The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-19
ALL DEPENDS ON THE CAPTAIN.
CoLUMBIA's COMMANDER MUST POS
SESs HIGHEST ABILITY.

'F"'"in& was Under tn" British
Fl"G-hc Must HIVE Confidence al
tre"-Fhe Coming Trials nt SeNV-
port WIN sho" whether the Mas
ter and FoFecastie Arc in Accord.
John r. Spears llistoUan Of the Navy. in
the New York World.
Probably the most trying position ever
bsld nv any ,.,.t, y,oste,. In Amor. ,,,,
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Nhatles harr IN command OF the new cup
defender Columbia
He was horn - Rtit5.s snbi..t he grev
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wy """ "'' u''"'" "9 d" H"eH+ai""H u''
der the British Has; he has a brother
tJohul who commanded the British cutter
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P'
90" no" II" Is 20 manure 'uV ""eV' IN Ct
yacht butt at the expense Of hundreds of
thousands of do lars 10 defend the cup
while Tho crev. ,nder hin, are il il said
'' 'V"' "'s"'"9 l'' "" N"4e' '0a" Sdp
tam, ana the Whoie American nation Is
looking on with eyes clear and cold.
If ne wins he viii NOT receive. rnuch
t,o,. r.,,,, ~. =, i,,.., ~. ,,.,,,,i1
pe accorded To an American captain IL
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'''N"i "''" % '"t i"sNV'u''""aiH wal
John Paul Jones Place In History.
He hroueht more glory 10 our das than
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aug w. '"P'''"9' "''' '' ""9 :" 80" '''
10y 10 handle one snip unsurpassed IN ma
val history nut BON RooseNtlt ana Ma
nan, The greatest of American naval MS
torians, speak OF HIM siighiingly, almost
American
re more grateful, to Scotch Sarr Tor a VIC
tory than they nave been 20 Scot'n
faul, as Roosevelt cdllS JohH ldu'
Jones?
II upon the other hand Capt. Barr loses
the race the e&ecrahon oil the Who-e ma
ton Will be heapcd upon him.
a reader Of the World who has been
medtaung ca this subject writes 70 ask
whether there amt any Americans NJ
to steer lhtle boat like that ana then
adds How much of the race depends on
the captain anyhow"
Both questions show that the writer Is
wholly unacquainted with yachting, but
his letter is in one point of view worth CON
sideration. II shows an interest outside OF
yachting crews in a matter that Is just
now discussed with more or less vehem-
ence by every American that ever hauled
on a rope or drew Il check IN connection
with a Yankee yacht.
ma, uocc
AS 20 me uiSt question OF our COL -
ato'.ut. ~; Nv ,Il,t,,i ~ rorl,y
TO the second we may recall the story OF
| the third race between the Viglant ana
| Valkyrie QS90. No better day for a race
was ever seen by those who are now fol-
| lowing the Americas cup. A cyclone was
on the Florida coast and working IFS way
| out to sea with the effect Of giving to us
here at New York an easterly wind so
strong that The racers beat out to the turn
| with working topsails only above the low
| er
With that wind and in that sea the
| the heavy-hulled Valkyrie thrashed her
| Way 10 The turn almost two minutes ahead
of The bronzc-huted Ngilaut.
on rounding the turn the crew of the
| Valkyrie made haste TO get their spinnaker
set-made such haste that they strained
| the leach. Nevertheless they got 1t spread
| at last and il was pulling the cutter home
| 10 certain victory when her captain hauled
| down two headsails-jib and staysail-and
each of these dragged across the leach of
| the overstrained spinnaker because that
| leach lay across the stays.
During all this time the Vigi.ant had
been slowly gaining. but the homestake
was in sight and the victory on either
| side had become Of necessity a matter OF
seconds. when, with a nightly flop, as
| the Valkyre plunged over wave, her
sPllliaNei sP"' "''' ''ppe" ~ W.
a., NJ, so..
~
OF course, there was "a scramble 10 get
| the remnants in and new splnnaker set,
but the remnants dragged IN the water 20
retard the boat, and the only splnnaker
on board was made OF irish linen, nj Tor
a ladys wear, and il was literally smashed
full of holes before IT was hat spread to
its place. 50 a balloon Jlb was run up 70
take the place While these last remnants
were gathered out OF the water
Consider now that the Nigilant won
that race, the third, ana therefore last
in the series by only forty-four seconds,
fortupa with the sninna kpr ValxVrfe would