Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-20
THIRD RACE PROVES A FLUkE
Declared OFF with Columbia Leading Sham.
rock Three Miles.
uPToNs SAILORS ARE LOSING coNctlT
Give Up and Admit Yankees Have
Better Bont-sir Thomas Favorable
to Running Two Races After
Series is Finished.

W tNNo nuCtS ttttr
Series is Finished.
NEW YORK, Oct 19-iad the wind held
today the Columbia Shamrock eeries would
have been 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 former candidates. Only
the failure of the wind saved Shamrock
from greater defeat than on Monday. Today
1t was beaten on the run to the outer mark
Ave minutes and flfty-one seconds elapsed
time, and on the leg home, which would
have been beat, but which, owing to
shift of the wind, was broad reach Column
| bla sailed away from 1t like witch.
| When the race was declared off, about ten
minutes before the expiration of the time
| limit, Columbia was leading by three miles.
1t was then four miles from the finish. Had
the race been finished Shamrock would have
been beaten by about twenty minutes.
Sir Thomas boat was very badly handled
today, in spite OF the aggregation of talent
aboard OF 1t. The two English captains and
the captain of Emperor Williams yacht.
Meteor, failed to get Shamrock over the line
before the handicap gun was fired, and 1t
went into the race penalized by two seconds
on that account. The additional ballast
which was put into it yesterday seems to
have been a blunder on the part of Its man
ayers, as 1t increased the size Of the body
to be forced through the water and in the
light air that prevailed today retarded. in
stead of increased it's speed. What Sham
rock may be able to do in rough weather
and reefing wind Is still problematical,
but after the drubbing it has received, the
experts are almost unanimous in the belief
Hnl ..t.1.. in ttyhf
airs or a gale.
The crew OF 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 ability to win with Shamrock.
There was no living with them" said
one of the Yankee tars on Shamrock's ten
der Lawrence. "They did not think their
boat would win; they absolutely knew 1t.
They would not hear arguments. After they
returned from the race Monday they were
so sure that they would not speak to each
other. Now they are frank enough to admit
that Columbia is the better boat by ten min
utes over a thirty mile COURSE"
Another Race Today.
The boats will race again tomorrow and
even il Columbia wins it is possible that
two more races will be run. 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
boat has made, but believes it might do bet
ter over triangular course in heavy wind,
and has said that he would be very pleased
to sail two more races.
This was a radiant day for those afoat
Though light haze hung over the horizon
not a cloud fecked the sky. en-knot
land breeze blew out of the northwest and
the foam tipped wavelets running on the
gentle ground swell shimmered in the bright
sun. big holiday crowd went out to wit
ness what all supposed would be the last of
the cup series.
The course today was laid fifteen miles be-
fore the breeze, southeast to south, straight
J out to sea. BY maneuvering behind the line
| Captain Barr bested the talent aboard the
challenger sending Columbia flying across
adversary So badly had Shamrock miscai-
culated that the handicap gun doomed two
seconds before the green boat crossed and
1t sailed away with that penalty in addition
to the sixteen seconds 1t allows the new
wonder.
The race to the outer mark was exciting
Both yachts carried balloon and their largest
clubtopsails drawing. But as the wind had
drawn little to the southwark, instead of
Keeping eway for the mark they made almost
a triangular race OF it, Without setting
their spinnakers they luffed sharply to star
board, each striving for the weather gauge
Columbia showed it's rival a fleet pair Of
heels. gaining gradually from the start. For
almost an hour the lufing was continued
Shamrock was badly beaten in its attempt
to get to the windwhrd
After watching the yachts run before the
wind for an hour, during which the breeze
uled down to f1ye knots and less the excur-
sion Meet turned ahead and gathered about
the float to witness the turn. BY the time
they had lined up the big yachts could hardly
be seen. Through the haze they looked like
| phantom pyramids The wind kept falling
and there was long wait.
Drifting Match.
The balloons of the big sloops beIlied in
ana out, shivered, collapsed and the race
was degenerating into drifting match as
they approached the mark. The challenger
was directly astern OF Columbia trying with
its mountains Of canvas to blanket the tow
| ering sails Of the Yankee But Column
bia was wizard. Somehow it managed 70
get wind enough from somewhere to keen
| 1t slipping through the water and in vain
Shamrock tried to oyertake it. The yachts
| were coming the last mile. The white boat
bore round the mark in queenlike manner,
| ana lied away. Shamrock was utterly be-
Gained for full minute. 1t must have been
a minute of intense chagrin aboard the chal-
lenger and the patriots could not but feel
sense of pity for It, Shamrock
went round the mark six minutes and
eighteen seconds after Columbia About
three and one half hours had been con-
sumed and there appeared no chance of An
| lshins the race southwark wind picked
| up.
| Columbia sailed away from its rival like
a ghost ship, leaving 1t far astern, increasing
| the distance between them 20 rapidly that
when the race was declared off at 41s 1t
was leading by three miles.
RESULTS ON THE RUNNING TRACKS.