The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08
THIRD ATTEMPT FAILS.
Yachts Again Unable to Go
Over a 30-Mile Course.
ChALLENGER'S ADVANTAGE.
Crosses Line Later and Beats
Columbia to the Stake.

to Quit, They Are Practically on Even
Terms, Three Miles or More from tho
Finish Line-stronG Wind and Heavy SEQ
at the Start, but the Breeze Dies to Notha
ing on the Beat Home Exciting Fiftcrn-
Mile Race to the Leeward Mark-Both
Sides Say They Are In Front When They
Stop snilinG-Lively Betting in Towns
As a marine spectacle. the unfinished ron>
test yesterday between the yachts Sham 70 K
and Columbia was Il success. Considered ns q
rave. 1t may DO regarded az proving that tho
British boat is remarkably fast IN light wind.
especially in weather work while cnrving her
way through bothsrsoma swclls Enthusiastic
Rrtons who saw the spectacle from the docks
OF ships Of the immense nota ilrcnmpanvina
the yachts. returned to tho city with the i s.
tinct IMPRESSION that Sir Thomas Upton had .
pretty good chance OF being cup bearer to tho
Queen.
The piping NORTHEASTERN which blew So m"rS
riIyon Friday night and gave promise OF cJns
tinuing its picturesque wave weaving work
had dwiEdled 10 twenty-knot wini when
nearly everything seaworthy had sailed %
drifted out through the Nnrrows to the open
sea at Il O'Clock Yesterday morning The
storm Of Thursdny had left momentoes in the
| shape OF uncomfortable. long swells from thd
| southeast. and along the crests Of these the
| chilly breeze embroidered trothy frills There
wasn't a suggestion OF a cloud In the sky over.
| head and even the familiar mists that have a
| habit OF lurking on the horizon on days
| when valorous shippers want to race.
| did not put in appearance The
shore could be seen with fair distinctness and
| even the white line denoting breakers was
| occasionally in view. The sun shone ardently
| from the fecklsss sky and tempered slightly
| the freshness OF the northeaster. 1t was .
| great day for yachts which sailed and also
pretty good for those Of tho auxiliary sort
which use both steam and sail.
| In the fleet that sped seward against tide
| and with wind dead astsrn. few craft looked
handsolner than tho auxiliary schooner yacht.
the Intrepid She had an enormous square
sail set on her foremost. and it did giant work
| in towing her out toward the Lightship It
| was good day for the rusty old fore and
alters. crowding on all their weather stained
canvas to steer course to the southwark.
| Many OF them were wing and wing and looked
not unlike huge birds with somewhat solled
| plumaRe.
| Impatient watchers ON the vessels OF the
| feet noted tho Shamrock as she came bound-
ing out from the Hook under lib and main.
sail The Yankee yacht was then two m lies or
more astern OF the challenger and had not yet
| cast OF the line OF her tug. The great cargo
carrier. Graf Waldersee bound for Hamburg.
passed close to the Shamrock. Her three-
stored superstructure amidshps lowered like
| huge tenement above the yachts nearby.
For time it LOOKED as II she were part Of the
excursion fleet as she slowed down and stopped
near the Lightship. But it was merely to per-
nit her pilot to get of. Then she stood on her
course to the eastward.
| The yachts were ready for the fray nearly half
an hour before the time at which they had
been scheduled to start. The larger part of
the floating things with folks aboard who
wanted to see the battle. were pitching and
rolling in tho crested swells and evsrybod
aboard them was wondering what the trouble
was whom II o'clock came and went. The OK.
| port shippers said the wind wasn't going to
last very long and even the inexpert saw that
| 1t had already dropped bit.
Meanwhile. the great sin gle stiokers had
been getting up sail. Evidently on tho Sham.
rock 1t was thought that tho breeze would hold
and probably give them trouble iu their wind
| ward work with their biggest topsai up, so
they set small club topsail. But the Columbia
| had already sent up her big one and after .
| little while the Shamrock set hers aso. 1t was
apparent from this that the talent on the
Shamrock also had decided that the wind
| would not hold its force.
Tho Committee tugboat Luck en- back set flag
| signals indicating that the course would DO
south southwest fifteen m lies down the Jersey
coast. The wind was now blowing about seven-
teen knots. 1t was more than an hour after
the course was given that the yachts got away.
The preparatory gun was fired at 1l:O5 The
wind had then gone down to about ton o.
twelve knots. The racers were manouvrinG
In the noighborhood Of the LRhtship when the
warning gun doomed at IL :15.
About mnute after the starting gun was
fired. at II 30 tho Columbia rounded the stern
OF the LiRhtship and headed on her course,
She broke out her balloon lib topsail and with
her boom to port leaped away from her am blts
ious rival. Capt. Hogarth had merely a baby
jib topsail set. with lib and staysAil. 1t was
Just the sort OF canvas he wanted for the clever
work he was about to do. He also ran
under the stern OF the Lightship. got
on the wlndward quarter Of the Columbia
| and was enabled with his small headsail
10 luf up on her and make an effort to take
her Wind He forced the Colum bia four points
OF her course. and both yacths stood In toward
the Jersey beach. The Coum bia doussd her
staysnil and lib Just after she crossed the line.
and her big balloon lib topsai unfit for lufrng.
shiyersd in the wind.
After hothering the Yankee boat for several
minutes the Shamrock ran by large staysah
and set her balloon lib in stops. Both yachts
had dropped their spinnaker poes to STAR
board The Columbia's mighty side sail burst
| forth FIRST. few seconds later the matchesS
triangle Of muslin blossomed from the star
board side OF the British yacht. It was
seen that ths stops Of the Shamrocks
spinnaker had been tied too tightly. and
| there was not SUFFICIENT wind to break
them at tho head OF the sail. A man was
sent alott. and was soon seen. look.
ing dminutive and Spider-lks on the
sprsader He partly released the sail.
| which was lowered so that he could reach the
stops. For nearly six minutes the foot Of tho
great sheet OF duck dipped with every roll OF
the ship to stArboard into the sea. Al last IL
was decided TO run tho sail up and let tho nim-
bic British tar climb the lofty topmast and
break the sail out, Every pair of glasses on tho
shoreWard side OF the feet was concentrated
on the acrobatic sailorman Swaying more than
| hundred and thirty feet above the water.
| The sea WAS almost absAm. and as the
yachts rolled 10 port and starboard the masses