The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-20
a DRIFTfNG MATCH.

The balloons OF the big sloops ballied
in and out. shlvered collapsed an ;he
race degenerated into drifting mate h
as they approached the >,i& The
challenger was directly astern OF .he
columbia, try3ng t. blanket the Yam
kee. But the Columbia somehow
managed 10 get wind enough to keep
her slipping through the water and
IN vain the BritisheT strained TO over
take her. The Yachts were hair an
hour covering the last half mile. Slow
~ the Columbia wore around the mark
and filled away. Passing the sham
rock still outward bound. chose ABOARD
ON her weather. She robbed her of the
light breeze and left her with dropping
wings utterly becalmed for fun min
ute. A brass-throated chorus had
greeted the Columbia as she turned.
and IL was repeated with added vigor
when Shamrock went around 6 min
utcs and rs seconds later. The Colum-
bia had gained : minutes and n Sec
onds In the - miles L. ieeNard. About
three and half hours hal been con-
sumed, and there Appeared no chance
for either yacht To get home. but as
the br>eeZe continued 80 haul to tho
southWard. II made a fair wind for the
return Journey. and as =, freshened Go
10 knots soon afterward "A faint hope
of finishing within the time limit arose.
TWO MILES AHEAD.
When the Columbia Iuffed around
the mark. coming up sharp on the wind
On the starboard tack. Capt. Barr found
the wind 10 be about west by north.
which meant that IL he held IL i'm that
quarter he would be able on the other
TACK to Law his course for the finish
without making another tack. one
minute and 20 seconds after rounding
hn h., Ia II.
and found his judgment to be correct.
and better stll. the wind freshened con-
SideraolN during the next half hour.
sending the white slC0D along at n
siN-lnOt clip. IIogarth who went
breeze hunting off 10 the southwark for
minutes and 10 seconds. lost about
that amount Of time FOR when he tack
ed and stood To the northwest. Mke the
Columbia. his Imaginary advantage
was that he was to wndward OF the
columbia wake. while the latter yacht
was nearly TWO miles ahead Of him and
pointing direct 20 the finish
As the Columbia stood on to the
northwest the wind canted TO The
southwark gradually. and az 3:35 she
was able 10 send a bigger lib topsai i'm
place or the baby she also set a bal
loon stavsail. Fifteen minutes later the
wind had Cantel tO south. southw
Down came the Columbia's lib topsail
and uD went larger one The sham
rock followed suit few minutes later.
The wind was now falling lighter every
moment. The Shamrock was nearly. IL
not quite. three miles astern Of the
American Yacht and while the light
shin was i'm sieht from vhe Columhla,s
deck she was still five miles from 70 az
q o'clock with onlv half an hour OF timo
left 10 finish within the limit At 4:10
the committee boat sheered i'm towards
the Yachts. and ~ i.29 fred a gun
and hoisted a signal declaring tho race
of. The yachts X ~ their sails draw
inE and headed towards the finish fur
some 10 minutes longer until their re-
spective tugs came alunSside and took
them I'm tow.
When the race was declared off thu
Columbia was leading by about three
miles. she had sailed toward the nnish
abOCt IA miles OF the -.