Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-19

only when the sun -i.'i'@ "' siil
saiis that the yachts could be o,Scer"su'
Excursion Fleet in sight.
-r.s, ar... 90 -r,s. .-v.r-~-.rr fleet nut in an
arr.arsrce about g-G5 Just before IL
O'Clock ,Et haze toward the nor,hward be
gan TO lift. and part If the Couay Island
shore could hoe seen from he Highlands.
The Two yachts afr.Ee- al me "sl 't+i,+g
..,.'- ~ . 80 n. r.-T - +Ea C,Iun1-
bf7 r5ar running IF saIf a mile to the
southwark The Co.uma.t. however. swung
around to- the wind and ar lr-"N began set
ting her cub tousalL The wind "h'th n
crease near he lFhtshlp. 80 that the Co
l-rubia's tnp-al Mapped and slated quite
lively before It was fully set in position.
I;y 10 clock the Er.n had heT guests On
board and had started out, W nile up the
svasE channel the excursion fleet We're al
..a.inE oU- for tnc start
The rsvruu" cutters were carry on Iiiilu
AMI nearly all had reached the hghtshlp
soon after 10 o'c."ck- The shamrock
club t.p-au appeared 10 De one OF thf
small ones. whi" the Columns : was dIS'
rather under the : Z which she mas Sc IN
days when the wind was iSht' Hla.t5ltiIS
that both boats anticipated more WHO De
fore afternoon ,,,z ,,+
Ih'~" watching lHe TWO oOd'9 tpu'u -
Sue that The Shamrock stood much sitter
for ali her increased LOAD
The Shamrock under HsF itiHlt'lSg tA
Pans" ot san showed 90 ued't,'iuI dus ~
.lee and gong on a long reach fairly flew
over the water.
At loo the judges boat raised the sig
nal indicating that the course Nuu-u ne
southeast by south.
Noxc In tn JirbtshiD
- e.,
Just before tHe preliminary gun "''7 III N
the Columbia moved up to the hghtSmp
and tre shamrock soon followed
=, 80. -, H.. ,,r..ri,,,ir7ar,- r1n was fired
- .,l,,,.,,t.f, MS "a IittIa To the north of
-, ,t.t-..-t,f., ,rbil. tho shamrock was
,T,,,,,t b.,rf :, mill. to the south of it.
The committee then sent of the tug that
is 70 mark the course hfteen miles 10 lee
a. ~. minutes before the start the Sham
rrt ran mn ,Inder the C,olumbia's lee and
tried to get to the weather of her, but the
white boat held up past the hgntshlp on
the port tack, ana having Two he''''S ~.
set easily outfooted the 9ItiilI oJA' l e
boats We're very close together, however.
About two minutes before the start me
Shamrock srung off, while the Columbia
came about, being somewhat 10 the "tsl
ward Of the Shamrock B0th poaLs SOU 80
for the line at Two minutes DeIoIe Sun 10
Just before reaching II the F9ild ~ " -
across 10 the westward on Tue stdt po.' a. -
tack, Dlt IAe So4uIAo!d luilSN ~ -, -.
westward. 81 that the green boat couIu MOI
catch her ~
Just before the start the ohttliiI IN "a
aged TO run IN aSttFh o. ti!e So I'm Gi
the latter crossed the me INST ne 1890 ~
Ing was very sharp and from NaVesIHh 1t
looked as II Capt HoEarlh Ba9 tIie - -
Of IL. The SHamroch sutCeeueu III lCt,
on the CoIulHDla Mvd'L I aiiu 80 J,n+ Tbe
Went over me 4ilie VIZ - IL &c sba
SIamrUch blGhe out LGI p'iii2OIi ~ - go
Crossed Du- tAe oIui - ulu 'iO -, aTns
uAJL a minute ot W. Ia - -, Lai a
hNe minutes dIltI liz go .,+,j tbn1
fTnu setting their spinnakers, but the
Shamrock did not seem 10 De aoIe u get
by the Columbia.
Columbia Held Her Lead