The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-04
THE SHAMROCK LEADS
But Neither Yacht Finished in the
Prescribed Time,
COLUMBIA THE BEST BOAT.
\ Fair Analysis Shows Her Superior
ity in Many Points - Tho sham
rock the Ablc,t Contestant for
Americas Cup That Eng
land Has Ever Sent.
Incidents of Race.

NEW YORK. oct. s.-As the sun set
| behind the Navesnk Hills the biggest
crowd of sight-seers and yachtsmen who
| ever sailed down 10 Sandy Hook . Wit
ness the attempt OF foreign mus-hunter
| TO wrest from America the yachting SUI
prcmacy Of the world returned TO New
| York crest-fallen and disappointed. The
winds had proved too light and shifty'
| and the first Of the International series OF
1893 betwcen tho two greatest racing ma
chimes ever produced by England ana
America deecnorated into drifting
match. and had TO be declared off because
neither could reach the finish line in the
time allotted by the rules.
To avoid lust such winds as occurred
to-day. i'm which luck and not the crew
and Yachts win. the rules provide mat II
one of the boats does no. hnish Wllil"
five and a half hours. the race Is oe-
clared of. so at the end OF the time thia
evening when the yachts we're sun four
niles from home. with the Shamrock
leading by something more than quar-
Ter of a mile. the committee officially de-
clared that there had been no race. Inc
yachts were then taken in low by lhel'
connective tugs and brought back 10 their
anchorage inside Sandy Hook.
NEXT RACE TOMORROW
Under the rules the first race is now
postponed for two days, or unih IhuIs-
day. a, ,rho
The day promised well al hLs.' hL.,'''.,.,,,i' ie
sky was smirched with "a few dirty ciouos'
90 flgruuff the IlNNrhIlN~
~ enectafors who lined the Jersey sh'Ie
to see almost every foot of the course
rbe waves we're crested with white-
cans here and there. and fairly llesh
breeze blew out of the north no'lhe"7.'
b,t after the Columbia and Shamrock
bed crossed the line the wind turned uuhl
and variable and the race was a n@%'e
almost from the start. but ule H"he
dav gave the yachting sharps anu '"o
-pectat0rs much % think aooul-anu so, ,,'.
.',~prtses The Columbia is undoupteuig
the prettier boat. she IS tan, s'ale'y' WIN W.,
graceful lines ard towering mast
frisb boat with her broader beam anu
roroer base line. looked slower ana heaN-
ier Perhaps her green color makes ho'
,,,lr clumsier. as If she were loICeu
,hro,,eh The water, while the sim tO-
fur,bia picrces it Ike "a raplei.
,rboneh indec.sive in every respect as to
the abilities of the great rival sing ie-S.ItH-
ere to-dav's race indicates tnal the IL ~"
ho3t with her English skipper ana H'.
scotch crew. is the ab.est sloop ever sem
across the Atlantic iu the nope oi "t'."5
the one hundred guinea cup "h''" '''
America brought back forty-hNe year
ago and which has since been su'ee77l""'
defended against the world.
GIVE AND TAKE.
.,,I half hours sail
the shamrock was thrice ahead. and
twice the Yankee boat showed ihe way
For the first ten minutes the shamfoek
led then for five the Columbia sraceii
bow showed ahead of tho green boat. f'r
fortv-fve minutes following the sham
rock. then for three hours the t1iumn'
and for the last hour and haii if was llf
shamrock that Ted the way. The bcczs
blew as hieh as twelve knots am hour and
as low as three and shifted about thr9u-.
eight points Of the compass Each 300
turn beat the other running before the
wind and was in turn beaten. beating
against the wind at various stages OF tne
race. so that many OF the experts who
saw the two boats sail to-day are disin-
olined to believe that there IS a. pin to
choose between them, but when the race
is closely analysed 10 is absolutely proven
that the Columbia showed her supcriortr
at every point of sailing running. reach |
Ing and beating whenever the wind fresh !
ened and that IL was only .n the liehtefi |
air that the Shamrock could make head |
way against her Both had their share |
OF good and bad luck The Columbia had |
the better of the shifting wind on Tho
run down 10 the mark and beat the |
Shamrock two minutes and forty-four Sec |
0nds while on the beat home after in- 1
creaslng her lead TO over a mile at one |
time. the shamrock overhauied the Yam /
kee and WAS a quarter Of mile ahead |
when the time allowance expired.
The feature OF the race which pleased |
everybody most was the perfectly clcar (
field which was maintained. For the (
first time. this year the government took /
q hand 10 prevent repetition Of The un- /
fortunate occurrence which marred the
race when the accompanying excursion /
boats i'm their frenziel eagerness 10 let |
nothing Of the beautiful spectacle escape I
crowded upoB the racers until their ba. Is (
wash nnpedod their progress through the
water aud caused Lord Dunraven 10 hle
his famous protest
TIE COZ RISE KEPT CLEAR.
The government was determined this
year that the course should be- protected
against unofficial trespassers. \ hotilla oi
revenue cutters and swift torpedo-Dodts. /
living red-barred white flags guarded the
course. keeping excursion steamers
yachts and tugs at a perfectly safe dis
tance from the canVas-clouded racers.
The course was laid fifteen miles dead
before the wind and back again. The
direction OF The wind carried this course
south-solthwest from the Sandy Hook
lightship. almost straight down the Jer-
sey coast to "a point on Asbury Park.
where O white float with % ~ed ball was
placed 10 mark the turning point
The Columbia was admirably handled
throughout the race. though the Sham
rock was first across the line by fS Sec
lnds: the COlumbia's Deer Island crew OF
Yankees, wearing their picturesque
watch caps IN Iselin's colors. we're so
much handler than their Scotch rivals
hat they had the Colum6ia's spinnaker |
and balloon jib set first by three minutes.
The spectators maryelled at the cloud
4 canvas the Leviathans carried, |
Straight up into the air the slender yards
,arried the point OF pyramids Of canvas
or l15 feet II Is hard 10 realize that this
/