Arizona republican., 1899-10-17

New York, Oct. 16.-The cup which
 the old schooner America won so han
 dily against all corners over the course
 around the Isle of Wight in 1851 and
 brought back across the seas. will
 probably remain here another year, a
 defiance to the world. In a glorious
 breeze over windward and leeward
 course of thirty miles, the Columbia
 scored against the Shamrock today in
 the first race of the 1899 series for the trophy. She bounded across the finish line fully mile and half ahead of the challenger. defeat ing her by ten minutes and fourteen seconds actual time, or ten minutes and eight seconds correct ed time, after allowing the six seconds handicap which the Columbia must concede to the challenger on account of her longer water line. It was a de- cisive contest, a magnificent race mag nificently sailed and magnifcently won.
 Opinions as to the merits of the two boats had been somewhat divided as a result of the fukes during the past two weeks. Although the prepondeI.- ance of expert opinion never wavered in it's loyalty to the wonderful speed and ability of the white flyer, no nau- tical sharp expected the Shamrock would be so overwhelmingly van quished as she was in todays race. The Yankee boat outgeneraIed her at
 
 ward work to the outer mark and gained twenty-two seconds in the run home before the wind. There was a good strong ten or twelve knot breeze and it held throughout the race. It is undoubtedly bitter blow, because the never been brighter since the Thistle met the Volunteer in 1SS7 Like the Shamrock. she was decisiveIy defeated in the first hours sailing.
 The regatta committee as a result of | the showing made by the Columbia to- day are convinced that the cup is safe | Blow high or low, the Columbia, it is i believed by the manager. MT. Iselin, 1 can beat the Shamrock Sir Thomas, 1 like the true sportsman that he is, con- ! fessed after the race that he had been | fairly beaten. He has no apologies to | make.
 The revenue cutters line ahead to | leeward and the torpedo boats line i abreast astern, held the yachts to the ! hollow of a moving right angle, which changed direction with each tack and ] kept the yachts as free from interfer [ ence as if they had been sailing in the ! middle of the Atlantic. The Shamrock footed valiantly but neither in speed i nor in pointing could she compare with the Columbia. Nothing could have been prettier than the way the Colum- bia swept around the outer mark. gracefully as a swan. Both boats had edged far to the south1ard of their course and as the rules required that the mark shall be passed on the star board hand the Columbia tackled down to port and came over on the starboard tack as she approached the float.
 As she neared it her spinnaker pole was like a knights lance in rest. As she swung around she eased off her main boom. let her s3innaizer pole drop to port, and breaking out of the cloud of canvas, fled homeward like scared deer Her bis balloon jib blossomed out forty-eight seconds later. The few ships of the excursion fleet at the outer mark gave her a rousing reception The Shamrock was already hopelessly beaten. A quarter of a mile from the mark on the home run the Columbia crossed the path of the Shamrock,