The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-24
CUP wild STAY HERB.
Columbia Once More Beats the
Shamrock.
WINS FINAL RACE OF THE SERIES.

WINS FINAL RACE OF THE SERIES.
Magnificent Rough Weather Duel Between
! the Yachts-Shamrock Is Beaten Over
Six Minutes at the Finish-Breeze Was
Blowing Over rs Miles an Hour.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Through wild
and hoary seas, in a breeze that APP
preached the dignity of gale, the gal
liant sloop Columbia yesterday van
pushed the British challenger Sham
rock, by six minutes and IS seconds
actual time, and six minutes and 81 Sec
onds corrected time, thus completing
the series for the Amerlca's cup with
magnificent rough weather duel and
| glorious Yankee victory. For the 18th
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 49
years ago, is still ours, monument to
the superiority of American seaman
ship and American naval architecture,
and a standing challenge to all the
world. The intrinsic value of the re-
ward for which thousands of dollars
We're expended to secure, is small,
simply an Anticipated piece of silver
ware, which Queen Victoria offered to
the best sailing ship in the world in the
early days of her reign, but around it
cluster the previous memories of un-
broken American triumph and the mas
terry of the noblest of sports. To Sir
Thomas Upton, whose name is now
added to the list of defeated aspirants
for the honor of carrying the cup back
across the Atlantic, failure was a crush
ing blow. His hope had been high, but
like the true sportsman he is, the sting
Of defeat has left no bitterness and with
undaunted courage he intimates that he
may be back with better boat to try
again. During his stay here Sir Thomas
has made himself more popular than
any previous challenger and the yachts
men of this country were glad to welcome
him. Except for the repeated fukes
and the unfortunate accident to the
challenger, this series of races has been
unmarried by single untoword incident.
The boats have had two fair and square
races, one in light airs and the other in a
heavy blow, and Sir Thomas is perfectly
satisfied that he was beaten by the bet
ter boat.
Yesterday race was glorious test
of the rough weather qualities of the
two yachts. There was too much FROST
mess in the,air for comfort, and it was
entirely too rough for land-lubbers A
chilling blast out of the northeast
whipped the foam out of the racing
waves until they whitened the face of
the sea. Outside the ocean was riot
OF whitecaps.
Some of the holiday fleet declined to
brave the perils of the harpies riding on
the northeastern and those that did
rolled and plunged in the tumbling bill
lows, sending all but the old salts be-
low. The prayer of Sir Thomas for
wind was answered. 1t was blowing
twenty five miles an hour at the light
ship, enough wind and enough sea to
make any machine stagger. Even the
pilot boats, that can weather any gale,
We're under shortened sail, and the wind
fairly tore the steam from the exhaust
and smoke from the stack into shreds.
The course, fifteen miles before the
wind, south by west, carried the yachts
straight down the Jersey coast to a
point off Long Branch, so that the race
was sailed in plain view of those perched
on the high shores.
The rush of the yachts through the
seas on the final tack was magnificent.
AS the gallant yankee shot across the
finish between the ightship and the
committee boat, the shippers Of the
fleet that had gotten there in time al.
most forgot to open their whistles, so
absorbed were they in the stirring spec.
tacle. But they made up for it later
The defeated challenger raced across 6
minutes and IL seconds later. The
Shamrock got a noisier reception than
Columbia, as she finished, perhaps be-
cause by the later time she crossed gave
opportunity for some Of the belated yes
sells to get up. A grand spectacle fol
lowed. The victor after lowering hel
sails set the stars and stripes at her top.
mast truck at both ends of her spreader
and at the taft rail. The whole fleet
blossomed out in American flags.
The American boat was the first tc
reach her mooring buoy, and when he1
late rival came up in tow, the sailors Of
both seized the opportunity to chez,
each other. Later Sir Thomas went
aboard the Corsair, and there soon aft
erward Mr.. Isein joined him. There
were toasts to victor and vanquished, te
America and Great Britain, and to all
things, and SO, with Fluctuations al
around, the cup series of 1899 ended
with the best of good feeling.
Byran With Buckeyes.
FINDLAY, O.. Oct 21.-Colonel w. T