The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-17


IL :45:30, when the Shamrock again |
tackled to port, the Columbia was fully |
a quarter Of a mile to windward of her.
The latter tackled five seconds later.
Captain Hogarth was getting desperate
now, and he resorted to his short tack
ing tactics in the hope that his boat
would forereach sufficiently to make !
a material gain to windward. At the !
conclusion of the marine duel Hogarth |
found himself further to leeWard than |
ever, the Columbia having been. if any |
thing, quicker in stays and a better |
forereacher.
At 12:5o15, when the Shamrock set
tied down again to business on the port
tack and the Columbia, after standing
on two minutes longer, came about to |
the same tack, it was found that the |
Bristol boat was half a mile dead to
windward of her rival. In three more
tacks the Columbia still increased her
windward lead The Shamrock people,
at 1925, took in her baby jib topsail,
hoping that she might point better, but
it was in vain, for in 10 minutes they
set the sail again. 1t was taken in 20
minutes later for a few minutes. Each
yacht made 12 tacks in the windward
work and in all the Shamrock took the
initiative.
Captain Barr waited for Hogarth to
tack, and with one or two exceptions he
put the Columbia about within 80
seconds Of the other boat. The last
half dozen tacks made were longer than
the others. The outer mark. which had
been obscured. was visible to the
yachts soon after 1:30. The wind be-
came lighter as they approached, but
it increased in force as the Columbia
made her last tack. She luffed very
handsomely as she approached the
mark on the port before she had fairly
made the turn. and as she squared
away on her homeward course the great
sail was broken out from steps. The
same moment the main boom swung
far off to starboard They were exact
ly S5 seconds setting the spinnaker.
The Shalnrock's men beat them only
five seconds in this work. The official
time at the turn was:
Columbia, 1:4S:19.
Shamrock, LESBOS.
AT the Turn.
This shows that the Columbia was
minutes 49 seconds ahead. The elapsed
time of the Columbia for the 10 miles
was 2:47:13; the Shamrock, 2:5T:05,
showing Columbia's gain from the ac-
tual start to have been 8 minutes So
seconds. This was a great victory for
the Columbia, for both yachts had cov-
cred the distance in a steady breeze
and at no time We're they far enough
apart to benefit by any puffs Of wind.
The Columhia's balloon jib topsail
was set Immediately after the spinna-
ker and the head sails were hauled
down. She began her Is mile run to
the finish at about eight knots an hour
The Shamrock's balloon jib topsail was
set seven minutes after reaching the
outer mark, and for a time it seemed
as though she was overhauling the Co.
lumbia At the time that appeared to
be reasonable conclusion, because she
being the stern boat was in position to
take advantage of any squalls that
might come along. 1t soon became evil
dent, however, that her apparent gain
was only Imaginary and that the Co
lumbia was not only holding, her own,
but as the figures showed later she
was really gaining. The finish line
marked by the committee boat and the
Sandy Hook light was not visible until
the yachts We're within couple of
miles of it. Then there was a rush Of
steamers to reach the goal ahead of
the yachts
1t could not be called an exciting
finish, nor was it a tame one alto
gether. So few boats were present to
witness it and the weather was so de-
pressing that as a spectacle the finish
might be called a poor one from a pic
turesque standpoint. Both in time and
distances the yachts were SO far apart
that it was a very poor finish from
sportsman's view.
When the Columbia, her great yellow
mainsail abroad off to starboard, swept
across the finish line the Shamrock was
scarcely visible astern, only the out
lines of her sails being seen
Ten minutes and II seconds in time
elapsed between the finishing of the
Columbia and the Shamrock. which
means in distance about a mile and a
half. The official time was:
Columbia, 3:5450.
Shamrock. 4:o5:10.
ELAPSED time:
Columbia, 4:53 SO.
Shamrock, 5:04:07.
Corrected time:
Columbia, 4:5S:53 Sc
Shamrock, 5:04:10.
Thus the Columbia wins by 10 min
utes and IA seconds actual and 10 min
uteS and seconds corrected time. The
elapsed time of the Columbia from the
outer mark to the finish was 2 hours,
6 minutes and 40 seconds; the Sham
rock hours, minutes and seconds,
showing that in the Is miles before the
wind the Columbia had gained p Sec
onds.
After the race, while the yachts were
being towed back to their moorings,
Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht Erin
ran up alongside the Columbia. The
Thomas, gave three hearty cheers.
They were quickly responded to with
cheers from the Columbia's men, led by
c. oliver Iselin. A number of yachts
fired guns as salutes to both yachts at
the finish The flagship Corsair was
among them and as soon as the Ameri
can yacht had crossed the line Commo-
dore j. Pierpont Morgan ordered the
American ensigns to be hoisted at each
masthead. Every steamer saluted with
her whistle and the Shamrocks well
come was quite as noisy as the Colum-
bias. The yachts and the excursion
fleet soon vanished in the mist home
ward bound.
LONDON DISAPPOINTED,