Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-06
The Wind Behaved Worse Than
Ever Yesterday.
The RACE DECLARED OFF
when The Course Was Less Than
Half Finished Nothing Occurred
Which Could Offer the Slightest
Suggestion as TO the Compara-
tive Merits of the Shamrock
and the Columbia.

New York, Oct. 5.-Again today the
sea refused the Shamrock and Column
bia field of conflict Again today the
multitude which went out to watch
the contestants for the yachting cham
pi3nship of the world returned disap-
pointed and not a little disguised.
The question of supremacy between
the two yachts Is still as much an
open question as before they first
met, as the contest today was in some
respects more of fuhe than that of
Tuesday.
1T was a drifting match almost from
start to finish. The yachts crossed the
line with q, breeze Cf five knots, and
the wind never blew more than six
knots, most of the time less than
three, and part of the time not d
breath of air was stirring. After sail
ing four hours and forty-two minutes
theJyachts having covered only twelve
miles of the course to the cutter mark,
the regatta committee declared the
race off, as it was manifestly impossi-
Bile with the breeze then blowing for
the boats to round the stake before the
time limit expired.
The weather conditions during
the early morning hours were
decidedly mere favorable for
race than those of Tuesday
morning. The wind was light from
the west southwest, and the sky was
cloudy when the Columbia and Sham
rock left their moorings i'll Sandy Hook
bay about o'clock and proceeded di-
rect to Sandy Hook 1ightship hoisting
their mainsails and club topsails on
the way ont and getting everything in
readiness for a prompt start The
Columbia's sails seemed to set better
than on Tuesday. She carried, as
then, a cross-cut mainsail. and her
club topsail seemed to be the largest
one she has yet carried. There were
four battens in the leach of the main
sail. Just before the start she substi-
tuted a balloon forestay sail for the
small. one, which she set in place on
her way out. The preparatory signal
was given at 10: 40. At twoS minutes
after the gun fired, the Shamrock set
her staysail and dropped her spin
maker boom to port. She was then
abcut 500 yards northwest of the COM
mittee boat and heading TO the south !
The Columbia, coming from the south |
east, had passed the Sandy Hook light |
ship, leaving it on her port hand, at J
The Shamrock balloon topsaiI bios |
somed out at the same moment as the |
Columbia's. The Columbia had the |
better of the start.
So light was the wind at this time !
that only the balloon sails seemed to
be doing service for either yacht. The
mainsheets hung slack between the
bows and booms, and the great main
sails hung fiat as boards from over the
starboard side of each yacht. The
yachts travelled slowly to the south
east, the Columbia gaining slowly, but
at the time. With the weather
prevailing at lis there was little
chance of finishing the race within
the prescribed time limit of five and a
half hours
During the next half hour the wind
dropped cut almost entirely. Their ,
positions at 3:39 when the Columbia
tackled to port were: The Columbia
about an eighth of mile on the Sham
rocks bow, both heading about east
southeast. the wind having canted to /
about south southeast. The Columbia ,
was forced about by the Shamrock at
3: 1880. She tackled close under the
Shamrock's lee bow andl two minutes
later the signal being received from ,
the committee boat declaring the race 3
off, both yachts wore around, hauled
down their staysaiis and headed for =
home. {
Thus ended another unsatisfactory
&c finish the thirty-miIe race :
within the limit. o.