The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-04

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SPINNING sround ON nsr heel IN afseen
seconds, from fun to full out % the 49,
sonisbmens 81 the thousands VINO witnessed
Columpm's newt tack fyse~n seconds later,
<he swing around In me almost Incredibly
short space - ten seconsss. timsd BY a
stop watch.
Capt Hoearfh. apparently fee,ens conf
dent that by a series Of shors tscks ne
could ger TO the vfndward Of Columbia
put Shamrock abou four times in three
minutes and forty seconds Capt. Barr
followed suit and his nimble crew trimmed
sheets lust AZ fast as fhoss on 5hamroek
and when they both settled down TO steady
work again at 2:l<.e CoIumbia was sfiH
well in the lead end gaining. Capt Ho-
garth thought IL best at I'D To split tacks
with his antagonist az he put Shamrock
on the port tack. thinking Columbia world
not follow. but she did and wnen the lat
ter yacht tackled at 2:zl 81 she wa nearly
mile dead to w1ndward Of the green
boat.
sha0vWeh . vevy Psss Dsas.
During the next thirty minutes dozen
short tacks were made. the wind contin-
and huky all the time, until few min
utes before 8 O'Clock when the wind left
Columbia for fully Ave minutes. She had
the in-shore berth. while Shamrock on
shore. held a breese from the northeast |
When Shamrock. at 3:Il. went about, on |
Columbia's lee bow. she was well ahead; |
that is to say. ~ she had gone about she |
could have crossed Columbia's bow. Be-
tween s:I5 and 80 Columbia. with a few
fresh puts from the northeast, began |
walking mp on Shamrock. which was then !
nearly quarter of mile TO windward |
Of her. but before she could overhaul |
Shamrock the wind died out again. Sham-
rock continuing TO hold breeze. and by |
3:3 she was nearly half . mile TO wind |
ward OF the Bristol boat. There was a |
strong tide setting to the southwest,
which seemed 90 affect Columbia more
than It aid Shamrock.
The Rsee CeIleA o..
As II was necessary, according to the
rules. to finish the race before AS, II
soon became evident as the boats at 4
OF the finish that the race would have to
time named. while the boats were still
four miles from the finish.
II was very evident from today's per-
Torrance Of Shamrock that she In indeed
very fast yacht; that she II speedy in
light winds was shown by her work on
the first half OF the first leg Of the course:
that she In quick In stays was amply
proven by her windwar1 work and II II
also fact that she stands UP TO her
canvas equally well with Columbia In
the matter OF handling sails. there was
little to choose between the two. and II
any mistakes were made IL was more the
fault OF the huky breexes than Of the
Judgment Of the sailing masters. Some
idea Of the windward work Of these two
yachts may be gathered from the fact
that In twelve miles from the outer mark
10 where the race was concluded Column