The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-18
Twenty-Five Minutes After Crossing
the Starting Line.
THE DEFENDER WAS IN THE LEAD
And Would Probably Have Won Had
the Race Been Sailed, But Her
Owners are Disappointed. Is
There il Little Glory in De
icating a Crippled
Graft,

NEW YORK. oct 1.-THE tophast of
the challenger. Shamrock, was carried
away twenty-five minutes after the big
SINGLE sticzer had crossed the starting Tine
to-day. and her enormous club topsah,
with lts 5000 feet of canvas, came rattms
down on tine deck. leaving her "a hopeless
cripple. so amount OF pluck or courage
could face such a catastrophe, and Cape
tain Hoearth Immediately abandoned the
race. towing back 20 the anchorage after
he had cleared away the wreckage
The Columbia continued over the course
alone. placing 10 her credit the second
Of the races for the Americas cup. The
accident TO the Shamrock ruined tine race,
and caused the keencst regret among ue
yachtsmen and the thousands of si-hl-
seers. who We're on hand to witness what
had promised 90 bee a glorious duet
10 is unfortunate that tine defender
should have been the beneficiary of an
accident. as there is little glor, in beating
cripple. but the rule is roncad Ii
crippled before the start, time for repairs
is allowed but once over the lire it any-
make such repairs as he can. or if gene
dered hors de combat as the Shamrock
was to-day. he must take the c1nsc-
qucnces. There is good sense ami logic
behind the rule.
HAD so CHOICE.
The races are % test of construction as
well as design and scamansnlp. Doubtless
81 Mr. Iselin could have had h.r choice in
the matter. be-. generously wou.1 have dee
cfincT TO continue n view of the crippled
condition of his rival. but the rules gave
him no alternative. He was m dnit-
bound 10 go ON. and as he finished Wen
within the time l.mlt the race was h+
Had the accident not occurred. however,
it Is believed that the Yankee boat NoN.i
have repeated The beating sne gave me
challenger Yesterday During the twenty
five minutes the yachts sailed -nr nid
gone through the ShamrocNs leli 'A.
n streak and bad established -.tl 'i
more than BRO Yards ou The "'alhr' '."'
when The puritan fouled tne 6ene-'''
ON the inside course in lfeN ctiisI''- ""..'
the chaIl,neers bOWsprt ana l'pi"'' 80
although the race was ai nus mercy "''
the rules. Lord Richard sutton m"-l'i"'
mously refused % claim Dr. DID "F F'l. l".'
suob "A contingency I'm which ihr pence
hclaty ol 4H ..l...I oIai,-e WAS
'' ,'@'.'i .i.' ,.f.r -,,l'- -hf. ,rar leal-
t""'i 'D ,l ortio, +, the matter.
TLfs clause was signed iy Sir lh'llir
Linton and Mr ise.in few days oel'ie
The date of the first attempt io race.
The accident to-day shows what DELI
cate machine racing yacht DIS h'"avtf
and how close to- the limit OFF safety il i7
9''', - 1...., b, ,pormou- ballast 0
".lsI',,. 'I,, ..',,.,,. ..,r.',. of canvas The
,,,osf dclicats ana scientific adjustment Of
weights Is required The simple breaking
of q sta,- To-day wrecked the shamrock.
Tur ACCIDENT
Tho wire b4ck-stay of the t0p-maet
which b.ios to -uun0rt the slender spar,
s.r. oav and this support removed. Dor
or.r,n nine topm1-t. as hie as a t.la-
rr4ub mole sixty feet long and fourteen
inches i'm diameter snapped off like
match lust above the lower mast cdp
This mast was not only supporting ihH
,,~osefre of % l1-ku0f hreez. against her
biz kite. but was also sustaining ine
crushing weight of the sail itself and' me
two club t0n-sau yards each forty feet
long.
Later I'm the afternoon the Shamrock
u.,s tovod up fo the Eric Basin. iu the
MINER bav. "a new torma~t viii bo -ot up
fo-morrow and She viii De- remeasured
She will probably bee taken out for spin
tomorrow To trv her new stick and the
third race of the series viii be sailed o1
Thursd1y This will again De- over wind
ward and leeWard course and if doe t0-
Iumbia wins the series win have been
completed without giving the Shamrock
am opportunity to test her merits in her
favoritc point of sailing over "a triangular
course
AN IDEAL DAY.
r,t. dav fsd rror,fs,J q. .eiorious oonfc-t
,rbore were onIv ars,. nautral tints fn liz
morning bnf n hard stronr l3-knot b~crz,
ONT on he East kicked up th. while cans.
and the wind and tide haiuod to pile uo
Inc fumbiing waters Tile pulses of the
sDorrsmon ,hrobbod I'm authorization and
o bfg ovcur.ion aesf SLOWLY steamed ouf
~ vitress fho second duel between the
et,.,,r,.i, ana cob,,nris soure of tn.
small s.ilir, eoet cat outside plunrins
tt,ci- b,,,-s,rit., under and vettinc fhoi~
bo.ds,ur ~ thcv vsllovad In broken
water unfu they were g'4d enough .o
........., 80. ..,. mo-. -l.,i4 cons
i,,cr m fhe dlv he wind drove the