Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-17

never stopped until the race was over. !
III" Columbia. sc. med more tender than'
the foreigner. showing yards Of her
bronze undcrbody us she leaned away
with tier lee rail almost awash.
THE SUPERIOR CRAFT
Steadily. she continued To d.aw ahead |
until within half an hour. having: un-
euuivocallS demonstrated nei sllprri-
ority in winlwart, work. it became only
!: Question OF how far the white flyer,
would beat her rival to the outward
mark. ..-..M
As the yachts got farther out. the
seas grew more turbulent and the Spra y
spurtcd higher from their bows Many
eNcu:SionStS came to grief. and the
lug boats. plunsing through the head
seas. sent the spray aloft to their pilot
houses and some of them We're Hooded
from stem to stern. The work Of the
Eatrol fleet was perfect. The revenuel
cutters line ahead to leeward and the
torpedo boats line abreast astern held
tn" yachts in the hollow Of a. moving
angle. which changed direction with
each tack and kept the yachts as free
from interference as if they had been
sailing in the middle OF the Atlantic
SH HAMMOCK OUTFOOTE.D
!ne shamrock footed valantly. but
neither in speed nor in pointing could
She compare With the Columbia Then
the three shippers on the CHALLENGER
put their heads together and tried new
tactics. The Sha mrock made {, dozen
short tacks. Evidently her skippers
We're. under the impression that she was
quicker on her heel and better at fore
reaching than the Yankee boat but the
Columbia proved quite as nimble as
shamrock
Timed by stop watch. both boats
We're - seconds in stays and when the
Britlshers write home they will tell
their 1llendS that the white beauty was
iully as clever as the challenger for
fore reaching. When the Shamrock
came through with this line OF tactics,
Columbia had increased her lead until
she was half mile ahead. At the end
OF another half hour as the wind con
tinued 70 freshen. the Shamrock took il,
her baby jib topsail figuring that with
out this light head sail she might be
able to hug the wind closer.
SAILS UP AGAIN. Il
The Columbia held on to her and as
Shamrock did not improve her position
at the end of ten minutes, her sl,in,,ars
again set the sail.
~ | O'Clock Shamrock was fully a
mile and a half astern and Columbia
was Z winner all over. AS the Associ-
ated f'reSs boat. on her way to the ont
er mark, passed the Manning, Capt.
.ans' VINO was on the bridge. shout
el: ''Aint she q reach?"
Nothing could have been prettier
IMAM me way in which the Columbia
swept around the outer mark, graceful
as 4 swan. Both boats had edged far
to the southwark of their course ana "a
the rules required that the mark should
he passed on the starboard hand o.
itmDla tackled down to port and came
over on the starboard tack as she ap-
proached the float. AS she neared it
ner sp'hnaker pole was like a Knights
lance at rest. AS She swung around
she cased off her main boom, let her
Splnnaker pole drop to port break
OUT the cloud OF canvas and fed home-
ware IKE Il scared deer. Her big bal
loon loon Jlb doomed out IS seconds later.
= ne lew ships of the excursion fleet at
me outer mark gave her /, rousing re-
ceptlon The Shamrock was already
nopelesslE beaten quarter of a mile
from the outer mark. the Columbia
crossed the line of the Shamrock and
robbed her of the wind for ! mn,,,ant
as she Went past.
SH AMROCK \ TRAILER
IL was nine minutes and forty-nine
seconds later when the Shanrocl,
swung around the mark and squared
away Tor the finish. The excursion
'oats, however. hung on courteously
Until she had rounded and gave h,.
quite an ovation
The official time al the turn was:
Columbia 1:iS:l9
shamrock l:5S:0S.
The Columbia was already a1,,oc3
two miles away and in the thicknnine
mist could hardly be discerncd. The
he!ls IN the engine rooms of the t.Scllr-
SION boats jinsled for full speed and
they went blowing down on either side
of the course to be in at the death Sir
Thomas steam yacht Erin. however
remained abeam OF the chal)enr.r
giving what moral support he could t,
his beaten boat
Sir Thomas and his friends aboard
looked fully as disconsolate as they
felt. Some OF them seemed to have LOST
an interest in the landscape and were
hanging over the rail looking down in
to the water.
Sir Thomas, however remained on
me bridge With his eyes glued on the
Doat IN which his hope had so lately
conferred and group of sailors forward
seemed to be trying to make out the
outlines of the vanishing Yankee in the
thick gloom.
SIMPLY A PROCESSION.
From, that time it was simply a pro
cession. There was a soul-stirring
scene as the Columbia approached the
finish. bedlam broke loose The steam
cred there III semi-circle to give her
welcome and as she swept across the
i1nlsh. bedlan broke loose The steam
whistles Shrieked, the sirens walled IN.
Coisair, the flagship OF the New York
Yacht Club and several other yachts.
hung their powder into smoke and the
multitude on the decks Of the side
Wheelers cheered. The Corsair hauled
down al her private signals and set
Old Glory at each masthead and saff
and taffrail. The crew Of the Columbia
gathered aft hurrahed with barred
headS, then as she lowered her head
sails and took the tow line from her
tender. the crowd waited ever ten min
utes until Shamrock had crossed and
the fleet had given her stentorian ex
preston of good Will Then they turn
"a on their heels and scampered after
Io!umola. croWding abclt her and
cheering her again and again. while tbs
band played Hail Columbia Yam
zee Doodle and other patriotic airs
Ihey escorted her all the way to her
anchorage inside the Hook
The race tomorrow will be Over. the