The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-04
Slightly Ahead Of Columbia
When Time Limit Expired.
Both Yachts Well Handled but Cha|-
|enger Has Better Luck With the
Breeze Declared No Race.

I shore. caught ii first. The crew took
in the spinnaker smartly Capt Barr
gybed her TO pors, trimmed down stay
sail and balloon jibsail sheets, and II
| just five minutes. the Columbia had
| walked past the Shamrock and was
the leading boat. Capt. Hogarth gybed
| the Shamrock after taking i'm the spin
maker at 1916 They set her spnnaker
90 starboard at 1890. but only for five
| minutes. Capt. HOgarth finding he
was losing time took the sail In smart
| ~, and luffed the green slOOp across the
| Columbia's wake taking a position on
her starboard quarter.
\ LUFFING MATCH.
The outer mark was obscured by
| haze. SO that ii was not Wis BILE from
the yachts una ] y. ~. That did not
| matter much 90 either Capt. Hogarth
| or Barr for they were indulging in a
lutiing match, closing IN on the Jersey
beach for more thas half an hour
Finally. Capt. Barr having the Colum-
bia well ahead. eased sheets and kept
| Off for the mark at los. crossing the
Shamrocks bow one-eighth OF a mile
| ahead. Al III he set the spinnaker
OH the Columbia TO starboard and came
down for the outer mark at perhaps
not more than a siX-knot gait At
l.23 in came the spinnaker again on the
Columbia, the wind hauled back to the
northward, her boom was gybed 70
starboard and balloon iibtopsail
trimmed. The Shamrock bad gybei ave
minutes before. but she was not gain
ing any up TO this time. Approaching
the outer mark the Columba's crew
doused the balloon jihtopsail smartly
and as they rounded the mark "A float
airing a red ball with white stripe
which had TO be left on the starboaru
hand. the big main boom swung over
TO port. all sheets were tsimmed fiat
on the starboard tack and the Colunn-
bia thus began her 15 miles OF wind
ward work.
AT THE OUTER MARK.
The time taken at the outer mark
as each yacht luffed around IL w3s.
Columbia ......,........ 1851
shamrock .......-,....... l;.J.1S
So 1t will be seen by the official fig
ures that in the run of Is miles from
the start to the outer mark the Colum-
bia outsailed the Shamrock minutes
Al SECONDS. Her elapsed time To this
point was hours II minutes 81 seconds.
| the Shamrock . hours "a minutes Il
seconds.
Capt Barr kept the Columbia on the
III SIOIR Idth LOT = minutes 40 SetOnuS.
after rounding the mark when he let
her come about to the port tack, set
ting the baby jibtopsail as she filled
away. In 20 seconds he swung her about
again. The Shamrock. meanwhile. stood
off on the starboard tack minutes II
seconds. when Skipper HOgarth put her
about and began his windward work i'm
earnest with the Bristol boat. The wind
was now II. by N. and on the port tack
both yachts We're heading with sheets
trimmed down fat within four points
of the wind. which had now increased
20 about 10 miles. IL was not steady,
however and its lukiness became APP
parent at :55. when IL b gan heading
off the Columbia. The Shamrock tackled
TO starboard al 1855. spinning around
on her heel in II seconds from full 70
fun but To the astonishment Of the
thousands who Witnessed the Column
bias next tack. IL seconds later. she
swung around in the almost incredibly
short space Of 10 seconds. timed by a
stop watch.
COLUMBIA y MILE AHEAD.
CAPT. Hogarth apparently feeling con-
ndent that by series of short tacks
he could get 90 windward OF Columbia,
put the Shamrock about four times i'm
misutes 80 seconds. Capt. Barr follow
Ell suit. and his nimble crew trimmed
sheets just as fast as those on the
I N
down to steady work again at 2:14:5O,
che Columbia was still we'll I'm the lead
and gaining. capt. Hogarth thought IL
| best at 2:20 to split lacks with his am
! tagonist. So he put the Shamrock on the
! puut tack. thinking the Columbia would
not follow but she did, and when the
latter Yacht tackled at 2:2l:35 she was
! nearly "A mile dead TO windward OF the
/ green boat.
During the next 30 minutes a dozen
short tacks were made, the wind con-
| tinuing nukv all the time. until a few
minutes before O'Clock when the wind
left the Columbia FOR fully five min
utes. She had the inshbre berth, the
| Shamrock Oft shore. held a breeze from
| the northeast. When the Shamrock. at
! All. went about ON the Columbia's lee
bow she was we'll ahead. that is 70 say,
| ~ she had gone about she could nave
| crossed the Columbla's bow. Between
! 3:15 and 3.20 the Columbia. with "a few
fresh puffs from the northeast. began
| walking uu ON the Shamrock. which
was then nearlv a quarter Of a mile %
| windward ~ hcs but before she could
overhaul nhe Shamrock the wind died
| out aca fr The Shamrock continued %
! hold q breeze and bv 3:35 she war near
/ Is half = mile To- windward Of the Bris-
| t1l boat There was strung tide set
| ting a. the southwest. which seemed
4 To afferf the Columbia more than n did
/ the shamrock. As N was necessary.
| according tee the rules. to finish the
/ r8cr before 4:i5. ~ soon became evident
! as the boats az { o'clock We're some
| miles to ieaWard ~ the finish that thr
] race would have Co be declared om
/ This was done az the time named while
! the BEATS We're stll four miles away
| from the frish
SHAMROCK Is FAST.
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