The Portland daily press., 1899-10-04

bpluuhkor utuasomoI OUT 70 port anu ano
began at once to overhaul the Shamrock.
For some reason Captain Hognrth did
not see dc 10 set the Shamr0ok's spinnn-
ker until four minutes after Columbia
had hers set bat as soon as 1t was sst the
emerald hued boat began to hold her
own with thu Colum bia, the yachts being
then not more than three lengths apart,
team and beam.
Al ll.85 the Columbin's bowsprit was
just over tapping the Shamrock's starboard
Tow. the latter having the offshors
berth. but she was unable to hold that
position long, In eight minutes the
Shamrock, which seemed to hold the wind
better. had pulled out fully five lengths
ahead Of the Columbia and seemed to be
gaining every minuts. Both yachts were
heading considerably to the ives tward Of
their COURSES and at IL O clock the Sham
rock which had been steadily gaining was
quite an eighth Of mile ahead Of the
Bristol boat.
At 1215 the wind canted to the north
west. The Columbia being In shore.
caught 1t first. The crew took in the
spinnAker smartly. Captain Barr gybsd
her to port, trimmed down staysail and
balloon jib topsaii sheets and In just
five minutes the Columbia had walked
the Shamrock and was the leading bcnt,
Captain Hogarth ~ bed the Shamrock
after taking In the spinnaker at 1916.
They set her spinnaker to starboard at
1890 but only for five minutes. Captain
Hogarth, finding he was losing time,
took ths sail In smartly and luffed the
green sloop across the Colum bias wake,
taking position ON her starboard quar-.
ter.
The outer mark was obscursd by a haze,
so that 1t was not visible from the yachts
until p. m. That did not matter much
to either Captains Hogarth or Barr. for
they were INDUCING In a luffing match
closing In on the Jersey beach for m ore
than half an hour. Finally Capt. Barr,
having the Columbia well ahead, eastd
sheets and kept oil for the mark at LOS
crossing the Shamrock's bow one-eighth
Of a mile ahead. At LII LIE set the spin.
maker on the Columbia to arboard and
came down for the outer mark at par
haps not more than q six knot gait. At
1.2s in came the spinnaksr again on
Columbia, the wind haulfC ack to the
northward, her boom was gyDed to star.
board and balloon jib topsail trimmed
The Shamrock had gy bed five minutes be-
tore. but was not gaining any up to this
time. Approaching the outer mark the
Colum bias crew doused the balloon jib
topsail smartly and as they rounded the
mark, float bearing a red ball with
white stripe, which had to be left on
the tartoard hand, the big main boom
swung over to port, all sheets were
trimmed fiat on the starboard tack and
the Columbia thus began her is miles Of
windward work.
The time taken at the outer mark as
each yacht Iuffed around it was; COlun
bia, 1:S7:5l; Shamrock, 1898.
So 1t will bs seen by the official figures
chat in the runs of IS miles from tht
start to the outermark the Columbia
outsailed the Shamrock 2 minutes, A sec
onds. Her elapsed time to this port waF
:s7; the Shamrock, 2.g4;sL
Capt. Barr kept the Columbia on thI
inshore tack for two minu es As seconds
after rounding the mark, when he let her
come about to the pors tack, setting the
baby jib topsail as she filled away. In &c
seconds he swung her about again. The
Shamrock, meanwhile. stood of on the
starboard tack two minutes and IL seq
onds, when Skipper Hogarth put her
about and began his windwaTd work 10
earnest with the Bristol boat. The wind
was now n. E. ty N, aId on the port
tack both yachts were heading with sheets
trimmed down fiat within four points OF
the wind. which had now increased To
about ten miles. 1t was not steady, how
ever, and its hukeiuess. became apparent at
l.55 when 1t began heading of the
Columbia The Shamrock tackled to star
board at Sc, spinning around ON her
heel in Is seconds from full to full but &
the establishment of the thousands who
witnessed the Columbia's next tack, 10
minutes later, she swung around in the
almost incredible short space of Ter
seconds, timed by stop watch.
Capt Hegarth apparently feeling conf
dent that by series Of short taoks he
could get to windward Of Columbia, put
the Shamrock about four times In three
minutes and 40 seconds Capt. Barr fol.
lowed suit and his nimble crew trimmed
sheets just as fast as those on the Sham
rock, and when they both settled down
to steady work again, at 2 IA :O5, Column
bia was still well in the lead and gaining.
Capt. Hogarth thought 1t lest at 2. go TO
spit tacks with mis- antagonist, so he put
the Shamrock on the port tack, think
ing the ColCmbia would not follow, but
she did and when the latter yacht tackled
at s'2l:s5 she was nearly a mile dead to
windward Of the green boat During the
next 80 minutes dozen short tacks were
made, the wind continuing fiuky all the
time, until few minutes before 3 O'Clock
when the wind left the Columbia for
fully five minutes. She had the inshore
berth, the Shamrock off shore, held
breeze from the northeast When the
Shamrock at 3.1l went about on the
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