The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-21
Columbia Wins Third and Final
Race in Great Style.
SAILED IN PIPING BREEZE,
Sir Thomas Upton Says He viii Try
Once More,

The Columbia Defeats tho shnmrock by
Six Minutes and Eighteen Seconds,
Actual Time, and Six Minutes and
Thirty-four Seconds, Corrected Time
The Shamrock Makes n Gallant Run
Down the Wind, but Is Beaten to tho
Outer Mark by One Minute and Eigh-
teen seconds-In tho Thrash to wind-
ward, Through Whitecappcd Seas, the
Columbia Vanquishes tho Green Boat
by Five Minutes-Sir Thomas Is Satisfied
with the Result and Says We Have the
Better Yncht-Nictors and Vanuuished
Cheer One Another Mt the Finish.
In q breeze that occasionally assumed the
force OF moderate gale. and through whito-
crested. choppy seas. the American cup de-
fender Columbia yesterday gloriousIy defeated
Sir Thomas Lpton's green challenger. the
Shamrock and the gallant Irish knight will
have to build another boat II he wants to Lift
that CUP"
The time made by the marvellous white
yacht over the deep sea course OF fifteen miles
dead before the wind and fifteen miles thrash
ing home. was unusually fast, and was
sc,inssd in onIx opa otber wtrJv,rd and
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when the Vigant vanquished the Valkyrie.
six years ago. in 3 hours and "a min
utes and 80 seconds. The Columbia's
| time over tho course yesterday was hours.
80 minutes and % seconds She defeated the
| challenger in actual time by . minutes and IL
| seconds With the allowance OF 10 seconds
which sha received from the Shamrock her
| corrected time was minutes and 81 seconds
| The Yankee craft showed her superiority in
every point OF the game and her active and
| hardy Deer Isle sailormea were more than a
match in seamanship for the MIN BILE Britons OF
| the Shamrock. In the run to the outer mark
| the Colum bia was | minute and 10 sec
! onds better than Sir Thomas's ship This
| seemed to be tho Shamrock best point OF
| sailing In the weather work the Columbia
defeated her rival by 5 minutes. actual time.
| The result OF the three races may be summed
up thus: The Herreshoff creation 10 better
| than tho Fife model not only when the breezes
| blow moderately. but when they thrum tune
| through wire rigging and send the spoondrft
| flying down the wind In beating the Sham
rock is not in the same class with tho great
white boat but there Is little difference be-
| tween them when the wind Is dead aft Sir
Thomas Upton gracefully acknowledges that
| the Shamrock is not in IL with the Columbia.
| Everybody who had ever seen weather OF
! any sort In this harbor noted when he got up
| early Yesterday morning that there was going
| to be- blow out of the north. In fact 1t had
| already begun. and before q o'clock the flags
| on all the downtown towers stood out like
| PAINTED signs from their staffs The she'll
| backs said there was going to be a gale. and
| their prophecy was almost fulfilled.
The excursion fleet got away early, but not
| quite early enough to be on hand when the
| preparatory gun doomed from the LucEenbach
at lO:45 o'clock The viewless fail OF the wind
| was lashinR up the sea crests and there was
| ebbng tide. on which the racers it pre-
| dicted. would make a great run Of it down tho
| coast. The turmoil of the sea made the talent
| on both yachts somewhat doubtful about send
| ing UP working torsails. styled by the English
| lib headers. The yachts were revealed to the
| watchers on the attending fleet manTuvring
| around the Lghtship under malnsails. ibis and
| staysails Just before the start. Each ship had
| her working topsail up in stops.
The patrol fleet. particularly the alert tor
| pedo boats. kept a wide, clear circle about tho
| starting line The yachts needed plenty OF sea
room while running before tine heavy north
| erly breeze. or standing oil and on. he
| Shamrock was the first to break out her toI-
| sail. 1t appeared ridiculousiy small cons
| pared with the volumnous and sky-pi"rcing
sail which she carries in pleasant weather.
The end Of the gatr projected more than Two
feet beyond the little piece of dmity. 1t was
| observed that the crew OF the Colum bia evi-
IDENTITY anticipating nasty weather. were clad
in oilskns. The sailors OF the British boat
wore their usual light weather attire.
When the warning gun was fired at five min-
utes OF eleven the yachts passed between tho
LiGhtship and the Committee tug Llckenbarh.
anchored to the east OF the rod vessel They
| stood to the northeast the shamrock TO tho
windward OF the Columbia. Both tackled
within about Two minutes OF tho start ana
simultaneously went on the starboari tack.
healing westward, When the starting gun
was fired at IL O'Clock they stood for the line.
| The Shamrock was first to cross, dropping her
| splnnAker pole to starboard as she was timed.
and leaping on her course. The Columbia was
| one minute and one second astern OF her.
Within half minute after crossing tho line