The record-union., 1899-10-18

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the portion of this steel wire rope rest
ing in the spread on which extends out
board from the hounds of the lower
mast The strands of the wire easily
chafe, and rust at that point, especially
when the shroud is Stacked by reason
! of being to leeward.
That ended the race SO far as the
Shamrock was concerned The Co.
/ lumbia took in her baby jib topsaiI and
continued on her course, tacking TO
starboard at 11:25. for it had been spa-
cially agreed few days prior to the
date set for the first race that in the
event of an accident to either yacht
the uninjured vessel was to complete
the course. This agreement was signed
by Mr.. Iselin and Sir Thomas Upton
1t was a great pity of course, that such
an accident should have happened at
such a time, when everything looked
promising for good triangular race.
At the time of the accident the CO.
lumbia was about an eighth of a mile
to windward of the Shamrock.
The steam yacht Erin, with Sir
Thomas Upton and party on board,
followed the Shamrock back to Sandy
Hook while she was towed by her ten
der. On her way in the Erin was
passed by the steam yacht Oneida
Former Commodore F. c. Benedict was
on the bridge. He hailed Sir Thomas
through the megaphone and said:
Il am very sorry to see the accident
and I am sorry that the race is to be
in, LoN
more pleased to see the yachts sail it
out"
Sir Thomas thanked him and passed
on in his yacht.
For thirtyeig minutes and forty-dya
seconds the Columbia continued on the
starbOard tack. She had taken in her
jib topsail soon after the accident TO
the Shamrock, so as to relieve the top
mast Of any unnecessary strain. In
twenty-five minutes she went about
again to starboard, and eleven minutes
later she made her last tack for the
first mark. In three minutes and a
half she was up to the mark and keep
ing of, rounded it. AS she eased sheets
to starboard a No. jib topsail was
broken out and the white yacht began
X,
Her official time at the turn was
I2:39:2S, showing that she had COW
cred the distance to windward about
fourteen miles, in 1 hour, 80 minutes.
II seconds.
Ihe reach to the second mark was
devoid Of interest, for the Columbia.
simply sailed her course of southwest
half south straight as a. die. onlv
changing her forestay sail for a hal
Iooner at lib. She continued to- carry
her jib topsail until the second mark
was nearly reached. The second mark
was gybed around at 1927 Her
elapsed time for this leg was SO min
utes, 80 seconds, a little better than
ten miles an hour.
Setting the balloon jib topsaiI few
minutes after rounding this mark tba
columbia headed north northwest for
the home mark On this last leg of ten
miles the wind lightened~ considerably
and the yachts speed was not as eood
as on the previous leg. 1t took her
hour. minutes, 90 seconds to cover
the distance. The wind hauled a little
10 the westward as she approached the
finish line so the balloon lib tonsail
was taken in and the small lib topsail
set
At 2:37:1T the Columbia crossed tba
hnish line between the red ightsbin
and the committee boat, a winner of
the second race of the international
series. She was greeted by the usual
steam whistle applause and was soon
after towed to her moorings in the
Horseshoe, back of Sandy Hook.
NO RACE TO-DAY.
SANDY HOOK, Oct 1.-THE Cun
Committee announced that there will
be no race Wednesday and that tbe
shamrock is to be remeasured to-nor
row. The disabled boat has gone to
the Erie Basin TO have new topmast
set up. The Regatta Committee has
made no decision as to when the next
race will occur.
There are places where getting SEN
tences has nothing in common with