The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-21
In aBreeze that Nearly Approach.
ed the Dignity of a Gale the
Columbia Wins
BY NEARLY SEVEN MINUTES.
Crushing Blow to Upton Who
Built his Hopes on Taking
the Cup Home.

the British challenger shamrock Dy SlN
minutes and eighteen seconds actual
time and six minutes and thirty-feur
seconds corrected time, thus completing
the series for the Americas cup with
magnificent rough weather duel and a
glorious Yankee victory.
For the eleventh time the attempt of
foreigner to wrest from America the
yachting supremacy of the world has
failed. The trophy won by the old
schooner America forty-eIght years ago
is stlll ours, a monument to the super
iority of American seamanshlp and
American naval architecture and a
standing challenge to the yachtmen Of
all nations. unbeaten America again
tastes the glory Of victory. The intrin-
sic value OF the reward which hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars were expended
to secure, is small-sImply an antigua
ted piece Of sIlverware which Queen
Victoria offered for the best sailing
shin in the world in the early days Of
her reign, but around 1t cluster the
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i'ree'ous ~ ~. ,,,s. - - ,,ast.,,,,
can 'rluttpns ,i. u"u .. VIZ S' ~ 81. rho1,o,,
Lipton, whose name is now added 10
the list OF defeated aspirants for the
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ene A',anus' !N s W.. We ,4.s nNt
n!ow. 4a's nope nnu D'r" ~. n' =" q ths
IKE the true sp0lss'nn 'H'.' ,,.,a,, ~ - ss,
sting OF uelea' las ~. ~ ~, ~ t,,t
ana win u''u"u''ssu = SOa'aee, ',V.I,.,.,. 49,
mates tnal ns may "e "3'N "''"
ter Ooa! 70 tFy Hsein - 81. ava
The Doa's HaNs "eg W. w -, .So
square races ole =. nS"s ia as, g., rho,,,as 1,
other IN u hsHsy D.'%' an S ~, 1900
ls peFlec''y sS.ls'.e4 ''''' - 80
oy 'ne 0etteF D'H',
Test of Rough WeatheF na'.'les'
To-day's race was a glorious test Vi
the rough weather quanles OF tns tw'
yachts. There was too m9ea ,iEosl9nsss = g.
IN the ar tor COMFORT anu it was 4Ht
too rough for land luobers'
The prayer OF Sir Thomas toT VINO
was answered. It was blowing twenty-
tive miles an hour at the hshtsmp'
enough wind and enough sea 10 hl"Ns
any racing machine stasger,
Both yachts fed across the starting
line before the twenty-five Knot Dreeee
wing and wing. their spinnaKeFs 0resN'
ing out like .putts OF whlte smoke ana
setting hard as plaste5. The shamroek
was over minute and one secohu pe-
fore the defender But this was NOT
due to superior seamansnip' captain
Barr held on that length OF time 'aitsr
the green boat crossed In order that ne
might get the position astern, where ne
could have an opportunity to blanket
his rival. The yachts made a oeadtttt
picture as they sped away at an angie
OF almost IS degrees. This allowed the
big sail to belly far out forward ana
draw like locomotive. But 1t was
rather dangerous, and twice an extra
pun OF wind carried the sall onward
and UP until 1t tumbled over the stay.
But the Deer Island sailors each time
had 1t back in place in a tiny. The
Shamrock had no such mlshaps. Ho-
garth carried his boom lower. The
Yankee trick, however. did It's work,
lifting the head Of the Columbia out OF
the water until sne seeneu 10 De sN'''-
ming over the surface fhe excursion
fleet training down on each SIDE were
chasing after the yachts as tast as tnesF
steam would carry them But the Dug
sloors set so hot a pace that they lelt
half the tug boats ana some OF 'hf
steam yachts as'eFn. Ihey were so."s
at thirteen knot cup tue iu"NeH
slowly but surely inch oS men over
hauling her adversary closer an"
closer she. drew, dead Nstern OF the cna'.
lenEer hoping with hef mouh'alh Oh
canvns to shut on herrlvn'swinu. Wheh
the Columbia had erept up 10 wi'N,h
striking distance the green poa' crown
ed on Htsle more canvas Setl'hs i
baby tib topsa'' ana Tor ten minutes sns
seemed to hold the American eVch'
Both were going IKE scared deer ~
stern chase fs torS one nut as me
yachts approached the outer mark he