The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08


for tho luniug mnjch which he felt was
nurr To- come. IL came with Vengeance
for the Columbiu. Jan order 30 prevent INC
Ehomroyt from blaui,ctiug her, was
obllr.d to lun fully hIil % dozen points
ont or her course Az ii wng Ia ilNo MN
utra hcr mniuaau WINS bI0uhetrd by the
ghamrocEr tho only noil drawing on lH'
Columbia being Tho balloon jiO t"paalI Tor
a Tow miuutcg So FAR uut Of their courses
woro they luGiuE That Hll tho excursion
nrot on tho west Fidn of the course hhu
TO got out OF the WAY ut fun apo'd. en-
minutcp after the start tho Shamrock haa
the weather berth. tho columbia beng "a
couple of lengths under her leo bow flNe
minutes lnicr the Shamrock took in her
nrnall rtayrau and srt "a balloon staNaaiL
In spite ~ an She could do the shamrock
waa not ablo at this timo 60 oufoot the
Columbia uHiclcuty to pass clear ahead
of her. even though she hlanhCtcd her
HevcInl times Ftuully. Ut ll'il. tho sham
rock kept square OF the course, hrcnk'nK
ouI her spiuuakcr. the columbia foupwiuk
nuii Immediately For romc minutes the
hoad of tho Shamrock epunnkor would
not break put whilC It's foot was trhllnE
in tho water Her balloon iib t1ptau hau
been rct a Few minutes earlier and both
sails vero pulling splouddly. sometimes
ahead and sometimes the Shamrock a,
looking AT them from a point on tho star
hoard beam Of both boats. Tho Columbia
finally pulled out n length Ga the good
and ian ten minutes moro she had gained
another length. uutil at l2,25 she was iully
halr a doReu lcnEiha in tho lead, rms
was encouraging To- tho American spccta-
tors while II lasted. but it did not loAt
LONG. Tho yachts had been sailing down
along the Jersey beach and within three
miles OF &C. They woro SO far of their
COURSES that it soon became evident they
must iihc 60 fctch the outer mark. "A
aoon ss UuEarth SAW the mark. at 2.ea.
no took I'm tNo ShamroolIs spiuu"kcr.
3tbcd her and trimmed down the balloon
jib tousail sheet I'M just thrce Wiuuto",
before tho CojuWhia'r people had realized
,hat he waa uu to The green boat with
eyurythtuE drawing spleudidlY. was lut-
ing mp toward tho American boat In
iupj -lN minutes she had passed her
Thcn CAPTAIN Barr and his crow woke
up took n Che apiuuJ>er and jih"d Inc
Columbia rmartly, hut wcro allow I'm trim
lniug down the ballast sheet Tho sham
rock was then well ont 60 windNHrd OF
the Columbia Hogarth set the spiuuaNer
Tor i've minutes, which gave
tho Shamrock an additional lead
OF several lengths. Tho Colum-
ht did not set hers uuul 20, and took
II in q few minutes later Tho outer mark
wan now i'm plain alrht. and both yachts
wrrc approaching it with booma abroad
OF to ptarboard AZ iSS i'm came the
Shamrock balloon iih topssil. the Colum-
bla'p two minutes later, thCu both yachts
1lbed AT lsS6.cO Tho Columbia had gained
10 much during the last fifteen minutes
that it Was evident there was going 20 be
eome close work at the outer mark.
B.. o. 49, frnrF /. Q
feet began thcir aJreoches of welcome TO
tho yachts the ShamrockS crew trimmed
down the shoots as tho yachts luUod
around tho mark Tho ColUmhia'S bow
rprit was risht over her tadrail however,
and ae she came ny to the wind Captain
llsrr shot tho Bristol boat iu between the
Shamrock and Che mark. neatly taking
the weather berth. Is was clever bit Of
rnaucuvcriuE and Immediately placed the
American boat iu the lead. The uii'cial
time of rounding tho outer mark was:
Shamrock. .56;Ga, Columbia, 1.it;S&
Ths showed that the Shamrock round
ed thig mari, nine seconds ahead, and that
rhc was two hours fifteen minutes and
ak seconds covering The dftocu miles.
while the Columbia took two hours ar
teen minutes and th'vty-tvo seconds. =
difference I'm favor of Che Shamrock "
tweuty-stN seconds on tao run before the
wind
Tho Columbia made her 0rst tack TO
port o0 shore al tS& NoRarth held on
fifty seconds longer and then put the
Shamrock about. Then each tackled four
times IN three and q haif minutes. the
Shamrock being forced about twice in
that time. The wind was Eroving lighter
all tho time and tbe long cSstorly swolls
bothered tho boats decidedly when on the
port tack, making them splash q good
deal AZ 2I5.lA tho Columbia split tackS
with the Shamrock and went 0W shore
breeze hunting ou Che port tack. When,
al 2.lS.s5. tho Shamrock tackled 20 port
and the Columbia a minute later 80 star
board they were meeting oB opposite
tracks lt was question of 10y how
much the Shamrock could cross the Co
lumNia'e bow. The Columbia. however.
tackled before the other reached her IL
being evident that the Columbia was now
20 leeWaud and the Shamrock In The lead.
The wind frequently headed of the Co.
lvw6ia abou; tGis time. The Shamrock
tackled when Il did So 60 her Al G.S%,
when She Columbia tackled 30 port she
had made twelve taCks from thc outer
mark and tbo Shamrock had made one
less
Slowly they made their way 60 Wind
ward during She next haif-0our each be-
tag NcoalmeG at ttmcs Ter several min>
utos AZ S.lo.So when the Shamrock
tackled 80 star0oard. Sc took her ffty sec
oudS SO swing around from ono tack e
another. A. S,ls She Shamrock set a larger
sib topsaN They split taCks at S.A when
The Columbia went or shore asa,n. look
;ne fov wind When next they came &c,
Rcther it was s,to From some positions
- lecwaud 81 the yachts t looked a. II
the Shamrock would cross the Columbia s
bow by quite a large margin, the Colum-
bis being on the starboavi tack and hSv-
ing the right ~ way. Instead the thou.
sands who watched she yachts approach
ing each other were astouiShed 20 see thc
Shamrock forced about by the Columbia
which Yacht, when the Shamrock had
gone about, was on the latters weather
beam, scarcely a length away
Scme idea ~ the close sailing of these
two yachts on the same tack may ot
gathered from the fact that from AIS &c
t.si when thc race was declared oG, the
shadow of She SGamrock's club topsaN
swaNed IN almost ore spot on the LED
sioe - the Col0UlNt3's m2iGSall,
II tc-asN's race had been continued e
the Gnish. some ave miles away IL would
he exceedingly hard &c Nre6ict The winner
ThroVehout Che race She handling of both
boats was excellent, NUt the balance was
in favor 81 the Sbamyec&'s skipper and
crew.
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