Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-16
COLUMBIA
WINS FIRST
A Good Breeze Showed
the American Boat
WAS THE BETTER ONE
She Had the Advantage From
Start to Finish Over the
Cup Challenger.
L.
FINISHED IN TIME LIMIT
Most OF the Time the Columbia Was
From a Mile to a Mile and a Half
IN the Lead-Excellent Sailing on
Both Boats,

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huhs over the upper bay at 6 y. ~. ~
10y ahd there was only light southerly
i preeze SURFING, discouraging outlook
/ lor the beginning Of the third week of
/ the attempts to sail the first of the sar-
les or races in the contest for Ameri
!, cas- cup between the Columbia and the
Sna amrock. The observers OF Associated
Fress, along the Jersey shore had no en-
, conra cement to furnish the public in their
early morning bulletins. but Sandy Hook
at 9:l5 O'Clock reported there was soma
prospect Of a race to-day The wind
was south-south- east about seven miles
and freshening steadily. There was a
heavy mist.
At s:4O the Columbia and Shamrock,
ootl in tow, We're passing out The
conditions about the starting line were
nearly as bad this morning as they were
IN the upper bay and in the city There
was not glimmer of sunshine and tho
sky was of dull leaden hue. Al 800
there was a seven mile bi.--ze from che
southeast that. while blowing the mist
into bay and city, cleared the atmosphere
about the course.
At 9:45 the wind had again ploughed its
way through the fog and blowing at a
rate Of seven miles an hour from the
southeast made conditions better than
any day for the week past
AT 10 O'Clock the breeze was blowing
nine miles an hour in the southeast and
at 1890 veered east and blowing quite
briskly The committee boat signaled
the course would be east. The yachts
were jockeying about the start with their
jibs, mainsails and stop sails set, when
a 1885 the warning gun was fired. Both
beats had timed them elves that both
crossed within minute and almost to-
gether, the Shamrock With a slight ad-
vantage.
Promptly at II o'clock the starting gun
was fired and Immediately the Columbia S
jib topsail was broken out The racers
We're then close to ths line and as he
trimmed his mainsail aft more, Captain
Barr worked his boat out across the
Shamrocl1s stern and was in the better
position.
The Columbia carried her club, her No.
2 tonsal and her baby j!b Barr did his
turn in a trice and as he started to go
around, her spinnaker boom went down
on the instant.
There We're loud shouts - joy from the
watchers as she started for home. All
they had to do was to ease off her sheets.
A number of boats started along after
the Columbia but there We're enough left
to cheer the challenger. After she had
rounded the outer mark the Shamrock S
lighter canvass was broken out in good
shipshape fashion and one and half miles
to the rear set after the Columbia home
ward bound.
It was a feather in Captain Bars cap
and showed he was as good as the three |
expert shippers on the Shamrock when !
it came to playing for the windward po- !
siticn. The Shamrock was so close to
the line that it was impossible for her /
to drop back and try to get up to the !
windward Of her rival. so Captain Ho-
garth did the best thing he could do to |
shove his boat across the line far enough
ahead to prevent the Columbia from
breaking up his wind. The helm was
put down hard and with a lively move
on the challenger shot across a 11:O1 :O3
' The Columbia was on the Shamrock9
quarter moving bit faster and soon
as she saw the Shamrock heading over
the line. Captain Barr headed across
also. With greater speed the Columbia
was almost mast and mast with the
and to the windward three
seconds behind 1t was a wonderfully
close start and the honors belonged to
Barr. Once over the line the contestants
seemed to give new jump OF lives. Ho-
sarth's only chance seemed TO be to crowd
his boat out and past and he did.
In about two minutes the Shamrock
had the Columbia astern but still to tho
Windward and every effort was being
made to put the green boat out to wind
Wa1d. The squirt was a magnificent one
bit once having gained her lead the
Challenger seemed TO halt somewhat
The breeze was full eight knots and her
sails We're filling as true as ever but the