The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-20
RHEUMATISM

Columb.a's crew broke out her balloon
sail while the smoke from the gun was
blowing away. Columbia crossed the liae
twelty-seven seconds IN the lead, without
the handicap. whieh means fully two
lengths distance She crossed about the
center Of the Inc. and Hogarth, after
vain attempt to lutr out across her wake
and obtain the weather position, KEEP, OF
and gave Shamrock a good full. The Of
fetal time of The start was:
Colunb;a-uN 81 90.
ShamroCk-Ii ~ 90.
Shamrocks actual time OF crossing the
line WAS u;oe:o2. She was handicapped
two seconds because the yachts are al
lowed seven minutes from the starting
signal In which 10 cross the line, and she
exceeded that time by two seconds.
Lumng and Biumng.
Jibs and forestaysails were taken In ..
once On both yachts TO give the balloon
sails chance TO fiIi While the yachts
were crossing the line spinnaker boorns
were dropped 10 starboard and the sails
hoisted in stops ready TO break out, but IN
the game OK lufhng and bi0ffing which
followed neither yacht had q chance TO
set these sails for fifty minutes. Hogarth.
not being able to try His yacht on reach
On the triangular course. seemed deter
mined to make q portion OF the race a
reach at all hazards. So they went at II.
Instead Of following the guide boat on the
southeast BY south course, on which they
might have carried spinnakers, they sailed
between four and five points 10 the east
ward Of their courses In order to make ev-
cry sail draw TO the best advantage. there
b covering at least tive miles more ground
than was necessary.
Excursion Boats Keep Well Away.
The excursion fleet gave them miles OF
room. keeping SO far away that the yachts
We're hui down most Of the time. During
tho first Is minutes OF this reaching work,
Columbia seemed to increase her lead.
After that. Ter the next half hour, sham
rock apparently was gaining en- Columbia,
and at II 81, when they both decided TO
abandon the luffng game and set spinna-
kers to starboard. Shamrock had certain
~ gained on her antagonist. Having the
wind dead aft now. Shamrock had decid-
eddy the better position. II. with the as
sistance OF some OF the friendly puffs. she
could succeed in closing In on Columbia.
her chances of alanketing the latter would
be good. While the wind remained steady
In the same quarter, II diminished In
strength at times. coming In puffs, occa-
sionaliy, but on the whole the outlook for
finishing the race was not very encourag-
ing az 1 o'clock when the outer mark Was
in plain sight from the racing yachts
At Ie.l5 both yachts jioed. after taking
In their epinDakers, and set those SAILS
again to port, Columbia setting hers first.
The wind canted to the westward. gradual
Is during the next half hour. and at l:52
Columbia jibed to port. quickly followed
By Shamrock. which dropped her spinnaker
boom TO starhoard and set the sail at lao.
Columbia setting her spinnaAer four min
utes later.
Long Drift Before the Wind.
1t vas long drift before the wind. with
simply enough Of IL 20 ill their sails dur
ing the next forty-fiye minutes Balloon
tib topsaiis were taken Ia when the yachts
were about mile north Of the outer mark.
and "a they approached Il j.s's. staysails
anl baby lib topsails were hoi@ted, ready for
the wiudVard work soon to follow, 1T was
noted, a : Columbia came down for tho
mark. that her great 'nainsau. with Its
eyosscut cloths. was A brand new one, haV-
ing IN fl four batoDs and two reef bands
The cloths in her spinna&er ran horiZontaliy
while those on Shamrock were perpcndicu-
lar. At 2al Columbia took Ia her spinuaker
ana all hands stood by 10 found in the
main sheet as she approached The mark
saamrocks spinnaker came In at 20.
The official time OF the turn was:
Columbia 2.2s:io.
Shamrock, 2.I:e3,
Rig Gain to the Mark.
Ey this Il will be- seen that Columbia was
SIX minutes. eighteen seconds ahead at the
mark: that her elapsed time was shree
hours twenty-three minutes. twelve seconds
and that Shamrock WAS three hours. TWEEN
tv-n}n. minutes, thirty-one seconds. show
ing that Columblas gain had actually been
Ave minutes. tifty-one seconds n The fifteen
miles.
Rarr's Good Judgment.
When Columbia lured around thu mark.
coming up sharp on the wind ca the star
board tack, Capt. Barr found the wind
10 b about west by north. which meant
that II IL held IN that quarter
Re would be able On the other
tack 10 lag his course tor the finish
without making another tack. One min
ute and twenty seconds after rounding
the marx ne put Columbia about and
found his Judgment IL be correct. and
he tter still. the wind fresaeued consider
sbly during the reXt half hc9r. sending
t2@ white slip along At %ix~knOI CLIP.
Iogarth. who went breeze hGntin. os to
the southwark for eight minutes and ten
seconds. lest Just about that amount IF
TINE fur when he tackled and stood to
the northwest ike Columbia. his imag
mary advantage was that he wss TO The
w.rs1war1 q Columbia . " AXE, while tho
latter s&cEt w&a nearly tao niles ahead
O. htnl aad pointing direct - he fuish.
\ Coils III ia ST 0api Oh - the anrt a~sst he
wtn3 -cant@4 TO the soTfhward gradually
and a; ) - she able to set big
tof@4N in place 81 thg baby. she also set
n balloon s;aySal Fifteen minutes later
,he wind had canfeG n south southwest.
fowa came Columbia 10 topsail and ~
wen larger CHE Shamrock followed
Sut{ q Ia mir Ct%s later Tie wind VAS
Cox falling lighter every moment sham
rock N4s ueAEBy three rallies S=taEa II
Columbia and while 'se llEht ship wa
IN sight from Co}umb!as teek S6e w1A
So. -~r mites frona II at sIos-a ~ff 4
calv h&.t az hour II time left N finish
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