Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-18

new lbi ~ ~. IL ne loiIIdSI ~
the cup challenger Shamrock carried
away - minutes after the hlg slngis
| Sttcker had crossed the starting line
| today and her enormous clubtopSail
with its 5000 feet Of canvas came rat
| Ting down on the deck. making her q
| hopeless cripple Capt Hogarth i'm
| mediately abandoned the race, towing
back to the anchorage after he had
| cleared away the wreckage The CO.
| lunbia continued over the course alone
under the agreement pIacing to her
credit the second III the races for tn
Americas cup. The accident to the
| Shamrock ruined TIL. raro ana caused
the kcenest regret oin0u.. the Yachts
men ana the thousands ~ sightScers.
who were on hand Ia Witness what had
promised to J.. a glorious duel.
Had the accident not occurred. how
ever. il is believed that the Yankee boat
would have repeated the beating shc
gave the challenger. yesterday. During
the - minutes the yachts sailed She had
gone through the Shamrock's lead like
streak and had established lead Of
more than 800 yards on her weather
bow.
II
delicate machine a racing Yacht is nav
ad.ys ana bou fIoee n INA .lirit ,f
safetv il is buiIt Tho sip,nIa hraattn.,
~ j STAY today wrecked tba sham
rock The wire backstav of the ton
mast which helms " sIInnnrt tha sIsn-
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tnnm,st ga foot Ion,r and /. i,,chas =,
above the lower mast cap.
Later in the afternoon. the sham
rock was towed IN to Erie basin. A
new topmast will be sent m tomorrow
ana she will BE- re-measured. she viii
probably be taken out for a spin. to-
morrow. to try her new stick and the
third race of the series will he sailed,
Thursday. This race will again be
over a Nindward and Ia,ward course
ana if the Columbia wins. the series
will have been completed without Civ
ing the Shamrock an opportunity to
test her merits in her favorite point Of
sailing over a triangular course
The ,lav had promised 4 plorious con
tnst There 1vnro only gray nou+,o1
tints in tba MORNING nm = hard Strong
1o-knot breoze ont of the aast kicked
IN the white cans 4 big excursion
fleet ploughed out to witness the sec
ond duel between the Shamrock and
the Columbia.
Never probably was there a more ex-
citing start in cup contest and the
irishman carried off the honors. The
two yachts wheeled and circled about
like big white gulls. each striving for
the advantage. The Shamrock finally
got the Columbia under her lee two
minutes before the start, and, try as
the defender would. she could not
shake off her rival. Both We're on the
port tack TO the southwark Of the light
snip. flnally, when but 30 seconds re-
manned. the Columbia Wore around
beautifully. while the Shamrock stimuli
taneously tackled in the other direction.
and thus making two divergent circles
they came around on the starboard
tack ana headed Tor the line.
coiilslon was almost inevitable had
theN approached each other at an acute
angie under the lee Of the lghtship.
Fut the shamrock established an over
zap ana the Columbla had 70 keep OF.
ana almost together lhey pounded
away II the smoke OF the gun 50 ciose
that sailor might nave stepped from
one BOAT 70 lhe othef. ABOUT ~ MIN
utes aiter the yachts were started