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She Beats Shamrock Handily in a
Fair Breeze.
0UTSAILED HER ALL ROUND.
The Race Was an Eye. Opener in More
Respects Than One.

Weather Outlook In the Early Morning
Then, Despite Her showing in the
Recent Fizzles, the Yankee Yacht Proved
Herself Much the Better Boat to Wind.
ward-She Outfooted Her Rival Both ON
and OFF the Wind, Finishing More Than
Ten Minutes in the Lead-Sir Thomas
Upton Surprised, but Not Discouraged
Says He Wants to See Them In n BLOW.
The glory OF lifting" the treasured CUP.
emblematic OF the yachting supremacy of the
world. probably will not fail to the lot IT. Sir
Thomas Upton. His grcen-huIled challenger.
tho Shamrock which has appeared so slippery in
light airs and battling breezcs. was fairly beaten
yesterday over a sea course OF thirty miles.
fifteen on the wind and fifteen with the wind
astern. by the Herreshoff racer the Columbia.
The elapssd time OF the victorious boat was 4
hours 03 minutes and 53 seconds or 10 MINI
utes and IA seconds better than that OF the
Shamrock. which covered the course in s
hours minutes and seconds Deducting
her time allowance OF seconds the Shamrock
was vanQuished by 10 minutes and x seconds.
In the weather work over the first leg the
Columbia was q minutes and 30 seconds better
than the Shamrock, and in the run home. with
all kites beyng. the Yankee clipper added "a
seconds to her lead, This doubtless would
have been increased IL the wind had not fresh
ened. naturally helping the yacht astern, aud
partially closing the great gap Of misty sea be-
twean her bow and the Colum bias stern Tho
breeze. which was from the east varied in
force from 8 to about 2 knots, but was true 40
to direction.
The seas were somewhat umpy and occa-
sionally white crested. but they were not big
enough to bother a catboat. In the windward
work neither yacht was favored. In the run to
the finish the element OF chance apparently
was with the Fife model. The contest. which
was farcr than any ever sailed Off the II ok.
may be said to demonstrate TINT the Columbia
Is the better craft in light or moderate Lr'e2e
knitting her way to windward through smooth
seas, and that she is also superior by minute
or more in q following breeze OF moderate
power. iachtsmen who had seen the Colum-
bia and Defender In mild weather battles de-
clare that the latter yacht could have handiIy
beaten tho Shamrock under the conditions
prevailing yesterday.
MORNING NOT PROMISING.
The day opened sullenly. Like most OF the
other seven days in which the mighty single
stckers vainly cruised seward seeking
weather. the tints. allow and aot were eaden.
gray. or opalescent. There was no hope IN the
aspect OF the bay to the few enthusiasts who
looked lonesomey from the decks OF tugs and
excursion boats waiting at their docks. The
towers OF the lower town were invisible behind
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ness came as the easterly breeze. getting on q
twelve-knot gait. began propcing the fog
Jerseyward. That was about - oc'ork Tho
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YACHTS OUT EARLY
The yachts were ont cary rs wa also 70
committe, boat IN. waiter y, Iu,l.,.,I.,,.h
She anchored south Of thu Iishtship un,l It
signals Indicating that the course wOqll D,
fifteen miles to the east or parallel with the
Long Islam! coast The hoou % gun from
the Luckenhach at 1u:i5 waru"I the skiprrrs
to prepare for battle, The towering Yachts
manpuvrnd west Of III" line between the !. Ght-
ship and the committee tug picturce1uly
splitting tacks their most vouminous trun-
gular club topsails scrAping the misty cobwc
from the sky. Besides these snils they wee
under maInsails, ibis and staysai's Iiu'.i
line OF white showed that the Columbia hui
her libtopsail M in stops.
When the starting gun was fred at IL o'"lrrk
the yachts approached the line on the stnrhonri
tack, healing northeast. The Shamr"k
sought and obtained the weather berth. but only
for moment inst before Ihn lima