The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-21
THE CUP IS STILL OURS.
Columbia Defeats Shamrock in
n, Three Straight Contests.
NEARLY GALEFOR FINAL RACE

of the Superiority of the American
Yacht In Any Kind OF Bresze-The
PIucky Challenger May Try Again.
New York. Oct. 21.-Through wild
and hoary seas. in a breeze that ap-
preached the dignity of gale. the gall
liant sloop Columbia yesterday van
quished the British challenger Sham
rock by minutes and Is seconds ac-
tual time and 6 minutes and "a seconds
corrected time, thus completing the
series for the Americas cup with
magnificent rough weather duel and
| glorious Yankee victory. For the
eleventh time the attempt of foreign
| er to wrest from America the yachting
supremacy of the world has failed.
The trophy won by the old schooner
America as years ago Is still ours.
monument to the superiority of Amer
lean seamanship and American naval
architecture. and standing challenge
to the yachtsmen of all nations. The in
trinsic value of the reward which hun
dreds of thousands of dollars were eX-
pended to secure is small-simply an
antiquated piece of silverware which
Queen Victoria offered to the best sail
ing ship in the world in the early days
Of her reign, but around it cluster the
precious memories of unbroken Amer
lean triumph and the honor Of mastery
in the noblest of sports.
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
left no bitterness, and with undaunted
courage he intimates that he may be
back with better boat and try again.
During his stay here Sir Thomas has
made himself more popular than any
previous challenger, and the yachtsmen
of this country will be glad to welcome
him back The boats have had two
fair and square races, one in light airs
and the other in heavy blow, and Sir
Thomas is perfectly satisfied that he
was beaten by the better boat.
Yesterdays race was a glorious test
of the rough weather qualities of the
two yachts. There was too much FROST
mess in the air for comfort. and 1t was
far too rough for land lubbers. Some
of the holiday fleet declined to brave
the perils of the harpies riding down on
the northeaster. and those that did
rolled and plunged in the tumbling
pillows, sending all but old salts be-
low The prayer of Sir Thomas for
wind was answered. 1t was blowing
Is miles an hour at the lghtship. Even !
the pilot boats. that can weather any
gale, were under shortened sail.
,~,;I Loff |, ind
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
thousands perched upon the heights of |
Navesink, and stretched along the !
shore from Seabright to Asbury Park. |
The crew of the Columbia were pre-
pared for the fray in yellow oilskins
and sou westers and those Of the
Shamrock in white canvas. 1t was |
blowing too hard for club topsalls, and
both shippers contented themselves !
with hoisting small working topsaiis.
Both yachts fled across the starting |
line before the rs knot breeze wing
and wing, their spinnakers breaking
out like puffs of white smoke and set
ting hard as plaster. The Shamrock
was over 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 beautiful picture
as they sped away with outstretched
pinions. The big sloops set so hot a
pace that they left half the tugboats
and some of the steam yachts astern.
They were going at a 13 knot clip, the
Yankee slowly but surely, inch by inch.
overhauling her adversary. When the
Columbia had crept up to within strik~
ing distance the green boat crowded
on little more canvas, setting baby
lib topsail, and for ten minutes she
seemed to hold the American even. AS
the yachts approached the outer mark
the patriots, with high bounding pulses,
saw that the Columbia was again
picking up on the enemy. At 1910
o'clock, half a mile from the mark.
the Bristol boat got alongside the chal-
lenger, and neck and neck, like span
of race horses they bowled down for
the float Three minutes later, when
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