The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-06

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Undsr maaaaas1. 60 ssDoan - - sd
Win balloon 50 topnal1s and seaysails IN
stops On the respective stays, N two
yacAss DsaysA fer vis,ess f0 $50 etasf
Anysng De iafef-al betwssa - Dsspsss~
tosy - STARTING a1gnn1eL h SesDss
was given ~ 1ssH.
Tssssng - Dooea.
0kippsss Barr aaA Hogarfh nade the
bsss az what little wt4d tsey hal 70 test
their hoesr tuFnizg eaeactty IN TIE hsht
air. Five minutes before the ssAstahg sig-
nj colunhas. With beom 20 stsxboasd.
$3.50 nsssh a. tbs nghts1ae hsabng 70
o. eastward. and ghameock. a1pspacn~
- fpou fbs ooufhware. asf the br1ssoi
bna4 abous "a the iinss ess bs1sd sut
acress cosumbta's wake after havins
aeseupsed to pass her 70 ieewssd. bosn
having tfeir bosmx 10 sssrboard-
c>n..,ss. Gets The Best 81 start.
Al two minutes before the gun nfed
the Shamrock SET hes sssyszf ard drop
ped her spfnnAiIsr boom 10 port ens
vas shAn aSoai so yards norfhwest OF
The cossmfstee boat and heading TO the
south. Columbia. coming from the south
east. had passed the SANDY Hook honf-
shin. leaving II Ca her port hand. ~ about
one minute before the signal Hhsn
thirty seconds we're left. Capt. Barr roll
q his wheel over to port. jfhsd Cosn1-
bss. broke out hsr balloon - topsafis
and headed for the line. enamrocks
balloon topsan slossomsd out - he aass
moment a. CoIumhaa's Dhs was on the
lasfers STANDARD han6 and nsariy .
length astern whsn the starting signal
va. given Her sp.anAksT vas broken
out white she vas crossing the fine- Co
lumbaa's mGn rieged ont her spinnaks.
boom while they were approaching thu
the. hoastsd the sAN and broke II out IN
lust forty-fve seconds. Columbia had
the better Of the start Ths omcial time
of the start Was.
Columbia. u.oe:n
ohAmrock. 1ie1s3.
Gets . YaAs LsaA.
Ths srss ten niausss after tie start
we're anxious ones for those directly In
tsrssees IN ohamsock and Columhaa- From
the Associated Press boat, absam Of The
too racers, II WAS noted that ir two min.
utes coiunbsa's howsprtt bs9an 70 creep
past ohamrock's bow. and In ten minutes
Coauuhta Vas ciear out a1ssad Of Sham
rock Both took In their stay sails and
M. - a. 10 give the imnssnse balloon
aasls plsnty Of draft.
wind h Very La9ht.
10 Iieht was the wind NJ this time that
oaiy the balloon sails seemed % ~ DONG
s>rvlpe for sither yacht. The main sheets
huxnDiack In bsghts between the boats
ana n booms and the great nalnsaiIs
hung aat ~ boards far over the star
board stde of eAAh yacht.
Mile after mile the yachts trAveBo4
slowly 70 ths southeast Columbia gain
iug slowly but steadily al the tima Al
ave minutes 20 ls. the Wind frsshsned .
BIT. e~nting At the same time . couple Of
poinsa 10 the eastward. Capt. HogArth
saw 4 Arst and has crew took In the spin
maker smartly. coiumhtas men follow
Ing suit . miaute later and sstting their
f0reetay~ail 81 the same time
Lulnng Match Fer Ten Minutes.
Fearing thai shsmrock would try
10 iuG out ea1 pass him 10 windward.
Capt. Barr b6Uan 70 iuf Columbia Both
kept 4 up for fully ten minutes until they
wrs both heedtnG east. Capt Ho6arth
kept 1hamroek's spinnaker mast-hsadsd.
With couple Of men holding Il half way
down the mast. ready to be shot out 1t =
momcnt's notice. until I1:ca. when he let
\ run down. Finally. at naG. Columbia
stili being 10 yards ahead. kept broad
% for her course again. Shamrock Inn
msdiately following ssilt. The wind helc
IN the sauna quarter until 1870. Columbia
meanwhile gaining on her Rival. Al that
time the wind backed around TO the
northward. ard Columbia jibed. sham
rock following her two minutes later.
spinmakers Are Set.
Al lis s.6iumh.a's crew sent her sp.n-
maker oft To siartoard. and two minutes
later Shamrock's war set. Far away In
the elus haze tho outer mark waa sighted
at LIE.
No Chance for . Fintsh.
with tho weather prevailing at that time
there was little chance al finishing the
race within tho prescribed limit Of ave
and half hours. During the next half
hour the wind dropped out almost entire
ii. Al 50 spinnakerx cana In on both
yachts and they were ubed to starf,oard.
Az s.io Columbia set her spinnaker 70 port.
taking II In again ave minutes later. Both
tibed to port al a.sa. and a few minutes
later a light breeze came In from the
seuthward Sheets were trimmed down.
and both yachts were soon close hauled
on the ssarbcara tack. Shamrock set her
baby tibtor~aii at once. but Coiumn&as was
heki for some iise minutes before being
set
shamrock HAS = Sstghs AAvaataGe.
At ssss.n Shamrock went about TO port.
Columbia following suit twenty seconds
later. Shamrock then appeared to have .
slight advantage. The wind was very
light. and Shamrock. IN tais smscsh wat
er. aeenfei to be doing very well. her iarg-
ct saii plan proving little too uasca for
Columbia whea the latter went about To
s,arhoard. at o'clock. and Shamrock three