The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-10-17
COLUMBIA
Wins the First Race Of The
Series.

series.
New York, Oct 16-The cup which
the old schooner. America. won so COM
mandIngly against all comers over the
course around the Isle of Wight In lSbl
and brought back across the seas VIII
puohablv remain here another year
defiance TO the world. In a glorious
breeze. over a windward and ieeward
course of thirty miles, the Columbia
scored against Shamrock today in the
hrst race OF the 1899 series for the
tir6pn,y she bounded across th~ hnieh
line fully a mile and ha'f ahead OF
lthe challenger, defeating her by ten
minutes and fourteen seconds actual
time. or ten minutes and eight seconds,
Icorrected time, after allowing the jix
seconds which Columbia must coneede
90 the challenger on account of her
| longer water line. IL was decisive
lcontest. magnificent race, magnif-
icently sailed and magnificently won.
Opinfon as to the merits of the two
boats had been somewhat divided as
A result OF the flukes during the past
two weeks. Although the preponder-
ence of expert opinion never wayered
lin its loyalty to the wonderful speed
and ability OF the white flyer, no naut-
ical sharp expected that the Shamrock
would be so overwhelmingly vanqmsh-
ed as she was in today's royal struggle.
1.-THE Yankee boat outgeneralled her In
1.-The start, beat her hopelessly in wind
ward work TO the outer mark and gain
ed % seconds in the home run before
the wind. There was good STRONG 10
or 12 knot breeze and 1t held throughout
the race. II Is undoubtedly bhter
blow for the English hopes of lifting
the cup have never been higher since
the Thistle met the Volunteer in 1887.
Like the shamrock she was decisively
defeated In the first hours sailing. The
regatta committee as a result OF the
. showing made by Columbia today are
. convinced that the cup Is safe. Blow
: high or low the Columbia. II is be-
. neved by the manager. MI. Iselin. can
beat the Shamrock Sir Thomas. like
5 true sportsman that he Is. confessed
after the race that he had been falrlS
, beaten. He had no apologies 10 make.
4 A SPLENDID RACE.
, Today's race was a magnificent due
j and made up for the rene ated dlsap-
pointments the sghtseers have suffer
ed. 1t was anything but a comfortabi
! day on the water The prospect wal
not allurlng sim. the mist wreathl
We're carried along by IA good ten-kno
breeze right in from the east and III
- old shellbacks said there was NOR
wind where that came from. Blu. tn
lexcurs .oniSts who went down the ba'
were not very hopeful until they go
outside. The low clouds overhead shu
out The sky and the streaked waite
n matched them. The mist made every
thing look ghostlike and indistinct. Tn
shores were uncertain and shadowy
The sails OF the oyster feet were mere
"a ~ gray dots in the haze. The meteori
'e torpedo boats, gliding swiftly out 10 IN
light ship. were like black shadows iii
Cng across the water The only colo
IN the dun landscape were the ensign
- and brilliant streams of the eheckere
- flags which adorned the excursion fie.
- and the dash Of red from the big hu
ne of the light ship. Outside the win
rs was fresher and whipped some foal
IN out Of the waves. Both yachts wei
sd towed out from the anchorage az
al IA sed mainsail before casting on Mr.
be Iselin was not 10 be dets led by a
n, bad weather and was a consplcuoi
~ AhfAAN RiA AAit 'sOAAAllDAAf MIARlE1
Ike an old salt in a yellow OH skin.
in Al THE START
he The crew had on their working sui
" Of white and wore watch caps Of blal
M and red, Iselin's private coI0rs. sever
ry Of the crew OF the Shamrock nad
81. sou estern- From the trurk OF q
e ue shamrock's top mast q latad Iipfor
'ui nag. a green shamrock In a yellaw Ne
10 The wind kept freshening all the W
A out to the hgrt ship and the seas 30
Der more OF their froth. No large asses
yer Dlase was GA hand 10 witness the sts
tn the repearad ankes having made I
puehc very charry about coming o.
a few eide wheeiers. the regular II
q aean gcing tugs ana a score or /
nal cf steam yachts were ali Promptly
Of 70 o'eleek the committee beat signal