Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-06
EsIHEs RAGEE Again DECLARED 0FF
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i Painted B Ocean The only cheering
I; feature OF the situation was that the
u Columbia steadily gained ground, men
4 by inch she :crept along. At the emu OF
IS fifteen minutes several lengths OF cleur
water showed between her ana ner
green rival. The bands played ana =
s fewsWhlstles footed. On, on, sheg nloYeu
y until she was fully five hundred Sarus
81 ahead TWAS picturesque, but NOT eN-
Z. citing. ii The Immense spread OF canvas,
& including 1.-THE balloon jib was drawing
& An the gentle breeze. Then the vino
* began to die and the great balloons OF
Z canvas forward collapsed like meal
/ sacks. IAt{the same time the wind can't
4 cd q little and Columbia concluded to
change her tactics. She took In her
& spinnaker and tried reaching, leaving
4 the balloon lib set. It was a challenge
{ to the Shamrock on her best point of
: sailing and Captain Hogarth eagerly
e accepted the gage. They went heading
4 over toward Long Island shore, and the
4 Columbia continued to increase her
lead The Shamrock, phagrined, at
!. tempted to crowd on a little more cam
I, vas by setting her stay sail, but 1t only
Il kept the precious wind from her bal
+ loon lib, and the sail itself hung from
s the stay as limp and listless as q wet
rag. In a few minutes she took 1t
z down.
< :: No. 49, AZ a WEARY VAIL.
.;S Meanwhile the excursion fleet was
pushing forward to the outer mark.
When they got there they waited for
an hour, but The champions did not
& come Through the mist they could
= Just be made out, looking like high
peaked circus tents Then. when the
wind hauled around to the south-south-
east and the racers had taken in their
aspinnakers to beat into it close hauled,
1.-The excursion, hOnfc NIL fa1 "a m
fsee what they were doing at this point
L of sailing. But for the rest of the
race the yachts were half the time in
& the sdoldrums, with their sails Tapping
3listlessly When the streaks of wind
would strike them they would lufr and
tack and split tncks, each vanly en-
( deaYorlng to get Onto the place where
the light zephyrs were crinkling the
smooth surface of the ocean. For two
& hours this was kept up, during which
> no one seemed to be able to tell exact
2 ~. how the Shamrock drew uD with
her adversary. Rather than prolong
the agony and suspense. Mt 3:43, when
at was apparent to all that the yachts
could not make the outer mark. much
e less the finish. and when both were
Z practlcaliy on even terms, the commit
z tee decided to call the race off.
A DRAMATIC INCIDENT.
The most dramatic, picturesque and
Just as the finish, and it repaid the
thousands Of sightseers for the disnp-
pointment they were experiencing
Just as the Regettn Committee goat
hung out the bnll on the trjatic stay,
which declared the race off, the spec-
ifators. all of whom were In doubt as
&towhich boat was ahead, were watch
ing the yachts with intense interest.
They had split tacks and now the
Columbia was sailing toward the
Irish boat on the port tack, with the
Y evident intention OF crossing her bow
B The water between them grew narrow
( er ana narrower. until she was close
{ enough to pass q line. aboard Every
body aboard the excursion fleet eX-
nectcd her to cross the Shamrock S
bow; but CAPTAIN Barr found it too
y risky and as the American champion
1 rose In o. duecnly fashion on q heavy
swell he nut his helm down and came
4 over on the starboard tack under tho
Shamrock's lee. II was q disanpoint-
{ ing moment for the patriots. Although
the Columbia had her nose in front
the challenger Tapped her and held the
{ weather gauge. lust at this instant
the signal went up declaring the race
off and before the astonished spectators
realized what had happened they saw
both yachts, whose shippers had evil
IDENTIFY been waiting for the signal
turn about on their heels and head
for home.