The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-21

AyEw YORK, Oct. 2o.-Through Wild
IN and heavy seas IN breeze that APP
preached the dignity Of a gale. the
gallant sloop Columbia today vanquished
the British challenger Shamrock by six
minutes and eighteen seconds actual
time and six minutes and thirty-fonr sec
onds corrected time, thus completing
the series for the Americas cup with a
magnificent rough weather duel and
glorious Yankee victory. For tho eleventh
time the attempt OF foreigner To wrest
from America the yachting supremacy
of the world has failed. The trophy
won by the old schooner America forty
eight years ago IL ssiil ours. monu-
nfert TO the superiority OF American sea
manship and American naval archi-
lecture and a standing challenge to the
yachtsmen of all nations. Unbroken.
America asain tastes the glory of VIC
tory The intrinsic value Of the reward
which hundreds of thousands of dollars
were expended To secure Is smali-sim-
ply an antiquated piece OF siiverware
which Queen Victoria offered TO the best
sailing ship In the world In the early days
of her reign. but around II ckister the
previous memories Of unbroken American
triumph and the honor OF mastery In the
noblest Of sports.
Heavy Blow to Upton.
To Sir Thomas Upton. whose name II
now added 20 the list Of defeated aspir-
ants for the honor OF carrying the cup
back across the Atlantic. failure was
a crushing blow. HIS hope had been
nigh. But. like the true sportsman that
he IL. the sting Of defeat has left no bit
terness. and with undsuntsd courage.
he !n;irnates that he may be back with
a better boat TO try again. During his
stay here Sir Thomas has made himself
more popular than any previous chaiien-
ger, and the yachtsmen OF this country
will be glad to welcome him back Ex-
cept for the repeated fukes and the un-
fortunate accident 20 the challenger on
Tuesday. this series Of races has been
unmarried by single untoward incident
The boats have had two fair and square
races one In light airs and the other In
n heavy blow. and Sir Thomas is per-
fectly satisfied that he vas beaten By
the better boat
Splendid Test of the Boats.
Todsy's race vas , glorious test ~ ths
rough weather qualities ot the tw0 yachts
There was 100 much frosiine-s in The air
Tor comfort, and II was Gar TOO rough for
land luhhers The SKY ws~ ovotcaet with
cold gray clouds ard The fierce flaws ~ a
chilling blast ou: II the northeast whipped
the foam out ~ the racing waves rntil
.hsy whi;ened th@ fsce - the sea- out
SIDE the ocean was rot - white caps
Some ot the holiday rset declined 20 brave
the perils of ,he aa~pies ritfnR or the
norfseaEter. snA those that 6sd rolled ard
plunged N tns tuThitnr hllfcNK. endfrx
ali but the cd salts below The prayer %
SIR Thomas f3r wind was answered Il
xas blowing twenty-five Fniiea an hour A.
The lghtship. enough wind and enough sea
- make any racing nachiu. stasr~y
Even th~ PILOT boats that ran weather Any
gale wera under shortened sail. and he
1ind fairly tore The steam from shs ax-
haust ard ;he smoke from the @aek into
shre4s TIE course nfieen niles before
,he wind. south ~ west. carried .he yacat
straight down re Jersey coast 70 a poisst
80 I<ons Hranch. 30 that the race Was
SAILED IN plan vaew of thousands g.ercnesi
Bpon me heights - %a*eatak ar4 Err-t net
along ,h~ shore from S~ahrlrnt u Ashsiry
PARK TIE cfss - Columbia were pre-
gases t@r ,fs fray ia yellow oslsklas and
southwestsrs and tn&t 0! Shamrock Ia
Wits canvas
Too Much Wind for Cfub TopsasIs
= vas blowing too hard for club TOP
saHs, and both sk ppers o5nr@nt~9 them
selves with hosting zrnaA worssnw top
xals 10 = yachts re3 across the start
ing Nne hef8re the twE9s~-rvs-k knot s~@exe
wsnz and sing their spsrnaks~x sreaafng
ysss IKE pas-ss o< gh5:s smoke and settlnx
naf6 a. plaster Snamroek vas ever
u.c - ax1 ons sscS1d before tie 1s9s11sr.