The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-08

rocA's. the oaiy sal driving en Columbia
being The halloon 10 topsna. for . few
minutes Do faS cue q shsir course wers
thes iuAlng that III ehe sxcuraon ns<t
on the west side Of the course. had 20 Get
out of the way Ct fun apted. Ten minutes
after the start shamrock had the weather
berth. CUlunbaa Z ooupse q lengths undsr
Ter lee bow. Five minutes later Shamrock
took IN her small Say ali and sst . ~.
loon stay salt.
stsIl Draws Away.
In spite Of ali shs could 90. Shamrock
was not able az this time 90 outsoos Co
iumbAa 70 pass clear ahead q her. even
though she bianketed her several times.
Finally. at il:N. Shamrock kept square on
on the course, breaking out her spannaires.
Columbia following suit Immediately. For
some minutes the head Of 8samrocks
spinnaker would not break out. while its
foot was trailing in the water. Her bal
loon tb topsail had been set few min
utss earlier, and both sails were pulling
splendidly Sometimes ColumbtA's bow
spirit showed out ahead ana Sometimes
shamrock's. looking It them from . point
on the starboard beam II both boatA Co
iumbia finally pulled out . length TO the
good, and In ten minutes she had gained
another length. until 1t i2.E she WAS fully
half q dosen lengths In the lead. ThA
was encouraging to the American specta-
tors. while II lasted. but II did not last
long. The yschts had been sailing down
along the Jersey beach. and within three
miles Of II. Tney were 20 far OK their
course rhat Il soon became evident they
H. rsxts 81
Shamrock Gets Ahead.
Al soon - Hogarth saw the mark 1t
1879 he took In Shamrocks spinnaker.
HE'D her and Trimmed down the balloon
lib topsaii sheet In just three minuses-
Before Columbia's people had realized
what he was up to. the green boat, with
everything drawing splendidly. was iun-
Ing up toward the American boat. In
Just SIX minutes she had passed her.
Then Capt Barr and his crew woke up.
took In the spinnaksr and jibed Column
bia smartiy. but were slow In trimming
down the balloon sheet. Shamrock was
then well out to windward Of Columbia
Hogarth set the spinnaker for ave min.
utss. which gave her an additional lead
OF several lengths. Columbia did not set
hers until La, and took II In . few min
utes later. The outer mark WAS now In
plain sight and both yachts were ap-
preaching II with booms abroad on to
starboard. At IN ID came ehamrock's
balloon 1ib topsail, Columbia's two min
utes later. and then both yachts 3ibed
at 1870. Columbia had gained 20 much
during the past fsftssn minutes that It
was evident there was going 70 be some
CLOSE work At the outer mark
Clever Bit % work.
Just a. the whistles Of tbs excursion
feet began their screeches Of welcome to
the yachts. shamrock's crew trimmed
the mark. Columblqss eewsprit was right
over her taRrail, howtvsr. and as she
came up 70 the wind. Capt. Barr shot the
Bristol boat In between Shamrock and
tho mark, neatly taking the weather
berth II was a clever bit Of maneuvsrins
and Immediately placed the American
boat In the lead. The enscisl time Ct
rounding the outer mark WAS:
Shamrock. i:3s:zs.
Columbia. l:1S:k.
This showed that Shamrock rounded
this mark nine seconds ahead, that she
was two hours. fifteen minutes sad six
seconds covering the fifteen miles, while
Columbia took tive hours. fifteen minutes
and thirty-two seconds. q different In ia
vor Of Shamrock Of twenty-slx seconds
on the run before the wind.
The Best % w1nAwss1.
Columbia made her FIRST tack 70 port OF
shore at I.3S Hogarth held on fifty sec
onds longer. then put Shamrock about.
Then each tackled four times in three and
a half m.nuieA Shamrock being forced
about twice In that time. The wind was
growing lighter all the time. and thu long
easteriy sweIIs bothered the boats decided
iy when on the port tack, making them
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