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

had not reached the line. and was evidently TAX
Ing all the time she could Of the two minutes al
lowed TO her one minute passed. ana sun she
did not try to cross. She went up TO the VIM
ward end OF the line in order to allow all 'he
time to pass The Columbia crossed one minute
and one secord after the Shamrock. her onic'al
start being 11:O13 90 She was then considerably
10 the westward Of the Shamrock. when hao got
away at a sufficient distance 10 save oeins p'an-
kcted Twenty seconds after the Coiumoia
rassed she set her spnnaker and started away
at great pace. Thirty seconds later the Sha'h-
rock broke out her spinnaker. which at first
seemed to be one Of q second size, and not he'
largest spinnsker It did not reach mp to the
,onmast head but bellied away forward ana
seemed 10 III short But this through want
Of nroper setting and it was afterward found 10
be Of full size.
HER SPINNAKER SPILLED
The Columbia set her largest spinnaker which
fitted right UP 10 the truck. Al lHH TINS I'D"
rose high and spilled over the forestry but o"
.ha ,ox, roll q came back into place Her spin
maker boom was Stacked well forward. and whe"
the wind came hard drive into It It forced II up
ward With a tendency to go over the stay ~
unset several times. and II seemed mat '"'
boom was trimmed too far forward.
Tho sbamrocks spinnaker set all right pu'
tho sheet WAS trimmed further aft ana the san
seemed 10 stand IT, At the eXpiraUo" vi 80
minutes from the start neither boat see"''u "
have altered the distance. At ll"' me N0'','
has spinnaker spilled over the forestry "e''''
Whom the sail set as was intended II "a''o0"'I
high in the air. and the whole SAL was OV''''
ont with the foot Of it lifted halfway 10 'ne ''r
mas, head The Shamrocks spinnaker was "''"
down Of ITS inboard end, consequently II 'ou''
not rise as high
1rBTOpSAIL TOO SMALL
,.11no.1o the shamrock set a working jio-
.o,son 20 act with her spinnaker THIS Jio''P-
cal was a small one. and she could nave car
ried one two sizes larger There was I'd ~
gan that required filing, but the Shainro'N
skinpers did not fn IT, and. as has neeh see"
IN rrc,.,ous races when they had the chah'e ~
set canvas they did not set It,
11.11 the Columbia set a small triangular
working gantopsaN without any CLUB i"'
boats were now carrying the ioIo"I"s 9
The Columbia. rnainsan. gafftopsail fcTesai' JlD
and spinnaker. and the Shamrock ma 'i'S"-'
eafftopsail. foresan. jib. spinnaker ana J'D''p
sail.
GAINING a LITTLE
At 1113 the Columbia had pulled up niue
~ the distance between her and the green O""''
but they seemed TO he sailing evenly Inc 'o
lurnbia's spinnakcr was now standing p''I''"E
solid and set ike balloon in front OF her WIN
tho tack Stacked up so that it acted IKE a
square sail II any one had drawn a picture oi
the Colunbia's spinnakcr as It heNied high ID
the air. the foot OF it sometimes seeming TO "'
nearly as high as the spreaders. it would De
thought he was drawing o his iTnasination
The Shamrock lowered her working foresalI
70 send ND lug foresan. and L. seconds
later broke II out at 1.19 While this SAIL was
being set. the Columbia vas gaining on her ana
had lessencd the distance at the start by about
half From the point Of view slightly anait heT
beam. the Shamrock still about three
lengths ahead The fore and aft headsails on
both boats only worked occasionally and the
rest Of the time they were tapping nhoard.
STILL THAT SPINNAKER SPILLED
The Colurnbia's spinnaker spilled over the far
side at i %. and stayed there long time II
was thought that the spinnaker boom might De
broken. but after about minute they worked
the boom back into place, and the sail again
filled and dia fits work Al II .243o 1T spilled
over again and fell in ike a burst balloon on the
port side OF the stays Most people. IN seeing
the way this sail was acting. thought that there
had been some wreckage 10 the BOOM but IL
always came back into place. and. as fact a
breakage. still the upsetting Of the sail was
not doing her any good. and she lost perhaps a
couple Of lengths through it,
At 1927 the Shamrock had lowered her work
ing lib. and did not set anything in its place
Captain Thomas Of the steamer Columbia
said that his steamer running az about
twelve or thirteen knots, and at this speed she
was not keeping up TO either Of the boats
The Shamrock was opening up good lead at
II 80 o'clock and at this time seemed TO be
proving herself faster on this line Of running
than the Columbia They might both have car
ried clubtopsails over their triangular work
ing ones the big kites 10 be doused at the end
II the run leaving the small working topsails
in place to do windward work. This is a usual
method adopted in the sailing Of larger yachts
on the upper lakes. and It is good one. stin.
as neither Of them tried this they were sailing
on pretty even terms.
This was by long odds the best Of the
eleven starts that have been made by these two
yachts There was no nstlessncss among the
passengers on any boat. and few Of them even
sat down. Nearly all We're standing and NOV
ing to different positions on their boats to get
the best possible view
HOGARTH TAKING no CHANCES.
The Shamrock sat her working jb / %
and # filed out and worked all right What she
wanted was a larger jibtopsan. but Captain
Hogarth was not taking any liberties with The
new topmast and was content with the small
one So far the Shamrock's spinnaker had, ever
since the start. looked solid as II It were
carved in ivory. There had not been shake
in H. nor did II seem that the trimming Of II
had been altered
The following boat the Columbia had the ad
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ofcnds their fine sense Of deioacy And for tina