The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-17

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and with but one or two exceptions be
put Columbia about within thirty Sec
ondg OF the other boat
The last half dozen taelm made were
longer than the otherl. The outer mark
which had been ob6cured by fog. was
visible from the yachts soon after 1850.
he wind became lighter ag they APP
Pre- nched lt but Il Increased Q little IN
f0ceo q Columbia made her last tack.
She looked very hlndspine as nhe ap-
% the fi4flt on the port tack.
aftattiy the crew launched her spine
maker boom out 70 port before she had
fairly made the turn and squared away
on her homeWard cotirte, the great sail
was broken out from atepl the same
moment the main boom swung far OF to
Btarboard. They were exactly eighty
iive seconds setting the apinnaker.
Shamrock's men beat them only five
seconds in this work The ohiciai time
at the turn was: Columbia, 1;ls;le;
Shamrock, 1:ssi0s
This shows that the Columbia was
nine minutes forty-nine seconds ahead.
The elapsed time OF the Columbia for
the fifteen miles was two hours forty
seven minutes. thirteen seconds; Of the
Shamrock two hours. hfty.Beven min
utes, flve seconds, showing columbiR'a
gain from the actual start had been
nine minutes hfty-two seconds, This
was a great victory for Columbia, for
both yachts had covered the distance In
a steady breeze and at 70 time were
they far enough apart 70 benefit BY any
puts Of wind.
The Run Home.
Columbla's balloon 1lb topsail was set
Immediately after the spinnaker and
the head sails hauled down. She began
her fifteen mile run TO the finish at
about eight knots an hour. shamrock'B
balloon jib top gall was Get seven min
utes after rounding the outer mark and
for time 1t seemed a. though she
was overhauling Columbia. At the
that time there appeared TO be q rea-
sonable conclnsion because she being
the stern boat, was IN position to take
advantage Of any squalls that might
come along. IT soon became evident.
however. that her apparent gain was
only Imaginary and that the Columbia
was not only holding her own, but es
the figures showed later, she was really
gaining.
The finish line, marked by the COM
mitee boat and the sany Hook light
was not visible until the yachts were
within a couple OF miles Of II, Then
there was a rush OF steamers to reach
the goal ahead OF the yachts.
It could not be called an exciting FIN
ish, nor was It tame one altogether.
So few boats were present to witness II
and the weather was 80 depresSing that
US spectacle the finish might be called
a poor one from q picturesque stand-
point. Both in time and distance the
yachts were so far apart that II was q
rather poor finish from a sportBman's
view.
When the Columbia with her great
yellow main sail broad OF starboard.
swept across the finish line Shamrock
was hardly visible astefn, only the out
lines OF her sails being seen. Ten min
utes and eleven seconds II time elapsed
between the finishing Of Columbia and
Shamrock, which meant In distance
about a mile and q half. The Official
time was: Columbin, 3:54;59; Sham
rock. 4;05;10.
The oficiai summary IS:
Start Columbia, 11:o1:Oe; Shamrock.
Tiaisa-columbIa, s:54:ss; Shamrock,
Elapsed time Columbia, 4:5s:5S;
faIfafnfockt. hty4 tVls - ~ 49, b. l.I.s
Corrected tlIlle4C Cofufit5ia, 4.5S:63;
Shamrock, 5:0l:Ol.
Wins by Over Ten Minutes.
Thus the Columbia wins by ten min
utes fourteen seconds actual. and ten
minutes eight seconds corrected time.
The elapsed time OF the Columbia from
the outer mark to the finish was two
hours and six minutes and forty sec
onds: Shamrock two hours, seven min
utes and two seconds; showing that in
the fifteen miles run before the wind
Columbia had gained twenty-five sec
onds.
After the race, while the yachts were
being towed back to their moorings Sir
Thomas Lipton's steam yacht. Erin,
ranged up alongside the Columbia, The
Erin's officers and men, led by Sir
Thomas Upton, gave three hearty
cheers. They were quickly responded
to with three cheers from the Column
bias men, led by Oliver IselIn.
A number Of yachts fired guns as sa-
lutes TO both yachts at the finish. The
flagship Corsair was among them, and
ns soon us the American yacht had
crossed the line. Commodore j. Pier
pont Morgan ordered American en-
signs to be hoIsted at each masthead.
Every steamer saluted With her whis-
tle and the ShRmrock's welcome was
quite as noisy as that Of the Columbia.
The yachts and the excursion feet soon
vanished in the mist, homeward bound.