The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-08

New York. Oct. 7.-old Boreas again
played battIedore and shuttleeoek with
the great sfngle-stScEers. and tine third
attempt to sail the first race of the
Columbia Shamrock series fer the in
ternational trophy ended hi failure
The race was declared off fifteen min
utes before the time limit expired.
with the yachts still five miles from
the finish
But the vast tEr0ngs wEIO went down
to the sea to witness the battle royal
We're in a measure compensated by
seeing a magnificent light weather
duel. In the end the disappointment
OF the patriots was sharpened, per-
haps, by the fact that when the race
was abandoned, the Columbia was in
the lead and improving 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 mystified as they were
at the beginning concerning the mer
its of the two boats. Nothing out a
spanking whole sail breeze Will furnish
a true test.
Yachts Evenly Matched.
Today as ON the two previous days
the course was laid fifteen miles dead
before the wind and return. So evenly
matched were tine beautiful, clean
limbed racers that they rounded the
outer mark like thor0ughbreds, almost
neck and neck, and finished. after a
three-hour thFesh to windward, with
the Columbias white shark-Ifke nose
half a length in front and In the
green rival that the black shadow of
the Shamrock's looming sails was sill
houetted against the Yankees snowy
canvas
AS a result of today's struggle and
those of Tuesday and Thursday, the
talent are a good deal COMPOUNDED.
Some of them differ as to the merits
of the two boats. but they seem unani
NOUS upon two things--that the Sham
rock is the ablest boat that ever
crossed the western ocean to lift the
mug. and. what is stim more important,
she is more ably handled than the de-
fender.
The Shamrock Better Handled.
The superior seamanshfp Of Captain
Hogarth and his crew was demon
strated at several critical points in the
race today. Though to Captain Barr
and the nervy managing owner of the
Yankee sloop belong the credit OF exc
cutting as brilliant and daring piece
of seamauship as was ever witnessed
in a yacht race. it's reckiessness caused
a great deal of nervousness and arx-
iety; it's accomplishment, therefore,
made the pulses Of the Americans beat
higher with pride. 1t was the spectacu-
lar feature of the day, and fortune ia
vored the brave.
The Irish boat did undeniahly better
work to windward. She carved her
way UP into the wind in astonishing
stvIe. But here again the Columbia
seemed to be able to more than make
up il: footing what she lost in pointing,
and as the ability Of a sailing vessel
is determined by her power to make
Roadway against an adverse wind, she
is the better boat by that test
The early morning was full of prom
ises for a glorious, WhoIe-sall breeze
The heart Of the seafarlns folk VINO
went down to the waterfront was glad
deued by a stiff twenty KNOT blast
Straight out of the northwest, that COW
cred the upper and Tower bay with
smear of whitecaps. And the excursion
fleet went out to the stake boat with
high homes of a splendid days sport.
But before the fleet had reached the
omen. the breeze began to moderate and
the tunbIing seas to spill less of their
frotf. Overhead the sky was unlocked,
a vault as blue as turquoise, and SO
clear was the atmosphere that every
foot Of the course was Visible TO 1tte
thousands who were watching ON the
Jersey hills from Navesink highlands
to Long Branch and Asbury park.
From theisshore. every movement OF
the race was followed by the sharners
with glasses, and the result was known
long before il was flashed by wire from
the cable boats. Outside the long
ground swell rolling in from the At
Iantfc with its tidings of the gale that
swept up the coast yesterday, piled up
what the old salts cali a lumpy sea
1t Was Lumpy Sea.
1t brought grief to many Of the sight
seers afioat. Many Of them sought the
seclusion of their cabins before the YES
sells on which they had embarked to
witness the race had Weathered Sandy
Hook, and all through the afternoon a
majority of the remainder kept sus-
picfously near the rails OF the steamers.
The Columbia had all the better OF
the start She bounded across the line
like O. race horse, with mainsail, club
topsafI and staysail drawing, spinnakeT
down to starboard ready for the race
before the wind. and ten seconds after
ward her balloon broke out like a. cloud
burst.
The Irish boat went over seventeen
second later. with the same rig. The
patrfofs were mad with delight. But
their enthusiasm was short-liVed. The
willy English skipper Iuffed TO run
through the Yankees leS weather
guase. Captain Barr tried to- head OH
tf1fs move by Iuffing also. This sent
rio
the course, straight in for the Jersey
coast. and straight for the mob of 800
vessels gathered I'd the right OF the
line for the run down.
The torpedo boats charged down upon
them like a squad Of tying cavalry e.
clear the way for the yachts Never
was there such a Scampering % ships.
Bells in the engine rooms Jtngled full
speed ahead and full speed asterHs as
some fled and others tried torbac}1 out
of the tangles
Collisions Narrowly &verted.
Several serious collisions We're mar
roWIy5 averted. But the feet was scat
tered like d flock Of svild ducks after
the discharge Of a gun. The Shamrock
got the best Off the luffing match,
blanketing her rival and fetting to
windward Of her. Then, when both ha q
SQUARED off in their course and let sd
their spinnakers, thousands waited and
watched.
Slowly, very slowly at first, inch lily
inch. the defender Of the cup drew
away, despite the Shalnroek's repeal
ed and tireless efforts to blanket her
Once clear, the white beauty forged
ahead rapidly, her three great balloons
drawing the wind carolling from Rain-