The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-21
COLUMBIA IL QUEEN
Continued From First Page.

utes later, after casting off from their
tug boats they were standing off and on
under nainsail and jib, trying the
breeze, which was now from about north
by east, and increasing in weight every
minute.
BY 1920 the wind was blowing fully
twenty miles an hour, churning up quite
a little sea off the lightship. and it
looked doubtful whether the yachts would
be able to carry even working topsails
over their mainsails, much less their big
club topsails.
The committee boat, which had an
chored east of the lightship a cables
length, set the course signal south by
west, soon after 1890 The preparatory
signal was given at 1915, the warning at
1855 and the gun to start at IL CLOCK.
Just as the preparatory signal was given
Shamrock set her jib topsal and fore
staysail The Columbia'S were not Yet
set Both yachts were maneuyer1ng north
of the line, with booms to starboard,
when the warning signal was given. The
Shamrock, heading about northeast, had
the Columbia close on her lee beam.
Both were lying down. with their lee rails
awash Shamrock came about first, and
kept off for the line when two minutes
were left before the signal The Co
lumbia, after standing on a few seconds
longer on the port tack. came about on
the Shamrocks weather quarter, and as
both approached the line, with the Co
lumbia in the weather berth, the latter's
spinnaker boom was dropped to port just
at gun fire.
The Shamrock, running down before the
wind, reached the vicinity Of the COM
mittee boat a few seconds too soon. so
Capt. Hogarth kept her broad off to use
up the time, and then luffed out across
the committee boats bow just at gun
fire, crossing the line at a twelye-knot
clip, with Columbia several lengths
astern, and on her weather quarter Capt.
Barr luffed Columbia diagonally across
the line until the crew was ready to set
the spinnaker to starboard. 1t was
broken out at 11:02:30 Shamrock's 80 sec
onds later. The official time of the start
was: Columbia, Hobbs; Shamrock,
11:00:34
SHAMROCK HAD ADVANTAGE.
The Shamrock had certainly the better
of the start, and with such a breeze
blowing over her taffrail it seemed as if
her chance had come to show her speed
in running before the wind. In setting
the Columbia's sDinnaker the boom had
been Stacked so far forward that at II :03
the sail lifted over the headstays by the
force of the wind. For a moment it
looked as if the sail would be split but
by careful handling the sail was brought
back to its position in a few minutes.
Those who expected to see the CoIumb
walk right away from Shamrock were
disappointed Five minutes passed, ten
fifteen, and there was no noticeable diff
ference in the positions of the boats The
green yacht maintained her lead. her
spinnaker remaining exactly where it was
put. and spillirg the wind into the stay
sail, jfb and jib topsail, which sails
had been carried from the start
Capt Barr, at 11:15. finding that Colunn-
bia was not overhauling Shamrock to any
extent, had the working topsai set The
spinnaker continued to behave badly,
flying over the headstays twice in he
next twenty minutes, thereby losing sec
onds of time for the yacht.
The course of fifteen miles to leeward
was to bring the yachts down off Asbury
Park for the turn When they passed the
Long Branch pier, at about n:5O, the
Shamrock was leading by an eighth of a
mile, Columbia sailing directly in her
wake. Columbia took in her forestaysail
at that time leaving only the lib as the
lead sail.
COLUMBIA TAKES LEAD.
At 12:15 the Columbia, which had been
her to port. taking in the working top
sail as she did so, so as to be ready for
the windWard work. Her sp;nnaker came
in at 12:18, and Shamrock's was dGUsed
thirty seconds later. 1t was to be cl Sc
work At the turn. Both shippers he1d on
to their spinnakers to the last moment,
and here had been 10 chance to taul
in either yachts nlafbsail The official
tine at the outer mark was:
Columbia, 12:l9:00
Shamrock 12:19:17.
The CoIumbia's Elapsed time from the
start TO this point had been 1 hsur II
minutes 45 seconds, showing that il the
fifteen miles 1un before the wind Column
ia had gained ! minute IS eonds.
The boats were only seventeen seconds
apart at the turn. This was indeed close
work after 4 fifteen-mile spinnaker run.
Leaving the mark to starbcard the 9 =
Iumbta iuffed widely round II, wnf'e the
crew hauled aft the main sheet The
Shamrocks CO plain was forced to make
still wider turn. Then, luffir g Up
sharply, he tried to cross Colu1 b a
wake and capture the weather berth.
Skipper Barr, however. had a weatl er eye
out for such an emergency. He gave the
white sloop North river Iuff, placing
her Well out en- her weather berth 1t
took some five minutes to get sheets trim
med and for he boats to settle down to
business on the starbcard tack Capt
HNSarth gave The Shamrock a coed hard
full, hoping to outfoot the Columbia.
The wind was now blowing at least
twenty-five miles an hour and there as
u bump of sea on sufficient to make the
boats dc some rather heavy driving
AT 1872 the Shamrocks t9pSail was
taken and she YVES then throwing spray
il, CLOUDS across her deck. making, if any
thing, worse weather of it than the Co.
Iuncbia. Capt Hosarth put her about at
1910, and one minute and thirty seconds
later the Columbia went about. This was
about twenty minutes after they lad
rounded the utter mark The Colu b a
was them between a quarter and a half
mile to windward, and ;he same d stance
ahead of the Shamrock She was in
creasng her lead every mute. Eotl
tackled to starboard at 1851. Hold ny
this tack for twenty-one minutes hey
came about to port. the Columbia having
been steadily outpointing the other At
1875 she went about 10 starboard for a.
short board of five minutes Shamrock,
n5wever, made the short board to port
and tackled to starbaard at 1880.
SHAMROCK DOES BETTER.
DufIHS the next HIteeil minutes the
Shamrock made three tacks and the Col
umbia two, and at LAO, when the Col
umbia tackled to port, the wind had fallen
lighter for short time At rs the
Shamrock, then on the starboard tack.
sent up small club topsatl The wind
soon freshened. canting a couple of points
westerly. The Shamrock, having split
tacks with the Columbia, was heading in
shore on the starboard tack when the
shift came. Hogarth at once put the
Shamrock about and took advantage of
this change. 1t was noticed when the
Shamrock came about to the port tack at
1:49 that her position had been consider
ably bettered, partly perhaps by reason of