the Colum
bia six The Independence sailed In four
of these and was beaten in each race bj
both the Constitution and the Columbia
and she sailed two races with the Colum
bia while the Constitution was having
her rig changed and the Columbia won
these two
Captain Haff of the Independence went
to this morning to see Mr
Clapp the of Mr Lawson to
find out what Is to be done with the
yacht A telegram was sent to the
Larchmont Yacrt Club asking If the In
dependence was eligible for the races
given by that club This morning a replj
was received stating that she was not
If Captain Haff gets back early tomor
row morning the Independence will go
out to trj some new sails and she may
have a try with the racers
PREPARING THE SHAMKOCK II
The CIinllengrerM Steel Mnt Stepped
nt Erie Basin
NEW YORK Aug13 No time was lost
in getting Sir Thomas Liptons cup chal
lenger the Shamrock II for her
tuning up prior to hjr races with the
American defender text month The
Shamrock II arriv si here on Sundaj
night was towed into Erie Basin the
next and the work of equip
ping her with her racing rig was under
In the afternoon the towering steel
mast which extends skjward to a height
of 1G0 feet was stepped This im
portant proceeding was supervised bj
Willlam Cochran the rigger and was ac
complished in quick time The mast is
said to weigh six and a half tons and
from the time the tug began the
work until It was stepped ras a
little over twenty minutes
The Shamrocks consort the Erin went
Into drjdock todaj at Erie Basin where
her hull and were reburnlshed
The Shamrocks tender the steamer
Porto Rico went