The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-26
COLUMBIA WINS
Continued from PAGE II

there was a rush of steamers 20
reach the goal ahead OF the yachts.
II could not be called an exciting I'm
ish. nor was 10 tame one altogether.
So few boats were present To witness 10
and the weather was 50 depressing that
as a spectacle the finish might be- called
a poor one from a picturesque stand
point. Both in time and distance the
yachts were so far apart that IL was a
rather poor finish from a sportsman's
view
When the Columbia. her great yell
low mainSail abroad of to starboard.
swept across the finish line the Sham
rock was scarcely visible astern. only
the outlines OF her sails being seen.
Ten minutes and eleven seconds in
time elapsed between the finishing OF
Columbia and Shamrock. which means
in distance about a mile and n half.
The official time was:
COLUMBIA. 3:5i:5s.
SHAMROCK. 4:O5:1O.
Elapsed time:
COLUMBIA. i:53:53.
SHAMROCK, 5:Oi.O7.
Corrected time:
COLUMBIA. ass: %.
SHAMROCK, 5:0i:0l.
Thus the Columbia wins by ION. lbs.
actual time and ION. SIS. corrected time.
The elapsed time OF the Columbia
from the outer mark to- the finish was
2h. 6m. 4Os.; Shamrock Oh. Tm. IS.
showing that in the fifteen miles before
the wind the Columbia had gained
twenty-five seconds.
After the race. while the yachts were
being towed back to- their moorings.
Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht Erin
ranged up alongside the Columbia. The
Erin's officers ana men. led by Sir
Thomas, gave three hearty cheers
They were quickly responded to with
cheers from the Columbia's men. led
by G.. Oliver Iselin.
4 number OF yachts fired guns as sa-
lutes to both yachts at the finish. The
| flagship Corsair was among them. and
as soon as the American yacht had
crossed the line Commodore ]. Pierpont
Morgan ordered the American ensigns
| to be hoisted at each masthead. Every
steamer saluted with her whistle and
| the Shamrock's welcome was quite as
noisy as the Columbia's. The yacht.
| and the excursion fleet soon vanished
| in the mist. homeward bound.
SECOND RACE.
NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-THE topmast
of the cup challenger Shamrock car.
ried away twenty-five minutes after tn,
big single-sticker had crossed the start
| ing line today and her enormous clul
topsail. with its 5000 feet OF canvas
| came rafting down on the deck, leav.
ing her n hopeless cripple. No amount
| of pluck or courage could face such !
catastrophe and Captain Hogarth i'm
| mediately abandoned the race. towns
| back to the anchorage as he hat
| cleared away the wreckage. The Co
| lumbia continued over the couTS,
| alone, placing to- her credit the scCont
of the races for the Americas cup.
| The accident to- the ShamrocI
ruined the race and caused the kecreg
regret among the yachtsmcn and tn,
| thousands of sightseers who were OF
hand TO witness what had promised e
he glorious duel. II Is unfortunat.
that the defender should have beer
| the beneficiary of an accident. as Their,
is little glory in beating a cripple. hu
the rule is ironclad. III crippled befor,
the start time for repairs is allowed
but once over the line. III anything car
ries away. the sufferer must make suCl
| repairs as he can. or. III rendered hur.
| du combat, as the Shamrock was to-
| day. he must take the consequences
There is good sense and logic behint
| the rule. The races are n test OF con
struction as well as OF design and sea
manship. Doubtless IL Mr.. Iselin coult
have had his choice in the matter n
| generously would have declined 4
continue in view OF the crippled Condi
ton OF his rival. but the rules CAV.
him no alternative. He was in duty
bound to go on. and as he finished wei
within the time limit the race was his
| Had the accident not occurred how
| ever. IL is believed the Yankee boa
would have repeated the beating sh,
gave the challenger yesterday. Durinl
the twenty-five minutes the yachts
sailed she had gone through the Sham
| rocks lead like a streak and had es
tablished a lead OF more than 900 yard
on the weather bow.