New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-21

was no better than dishcloth on her.
SLOW HANDLING OF A TOPsAIL.
At 1870 o'clock the Shamrock took in the rag
they called a topsail, though it took a long time
10 get IT IN 1t took over FIVE minutes to get his
topsail out Of sight. as IT hung tapping ana
Shaping over the gaf. and damaging the boat
for n long time When II down the sham
rock Seemed to do better. and both boats you'd
have done still better with their topmasis
housed but neither made a move to do his
The Shamrock pursuing her old game OF
going fast on a more leeward course and the
Columbia with everything fiat was pinching 10
windWar1 and going much slower through .nr
water. but apparently making the pest N'A ~
OF H. She sometimes seemed 10 hold up POM
and a half or two points higher than the green
boat and any one could see from the absence
Of all culver In the huff ~ the Shamrock man
sail that she was being sailed win naru iu'
nearly all the time. though sometimes she 'AW'
close by the wind. and gave the top OF her JD
shake.
THE OLD FAULT IL SAILING.
In all the beating that these two boats have
had IT has taken the Shamrocks shippers d Ger
tain amount Of time to find out where they nave
10 point I'm order to sail with the Columbia
While they are finding this out they have gen
orally got a considerable distance to leeward
wav-and in tho only way-she can be sailed in
order to keep company with the American boat
At 1910 O'Clock the Shamrock went about in
eighteen seconds from full to full. and headed
eastward on the port tack pointing out 10 cross
the Columbia's wake. the Columbia being III
that time a couple Of hundred yards 10 Wina-
ward In this way the Shamrock salleu ~
lberately I'm under the Coumpa Zee l"' " M n,
boat of course going about as soon as she
thought she would be In the right pace 10 SP'
the Shamrocks wind.
THE sHAMROCK's GALLANT FIGHT.
During all this sailing the better set of the
Shamrock's lower sails was apparent lh'r'
was no doubt that Ratsey's malnsail was setting
much the better Of the two. az 1t remained nat
without shake in It, The Columbia's mainsail
was shaking in the leach all the time. though
this did not seem to do her any harm. Nobody
was sitting down at this time on the steamers
that were following and the amount Of discus
sion that was going on on the forward decks
was loud and excited In this long port tack
10 eastward the Shamrock seemed 20 be finding
herself a little better and she at last being
sailed close TANNED the wind. She seemed
10 be pointing quite as high as the white boat,
and she was going fast through the water From
a view directly astern OF both boats the sham
rock seemed 10 be a good way 10 leeward, per
haps two hundred yards. but she seemed 10 be
ahead Of the white boat, and at least for the
most part of the time. was pointing equally
high. II was the night Of her life. and tho whole
venture Of Sir Thomas Upton. which had been
in preparation for over a year. was hanging in
the balance This was the wind I'm which Il was
believed his boat could do her best
A REVERSAL OF FORM.
The Columbia was being pinched close as tho
boats travelled out eastward. but she seemed
to hold good speed with it, This part Of the
race was the best contest that has been seen
I'm these waters since the Ngant met the Val
kvrie II in that memorable third race of lN!H.
At that time the English boat was ont TO wind
ward all the way out. and ahead. But here the
conditions as regards nationality were reversed.
and the boat that was most like the Nigilant In
having the broad American beam. was being
beaten by the narrow boat which, in the earlier
year belonged to the English challenger The
performance between the two boats at this time
yesterday seemed 10 De- saying that wide beam
does not pay
The Shamrock came about into the starboard
tack at 12.lG the Columbia following thirty sec
| onds later and she made the turn I'm seventeen
seconds 1t could not be told how far she was
ahead. but she seemed 20 be the nearer, which
would mean that she was to eeward.
GOING FAST THE WRONG WAY.
The long starboard tack which was now being
taken toward the Jersey coast was one which
did not show any superiority in the English
boat Her canvas set splendidly and she was
going fast through the water, but this speed
was not in the direction pointed out by the bow
spirit Of the Columbia The Shamrock was sim
ply racing about 10 leeward without getting any
where her shippers seemed to have gone back
10 their old plan Of driving the boat through
the water on course too far TO eeward and
too far from the winds eye to bring her into
the same position to windward the Columbia
could take by close sailing and slower going.
The wind at lilo seemed TO increase. though il
came at different strengths at different times.
THE sHAMROCK's DECKS WET
The Shamrock had wanted her topsan all the
way from the mark. and It seemed pity that
the three cornered working topsau was so badly
cut that IT could not be used. When the chal
lenser came close to the steamer Columbia il
was seen through the glasses that her lee raj
was still we'll above the water and she was not
being pressed to anything like her full power
under this canvas Most OF the crew were ap
parenty below. and only sufficient men to worl
the boat when required were 10 be seen clus
tered on her weather counter. There was ont
man up in the eyes OF the ship. crouchine 70 lee
ward OF the bowsprt and watching things for
ward Captain Hogarth was at the long tlller
The decks were wet with the flying spray espe
| cially forward and there was good deal d"
drip to leeward along the canvas covered alumni
mum deck after the boat hit wave and drove
the spray off both bows. At this time the boa
wns not being sailed close To- the wind. Th
| Shamrock tackled OH shore at IL and then wen
once more into the sfarbOard tack within tW'
minutes owing % the fact that the Columbia
had come about right 10 windward ~ her Il
split her wind
TIE COLUMBIA WE'LL TO WESTWARD
While this lacking was taking place the 20
sitiou of the Columbia could be- noted by th
eye. though the actual distance TO wind"ar'
could only De guessed at Probaly she was