The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-21
COLUMBIA WINS
THE THIRD RACE
Gallant SIoop Again Vanquishes
English Challenger
CRUSHING BLOW TO Upton
He is a True Sportsman and
Harbors No Bitterness.
SIR THOMAS MAY TRY AGAIN
The American Defender Won Over Brit
ish Boat by Six Minutes and
Eighteen Seconds-Defeated
Yachtsmap Popular
He is a True Sportsman and
HarborS No Bitterness.
SIR THOMAS MAY TRY AGAIN

New York October 2O.-Through wild and
hoary seas, in a breeze that approached the
dignity of a gale, the gallant sloop Column
bia today vanquished the British challenger
Shamrock by six minutes and eighteen sec
onds actual time, and six minutes and thir-
ty-four seconds corrected time, thus COM
pleting the series for the Americas cup
with magnificent rough weather duel and
a glorious Yankee victory For the elev-
enth time the attempt of a foreigner to
wrest from America the yachting suprema-
cy of the world has failed. The trophy
won by the old schooner America forty
eight years ago is still ours-a monument
to the superiority of American seamanship
and American naval architecture and
standing challenge to the yachtsmen of all
nations Unbeaten America again tastes
the glory of victory.
The intrinsic value of the reward which
thousands of dollars were expended to Sc
cure is small-simply an antiquated piece
of silverware which Queen Victoria offered
to the best sailing ship in the world in
the early days of her reign; but around 1t
cluster the precious memories of unbroken
American triumphs and the honor of mas
terry in the noblest of sports.
Lipton's True Sportsmanship
To Sir Thomas Upton, whose name Is
now added to the list of defeated aspirants
for the honor of carrying the cup back
across the Atlantic, the failure was a crush
ing blow. His hope had been high, but,
like the true sportsman that he is, the sting
of defeat mas left no bitterness and with
undaunted courage he intimates that he
again. During his stay here Sir Thomas
has made himself more popular than any
previous challenger, and the yachtsmen of
this country will be glad to welcome him
back. Except for the repeated f1ukes 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 and square
races, one in light airs and the other in a
heavy blow and Sir Thomas is perfectly
satisfied that he was beaten by the better
boat.
Todays race was a glorious test of the
rough weather qualities of the yachts.
There was too much frostiness in the air
for comfort and it was far too rough to
land lubbers. The sky was overcast with
cold, gray clouds and the fierce winds
whipped the foam out of the racing waves
until they whitened the face of the sea.
Outside, the ocean was riot OF white
caps.
Some of the holiday feet declined to
brave the perils of the harples riding on
the norUheaster, and those THAT did rolled
and plunged in the tumbling pillows, send
ing all but the old salts below The prayer
OF Sir Thomas for wind was answered. 1t
was blowing twenty-five miles an hour at
the lig,ntShip, enough wind and enough sea
ITO make any racing machine stagger. Even
the pilot boats, that can weather any gale.
were under shortened SAIL and the wind
fairly tore the steam from the exhaust and
the smoke from the stacks into shreds.
The course, fifteen miles before the wind.
south by west, carried the yachts straight
down the Jersey coast to point off Long
Branch The race was sailed in plain view
of the thousands perehed upon the heights
of Navesink and stretched along the shore
from eabright to Asbury Park.
The crew of the Columbia were prepared
for the fray in yellow oilskins and south
westers, and those of the Shamrock in
white canvas. 1t was blowing too hard for
clubtop sails, and both shippers contented
themselves with hoisting small working
topsails Both yachts fled across the start
ang line before the TWEEN ty-ive knot breeze,
wing and wing, their spinnamakers break
ing out like puffs of white smoke and set
ting hard as plaster. The Shamrock was
over a minute and one second before the
defender but this was not due to supe-
rior seamanship. Captain Barr held off
for that length of time after the green
boat crossed in order that he might get
the position astern, where he could have
an opportunity to blanket his rival
Made Beautiful Picture
The yachts made a beautiful picture as
they sped away with outstretched top PIN
aons Columbia carried her spnnaker boom
at an angle of almost forty-ive degrees.
This allowed the big sail to draw like
locomotive. But 1t was IA ther dangerous,
and twice an extra puff of wind carried
the sail forward and up until it tumbled
over the stay. But the Deer Isle sailors
each had 1t back In place in a jiffy. The
Shamrock had no such mishap, as Hogarth
carried his boom much lower. The Yankee
trick, however, did Its work, lifting the
head of Columbia out of the water until
she seemed to be skimming over the sur
face. The excursion fleet trailing down on
either side were chasing after the yachts
as fast as their steam would carry them,
but the big sloops set such hot pace that
they left half the tug boats and some of
the steam yachts astern. They were going
at thirteen-knot clip, the Yankee slowly
but surely, inch by inch, overhauling her
adversary. Closer and closer she drew
astern of the challenger, hoping with her
mountain of canvas to shut off her rivals
wind.
When the Columbia had crept up to with
In striking distance the green boat crowded