Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-10-26

New York. Oct. 22-Throu@h wild
and heavy seas. in Il breeze that APP
preached the dignity of !; gale. the
gallant Sloop Columbia yesterday vail
pushed the British challenger sham
rock by six minutes and eighteen sec
onds actual time and six minutes and
th:rty-four seconds corrected time. thus
completing the series for the Alnerl-
cas- cup with Il magnificent rough
weather duel and Il glorious Yankee
victory. For the eleventh time the at
tempt Of Il 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 is still ours, Il monu-
lnent to the superiority of American
seamanship and American architec-
ture and Il standing challenge to the
yacEtsmcn of all nations. Cnbeaten
America again tastes the glory OF VIC
tory The intrinsic value of the re-
ward which hundreds OF thousands or
dollars We're expended to secure is
small. simply an antiquated piece OF
silverware which Queen Victoria or
ferpd to the best sailing ship in the
world in the early days of her reign.
but around it cluster the precious
memories of ullhlasken American TIL
umph and the honor of mastery in the
nohlest of sports. To Sir Thomas
Linton. 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 crushing
blow. His hope had been high. But
like the true sportsman that he is, the
sting of defeat has left no bitterness
and with undaunted courage he intl-
mates that he may be back With 4
better boat to try again. During his
stay here. Sir Thomas has made him.
self more popular than any previous
challenger. and yaclitsmen of this
country will be glad to welcome him
back. Except for the repeated fukes
and the unfortunate accident to the
challenger on Tuesday. this series OF
races has been unmarried by a single
untoward incident The boats have
had two fair and square races. one in
light air and the other in Il heavy
blow. and Sir Thomas is perfectly
satisfied that he was beaten by the
better boat.
Yesterdays race. was a glorious test
of the rough-weather qualities of the
two Yachts. There was too much
/ freshness in the air for comfort, and
it was far too rough for landlubbers.
! The Shamrock got Il noiser recep-
ton than Columbia as she finished,
because at the later time at which
she crossed gave opportunity for some
belated vessels to arrive. A grand
spectacle followed. The Columbia set
the Stars and Stripes ut her topmast,
| both ends of her spreaders and at the
| taffrail. Soon the whole fleet BIOS
somed in American flags. Patriotic
skin pers ransacked their lockers for
them. and they flew everywhere. The
! Corsalr. the flagship of the New York
| Yacht club. had six flags Ticking in
! the fresh breeze as she went alongside
the Columbia and gave her three
shrieking blasts.
Later the Erin. which had remained
behind for Il few minutes with the
Shamrock. steamed up to the Column
bia. the Stars and Stripes tiuttering
from main and mizZen. The Corsair
| greeted her With cannon. which Sir
Thomas acknowledged by dipping the
Union Jack at the taffrail. Then. by
Sir Thomas orders. the crew of the
Erin lined the side and gave three
| good Anglo-Saxon cheers. They We're
returned with interest by the crew Of
the Columbia.
The American boat was the first to
reach her mooring buoy inside the
Hook. and when her rival came up
alongside the sailors of both craft
cheered each other Justify. Later Sir
| ,v>l,,,,,. wont aboard tha COrSail. and
then soon after MI. Iselin. managing
owner of the Corsair. Joined him.
There were toasts of victor and van
uuishcd: to America and Great
Rritain: to gentlemen and ladies and
all sorts of things, and with felicita-
lions all around. the cup series for
| 1899 ended with the best of good feel
ing.