The age-herald., 1899-10-08
BOREAS AGAIN
 PROVES PICKLE
Third Trial of Columbia Sham
 rock Series is Declared Off.
COLUMBIA IN THE LEAD
Yesterdays Attempt to Sail the First Race for the International Cup Il .=, Ends in Complete Failure
 Experts Are Mystifed

New York, october 7-4Old Boreas again today played baft1edore and shuttlecoek with the great single stiekers, and the third attempt to sail the first race of the Co., lumbia-S Shamrock series for the interna- tiona trophy ended in failure The race was declared off fifteen minutes before the time limit expired with the yachts still five miles from the finish. But the throngs who went down to the sea to witness the battle royal were in measure compen- sated by seeing a ma gnificent light weather duel In the end the disappointment of the patriots was sharpened perhaps by the fact that when the race was abandoned the Columbia was in the lead and improV- ing her position, and had it been finished today the American champion might have had one race to her credit.
 After three trials the experts are about as much mystifed as they were at the be- ginning concerning the merits of the two boats. Nothing but a spanking, whole. sal breeze will furnish true test. Today, as on the two previous days the course was laid fifteen miles dead before the wind and return. So evenly matched were the beau- tiful, clean-imbed racers that they rounded the outer mark like thoroughbreds almost neck ana neck, ana nnlSneu dltef a lHree- hour unresh to windWard with the Colum- bias white shark-like nose half a length in front and in the weather position, but so close was her green rival that the black shadow of the Shamroek's looming sails was silhoutted against the Yankees snowy canvas.
 As result of today's struggle and those of Tuesday and Thursday the talent are a good deal confounded.
 Some of them differ as to the merits of the two boats, but they seem unanimous upon two things-that the Shamrock Is the ablest boat that ever crossed the western ocean to lift the mug, and what is still more important, that she is more ably han dled than the defender. The superior sea- manship of Captain Hogarth and his crew was demonstrated al several critical points in the race today, though to Captain Barr and the nervy managing owner of the Yam kee sloop belong the credit of executing as brilliant and daring a piece of seamanship as was ever witnessed in yacht race, its recklessness causing a deal of nervousness and anxiety. Its accomplishment therefore made the pulses of the Americans beat higher with pride It was the spectacular feature of the day and fortunt favored the brave.
 The Irish boat did undeniably better work to windward. She carved her way up into the wind in astonishing style. But here again the Columbia seemed to be able to more than make up in footing what she lost. In point of ability as a sailing vessel fler power to make headway against an adverse wind, she is rated as the better boat by that test.
 The early morning was full of promise for glorious whole sail breeze. The heart of the sea-faring folk who went down to the water front was gladdened by stiff twenty-knot blast straight out of the northeast that covered the upper and lower bay with a smother of white caps
 The excursion fleet went out to the stake boat with high hopes of splendid days sport But before the fleet reached the open the breeze began to moderate and the tumbling seas to spill less of their froth. Overhead the sky was unflecked, a vault as blue as turquoise and so clear was the atmosphere that every foot of the course visible to the thousands who were watching on the Jersey hills from Nave sink Highlands to Long Branch and As- bury Park. From the shore the very move- ment of the race was followed by the sharps with glasses and the result was known there long before it was flashed by wire from the cable boats. Outside the long, ground swell rolling in from the At lantc with its tidings of the gale that had swept up the coast yesterday, piled up what the old salts called lumpy sea. j.
 It brought grief to many of the sight seers afioat Many of them sought the se- cuson of their cabins before the vessels on which they had embarked to witness the race had weathered Sandy Hook. And all through the afternoon a majority of the remainder kept suspiciously near the rails of the steamers.
 Besides Managing Owner Iselin and Mrs. Iselin, there were on board the Columbia, Herbert Leeds, Capt. Nat Herschoff, Capt. Woodbury Kane, Newbury Thorne and Hugh Kelly, the last named representing the Royal Ulster Yacht club On the Shamrock were Henry F. Lippitt, the New York Yacht clubs representative; Sail Ma ker Ratzy, Hugh McCfildowney, Sherman Crawford and Capts. Ben Parker, Hogarth and Wringe.
 The Columbia had all the better of the