New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-04


! Americans sails not drawing so we'll as
the Shamrocks It was evident that the home
champion was getting the worst OF the iuky
winds which prevailed, and which continued
throughout the day.
JUST A LITTLE SLANT
Soon after u O'Clock. however, the Columbia
caught a favorable streak on the starboard
quarter. and. taking advantage Of It. Captain
Barr performed a splendid piece Of work The
Coumbia's spinnaker was taken in and her
mansail gybed over to port. while the sheet Of
balloon jib was also hauled over the stay and set
| to port To the delight OF the unlocking thou
sands. the white boat began 10 gain on her ad-
versary. Three minutes later the Shamrock took
in her spinnaker and gybed, but she continued
to lose ground until at 1890 it seemed from the
Manning that she had been passed.
Nov no Shamrock" Captain Evans said.
you are done up. l haven't seen that Cup
wabbling on deck yet 1t takes great deal Of
muscle To lift that cup. | can tell YOU"
Every moment the Yankee was apparently
| forging ahead. and mistake in judgment on
the part of Hogarth gave her "A considerable adj
vantage. The English captain. il would appear.
/ thought that the wind was hauling around again.
and he set his spinnaker on the starboard side.
! In less than n couple OF minutes h. saw his
mistake and shipped his spinnakcr again. hut
the Columbia had gained perceptiby 10y the
Both boats with their cubtopsais and stay
sails and balloon jibs stood on a broad reach
| for the stakchoat amid cheers and footing Of
steam whistles
A LITTLE CONFUSION AT THE TURN
As was perhaps natural. there was some little
confusion among tho excursion steamers. which
had grouped themselves to the leeward Of the
buoy. but. with two exceptions they were
quickly beaten into line again. The recalcitrants
/
Evans has his way. the captains Of these two
boats will pay for their obstnacy by losing their
certificates for while. Soon after leaving the
! stakeboat the two contestants INDUCED in
series Of short tacks and the foreigner was
! the quicker in stays. she decreased her oppo-
| nents lead little. hut not to any appreciable
! extent In the opinion Of the experts on the
! Manning. the Columbia both Outpointed and out
/ footed her opponent i'm a steady wind. All tho
| luck that was knocking around In the nuky
| streaks Of wind fell To the Shamrock Frequently
! her sails were filed while the COlumhias sheets
/ were pulling hardly at all on one occasion. in
| fact. at about o'clock il was, the Columbia
ran into a regular calm. while the challenger
! standing further off land. had comparatively
| stiff breeze with her The Lord does favor the
| Irish to-day Captain Evans exclaimed. and It
| certainly seemed so. for while the Columbia was
| standing still the green painted champion from
! being behind gained a big lead.
AN OBSTINATE CAPTAIN.
About an hour before the end Of the race the
! English yacht White Ladye intruded over the
patrol line and refused to turn back at the re-
| quest Of one Of the guard boats. Sailing up to
| the two vessels Captain Evans shouted in the
| hearing Of those on the White Ladye. TO the
! officer on the guardboat. IF that White Ladye
goes inside again, board her and take her TO
York" The White Ladye didn't go inside
again
Captain Evans. discussing the contest, said
| 10 a Tribune reporter THE Columbia and the
! Shamrock not in the same class don't be
! lieve from what | have seen to-day that the
Shamrock could ever beat the Columbia She IS
no match for our boat in a steady wind; she
would make the foreigner look like chrome
with red white and blue all round her. When
you see the two boats side by side it is apparent
/ that the British builders had 10 come 10 us for
their models. The Shamrock is simply badly
modelled American boat"
Among those who saw the race from the Man
ming were General j. B. Sanger. Captain c. A.
! Abbey. Captain y. -. Hodgston. Hart Lyman
Judge Henry NJ Whitehead. Father Ludovic.
! Captain o. c. Hamlet. W Maybury, Mayor OF
! Detroit: Colonel c. y. Ellerbe, Of ST. Louis; Con
/ rad y Jordan. W =. Ward. Mr. and Mrs J. W.
! Crawford and General George J. Schoehel
In the fleet Of yachts which followed the con-
tast were the following: The Clermont Alfred
Van Santvoord; the Mndora. G. X Clark; the
Sultana John r. Drexel: the NYda, DR. Isaac X
Emerson: the ChotOlah H. a. Wise; the Courier
! = J. Keith: the Anita John II. Fagler the
! Duquesne. Theodore Hostetter. the or eida, +. G.
Benedict. the cara. II. II Rogers: the Aquillo
! " p Emo: the Columbia. J. II Ladew: the
| Attua T q Osgood. the Aphrodite. O. H.
Payne: the Courier John a. Spoor; the Emeline
| stephen Roach: the Susquehannah. Joseph
| Stickney the Anahel. J. Campbell Smith the
/ Narada Henry Walters: the Felicia r. ". Bliss;
| the Girada z. F. Renwick the Hiawatha
| Charles Fleischmann; the Anita. Alfred Carr;
the Kanawha. John p DUNCAN; the Al ,1aa
! the NADIA Clarence Busch the Niagara. Howard
| Could. and the valiant w. K. Vanderbilt