The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-17
AMERICAS BOAT
WINS THE RACE
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half an hour having unequivocally demon
strated her superiority in windwsrd work
Il became only a question Of how far the
white flyer would beat her rival to the
outer mark.
TURBULENT WATERS.
As the yachts got further out the seas
grew more turbulent and the spray
spuried higher from their bows. Many
excursionsts came TO grief, and the tug
boats, plunging through the head seas
sent the spray aloft to their pilot hous-
es and some Of them were flooded from
stem to stern. The work Of the patrol
fleet was perfect. The revenue cutters line
ahead to leeward and the torpedo boats
line abreast astern held the yachts in the
following OF a moving right angle which
changed direction with each tack, and
kept the yachts as free from interference
as If they had been sailing in the middle
Of the Atlantic
The Shamrock footed valiantly, but
neither in speed nor in pointing could she
compare with Columbia. Then the three
shippers on the challenger put their heads
together and tried new tactics. The
Shamrock made a dozen short tacks. Ev-
identity her shippers were under the i'm
preston that she was better on her heel
and better at fore-reaching than the
Yankee boat. but the Columbia proved
quite as nimble as Shamrock.
INCREASED HER LEAD.
Timed by a stop watch, both boats were
10 seconds in stays, and when the Brit
ishers 60 home they will tell their friends
that the white beauty was fully as clever
as the challenger at fore-reaching. When
the Shamrock got through with this line OF
tactics. Columbia had increased her lead
until she was half mile ahead.
At the end Of half an hour as the wind
continued 10 grow fresher, the Shamrock
took in her baby jib topsail. figuring that
without this headsail she might be able
TO hug the wind closer. The Columbia
held on to hers. and as Shamrock did
not improve her position at the end of 10
minutes, her skipper again set the saiE
BY l o'clock Shamrock was fully a mile
and a half astern. and Columbia was d
winner over all. AS the Associated Press
boat. on her way TO the outer mark.
passed the Manning. Captain Evans. who
was on the bridge, shouted, "Aint she
peach?'
Nothing could have been prettier than
the way Columbia swept around the outer
mark. graceful as "A swan. Both boats
course. and as the rules required that
the mark should be passed on the star
board hand. Columbia tackled down TO
port and came over on the starboard tack
as she approached the float. AS she near
ed IL her spinnaker pole was like
knights lance i'm rest. As she swung
around she eased off her main boom, Jet
her spinnaker pole drop to port and
breaking out the cloud of canvas, fed
homcward ike a scared deer. Her big
balloon lib blossomed out a few seconds
later.
A ROUSING RECEPTION.
The few ships OF the excursion fleet
at the outer mark gave her rousins
reception.
The Shamrock was already hopelessly
beaten. a quarter Of a mile from the home
run. the Columbia crossed the path OF
the shamrock still beating 10 windward
and robbed her Of the wind for a minute
as she went past 1t Was 9 minutes and
49 seconds later when the shamrock swung
round the mark and squared away for
the finish The excursion boats, however
hung on courteously until she had round
ed and gave her quite an ovation.
The official time at the turn was:
Columbia, l.4SI9: Shamrock. l.JS.OS.
The Columbia was already almost two
miles away, and in the thickcnlng mist
cofId hardly Dee discerned. The bells
ON the excursion boats jingled for full
speed. and they went ploughing down on
either side of the course TO be in at the
death.
Sir Thomas steam yacht, Erin, how
ever. remained abeam of the challenger
giving what moral support he could DO
his beaten boat.
Sir Thomas and his friends aboard look
ed fully as disconsolate as they felt. Some
OF them seemed to have lost all interest
in the landscape. and were hanging over
the rail. looking down into the water
Sir Thomas, however, remained on the
bridge with his eyes glued on the boat
in which his hope had 50 lately conferred
and a group Of sailors forward seemed
TO be trying to make out the outlines Of
the vanishing Yankee in the thick gloom
From that time it was simply process
sion.
SOUI~STIRRING SCENE.
There was soul-stiring scene as the
Columbia approached the finish The eN-
cursion boats had gathered there in
semi-circle to give her welcome. and as
she swept across the finish bedlam broke
siren walled the Corsair the flagship Of
the New York Yacht Club, and several
other yachts flung their powder into
smoke and the multitudes ON the steam
ers cheered The Corsair hauled down all
her private signals and set Old Glory at
each masthead, gad and taffral
The crew of the Columbia gathered ar,
hurrahed with bare heads, then, as she
lowered her head sails. and took the
tow-Hne from her tender; the crowd
waited ten minutes until Shamrock had
crossed. and the feet had given her stem
torian expression OF good Will Then they
turned on their heels and scampered az
ter Columbia. crowdng about her and
cheering her again and again, while the
bands PLAYED Hail Columbia" Yankee
Doodle. and other patriotic airs They es-
corted her all the way TO her anchorage
inside the Hook.
The race tomorrow will be over the
triangular course, ten miles TO the leg.
and the Shamrock will have an opportu-
nifty to show what she can do at her
favorite point of sailing