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

| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| cinlty Of the committee boat few seconds
| tao soon. so Capt. Hogartn kept her broad
| of 10 use Up the time. ard then lUEe1
| across the committee boats stern just rs
| the gun was fred. crossing the line d, Il
! J~-Snot clip, wita Columbia several lengths
| astern and on her weather quarter Capt
| Barr iunet Columbia 1iagonaity across the
| line until the crew were ready TO set the
| spiHnaker to star50arsi II vas broken oGt
/ az li:02 20: Shamrock's thirty seconds later.
| The official time u tbs start vas;
| Columbia u:1l:35.
| Shamrock, u:HsA
| Shamrock Chance to show speed.
| Shamrock had certainly the better Of the
start, and with such breeze blowing over
| her taffraii IL seemed as IL her chance had
| come 10 show her speed in run down be
| fore the wind. In setting Colum0ias spin
| maker the boom had been Stacked SO far
| forward that at II 20 the sail lifted over
| the headstays BY the force Of the wind.
| For a moment il looked II the sail would
| split, but By careful handling OF the guy
| II WAS brought back To- its position In a
| few minutes. Those who expected To SEE
! Columbia walk right away from Shamrock
| were disappointed Five minutes passed,
| ten, fifteen, and there was 10 noticeable
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| yacht maintained her lead her spinnaker
| remaining exactly where IL was put ard
| splitting the wind into the staysail. jia and
| baby j5 topsaiis. which sails had been car
| ried from the start.
| CoIumbta's spinnaker Acts Badly.
| AT u:fL finding that Columbia was not
| oyerhauiing Shamrock TO any extent,
| Capt. Barr had The working ,opsail
| set. The spinnaker continued to be-
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| stays twice In the next twenty min
/ utes thereby losing seconds OF time for the
| yacht. The course OF fifteen miles 10 lee
| ward was - bring the yachts down of
| Asbury Park for the turn. When they
| passed the Long Branch pier al about II 30
| Shamrock was leading by an eighth OF a
| mile, Columbia sailing directly In her wake
| Columbia took In her forestry sail at that
| time. leaving the jib the only heafSail
| AT l2:i5 Columbia. which had been stead
| fly gaining Shamrock, passed 10 her
| port, taking in the working topSau as she
| did so. 50 as 10 be ready fer the windward
| work, Her spinnaksr came in al I2is and
| Shamrock's was used thirty seconos later.
| L. was to be close work at the run. Both
| shippers held on their spinDakers to the
| last moment and there had been chance
| 10 round either yachts mainsheet The
| official time at the outer mark was:
| Columbia f2lo:o
| Shamrock l2lYl7.
| Coiumbia's Substantial Gain.
Columbias elapsed time from the
| start to this point had been one hour
| seventeen minutes twenty-seven seconds
| Shamrock's one hour. eighteen minutes
| forty-three seconds showing taat in the
| fifteen mile run before the wind Columbia
had gained one minute. eighteen seconds.
| The yachts were only seventeen seconds
| apart at Inc turn. This indeed close
| work after fifteen mile spinnaker run.
| Leaving the mark TO starboarj. Columbia
| iuffed widely round II, while the crew haul
| ed after the mainsheet. Shamrocks captain
| was forced 10 make still wider turn
| Then iuf'ing UP sharply he tried 10 cross
| Columbias wake and capture the weather
| berth. Skipper Barr. however. had Il
| weather eye out for such an emergency
| He gave the white sloop North river"
| Ian. placing her we'll out on Shamrock
| weather bow.
II took Some few minutes to e., the
| sheets trimmed and for both yachts 70
| settle down 10 business the starboard
tack. Capt. Hogarth gave Shamrock &
| good hard fun, hoping 10 outf0ot Columbia
Split TackS.
| Tho wind Was bI3wing ut least twenty
| FIVE miles an hour. and there was a lump
~ n SEA on sufficient % make the racing
| craft so some rather heavy diving They
hee!ed Ill the greater portion of their
weather higes were exposed Al i2 81
| Shamrtsck's topsAil vas taken in She
was then throwing spray ia clouds acrssas
| Ter deck, making II anything worse
| weather than Columbia Capt Hogarth
| put her about At Is:ia and one minute and
| thirty seconds later Columbia went aho,t,
| This was About twenty minutes after the,
haa rounded the outer mark Columbia
| MIA then between quarter ana q half
ST. Int 4 sf~..
nhea3 of shamrock She was Increasing
her Lad every minute Both tacka. -
| stsrhoard NJ u S- Holding this tack FOR
| twenty-cne minutes they came about =
| port. Columbia having been steadily out
| pointing the other Al l.l@0s she went
about 70 stHrboar,t for a short bout = ayn
| fntnQyfs- ShauFesck. however. made the
short bout - port. and tackled 10 etar-
| board AZ 74>
| During the next fifteen minutes sham
rock made three lacks AMI Columbia tive.
ana at - when columbia tackled 10 rort.
fNe Wind had fallen tighter ST short
time ~ ~ Shamrock sent I'D 2 small
-lah topsal The wirel saan freshsrvs
csnting 4 coupl@ - g-onts wesis rlv SEAN
| ru-k having sVtit tAsks WITH Columbia
US beading iUs4cve on the StRTDoafd tack
/ when ths <hift came NNEartn az ONCE vt!t
| Shamrock A9sgt and tnoA advantage -
! sGis slant
shamrock aatnx slightly.
= was noticed whom shamrock .er,a
ehstt - voYf - ga thar her r..s9ftnn
haA been considerably hetteres!. r,ar.1v
PERTAINS ~ reasou - her carving tha
c'uN tnfs~aE making hnr foot faster. has
! chiefly because - th~ shtf5 = Ui~s
whlrh she apparently e,t q tew minutes
Hef.re te'urbia ~ aav rate When
] Ca}5u.Hts tackot - ste~roarf - ! - she
r,--t shamrock r.1 tNe ether Jack ree tf-e
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