The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-21

| New 1Ork, Oct. 2U.-IhrOugh Wllu
seas, in breeze that approached the
dignity Of gale. the gallant sloop CO.
| lumbia to-day vanquished the British
challenger Shamrock by six minutes
and 1S seconds actual time and six min
utes and "a seconds corrected time, thus
| completing the series for the Americas
cup with magnificent rough-weather
duel and q glorious Yankee victory.
For the 11th time the attempt of a
foreigner to wrest from America the
| yachting supremacy Of the world has
failed. The trophy won by the old
schooner America 4S years ago is still
ours, monument to the superiority Of
American seamanship and American
naval architecture and a standing chal-
lenge to the yachtsmen Of all nations.
| Unbeaten, America again tastes the
| glory Of victory. The intrinsic value uf
| the reward which hundreds of thou
| sands of dollars were expended to Sc
cure is small. 1t is simply an anti
quated piece of silverware which
Queen Victoria offered to the best sail
ing ship in the world in the early days
of her reign, but around it cluster the
| previous memories of unbroken Amer
| ican triumph and the honor Of mastery
| in the noblest of sports To Sir Thomas
| Lipton, whose name is now added to
| the list Of defeated aspirants for the
honor Of carrying the cup back across
| the Atlantic, the failure was crushing
blow His hopes had been high But
like the true sportsmen that he is, the
| sting OF defeat has left no bitterness,
| and with undaunted courage he init
mates that he may be back with bet
! ter boat to try again. During his stay
here Sir Thomas has made himself
more popular than any previous chal-
| lenger and the yachtsmen of this coun-
| try will be glad to welcome him back
! Except for the repeated flukes and the
| unfortunate accident to the challenger
on Tuesday, this series of races has
been unmarried by single untnward
incident. The boats have had two fair
and square races, one in light air and
the other in a heavy blow. and Sir
Thomas is perfectly satisfied that he
was beaten by the better boat.
A Rough Weather Duel.
To-day's race was a glorious test
of the rough weather qualities Of the
two yachts. There was too much FROST
mess in the air for comfort and it was
far too rough for land lubbers. The
sky was overcast with cold, gray
clouds and the fierce flaws of chilling
blast out of the northeast whipped the
foam out of the racing waves until
they whitened the face of the sea. Some
of the holiday fleet declined to brave
the perils Of harpies riding on the
northeaster, and those that did rolled
and plunged in the tumbling billows
sending all but the old salts below
The prayer of Sir Thomas for wind was
answered. 1t was blowing 25 miles an
hour at the lightship, enough wind and
enough sea to make any racing ma
chine stagger Even the pilot boats
that can weather any gale We're under
shortened sail, and the wind, fairly tore
the steam from the exhaust and the
smoke from the stack into shreds.
The course, Is miles before the wind,
south by west, carried the yachts
straight down the Jersey coast to a
point off Long Branch, SO that the race
was sailed in plain view of the thou
sands perched upon the heights of
Navesink and stretched along the shore
from Seabright to Asbury park. The
crew ere OF the Columbia We're prepared for
the fray in yellow oilskins and south
Westers, and those of the Shamrock
IN white canvas. 1t was blowing too
hard for club topsails and both skip
pers contented themselves with hoist
ing small working topsails Both
yachts New across the. starting line
before the 25 knot breeze like, puffs
of white smoke The Shamrock was
more than minute and one second
before the defender. But this swas not
due to superior seamanship Captain
Barr held off for that length Of time,
after the green boat crossed in order
that he might get the position astern,
where he could have an opportunity to
blanket his rival. The yachts made
a beautiful picture as they sped away
with out-stretched pinions. The CO.
lumbia carried her spinnaker boom at
an angle of almost 45 degrees. This
allowed the big sail to belly far out
forward and draw like a locomotive,
But it was rather dangerous, and twice
an extra puff of wind carried the sail
forward and up until it tumbled over
the stay. But the Deer Island sailors
each time had it back in place in a
jiffy. The Shamrock had no such mis-
haps. as Hogarth carried his boom
much lower.
1t Did Its Work.
The Yankee trick, however did it's
work. lifting the head of the Columbia
out of the water until she seemed to be
skimming over the surface. The excur-
sion fleet, trailing down on either side,
We're chasing after the yachts as fast
as their steam would carry them, but
the big sloops set so hot pace that
they left half the tug boats and some
of the steam yachts astern. They were
going at a 15-knot clip, the Yankee
slowly, but surely. inch by inch, over
hauling her adversary. Closer and closer
she drew astern of the challenger,
hoping with her mountain of canvas TO
shut off her rivals wind. When the
Columbia had crcpt up to within strik
ing distance the green boat crowded on
a little more canvas. setting baby jib
topsail, and for 10 minutes she seemed
TO mold the American even. Both were
gong like scared deer. A stern chase
is long one, but as the yachts ap-
proached the outer mark the patriots,