The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-19
Columbia Shows the
Shamrock CLEAN 5eeIS

New YORK, oct. l9.-HaQ the Nlnu
held today, the Shamrock
series for the Americas cup would have
ended in three straight wins for the
defender and the Irish cup hunter
would have sailed home without the
trophy, beaten as decisively as any for
mer candidate Only the failure of the
wind saved the Shamrock from de-
feat more singing than on Monday.
Today she was beaten on the run to the
( outer mark, five minutes and hfty-ohe
! seconds, elapsed time and on the leg
| home. which should have been beat,
1 but which, owing to a shift of the
wind was a broad reach the Columbia
sailed away from her like a witch.
When the race was declared off, about
/ ten minutes before the expiration of the
time limit, Columbia was leading by
about three miles She was then four
miles from the finish. Had the race
ended the Shamrock would have been
beaten by at least twenty minutes.
Sir Thomas hard luck continued to
follow. His boat was very badly han
died today in spite of the aggregation
of talent aboard of her The two Eng
| lish captains and the captain OF Em-
peror Williams yacht Meteor, failed to
get the Shamrock over the line before
| the gun was fired, and she went into
the race penalized by two seconds ON
! that account.
VICTIM OF BLUNDERS.
The additional ballast which was put
i into her yesterday also seems to have
been a blunder on the part of her man
ayers, as it increased the size of the
| DOLBY to be forced through the water
and in the light air that prevailed to-
day, retarded instead of increased her
speed. What the Shamrock may be able
to do in rough weather and d stiff wind
is still problematical, but after the
drubbing She has received, the experts
are almost unanimous in the belief that
the Columbia can take her measure in
light airs or a gale of wind.
The crew OF the Shamrock have given
it up. They are now convinced that we
have the better boat Before the race
on Monday they had the most supreme
confidence in their abb ty to win with
Shamrock
There was no living with them
said one of the Yankee tars on the
ShamrOck's tender Lawrence. They
did not think their boat would win;
they absolutely knew it. They would
not even hear arguments After they
returned from the race Monday they
were so sore that they would not speak
to each other. Now they are frank
enough to admit that the Columbia is
the better boat by ten minutes over a
thirty-mile course
MAY BE MORE RACING.
The boats will race again tomorrow,
and even if the Columbia wins it is
possible two more races will be sailed.
A proposition to this effect has been
made and Sir Thomas seems anxious
that it be carried out. He has been
greatly disappointed in the showing his
L
do better over a triangular course in a
heavier wind and has said he would be
very pleased to sail TO more races.
This was a rad - day for those
af1oat. Though light haze hung over
the horizon, not a cloud fiecked the sky.
A ten-knot land breeze blew out of the
northwest and the foam tipped wave
lets running on the gentle ground swell
shimmered in the bright sun. A big
holiday crowd went out to witness
what all supposed would be the last
race of the cup series, and the sight
SeerS were treated to rare picture as
they bowled down the harbor.
The bay was alive with sails Fifty
or more sailing ships of every style,
from coasting schooners to lofty
square-rigged ships bound for the In
dies or the China seas, which had been
harbor- bound for two weeks were TAX
ing advantage of the favOring breeze,
and like a flock of wild gulls, were
speeding seaward with their spreading
pinions cleaning in the sun.
THE COURSE LAID OUT.
The course today was laid fifteen
miles before the wind, southeast by
south, straight out to sea. After some
pretty maneuvering behind the line,
Captain Barr, ON the Columbia, bested
the talent aboard the challenger, send
ing the Columbia flying across the line
twenty-seven seconds ahead of his ad-
versary. So badly had the Shamrock
miscalculated that the handicap gun
doomed two seconds before the green
boat crossed, and she sailed away with
that penalty, in addition to the sixteen
seconds she allows the white wonder
now under the new measurements.
The race to the outer mark was not
exciting Both yachts crossed with
bullying balloons, mainsails and their
largest club topsails drawing. But, as
the wind had pulled d little to the
southwark after the course had been
set, instead of keeping away from the
mark, they made almost a triangular
race of it. Without setting their spin
makers, they luffed sharply to star
board, each striving for the weather
gauge.
The Columbia showed her rival a
fleet pair of heels, gaining gradually !
from the start. For almost an hour !
the luffing continued, carrying the |
yachts four miles off their course.
AWAY FOR THE MARK.
The Shamrock having been badly
beaten in her attempt to get to wind
ward, both squared away for the mark, !
breaking out their big spinnakers to |
the WING. After watching the yachts |
run before the wind for an hour, dur |
ing which the breeze gradually died |
down to about five Knots or less. the /
fleet turned ahead and gath
cred about the float to witness the
turn
BY the time they had lined up the
big yachts could hardly be seen.
the haze across the water
they looked like phantom pyramids
The wind kept failing, and there was
a long wait. The excursion boats be-
came impatient as they lay wallowing
in the SWELL and, they shifted their po-
sitions occasionally, starting and stop
ping their engines.
The balloons of the big sloops bellied
in and out, sfivered. collapsed and
the race was degenerating into a drift
ing match as they approached the
mark. The challenger was directly
astern of the Columbia, trying with her
of canvas to blanket the
towering sails of the Yankee.
THE COLUMBIA A WIZARD.
But Columbia was a wizard Some
how she managed to get wind enough
from somewhere to keep her slipping
through the water, and in vain the
Shamrock strained to overtake her.