The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-21

New York, Oct. 20.-Through wild and
hoary seas. in a breeze that approached
the dignity of gale, the gallant sloop
Columbia today vanquished the British
challenger Shamrock by six minutes
and eighteen seconds actual time, and
six minutes and thirty-four seconds
corrected time, thus completing the ser
les for the America s cup with a mag
nificent rough weather duel and a glor-
ious Yankee victory.
For the eleventh time the attempt of
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, a monument to the super
iority of American seamanship and
American naval architecture, and a
standing challenge to the yachtsmen of
all nations.
Unbeaten America again tastes the
glory of victory. The intrinsic value of
the reward which hundreds of thou
sands of dollars We're expended to Sc
cure is smali-sfmply an Anticipated
piece of Silverware which Queen Vic
toria offered to the best sailing ship in
the world in the early days of her reign,
but around it cluster the previous mem
cries of uubroken American triumph
and the honor of mastery in the noblest
of sports.
Crushing Blow to Upton.
To Sir Thomas Upton, whose name is
now added to the list of defeated as
pirants for the honor of carrying the
cup back across the Atlantic, failure
was crushing blow. His hope had
been high. But, like the true sports
man that he is, the sting of defeat has
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courage he tntfmates that he may be
back with a better boat to try again.
During his stay here, Sir Thomas
has made himself more popular than
any previous challenger, and the
yaehtSnsn= of this country vi be glad
to welcome him back. Except for the
repeated fiukes and the unfortunate ac-
cident to the challenger on Tuesday
this series of races has been unmarried
by a single unteward incident. The
boats have had two fair and square
races, one in light airs and the other
in a heavy blow, and Sir Thomas is per-
fectly satisfied that he was beaten by
the better boat.
Rough Weather Qualities.
Today's race was a glorious test of
the rough weather qualities of the two
yachts. There was too much freshness
too rough for land lubbers. The sky
was overcast with cold gray clouds, and
the fierce flaws of a chilling blast out
of the northeast whipped the foam out
of the racing waves until they whitened
the face of the sea.
Outside the ocean was riot of white
caps. Some of the holiday fleet declined
to brave the perils of the harpies rid
ing on the northeastern, and those that
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pillows, sending all but the old salts
below.
The prayer of Sir Thomas for wind
was answered. 1t was blowing twenty
five miles an hour at the lightship.
enough wind and enough sea to make
any racing machine stagger. Even the
pilot boats, that can weather any gale.
were under shortened sail, and the wind
fairly tore the steam from the exhaust
and the smoke from the stack into
shreds.
The course. fifteen miles before the
wind, south by west, carried the yachts
straight down the Jersey coast to
point off Long Branch. so that the race
was sailed in plain view of the thou
sands perched upon the heights of
Navesink, and stretched along the shore
from Sea Bright to Asbury Park.
Ready For the Fray.
The crew of the Columbia were pre-
pared for the fray in yellow oilskfns
and sou westers, and those of the Sham
rock in white canvas. 1t was blowing
too hard for club topsails, and both
shippers contented themselves with
hosting small working topsails.
Both yachts fed across the starting
line before the twenty five-knot breeze
wing and wing, their spinnakers break
ing out like puffs of white smoke and
setting hard as plaster. The Shamrock
was over q minute and one second be-
fore the defender, but this was not due
to superior seamanship. Captain Barr
held off for that length of time after
the green boat crossed in order that he
might get the position astern, where he
could have an opportunity to blanket
his rival
The yachts made a beautiful picture
as they sped away with outstretched
pinions. The Columbia carried her
spinnaker boom at an angle of almost
forty-five degrees. This allowed the big
sail to belly far out forward and draw