Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08
THREE TINES FLUKED|
Columbia and Shamrock Again
Fail of a Finish. .
AMERICAN WAS IN THE LEAD
Yesterdays Struggle Served to Show That
the Shamrock is the Ablest Boat
Ever Sent Over After the Cup.
Story of the Run. "
OBJ Tcieglanh.l

(B% Tciegraph.e
NEW YORK, Oct. old Horcas
again TODAY played battlctlore and
Shuttlecock With the great single stick
ti's. and the third attempt to sail the
first race of the Columbia Shamrock
series tor the international trophy.
ended in failure. The race was declar-
ed off IS minutes before the time limit
expired. With the yachts still five miles
from the finish But the vast throngs
who went down to the sea to witness
the battle royal. were in ), measure
compensated by seeing {; magnificent
light weather duel.
COLUMBIA WAS LEADING.
In the end, the disappointment of the
patriots was sharpened. perhaps by the
fact that wheE the race was abandoned
the Columbia was in the lead and i'm
proving her position and had it been
finished today the American champion
might have had one race to her credit.
after these three trials the experts are
about as much lnystitied as at the be-
ginning concerning the merits Of the
two boats Nothing but d spanking
wholc-sail breeze will furnish a true
test. Il" .M-
To-day. as on the previous days. the
course was laid Is miles dead before the
wind and return So evenly matched
were the clean climbed racers that they
rounded the outer mark like thorough
hreds. almost neck and neck and fin
lshed after three hour thresh to wind
ward with the Columbia's White, shark
like nose half a length in front and in
me weather position, but SO close was
her green rival. that the black shadow
Of the Shamrocl's looming sails was
Silhouetted against the Yankees snowy
canvas.
TALENT IS PUZZLED. III.
rs result of today's struggle and
those of Tuesday and Thursday. the
talent is good deal confounded.
some of them differ as to the merits Of
-1he two boats. b1t they seem IMAM
nous upon two thinss-,hat the sham
rock is the ablest boat that ever cross
ed the western ocean to lift tia mus.
ana what is still more important. that
she is more ably handled than til,. de
fender. The superior sea1nanshj;, of
Capt. Hogarth and his crew was dem
onStra1td at several critical points in
the race today. The Irish boat did un-
denably better work to windward.
she carved her way up into the Wind
IN astonishing style. But here again
the Columbia seemed to be able TO
more than make up in footing what sh,,
lost IN pointing, and as the ability OF q
sailing vessel is determined by her
power to make Roadway against an
adverse wind. she is the better boat IN
chat test.
MORNING PROPITIOUS.
ne early morning was full of prom
Use OF 4 glorious wholesale breeze. And
me excursion fleet Went out 10 the
stakeboat with high hopes OF Il splen-
did days sport. But before the fleet
had reached IN" open. the breeze began
u moderate and the tumbling seas "a
SInll less Of their froth. Overhead TIN,
sEN Was unlocked. Il vault as blue as
turquoise and SO clear was: the atmos-
nherc that every foot of the course was
visible TO the thousands who were
Watching on the Jersey hills from Nave
SINK Husbands to Long Branch and
Nshury Park. From the shore every
the sh;lrps With glasses. and the result
WAS known there long before it Was
flashed by wire from the cable boats.
AT THE START.
Columbia had all the better Of the
start. She bounded across ne line like
a race horse with mainsai!, club top
sail and stay sail drawing. spinnaker
down To starboard ready for the race
before the wind and ten seconds after
ward her balloon iio broke out like a
II seconds later with the same rig.
The official time at the start was.
Columbia. 11:2l02: Shamrock 11:21:le
The patriots were mad with delight
l5ut their enthusiasm was short lived
The willy English skipper luffed up and
ran through the Yankees lee for the
weather gauge. Capt. Barr tried to
head this move off by luffing also This
sent both boats off at almost right an
Eles to the course. straight in for the
Jersey coast and straight for the mob
OF 800 vessels gathered to the right Of
the line for the run down. The torpedo
boats charged down upon them like a
squad Of lying cavalry to clear the wav
for the yachts.
SHIPS IN A SCRAMBLE.
Never was there such scampcring
Of ships: Bells in the engine rooms
jingled full speed ahead and full speed
hstern, and some fled and others tried
t' back out of the tangle. Several Sc
r!Ous collisions We're narrowly averted
BUT the fleet was scattering like Il flock
OF wild ducks after he discharge Of a
gun. The Shamrock got the best of
and getting to windward Of her Then
when both had squared off on their
course and let so their spinnakers.
thousands waited and watched. Slow
~ very slowly at first. inch by inch. the
defender Of the cup drew away despite
ShamrocE's repeated and tireless eff
forts to blanket her. Once clear, the
white beauty forged ahead. rapidly
She had established a comfortable lead.
when the breath lishtened and hauled
more to the northward. Wrinkles be-
gan to trickle down the sides Of the
white yachts balloons and several
times all three sails collapsed.
SHAMROCK BENENF1TTED
The Shamrock. as on the two pre-
vions days. profted by the seemingly
light air and began to crawl up. But
she did more. Capt. Hogarth took in
the Shamrock's spinnaker when the
mark was sighted, sybed the Shamrock
and trimmed down the balloon jb top
sail with great rapidly and with every
thing drawing splenditlly before the
Americans knew it he was luffinG to-