Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-26

New York, Oct. 21.-Through wind
ana heavy seas, N d breeze that ap-
preached the algniry OF gale, the gal.
liant sloop Columb ia Friday yanquisned
the British challenger Shamrock by 6
minutes ana Is seconds actual time
thus completing the series Tor the
Americas cup with magnificent
rough-weather duel ana glorious
yankee victory. For the eleventh time
the attempt OF foreigner To Wrest
from America the yachting supremacy
Of the world has failed. To Sir Thomas
Upton, whose name is now added TO
the list of defeated aspirants Tor the
honor OF carrying the cup back across
the Atlantic, the failure was crush
ing blow but, like the true sportsman
that he is, the sting OF defeat has lett
no bitterness. With undaunted cour-
age he intimated that he may be back
with a better boat to try again. Elk
cept for repeated hukes and
the unfortunate accident to the
challenger on Tuesday, this
series OF races has been unmarried
by a single untoward incident The
boats have had two fair, square races,
one in light airs and the other in a
heavy blow Sir Thomas is perfectly
satisfied that he was beaten by the bet
ter boat.
When the boats were approaching
the starting point, the Shamrock
reached the vicinity of the committee
boat a few seconds too soon, so Ho-
garth kept her broad off to use up time
and then luffed out across the commit
tee boats bow just as the gun was
fired crossing the line at a 12-knot clip
with the Columbia several lengths
astern on the weather quarter. Barr
ulfed the Columbia diagonally across
the line. The Shamrock had certainly
the better of the start and with such
breeze blowing it seemed as II her
chance had come to show she could
run before the wind. For fifteen min
utes there was no noticeable difference
in the positions of the boats, When
The Yachts passed Long Branch pier at
about fl:50 the Shamrock was Leading
by an eighth of a mile At l2;l5 the
Columbia, which had been steadily
gaining on the Shamrock, passed her
to port, taking in her working topsaA
as she did so, to be ready for the Wlhd-
ward work. official time at the outer
mark. Columbia, 12:19:00; Shamrock
.121917. The Columbia's elapsed time
from the start was one hour'
seventeen minutes and twenty
i've seconds and the Sham
rocks one hour, eighteen minutes ana
three seconds, showing that, in the
fifteen mile run before the wind, the
Columbia gained a minute and eigh-
teen seconds Leaving the mark to
the starboard the Columbia luffed
widely around 1t while the crew hauled
aft the main sheet. The Shamrock
was forced to make a still wider turn.
Then, luf1ing up sharply, she tried TO
cross the Coluwbia's wake to capture
the weather berth but Barr blocked her
neatly. The wind was now blowing at
least twenty-five miles an hour At
-
in. She was then throwing spray IN
clouds across her deck, making, II any
thing, worse weather Of it than the
Columbia which was nearly half
mile to the windward, same distance
ahead, and increasing her lead every
minute Several short lacks we're
made during the next twenty minutes
and at $40, when the Columbia tackled
to port, the wind had fallen lighter for
a short time The wind soon fresh
ened, canting a couple Of points vest
erly The Shamrock then split tacks
with the Columbia and gained slightly
chiefly because of the shift Of wind
which she apparently got a few min
utes before the Columbia. From here
on IL was a succession Of short tacks,
the Columbia going about finally on
the last tack to starboard at 2.3Glo
and dashing across the finish line three
minutes later. The Shamrock finished
) minutes and II seconds after the Col
umbia She was defeated by 6 min
utes and is seconds actual time, and
by s minutes, "a seconds corrected
time.
For the FIRST time in the the remem-
brance Of yachtsmen who have seen all
international contests for the Amer.-
can cup, an American ensign was
hoisted at each masthead OF the yacht
Erin. property Of the owner Of the de-
feated sloop As the Shamrock, IN
tow, passed the Columbia at her
moorinrs on the way into Sandy HOOK
bay, the challenging yachts crew lined
mp and gave three hearty British
cheers. to which the Columbia's men
answered promptly and with vsor
Official summary. Start-Collmbla,
l1:0l:35. Shamrock, 11:O0:24 Outer
Columbia. 12.t9:00; Shamrock
f2:l9:17. Finish Columbia 10000
Shamrock, 2.45:17 Elapsed time
3:2S:25; Shamrock 3.44 AZ.
Corrected time-Columbia, 3.3S.Ht