The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-10-25
WINS THE LAST RACE.
The Columbia Easily Defeats the
Shamrock, and the Americas
Cup Staya with Us.

magnificent rough-weather duel and a
glorious Yankee victory. For the
eleventh time the attempt of foreign
er to wrest from America the yachting
supremacy of the world has failed. The
trophy won by the old schooner Amer
lea 4s years ago is still ours, mon
ument TO the superiority of American
seamanship and American naval archi-
lecture and standing challenge to the
yachtsmen of all nations. To Sir Thomas
Upton, whose name is now added to the
list of defeated aspirants for the honor
of carrying the cup back across the At
lantic, failure was a crushing blow His
hope had been high, but, like the true
sportsman that he is, the sting of defeat
has left no bitterness, and with un-
daunted courage he intimates that he
may be back with a better boat to try
again. The boats have had two fair
and square races, one in light airs and
the other in heavy blow, and Sir Thorn
as is perfectly satisfied that he was
beaten by the better boat.
Both yachts fled across the starting
line before the 25-knot breeze wing and
wing, their spinnakers breaking out
like puffs of white smoke and setting as
hard as plaster. The Shamrock was
over minute and one second before the
defender. But this was not due to SUI
perior seamanship. Capt. Barr held of
for that length of time after the green
boat crossed in order that he might get
the position astern, where he coHld have
an opportunity TO blanket his rival. The
yachts made beautiful picture as they
sped away with outstretched pinions.
At 1910 o'clock, half mile from the
mark, the Bristol boat got alongside
the challenger, and neck and neck, like
span Of race horses, they bowled down
for the float. Three minutes later, when
they took in their spinnaxers prepara-
tory to gybing, the Columbia was a
length in the lead and footing like
mad. The yachts swept around the
mark. the Columbia II seconds ahead
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feet answered for both. The Columbia
had gained a minute and is seconds in
the 1j-mile run. AS they leaned away
or the starboard tack for the beat
home, the white flyer was TO windward
and about a length ahead.
At 1:45 the Columbia was leading by
a quarter of a mile. The situation for
the Shamrock was desperate and, reck-
less of the consequences, the British
skipper decided to crowd on more can
vas. Fearlessly he sent up and after a
deal of trouble, succeeded in setting,
a small club topsail. The Columbia had
the race well in hand and did not need
TO risk broken spar. She kept on un-
der mainsail, stay and jib. Fortunate
ly the challenger's topmast did not
carry away, though she leaned over un-
der the press of canvas until her slip
perry decks were tilted at an angle of
30 degrees. Her speed was undoubt-
edly increased, but her inability to
point lost her almost as much as she
gained in footing. Then she resorted
to splitting tacks, once running close
inshore under the Navesink Highlands.
A slight cant in the wind favored her
at this time, and she managed 10 close
up the gap until little more than half
a mile separated her from the Colum-
bia.
As the gallant Yankee shot across
the finish between the lightship and
the committee boat, the shippers of the
feet that had gotten there in time al
most forgot TO open their whistles, so
absorbed were they in the stirring spec
tacle. But they made up for it later.
The defeated challenger raced across
five minutes and II seconds later. The
much-touted rough-weather boat had
been beaten over a 39-mile course six
minutes and is seconds actual time, or
with the allowance she was to concede
Columbia on account of her longer wa
ter line six minutes and "a seconds.
A grand spectacle followed. The vic
tor, after lowering her sails, set the
stars and stripes at her topmast truck
at both ends of her spreader and at the
taffrail. Soon the whole fleet bios
somed out in American flags. Patriotic
shippers ransaCked their lockers for
them and they few from every staff
and mast. TIE CQrsair, the flagship of
the New York Yacht club, had s.i flags
Tapping in the stif' breeze as she went
alongside the Columbia and gave her
three shrieking blasts. Then her crew
cheered and the hardy Deer islanders
aboard Columbia responded with barred
heads. All the ships in the excursion
feet followed, turning loose their whis-
ties in maddenihg chorus, whose
notes ranged from the deep bass of the
sound steamers to the shrill falsetto of
the torpedo boats.
Later the Erin, which had remained
behind for few minutes with the
Shamrock, steamed up to the Colum.
bia, the stars and stripes futtering
from main and mizzen. The Corsair
greeted her with cannon, which Sir
Thomas acknowledged by dipping the
English jack at the taffrail. Then, by
Sir Thomas orders, the crew of the
Erin lined the rail and gave three good
cheers for the victors.
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