Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-10-20

the sail at $40. the Columbia setting hcr
rlauaEer four minutes later
II wrs Il leug drift before tho wind. with
simply enough 0t il rn iii their sails dur
inE the next - minutes Balloon fin top
sails were taken In when the yachts were
dp0Gt nil" north of the ui.to: mark
"Hd- a they approl' he'd il. iIUs. staysal-
and baby .jib topS,tiis weT. hpI-t-I. ready
10: tie wIndwaTd work soon tr follow. 1t
was noted a. Columbia came down for the
mark that her great maIuSaii. with its
,f"SS'Et Ci"t.lS. was = hraGd new one ,hay-
i.G III u ioET battcns and Two reef bands
The cloths in her sIdnEaka- ran huriZuni-
ally. while those on tho Shamrock were
perpendicular. AT 30, Columbia took in
her spiHnak-r and all hands stood by to
round III the main sheet as she approached
the mark. Shamrock ~pinnuker came III
-
The official time Of tho turn was: Coium-
bia. 2:2i.s5. Shamrock 2:SI."G
BY this II VIII be seen That To. Columbia
was minutes IS seconds ahead at the
mark. that her elapsed time was = hours
- minutes l. seconds. and that the Sham
rock wds J hours - minutes . seconds.
showing that the Columh.a's gain had
actually brcH minutes y seconds in the
fifteen miles
When Columbia lufed around the mark,
coming up sharp on the wind on the star
board tack. Captain Barr found the wind
to be about west by north. which meant
that. u it held in that quarter. he would
he able on the other tack To lay his course
for the finish without making another
tack.
One minute and twenty seconds after
rounding the mark he put Columbia about
and found his Judgment To be correct, and,
better still. the wind fTeshened cOnSid-
erablv during the next half hour, Senling
the white SlOOp along at siX-knOt clip.
Hngarth. who wcl.t breeze hunting Oft TO
the southwark FOR eight minutes and ter.
seconds. lost just about that amount Of
time. tor when he tackled and stood to the
northwest. his imaginary advantage was
That he was to the wiudward of the Col
nu1bia : wake. while the latter yacht was
nearly two miles ahead OF him and point
ing direct to the finish.
As Columbia stood on 10 the northwest.
the Wind Canfed IL the S0uthward GradU-
ally and. at S:35. she was abir to set 4 big
ger 1ib tJpSail in place Of the bsbv- she
also set a balloon staySstIi Fifte@u min
utaS later. the wind had Cart-d - south
southwest Down came .he Columbia jib
trpsail and uD went I larger one sham
rock followed suit few minutes lajcr. The
wind was nov falling lighter every moment
Shamrock was nearly three miles astern
Of the Columbia, and while the ligntship
was in sight from the Columbia : deck.
she was still five miles from II at o'clock.
with only half an horr of time Left To I'm
Sh within the limit At $40 the committee
boat put i'm toward the yachts and at 4.le
exactly she fred d gun ana hol>tei a signal
declaring the race off. The yachts kept
their sails dra wing ai.L headed toward the
finish for some ton minutes longer. until
their respective tugs cam" alongside and
took them in tow
When tn" race was declared off. The col
rlribia was leading by about three miles.
She had Saie toward the finish about
eleven miles rt the fifteen. So ended the
eighth fulie Of the interesting series. he
course. 10 windward or lecward and re-
turn.