The age-herald., 1899-10-08

start She bounded across the line Iile a race horse with main sail. club topsail and staysal drawing, spinnakcr down to star board ready for the race before the wind. and ten seconds afterward her balloon jib broke out like c1oud-bGrst. The Irish boat went over r seconds later, with the same rig. The patriots were mad with de- light. But their enthusiasm was short lived. The willy English skipper luffed up to run through the Yankees lee for stha weather gauge. Captain Barr tried to held off this move by luffing also. This sent both boats off al almost right angles to the course. straight in for the Jersey coast and straight for the mob of vessels gathered to the right of the line for the rundown The torpedo boats charged down upon them like a squad of flying cavalry to clear the way for the yachts. Never was there such a scampering of ships. Bells in the engine room jingled full speed ahead and full speed astern some fled and others tried to back put of the tangle. Several serious collisions were narrowly averted. But the fleet was scattered like a flock of wild ducks after the discharge of gun.
 The Shamrock got the best of the lufingl match blanketing her rival and getting to- windward of her. Then when both had squared off on their course and let go their spinnakers thousands waited and watched. Slowly, very slowly at first, inch by inch,, the defender of the cup drew away despite the Shamroeks repeated and tireless ef-i forts to blanket her. Once clear the white beauty forged ahead rapidly, her three great balloons drawing the wind careening from nainsail to spinnaker and from spin maker to balloon jb She had established a comfortable lead when the breath light ened and hauled more to the northWard. Wrinkles began to triekle down the sides of the white yachts balloons and several times all three sails collapsed. The Sham rock, as on the two former days, profited by the seemingly light air and began to crawl up
 Captain Hogarth took in the Shamrocks spinnaker when the mark was sighted, Jp- bed the Shamrock and trimmed down the balloon iib top sail with great rapldity, and had every inch of sail drawing splendily and before the American knew it he was again luffing up toward the Columbia. Captain Barr then followed suit but tni Shamrock had passed him well to Wind ward. Captain Hogarth then set his spin maker to port and increased the lead. Cap tam Barr seemed unwilling at first to fol- low the lead of the English and waited almost fifteen minutes while the Shamrock overloaded and passed him before he fol- lowed suit. The Shamrock was 100 yards ahead before he got his sails trimmed to tine new conditions. 1lne patriots did not mince words in their criticism of Barr 5, c0stinacy.
 
 farther, making it a broad reach to the mark. Both took in their spinnakers and eased their sheets. Then the white flyer gained steadily. The yachts We're now about a mile and a half from the outer, mark. All the interest centered there. Steamers, tugs and yachts hurried across the course and lined up to leeWard, walt ing with eager interest to see which would round first. Gallanty the American came on. It was astonishing how fast she glided through the water. She ate up the distance between her and the green boat until when the mark was but a quarter of a mile away less than hundred yards separated them Hope rose. The Shmroek was to windward. They were coming like race horses down the stretch A hundred feet away the Columbia had closed the gap. Her slender prov just lapped the stern of the green hull.
 Under the rules they made they pass the fleet with the red ball on the starboard end. As the balloon jibs rattled down on both boats preparatory to the gibe the watching thousands held their breath. It did not seem possible that the white ghost could squeeze in between the Shamrock and the mark To the onlookers it seemed inevita- be that unless the Yankee boat kept away under the stern of the Shamrock there would be a collision or the Columbia would foul the float. But c. Oliver Iselin has des- perate courage in tight place. He played the limit. The man who set a club top sail in a driving gale in the deciding race be- tween the Vigilant and Valkyrie would stop at nothing. He came, forcing the Shamrock to go wide around, while the Columbia seemed to scrape the float as she wore about with her helm hard down. Though the Shamrock rounded first by nine seconds she swept around so far on the outside that as both boats came up and their sails filled away on the starboard tack the Columbia not only had the weather gauge, but was in the lead No more reckless piece Of