The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-08

NEW YORK. October Old Boreas
again to-day played batuedore and shut
tecock with the great single-stickers,
and the third attempt to sail the FIRST
r+co OF the Coiumbia-shamrock series
for the International trophy ended in
failure.
The raco was declared Oft Is minutes
before The time limit expired, with the
yachts s,m five miles from the finish
But The vast throngs who went down to
The sea 20 witness the battle royal were
m measure compensated by seeing a
magnificent light weather duel. I'm the
END the disappointment Of the patriots
was slarpen.d perhaps by the fact that
when tha race was abandoned. tho Coz
lum0ia was iu the lead and improving
her position. and had it been possible
,o-day the American champion might
have bad one race to her credit
After three trials The experts are as much
mystIied as they were at the beg ming
concerning The merits of the two boats
Nothing bat q spanking wholesale breeze
VIII furnish true test
EVENLY MATCHED.
To-day. as on the TWO previous days.
the course was laid 10 miles dead before
The wind and return. So evenly matched
were the beautiful clean-lmbed racers
that they rounded the outer mark like
th1roughbrods almost neck and neck.
and finished after thrco hours thrash
90 windward. with the Columh'a's white
and in the weather position. but so close
Was her green rival. that the black shad-
ow of the Shamrocks looming sails was
silhouted against the Yankees snowy
canvas.
- result OF to-days struggle and
those " Tuesday and Thursday. the
talent are ~ g00d dca' conto"rded. Some
of them differ as 10 the merits OF the two
boats but they seem settled upon two
things. the Shamrock is The ablest boat
that ever crlrsea the ocean 90 att the
mug. and what ls stil more important
that she is more ably handled than me
defender IEe superior scamansnip ,l
Captain Hoelrth auc his crcw was de-
monstrated at several critical points ir
the race to-day.
The Irish boat did uudeniaby better
work 10 wiudward She carved her way
up into the wind in astonishing style
Fut here again the columbia seemed 10
Doe able 90 mere than make up FOO footing
what she lost in pointing. and as the
ability of "a sailing vessel is determined
bv her power to make hcadWay against
an adverse wind, sac is the better boat
by that test
PROMISING DAY.
The aarlv morning WAS full of promise
'i..rf,',s ,,fo,esale breeze The
h...rt ~ tb. .s,-farine folks who went
-, w. ,b. v,stor fr9nt was e.addened
l,. . .tf0 .n-knot blast straight out of
,., ,,r+r,ast fhat covered thc upper and
to.-ar ba, with % smother of white-caps
and fn. etcursion fleet went out to the
.ta.,-h.at With high hopes az splendid
f.,-. sDorl Ru before the fleet had
coached the oiteu tho breeze began tO
moderate aud sine tumbing seas to sIil
less oi their irlth. Overhead the SKY was
uuHe,ked. a vault as blue as lulPu2lso,
and so clear was tlc "tmosphe' 'la'
ctfly foot off tne course was fl7'''o ~
Die thousands VINO We're W"',,'.,.5 g..
Jersey bills ii"n NtF"9ihN ,i.- ''''''', -,
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and ine fe7ul, t.. fror, fbe
tore 10 Was naSNe" "' "''0
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