The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-17

this morning, Tor q few minutes after
they started the tug to log OF the course
auu &c 10. 20 the preparatory signal was
made. Both yachts then began manoeu-
vtring for pos tons and st 10 50, when
the wBrning signal was given, they wers
playing for weather berth to the north
ward Of the line, Shamrock breaking cut
her stay sail at this timc.
When two minutes were left before the
starting signal, both yachts were head
Ing n 0oupls lengths apart-to the west
ward with booms to port, the Columbia
to windward. Al one minute tins sham
rock began to keep of from the commit
tee beat which was lying at the south
end OF the line, Captain Hogarth's inten-
ton apparently being to stop the Column
bia. then q length or so astern, from get
ting the weather berth. When the start
tnS gun was fred, the Shamrock had run
parallel with the line to nearly the centre
OF II. She still held her course until
nearly over to this lightship before she
began to luff to cross the line. Captain
Barr on the Columbia held his yncht we'll
In hand being at this time good length
astern. With SHEETS Hat aft, he began 10
luff the moment Hog rth did and shoot
ing the Colombia across the Shamrock's
wake he sent her across the line more
than fifty yards to windward Of the ohal-
lenger and with such good overlap on
her thar according to the official time she
was only three seconds astern. The OIL
ciel time for the start wass
Shamrock 1i.0l.03.
Colum bin. IL 0l.06.
Both yachts were now olose-hauled on
the star card taeks and were carrying
exactly the same sail AS soon as sheets
were trimmed all hands except the men
stationed at the head sheets. jumped for
the weather side and huddled close down
to the starboard rail while the shippers
watched each other like hawks. There
were net many yachts or excursion steam
ers out In time TO see the start. Tine prin-
Opal ones were the steam yachts Corsair,
Erin and Niagara; the excursion boats
Republic, Grand Republic, Monmouth
and Angler; the revenue Gutter Manning
ard Onandago; torpedo boats Proctor
and Gwyn.
Those on board this small fleet had n
splendid view of the start and the first
tsn minutes after IL were anxions ones
fNr the friends OF both yachts. After that
. ns, IL was sail over but the shouting"
tive minutes the Columbia had Wild
0 .od the distance TO wlndward between
:rself and the Shamrock fully length.
S1e heeled more than the latter boat but
her sails were all full and she was point
ing higher from the moment she started.
Captain Hogarth thinking his boat would
be able to outfoot the Columbia, suffi-
GENTLY to tack across her bow, a little
later gave her a good rap full The green
boat responded nobly and to some it ap-
peared that she was passing the Colum bia
very fast SO she was. hus she was losing
windwaTd ground every minuts When
this Shamrock tackled to port at Ills and
the Columbia thirty seconds later, 1t was
seen that Barr had 50 placed his boat on
the weather bow of the Shamrock as to
spill the back wind into the Shamrock's
sails, Hogarth was Obliged to keep
broad off for about 80 seconds to get out
from under Colum5iA's lee. BY IL % the
Columbia was quite an eighth Of a mile
TO windward and Out-footlng and out
pointing her rival all the time. Captain
Hogarth finding that the Shamrock SIM
ply would not point as high as the CO.
lumbia flattened down his sheets as hard
as he dared and had to be contented with
giving her good full and letting her
go at that, The Shamrock went about
to starboard at l1.S3 so: the Columbia
five seconds later. At Has 30, when the
Shamrock again tackled to port, the CO.
lumbja YVES fully quarter of a mile to
windward of her when this latter tackled,
five seconds later.
Captain Hogarth was getting desperate
now and he Re sorted to his short lacking
tactics in this hore that his boat would
fore-reach sufficiently to make material
gain to windwsrd. Some idea may be
gath ared of the quick work which fol-
lowed when IL Is stated that both yachts
made ssven tacks In the next four min
utes and 45 seconds, the Shamrock always
lacking first AT the conclusion of this
marine duel between the single sticker3,
Hogarth found himself farther to leeward
than ever, the Columbia having been, If
anything, quicker in stays and better
fore-reacher
AT ~. so 10 when the Shamrock settled
down again TO business on the port tack
and the Colum bia after standing on two
minutes longer, came about to the same
tack, IL was found that the Bristol boat
was half mile dead to the windward of
her rival. In three mora taoka, the Co.
lumbia still increased her windward lead.
The Shamrock people at IL 25 took in her
baby 1ib topsail, hoping perhaps that she
might point higher, but 1t was evidently
in vain, for in ten minutes they sat the
sail again. 1t WAS taken in 20 minutes
later for few minutes. Each yacht made
~ tacks in the windward work and in
all these the Shamrock took the initia-
tive. Captain Barr waited for Hogarth TO
tack and with but one or two exceptions
he put the Columbia about within thirty
seconds of the other boat. The last half
dozen taoks made wers longer than thu
others. The outer mark which had been
obsoured by the mist was visible from the
yachts soon after 80 The wind became
lighter as they approached 1t but 1t in
creased in force a little as the Columb ia
made her last tack at I.s6 80. She looked
very handsome as she approached the
mark on the port tack a couple Of her
s'AOoeh pfonzo ulige plates showing on
her weather side Smartly tie Grew
launched her spinnaker boom out to port
before she had fairly made the turn and
SO Jared away on her homeward course
The great sail was broken out from stops
the same moment the mainboom swung
far of to starboard. They were exactly |
10 seconds setting the spinnaker. The |
Shamrcok's men beat them only tive ssc-
onds in this work.
The eflioial time at the turn was:
Columbia, las 10; Shamrock, /. les,
This shows that the Columbia was 9
minutes 40 seconds ahead wnen she
rounded the mark. the elarssd time of
the Columbia for the Is miles was two
hours. AZ minutes. 10 seconds; of Sham
rock, two hours, 81 minutes, seconds,
showing that the Colum bias gain from
the actual start had been minutes, SO |
seconds. This, indeed, was victory for
the Columbia for both yachts had covered
the distance in steady breeze and at no
time were they far enough apart to bens.
tit by any putfs of wind. The Columbia's
balloon jlb topsail was set Immediately
after the sDinnaEer and the head sails
CHI bon han. tle