The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-20
Pirate" Shows Her Speed to Uncle
SIMS 0f1cers.
FAIR CONDITIONS FOR THE RACE.
Ono False Start Followed by q Good One
at 9:o5-HuI Down at 1O;20-In.
creased Her speed Of $500 Knots
Made Between Two Station.

RocKroRT. Mass, Nov. 2o.-Ths weather
Saturday morning was in many ways an
Improvement for the great Columbia trial
over that Of any day since Tuesday. but il
was BY no ms ms perfect. There was all
the morning thick mist obscuring all
distant objecIs. while q moderately high
yea was running. The wind was from tho
west. There was no ground swell on,
however. and il was thought the sea would
60 down with the wind The stakeboats
were In position about Q o'clock
1t was . gray day which might impress
one Of the modern school of imprsssionist
artists, but not exactly cheerful to ordi-
nary human bsinga The temperature
was far more agreeable than On any OF the
other days. Al $50 . straight column Of
blaCx smoke on the horizon In the diree-
tion from which the eruissr was expected
was thought ~ herald
The Approash Of The Vessel
all were looking for. and IN about seven
minutes the Columbia wss on Eastern
point, about four miles from hsrs
She crossed the starting line at s:26. The
great race apparently haA begun. She
headed for Cape PorpNss ut 100000
speed The Columbia passed the lrwana,
the first mark boat, At 0:eS But she had
not really gone for her trial, for four min
utes later she was making detour In the
bay. Somsthng was wrong. She was
sweeping around Ipswich bay, and ap-
pearsd to bs coming back.
At $40 she was abreast Of the Dolphin
outside, going toward Boston. The red
nsg was still up. She must bs going to try
again; but why did she come backf IL
was q grest stsrt-that falss one The
Columbia came down from Boston on q
Jog like q great trottsr from the stables
Just before the race. As she neared the
line, while still some three mileO away,
coal was piled into her Furnaces. The YES
sci warmed up with the increasing rsvolu-
tions and the speed shows It,
Just before the line was reached, she
seemed to leap from the water. and started
Down the Nav at . Tremendous Rate.
But she had not gone more than three
quarters of mile when the helm was put
up, and she swung to sea. The Portland
boat wa. out thsrs, and it looked a. n the
helmsmsn had blundered and mistaken
her for marker. At 9:47 she was getting
ready for another start.
Al ESQ she was about threequarters Of
mile from the start. and had nearly
turned. She was going st another great
speed. She was tearing along for the line
at 952, making ono Of the handsomest
marine pictures. as the sun broke through
the mist, ever sen on this coast. She
made a second start NJ e:55 in every way
as favorable ~ the hrst.
The Columbis . second time passed
the Irwapa station At 1901, and at
1918 she passed the Kearsarge, the
second stak b at. in aimcst incred-
BILE time, and was hull down at 1920
The Columbia passed the lns at 9:55
She passed the Irwana st 1901. or In six
minutes. The Irwans 10 23& knots from
the Dolphin. consequently tne speed of the
Columbia between these TWO stations was
23. 40 knots. After this
She Increased Her Speed.
At 1850 the weather conditions re-
mained about the same ~ they had been
all day. The mist was. perhaps, a tribe
thicker than at the time Of the start, but
not much. At 12:4< the wind was breez-
ing up. The weather was also good deal
thicker, and 1t looked like rain. II began
to rain here at 1:%S.
The Columbia was sighted on her way
back to finish at 1:4T. She passed tho
Kearsarge, 9H miles from /hs finish, At
lag. The Columbia was Sbrssst Of che
Irwana, a66 miles from the finish, at e:0A
She finished at a1l. The red flag was up;
the race was over.