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

J., H.. .x ,,ado tho turn At | o'clock the
wind was extremely light. The oincers OF INC
Perseus thought II was not blowing more 'h""
four or four and half knots and Il was per
ceptible that as soon as the wind lightened up
tho Columbia increased her lead and the sham
rock hung fire
SITTING STILL AND LOOKING On
In all this sailing the Shamrock people were
learning a good deal about the drifting quallueS
81 the American boat The English crew had
e,ervtbinq set that could be set They had
their biggest gafftopsar. their balloon )lo an"
the largest racing mainsai all pulling anu
trimmed as well az possible end the yach' hau
her crew in the right position so that 'here ~
NAMED nothing to be done but simply s'' qule'S
and watch the fleet Columbia draw away Inc
wind that was coming TO the racers at 'hlS ''''e
had first to sweep over the following Meet VI
excursion steamers on the west siue "i III.
course. and no doubt this affected the Spe'u III
both boats to some extent
HUNTING FOR THE MARK
on the Perseus some Of the club mei''pe'S
thought that the stern boat. being 'he '"''''
rock was getting the worst of IT, me Ool"'''''-
some said was so much further from the "''
If cleaners IN the rear that It was thought she
would suffer
that the Columbia was lowering her spnnaKP
boom No one knew at first why this was '''"s
done. but II soon became evident that the boats
bed mistaken their course and had suddenly
discovered that the outer mark lay more deao
to the leeward than they had expected. Inc
Shamrock also lowered her spinnaker DOOM az
the same time. At 10 the Columbia set mel
spinnaker and went off with 1t full before the
wind for some mark which she supposed 10 he
the right one At 1:12.30 the Shamrock got
total shift OF wind. 1t came I'm to her once
more off the northeast She saw II coming
some time before it arrived. raised her spinnaher
boom and got that out Of the way before she
had the jibe. Then the wind came i'm out or the
northeast and her mansail and balloon 1ih went
over The main sheet paid off pretty far
and she seemed to have the wind quarterly
She was running on a totally different course
from the Columbia, which still held her nor'h
wind and sailed along with her spinnaker iul
So far as spectators could tell, the shippers OF
the two boats differed TO where the right
mark lay The Shamrock was then running
due south and the Columbia was running about
southwest-that is to say they differed about
four points in their opinions. At Ito the CO.
lumbia smotbered down her spinnaker ana pre-
pared To jihe While this was being done hcr
balloon jib Eled from the northeast although
her boom was still on the port side, and nj I'l'
her boom went over At this time there was
perhaps whole mile between the two boats
and at I 10 the Columbia luffed up to the same
course as that taken by the Shamrock, and
they were now evidently heading for the same
mark There was a good deal Of difference Of
opinion as to which boat was ahead at this
time The Columbia. running a little higher had
the weight Of the wind little more than the
other boat which was further squared off. and
II looked as If the Columbia had the best Of IT.
For the next quarter Of hour there was
nothing to remark about the boats. They were
both running with the wind quarterly for
mark they could now see. They had their main
booms to starboard. and seemed TO be going
through the water at a fair pace.
AROUND THE MARK.
At 100 the Columbia took IN her balloon
lib. and at | :32 80 she jibed around the outer
mark to the tune Of whistles from steamers
spread over twelve square miles Of ocean. She
then close hauled on the starboard tack on
the beat homeward.
Two minutes after the Columbia rounded.
namely at 1870, the Shamrock jbed around
the mark and followed the Columbia heading
high. one minute later the Columbia went
about into the port tack for the purpose Of hold
ing the Shamrock under her lee for the beat
back She set her baby jibtopsan but did not
continue on the port tack for more than min
ute. She swung into the starboard tack in order
to split the Shamrocks wind. The Shamrock
having now gone into the port tack, the CO.
lumbia followed her in this movement She
now had the Shamrock nailed under her lee.
which, Of course, was what she had been trying
to accomplish The Shamrock was also carry
ing baby jibtopsan
Both the racers were about three miles from
the Perseus which was partly to windWard OF
them. and it was not possible to tell which boat
was heading the highest The Shamrock seemed
TO be footing faster through the water, but per
haps not pointing as high. For the next quar-
ter Of an hour there was an anxious time. as it
was impossible to which boat was doing the
best IN the windward work. Both the yachts
seemed TO be heading about east by north. At
1:51 the Shamrock came about INTO the star
board tack. and thirty seconds later the Co
lumhia followed. intending 10 hold the sham
rock under her lee. That move only lasted hf-
teen seconds. and then the Shamrock went into
the port tack, and the Columbia followed. Thirty
seconds later they both stayed again. and within
the next minute both boats turned twice and
at sc both went on the port tack. with APP
parently good breeze. the Columbia being
dead TO wndward Of the English boat
SHORT TACKS HELPED THE GREEN BOAT
This succession Of short tacks did not do the
Shamrock any harm. because the boat head
reached further than the Columbia when both
came in stays. II was generally wondered why
the Shamrock did not continue that advan-
tageous course. There could be no doubt that
the English boat was catching up TO the CO.
the process was slow one. Every time she
came in under the Columbia's lee she would get
her wind split and would fan back losing her
way, while the Columbia seemed 10 start ahead
1t was the closest racing ever seen Again
and again the Shamrock came up under the
Columbias lee. bat failed 10 pass At 2U5:;O
after long struggle to get past the dangerous