about by the postponement of ot the tho arrival amal of King Georgo George for Cor the review of o th the t i British fleet I The Te yacht feet passed through the lines of 0 I the tho fleet lying here and was Mas given a a. hearty hur I Isenor to feet by lyng the warships excursion steamers steam steam- senor e ers ud d yachts which wished we her he good goodluck o luck by Dy sounding their tei sirens rens while many man of ot the craft hoisted Shamrock rok flags at their ma A considerable amount of tho the challengers challenger's challen gers ger's racing gear was ws taken on board bar the gea Erin In ser while the ret rest ret was a sent to America on a liner Inu Many My Gu Guests Aboard Ab Among Amon Sir Thomas Ipton Lipton's guests on the Erin In were Colonel Nell Nelll and the thc earl eari ar of or Hardwicke The latter later will transfer to the Shamrock at th tho and work his hs passage e as an able seaman for tor the te rest Tut ps of ot the voyage Ho said sid he hope hoped to tom tomake tomake m make ke good and ad to t be given Iven a permanent job aa as a a m member ber of ot the Shamrocks Shamrock's racing crew cew The earl of h haa led le an adventurous adventurous ad ad- a- a venturous Te ea life It-fe tre o as A a cowboy cwb In Texas and andas as a miner In Montana Mont He cornea comes from froma tom toms a s family raly and la Sa very ver k keen keon on The people ople of Gosport presented the te challenger with a model of ot a parrot patt a u as a ama ma mascot ct and this will wl bB bo perched on the bowsprit while the te yacht cht is crossing th the ocean The Shamrock alio carries cres a a. number num num- aa as a her ber br mascots of o toy Te monkeys monkey and and other objects sent nt nta |