New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-17

boen n w,ndward and damage her opponents
sailing as much as possible. The American noat !
vas now considerable distance TO windwaru'
ponting high and going slower through the
water than the Shamrock. but getting out u
vindward ~ her rival all the time. The Sha''-
rock was going at great pace win "a'u
full in her sails and she seemed 10 be careehl"s
more than the Columbia.
II seemed to be pretty certain at TINS stage
Of the game that the Shamrock was not sai'"s
as well as she did in her trial test before 'he
regular races We're called. In those earlier sail
ings she carried from ten to fifteen tons more
ballast I'm her interior which was all taken out
when she came up for her official measurement
and the boat is now too lightly ballasted for
anything except light breezes.
AN OLD GAME WORKED.
At 11:45 the Shamrock. which evidently
feeling the windsplit came up into the wind IN
order to try a little game TO get out from under
the Coumbia's lee The Columbia thought she
was about to stay, and went around into the
port tack. but here the Shamrock. which was
still in the wind. went back into the starboard
tack The Columbia followed her as soon as she
could get way enough 10 come around. In the
mean time the Shamrock had got out from
rate.
In the next five minutes the boats took sew
eral short tacks. and at II 80 decided to go in
opposite directions. The wind then dropping
considerably. and the yachts were standing
nearly upright The wind velocity not more
than five or six knots and hour. and bald spot
could be seen out ahead 10 the eastward. in
| which direction the yachts were beating. The
pilots began to look for a shift Of wind but the
breeze stu held easterly, though lighter.
The Shamrock was clear Of the wlndsplit I'M
/ der the Columbia's lee at II 80. and was taking
short tacks in the rear. The guide steamer
| chartered by the New-York Yacht Club was
seen out 10 windward Of the competing yachts,
| steaming slowly, TO give the vessels the right
direction in the beating.
At noon the ColuDbia was only family out
| lined in the misty air. and the Shamrock could
| be seen much more distinctly being nearer.
| This was al the END Of one hours sailing, and
the Columbia was Judged to be at least half a
mile TO windward
AN ATTEMPT TO GET CLOSER
Later on the Shamrock took a port tack to the
southeast and the Columbia came out to meet
her. staying just to wndward Of her rival to
split her wind as much possible Again the
Shamrock sailed out clear, and then lowered her
baby rbtopsail at 1215 1t was evident that
the English boat was finding that this quick
speed 10 leeward that she making was not
just the thing. BY The lowering Of her jibtop
sail il that her shippers intended L.
lam her closer the wind great many adj
mirers Of the Shamrock had been wondering
why this was not done before. The yachts had
been sailing for an hour and a quarter ana tn
fast leeward running Of the English boat hac
proved a failure from the start II took The
English shippers just one hour and quarter
10 find out that their boat had either to be
sailed finer or be sailed home last. The COum
bia. however. held on to her small jlhtopsall
! which sufficient explanation that It wa'
doing good work.
In all this time from the start It was seer
that the Columbia was being sailed in Chare'
l Bars way-in Just the same way ne mas sa"c,
. the Colonial the Minerva and other crack racers
"A little slide up here and there and every
chance Of a wind slant taken advantage OF -th
1 method Of sailing that has won him nearly al
CHANCES NEGLECTED.
It was this method of eating out to eindwar'
4 ! that The Tribune has SO often praised I'm Barr
n work and the english craft was not sailed #
this way. having a ripping full all the time an
not approaching the moments when slide NJ
could be taken 1t was pretty safe to say tina
IT was this difference IN the method Of steering
and nothing else. that was winning the rae
y for the Columbia. The small amount OF Sc
n and the light wind were just fitting the mar
Il rover American boat. and she could be starve
a all the way and stil hold her place out |
. windward. -,
e The Columbia took in her jibtopsan at 1913.
< evidently intending 10 jam closer also. This eS
/ pertinent
10 Shamrock had hers UP again in about ten mir
utes and the Columbia followed suit. The CO
lumbia people knew by this time that their jit
le topsan could be used longer than the one %
J. the Shamrock and. having the windward pos
~, ton safe they evidently intended to hoist III
~ same sail and take the same chances
l. Beyond the fact that the Columbia cor
N tinuaHy. though slowly. Increasing her lea
~ there was nothing particular 70 record for III
4 next hour By that time say 40 the Ems
lsh shippers had learned a good deal u the
10 necessary lesson. and they had their boat clos
o. TANNED on the wind. going slowly but pOintn
~ higher than before and with everything fat az
The Columbia got a breeze more sOuther
about 43 and had this slant all to hcrscl
he For some little time while the yachts
nd the starboard tack. and while they were both
q line from the steamer Columbia. the yaCl
~ columbia was heading UP four points high
re than the Shamrock This breeze led her strais
IT. for the outer mark and some ~ her lead In q
TO race must be attributed 10 this chance slant
m AROUND THE MARK IN THE LEAD
IN lust then there came through the fog gre
sound Of whstling and then it seen tn
to the Columbia was rounding the outer mar
TO This mark could not be seen by those on {
N steamer Columbia. as the mist was too thic
hit but the sails Of the white boat could be So
,se turning. and her time officially taken "
he Is 10
-, The American victor turned slowly. leavii
III The mark To- starboard and set her spinnaker
@SA Evans Is Favored
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