Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-21
Magnificent Rough Weather Duel
and Glorious Victory.
SHAMROCK BEATEN 6 ~, 81 S
DfIicial Time Of Is.ce at Finish. (,o1n,n1,,.
.:io Shamrock, ..:IJ:i., Corrected
Elapsed Time. Columbia :;:"S:o3:
Shamrock, :;:iI:l3.
NE:y rclegrapll.l

->|N ,''ilN. oct. u Through wild
ana h"ary seas. III breeze that ap-
| i'roae he'd the dignity Of Il gale. the gal
| liant slnop Columbia today v;,n,,uisheu
! he British challenger Shamrock by six
! minutes and eighteen seconds. actual
! time. and six minutes and thirty-four
seconds, corrected time ::i;,s complete
| ing th@ series for the Americas cup
with magnificent rough weather duel
and i glorious Yankee victory.
For the eleventh time the attempt of
foreigner TO wrcst from America the
! yachting supremacy of the world has
failed.
The intrinsic value of the reward
which hundreds of thousands of dol
| lars were expended to secure. is small =
| SIMPLY an antiuuated piece of silver
| ware, Which Queen Victoria offered to
the best sailing ship in the world in the
early DAYS of her reign. but around it
| cluster the precious memories Of un-
broken American triumph and the hon
! or OF mastery in the nobleSt of sports
| Sir Thomas Upton, whose name is
now added to the list of defeated aspi-
rants for the honor Of carrying the, cup
back across the Atlantic the failure
vas crushing blow. His hope had
| been high.
sIR THOMAS MAY COME AGAIN.
! But. like the true sportsman that he
| is. tn" sting of defeat has left no bit
| ternass. and With undaunted courage
he intinla,eS that he may be back with
Ia better boat to try again. During his
stay here. Sir Thomas has made him
self more popular than any previous
challenger and the yachtsmen of this
country will be glad to welcome him
back
| Ioday's race was a glorious test Of
The rough weather qualities OF the two
yachts. There was too much frost;-
ness in the air for comfort and it was
far TOO rough for lanlluhhers.
J The course. fifteen miles before the
| wind. south by west carried the yachts
straight down the Jersey coast to {,
rae" was sailed in plain view Of the
thousands percred upon the heights Of
| NaEeSinl< and stretched along The
shore from Seabrigrt to .Asbury Park.
| HOW II WAS DONE.
| Foth yachts nod across the startin :
| line before the 25-knot breeze, wing.
and Wing. their spinnakers breakin. out
| Ike pN:is, of white smoke and setting.
hard as plaster. The Shamrock was
over minute and one second before the
"rlior scamanship Captain Barr held,
| oil Tor that length of time after the
green boat crossed. in order that he
might get the position astcrn. where he
could EaNe an opportunity to blanket
! his rival. The yachts made Il beautiful
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stretched piniors: The Columbia car
ricd her srinnakor boom at an angle OF
almost s. degrees This allowed the BIZ;
sail to belly far out forward and draw
IKE a locomotive. But it was rather
dangerous. and twice an extra puff Of
wind carried the sail forward and IN
unit! it tumbled over the stay But the
Deer Isle sailors each time had it back
in place in 4 jiffy. The Shamrock had
NJ such mishap. as Hoealth carried
n 1r, IN 1,>,,
trick. however. did its work lifting tho
head of the Columbia out of the water
until she seemed to be skjmming over
The surface.
CROWDED ON CANVAS.
When Columbia had caught un Is
within striking distance the green boat
rrcWde6 on Il little more canvas. SGT
hng 4 i'ahv jib topsail and for ten
minutes she seemed to hold the Alnc,,i-
can even. Both were going like scared
deer. y stern chase is long one. but
as the yachts approached the outer
mark. the patriots with high boundin.
pulses saw that Columbia was again
picking up on the enemy
At l2:lO O'Clock. half a mile from the
mark. the Bristol boat got alongside
q sran Of race horses, they bowled down
Tor the float. Three minutes later.
W.ion they took in their spinnakers
preparatory to gybng, Columbia was
length IN the lead and footing like
mad The yachts swept around the
mark. Columbia II seconds ahead, but
so close that one chorus from the fleet
answered for both. Columbia had gain
Ell IL minute and IS seconds in the ff-
teen mile run.
a LENGTH AHEAD.
AS they leaned away on the starboard
! tack for the beat home the white Nv
! er was to Windward and about a length
| ahead. With their sheets trimmed fiat
art they surged into the head seas.
sending the brine smoking as high as
| the spreaders. They careened until
their lee rails were awash in the swirl
| !EG. driving waves. Oceans of spray
cam" over. and occasionally both ship
;'cd solid creSts Of green water forward.
Ineli' wakes We're q smothered foam
| Everything aboard was wet and drip
| ping. Seldom had there been such a
smashing sea under the bows Of cup
! feet into the air. The green boat Ia
bored more thar the Yankee Once or
| twice she buried her bowsprit in the
seas, we;ting ncr head sails. 1t was a
grand sight.
| On every tack Of the thrash to wind
ward The Yankee increased her lead,
.aiin. 50 close that the old salts said
she could wipe the eye Of the wind"
| FAR IN THE LEAD
| At 1:45 the Columbia was leading by
y quarter of Il milo The situation FOR
Shamrock was desperate and reckless
OF the consequences the British skipper.
decided to crowd on more canvas. Fear
! lcssy he sent up and after !, deal of
| trouble he succeeded in setting 4 small
| club topSail
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