The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-08

very slowly at nrSC, men ny llicH' INC
defender of the cup drew away, despite
Shamrock's repeated ana tlreless eAoitS
to blanket her.
Once clear, the white beauty forged
RAPIDLY ahead, her three great balloons
drawing the wind caroming from malnsail
to spinnaker, and from splnnaker TO Dali
loon jib She had established a coh
Portable lead when the breeze lightened
and hauled more to the northWaro.
WRINKLES began to trickle down the
sides of the white yachts balloons, and
several times all three sails collapsed.
The Shamrock, as on the two former
DAYS. profited by the seemingly light air.
and began to crawl up. But she olo
more Capt Hogarth took in the Sham
rocks spinnaker when the mark was
sighted iibed the Shamrock, and trim
med down the balloon jib topsail with
great rapidity, and with everything
| drawing splendidly before the Ameri-
cans knew it he was luffing up toward
| the Columbia
YANKEE CAPTAIN OUTCOME.
Capt. Barr on the Columbia, then fol-
| lowed suit but the Shamrock had passed
| him we'll to windward. Capt. Hogarth
! then set his spinnaker to port and in
! creased the lead. Capt Barr seemed
| unwilling at first to- follow the lead or
| the E,nglishman, and waited almost nj
|
ed ana passed. before he followed. Sham
| rock was a hundred yards ahead before
! he had got his sails trimmed to the
| new conditions. The patriots did not
raince words in their criticism of Bars
| obstiracy.
| Soon afterward the wind hauled around
| still further making it a broad reach
| to the mark Both took in their spin
! makers and eased their sheets. Then the
white flyer gained steadily. The yachts
| were now about mile and a half from
| the outer mark. All the interest cen
| tered there Steamers, yachts and tugs
| hurried across the course and lined up
| to leeward, waiting with eager interest
| to see which would round first. Gal
| lantly the American came on. 1t was
astonishing how fast she glided through
! the water. She ate up the distance be-
! tween her and the green boat until when
! the mark was but quarter OF mile
away less than 100 yards separated
| them.
Hope arose. The Shamrock was to
| windward They were coming like
horses down the stretch. A hundred
! feet away the Columbia had closed the
| gap. Her slender PROV just Tapped the
| stern of the green hull. Under the rules
they must pass the float with the red
| ball on the starboard end. AS the bal
loon jibs ratified down on both boats pre-
paratory to the jibe. the watching thou
| sands held their breath. 1t did not seem
| possible that the white ghost could
squeeze in between Shamrock and the
mark. To the onlookers 1t seemed in
| evitable that unless the Yankee boat
! kept away under the stern Of the Sham
| rock there would be a collision, or the
| Columbia would foul the float. But c.
| Oliver IseliE has desperate courage in
| tight place He played the limit. The
I al, g,1 fIrix
! gale in the deciding race between the
| VigiEant and Valkyrie H., would stop at
! nothing. On he came, forcing the Sham
| rock to so wide around, while the Co
| lumbia seemed to scrape the float as
| she wore about with her helm full down.
COLUMBIA LEADS.
| Though the time showed the Shamrock
! was around nine seconds ahead, she
| swung around so far that, as the boats
| came away and had their sails set on
| the starboard side, Columbia not only had
| the weather gauge, but was in the lead.
| It was the finest maneuVer ever seen In
| an international race. 1t was desperate
| game, but 1t won. Had the Columbia
| so much as touched the float she would
| have been disqualified then and there.
| The patriots cheered wildly and the skip
pers of the excursion fleet let off enough
| steam to carry their vessels back to New
| York.
The enthusiasm of the patriots broke
| out again a few minutes later when,
| after few short tacks Shamrock tried
| to cross Columbia's bow, but failed. The
beat to windward was by far the most
| interesting portion Of the race, while the
| breeze held. Close-hauled, the two
yachts slashed straight out to sea
! through the long heavy swell, heeling to
| the breeze in stately fashion, with foam
| squirting from their graceful bows, and
crews piled UP on the weather rail of the
| sloping decks. Waves Of solid water came
| over the glistening sides and was swirled
| all along the counters. There was plenty
| Of water and every man on board was as
| wet as If he had been under q shower
| bath.
1t was rather strange that the Column
| bia, the famous light weather boat, should
careen less to the wind than her rival
from over the sea. The old barnacles
| said her immense overhanging, dropping
downward, supported her and kept her
up stiff as a church" The Shamrock,
| which is heavy weather boat, leaned to
| 1t like queen.
| AS the wind began to die out and the
hopes of finishing the race began to van
| ish the two boats split tacks and did
not come together again for a long time,
| keeping everyone guessing which one
everybody agreed that the Shamrock was
| the better handled. She never failed to
| take advantage Of every new change Of
| the wind.
| sHAMROCKS CHALLENGE.
| Twenty minutes before the race was
| declared off Shamrock decided to try con-
illusions, and she headed across Column
| bias bow. So uncertain was the result
| that no one knew until the yachts were
within 100 feet Of each other which would
| have to give away. The Yankee shippers
| all had their hands on their whistle cords,
| and when Shamrock put her helm up, I'M
| able to make 1t, from both sides Of the
| course came the shrieks Of thousands Of
whistles, the enthusiastic shouts of null
tttudes and the crash Of bands. They
sailed the last twenty minutes neck and
neck, but with the Columbia to windward
and perhaps half length ahead.
Disappointed, but overjoyed that when
| the race was declared off the cup defender
was in the lead, the excursion fleet head
! ed back for Sandy Hook as fast as steam
and sail could carry them
The sun was shining behind a bank Of
crimson clouds as the head Of the process
sion surged into the narrows and the
| crescent Of the new moon, with its hope
Of better things, hung narrow thread
of silver in the sky. The technical &C
count Of the race follows
IN A SPANKING BREEZE.
There was a spanking breeze from the
northwest and a heavy swell from the
| eastward when the yacht Columbia I'M
der main sail and jib filled away from a
point off the Southwest Spit, at 9:52 to-
day, and, with sheets eased a trif1e, head
ed for the Sandy Hook lightship at q
twelve-knot clip.