New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-17

PRAISE FOR BARR'S WOkh.
- u,xn11<G OF THE COLUMBIA
FINE SHOWING OF SKILL
,nou START TO FINISH NO ERROR WAS
+. r,,r SHAMROCK OUTsAILED ON
EVERY rr,RN-A LESSON FOR THE

FROM STAKI w
MADE-THE SHAMROCK 0'l9"'''r'O
rvrpy Tr,RN-A LESSON FOR THE
ENGLISH CAPTAINS
..,oo, account Of yesterdays race
=. - . sort ~ hymn Of praise for 'he n'"1
,ha Columbia. In spite OF all Of III.
.,..,-, ~ the presence of the amateur '"'''
- - tho American defender II must oo a."
,,,,,od oven hv the screamers that III "''''''-'
,,,o Gre, race for the Americas cup 'he Oo'u,
h,o aid we'll According TO some aO''u'
letters Of the name Of MT lsern' MI -
hoff and Captain Barr might nave oo"'"'' -
~, ..u.,,a Il" hut after a little legerdemain o"
the Coumbia's wheel they now commune
eneu Victory with big V There WASH d mo
take on the Columbia from start 10 nii''' o."
ber performance as whole was eoou anu
nc,ent rcplv to all the cavlers. who were look
ing for scapegoat as soon as they '"'0e"
the Shamrock might he too good
Yesterdays win Of the Columbia seemed 10 DC
entirely a matter Of handling 1t has often been
exnlained in these columns that Charhe BAN
method Of making good boat eat out to vino
, - sacond tn none and his work yes
ID. sboved the value Of IT, There was
,aroe sized question settled yesterday II mas
of,en he.n settled before, and apparently II mas
,,,,ost ALWAYS been settled in the same way
Tho question was whether or not boat mat 10
good at reaching and which can make sie"'
sneed with a slightly started sheet ana sOoO
full can work out to windward quicker oy io'-
lowing this plan than by going more closeS
damned bv the wind and going slower while
pointing higher
COULD NOT EAT TO WINDWARD.
This was the point at issue during nearly an
the beating OF fifteen knots to the wind"diu
buoy 1t took the English shippers ABOUT one
hour and quarter Of continuous and graouai
Slipping to the rear to find that the Shamrock
which makes great speed with a hard fuil' cou'u
not sail in the same company with the Columbia
70 tbeir necultar system we're continued When
the Shamrock was practising her best speeding
off Sandy Hook last month The Tribune eX-
| c,usive]v showed that the challenger never
sailed close 10 the wind. This was done by piac-
ing a fast tug directly in the wake or the
Yacht when she was doing her best wlndWara
work II was then found by taking her exact
courses off the COMPASS in the plot mouse o'
the tug that in two opposite tacks she never
law inside Of eight and three quarter points ana
not always as we'll as that This announcement
was acknowledged TO be correct by those on the
| Erin who had worked out the thing In similar
way and the findings then made proved oil
value Yesterday in .he way Of understanding
why the Shamrock did not 90 70 windward az
we'll as the Columbia.
Tho wind was due east when the yachts and
excursion steamers gathered at the Sandy HOOK
r,ob+sb,n toward II o'clock yesterday morn
ing The number Of vessels that attended was
az first small go many Of the passengers and
Steamboat CAPTAINS having been disappointed by
the seven previous failures 70 make race
largo number collected before the day was over.
| brt AZ the start the attendance was compare
tivelv ragged There fog in the air, and
evorv nromise Of rain. and in addition to this
| the wind was light
WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL.
When the yachts were first seen in the dis
tarca from the steamer Columbia they were
carving fun lower canvas. The course was hf-
teen knots 10 windward, the wind being due
east In the manpuvring before the start the
shamrock seemed TO he carrying the club eaff
torsaN that was not her largest. though It may
have been II was certainly very large sail
, The Columbia was carrying her largest kite
The Columbia was carrying mainsail and cluf
tonsau with headsais in stops, and the Sham
rock had the same.
, The breeze was not too strong for the biz
I kites and IN the skirmishing Barr hauled 10 th'
y southeast and took the wind on his port quar-
! ter The Shamrock raced along on the de
2 tenders lee quarter with a small stretch o
n water between When the warning gun wa
+ fired at 1898. the yachts were standing 70 IN
n southeast and were to eeward Of the line.
r. The Shamrock was the first to start the hgh
I in the FIVE minute interval after the warnin
I gun. Captain TIogarth then going to the star
ID board tack and standing parallel 10 the line
j. The Columbia then turned swiftly and followe
he ksHi ind Rot
10 boats were travelling in a smother Of foam an
J. giving to yachtsmen sight they had been look
~ ing for for some time
n At 1879 the Columbia broke out her bah
1ee nbtopsail that went into place with a flap, an
es the Shamrock then broke out hers. though MOI
slowly. and then they both rushed for the lin
as the starting gun sounded at IL o'clock fiat
H. BARR's TIMELY LUFF.
~, As they came to the line Barr luffed the d.
M fender up sharply and landed the white boz
in no on the green cutters weather quarter
al this position the American boat had the bett
m Of the start.
ne There were two guns besides the starting ~
Ter one preparatory at 1913. and warning e.
at lo55 the start being sgnalled at II o'cloc
The Shamrock got over the line three seconds
- advance Of the Columbia her official timing b
w. ire 11.o1 OF and the Columbia followed
nef II O1 .n5 Official holding the windward pos
ks ton though slightly behind The Columbia hi
ns. the best Of the start and her windward posit'
'' was bound to count for something at the begi
. ming Of a nfteen-me beat.
1er COLUMBIA POINTING HIGH.
"a There was not much jump on the sea, and {
,rl cutters both crossed on the starboard tack wi
our their sheets fiat aft and going TO wndward