Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-07

able to gain an inch on it's rival. All
hands, except those stationed at the head
| the weather rails of both yachts c. Oliver
| Isefn moved about incessantly watching
the headsails and oceasi9,naliiyy. s,1lyy giving an
| Then everything was done to improve the
set of the sails, but to no purpose; as the
Defender held its position most stubbornly.
| Every sail on board of 1t seemed to set to
perfection. There was not a wrinkle in any
of them and th,y were pulling their re- re-
the port tack and then both went back, the
| Columbia spinning around from full to
full in thirty seconds, ,.oso. -. ,,o,.
| dozen lengths went apout at rs, the
| Columbia tackltng Just minute later. Both
| took the seas much easier on this, port
| on the starboard tack
Soon after the wind lightened considera-
| bly, and Just as soon as 1t did the Column
bia began to overhaul! it's rival. Both were
now rapidly approaching the Jersey shore.
The masts of the snnken en steamer a Mace lace
utes later the Defender went about near
the buoy on Shrewsbury rock, Waiting
until the Columbia had crossed the De-
tenders wake, Captain Barr let it come
around to starboard at 2:O2.
In the light wind, then prevailing the
umba was steadily gaining. Barr, to
.ake his position sure, put it about again
for fifty seconds only. just long enough to
waks e boneS 5 he
1t a good rap full and let it go for the
mark, which was then about half a mile
away.
Five minutes after making this tack the
Columbia had passed to windward Of IL. its
lengths between them. out on the bow
spirits of each yacht in a lfy a dc dozen sail n,
are and snsppns shem on " the e"e ways for
was to be a reach with the wind about
abeam after rounding the mark
The first mark was rounded as follows
Columbia, 2aS:3; Defender. 2:39ls Column
bias gain. O:O0:45.
Both yachts approaching the mark were
they simply kept off and eased sheets un-
til on their course. The Defenders jib top
after rounding Then coiumbia's When
broken out was afoul aloft; it was hauled
down and reset two minutes after,
set, when the yachts had rounded the sec
ond mark for the run. to the finish. I'm
fortnnately the wind shifted so far to the
they rounded. The yachts were not even
til about six miles had been covered, when
the wind veered again and let them come
up to their courses. 1t was thought that
advantage in this. The wind liehtened Just
before the finish and the yachts crossed
tne line bey Were n95 than
chorus of steam whistles and We're towed
back back to their anchorages at Tompkins-
THE official time of the finish was Co.
lumbia, 4:4755: Defender, 4;49:4S.
Following are the official summarizes:
Elapsed
Yacht. Start Finish Time,
Columbia ........... 10000 4:47:55 3:47:55
Defender ............125s:2 20 4;494S 3:51 :2S
The Columbia wins by three minutes.
thirty-three seconds. elapsed time. Until
the official measurements of the yachts
are announced the time allowed the De-
fender by the Columbia will not be known
The following shows the elapsed time at
each mark:
Start First Second
Yacht. to to to
First Mark. Second. Finish
Columbia .......... 1:3S: :33 00:59:2S :O9:54
Defender ........... 1:40:5S 1:0l 0l :0g 20
Totals ..........OO:O2:25 O0:O1:33 O0:OO:25
An analysis of these figures shows that
the Columbia gained 2:25 on the first leg
and 1888 on the second. 1t was beaten
twenty-five seconds on the last leg on ac-
count, perhaps, of a shift of wind.