Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-04

for five minutes. capt. Hogarth finding
he was losing time smartly took in tn.
sail ana luffrd the green s'oop across tn.
Columbia wake. taking a position on
her starhoa,d quarter.
The outer mark was ohscured by a
haze. SO that II vas not visible from
the yachts until +. NJ That did not
matter much To- either CApts Hograth
or Barr for they were INDUCING in a
luffing match. closing in on the Jersey
beach for more than half an hour.
Finally capt. Barr. having the Column
bia we'll ahead. eased sheets and kept
OFF for the mark at los. crossing the
Shamrock's bow one-eighth of i mile
ahead. At LII he set the spinnaker on
the Columbia to starboard and came
down for the outer mark at perhaps
not more than 6-knot gait At | q in
came the spinnaker again on the Co
lumbia. the wind hauled back 10 the
northward. her boom was gybed To-
starboard and balloon jibtopsail trim
med. The Shamrock had gybed five
minutes but she was not gaining any
up to this time.
Approaching the outer mark the Co
lumbia's crew doused the balloon jib-
topsail smartly and as they rounded
the mark. 1loat bearing a red bail
with white stripe, which had To bc
left on the starhoard hand. The biz
main boom swung over 70 port, all
sheets were trimmed Aat on the star
board tack and the Columbia mus be
gan her 10 miles of windward work. The
time taken at the outer mark as each
yacht lufed around it was: Columbia.
1871: Shamrock, 1.59JS.
50 ID Will b" s,nn hy tn" official fig
ures that in tie !uu IF - miles from
the start tp tho outer GfIrk the Column
bia outsail.d the Sh&urocl, : minutes
"A seconds. Hoy lapscd time to This
point was : hours. Il minutes, b SEC
onds. the Shamrock hours y min
ulcs. u seconds.
Capt Barr kept the Columbia on the
inshore tack for minutes ~ seconds
after rounding II mark, when ne let her
come about to tn port tack. setting the
baby iibtopsail "a she filled away. In
20 seconds he again swung her about.
The Shamrock. meanwhile. stood off on
the starboard tack minutes and l.
seconds. when skipper HoSrath put her
about and began his wirdWard work in
earnest with the Bristol boat. The
wind was now n +. by \. and on the
port tack both yachts We're heading
with sheets trimmed down Hat within
four points of the wind. which had now
increased to about 10 miles. II was not
steady. however ard its tlukiness be
came apparent at 1.55 when ii began
heading off the Columbia
The Shamrock tackled "a starbcard Il;
l.55, spinning around on her heel in i
seconds from full to full, but To tn" as
constituent of the thousands WHO Wit
messed the Columbia's next tack, -
seconds later. she swung around In III"
almost incredible short space If 10
seconds timed by stop watch.
Capt. Hogarth. apparently fee ing conf
dent that by a series OF short iackS nc
could get 10 windward ~ the columbia.
put the Shamrock about four times in
minutes ana 10 seconds. Capt Barr foi-
lowed suit and his nimble crew trimmed
sheets just as fast as those on tho Sham
rock and when they both again settled
down to steady work. a 2.1L5o. the Co
lumbia was still well i'll the lead anl
gaining.
Capt. Hogarth thought ii bts; a, 22n I"
split lacks with his antagoris, 50 he pu.
the Shamrock on the port tack. thinking
the Columbia would not follow. but she
did. and when the latter Yacht tackled.
at 221.:5, she was nearly a ni,e dead 10
windward Of the green boa.
During the next 50 minutes dozen
short tacils were made. the wind cpntinu
ing fiuky all the time. until i feW minutes
before ; . clock when ike wiad leit tn
Columbia for fully five minute. Sh" had
the inshore berth. ana the shamrock OF
shore held breeze from the northeast.