The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-20

now, the Shamrock had decidedly the
better position. If, with the assistance
of some of the friendly puffs she could
succeed in closing in on the Columbia,
her chances of bIanketing the latter
would be felt. While the wind remained
steady in the same quarter, it dimin-
ished in strength at times, coming in
puffs occasionally, but on the whole the
outlook for finishing the race was not
very encouraging at l o'clock, when the
outer mark was in plain sight from
the racing yachts.
AT 12:45 both yachts gybed, after
taking in their spinnakers, and set
their sails again to port, the Columbia
setting hers first. The wind canted
to the westward gradually during the
next half hour, and at 1:32 the Column
bia gybed to port. quickly followed by
the Shamrock which dropped her
spinnaker boom to starboard and set
the sail at lao, the Columbia setting
her spinnaker four minutes later
1t was long drift before the wind,
with simply enough of it to fill their
sails during the next 40 minutes. Bal
loon jib topsails were taken in when
the yachts We're about a mile north of
the outer mark. and as they approach
ed it jibs, staysails and baby jib top
sails were hoisted, ready for the wind
ward work soon to follow. 1t was noted
that as the Columbia came down for
the mark her great mainsail, with its
cross-cut cloths, was a brand new one,
having in it four batons and two reef
bands. The cloths in her spinnaker
ran horizontally. while those on the
Shamrock were perpendicular. AT 2:20
the Columbia took in her spinnaker
and all hands stood by to round in the
main sheets as she approached the
mark.
TIL, n1S,e tyv, oh in,
at 1927. The official time of the turn
was:
Columbia, 2:24:45.
Shamrock, 2:31:03.
At the Turn.
BY this it will be seen that the Co
lumbia was six minutes and Is Sec
onds ahead at the mark; that her
elapsed time was three hours, % min
utes and IL seconds, and that the
Shamrocks was three hours, 20 minutes
and 80 seconds. showing that the Co
lumbia's gain had actually been five
minutes and 81 seconds in the Is miles.
When the Columbia luffed around the
mark, coming up sharp on the wind on
the starboard tack, Captain Barr
found the wind to be about west by
north, which meant that II 1t held in
that quarter he would be able on the
other tack to lay his course for the finish
minute and 20 seconds after rounding
the mark he put the Columbia about
and found his Judgment to be correct,
and, better still, the wind freshened
considerably during the next half hour.
sending the white sloop along at six
knot clip Hogarth, who went breeze
hunting off to the southwark for eight
minutes and 10 seconds, lost just about
that amount of time, for when he tack
ed and stood to the northwest like the
Columbia, his imaginary advantage
was that he was to the windWard of
the Columbia's wake, while the latter
yacht was nearly two miles ahead of
him and pointing direct to the finish.
AS the Columbia stood on to the north
west the wind canted to the southwark
gradually and at 3:35 she was able to
set a big topsail in place of the baby.
She also set a balloon staysail. Fifteen
minutes later the wind had canted to
south southwest. Down came the Co
lumbias jib topsail and up went a
larger one The Shamrock followed
suit few minutes later.
The wind was now falling lighter
every moment. The Shamrock was
nearly three miles astern of the Co
lumbia. and while the lightship was in
sight from the Columbia's deck she
was still five miles from it at 4 o'clock,
with only half an hour Of time left to
! finish within the time limit. At 4:10
| the committee boat sheered in towards
| the yachts, and at 4:19 exactly she
| fired a gun and hoisted a signal de-
claring the race off. The yachts kept
| their sails drawing and headed to-
wards the finish for some 10 minutes
| longer, until their respective tugs
came alongside and took them in tow.
When the race was declared off the
! Columbia was leading by about three
miles. She had sailed toward the finish
| about II miles of the Is. So ended the
| eighth fluke of the interesting series.
! The yachts will race tomorrow over a
| similar course-to windward or lee
| ward and return.