The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-04
YACHTS COULD MT
FINISH u|THI TINE.


Yankee boat showed the way. For the
nrss ten minutes The shamroek I'D. SD
then for Ave minutes the Coiumh1a's
gracsfui bow showed ahsad ~ tke Grssn
bow. far forfy-ave ntnutss ths 0hAmrociI.
Tor the last hour and . half u Was the
Shamrock that led The way. The bsssss
blew ~ high - twelve knots IN hour.
and ~ low - shrss, and sh1ftsd shout
shsoo9h eight points - tn compaA.
lseaSs - CA1oee Detweeo 9Asn.
EseA n fusn hsas sAe ceher running
hsfofFe he wfnd. nd was n turn beaten
beaktmg aGninst he wind, ~ various stages
81 the rncs. - thAf mssy of the experts
Who $50 tn two be9fs safi today are dis
1neitnsd - be3isve that there II pin 20
cbonss hsswsen tha1n. hot wAen the race 10
sDnssiy anasyssd II h absolutely proven
that C1aumbiA showed superiority ~
esesy palnt Of sailing running. reaching
and bsatinG wheaever the wind freshened.
aaA that Il WAS oaIy In the iightest AIR
thoa 0Aamsoek couId make Roadway
aaaiasf hes. Both had their share Of good
ard I'D luck Coiumba had tho bst-
Ter - the shifting wind On the run down
% he mark. and best Shamrock fwo
mlnstss and four SECONDS. while an the
heAf hoo<. Increasing her l<ad 20 ovss .
mile g one time. 1ha0rock over
hAuIsd cosunhta and ~ . quarter Of
. mile ah<sd when the time allowance sx-
pirsd
Pssfeesly C1eas 1ssl1.
Ths GESTURE of the ucs which pleased
everybody most. WAS the perfectly clear
asSa which was nsaintainsd. Fur the Arst
time. this year. the government took =
hand 70 pesvent . repetition Of the un-
fortunate occurrence which MARRIED the
rsce when the excursion boats. In their
frsnstsd eagerneas to lot none of tie beau
tifui spectacle escape. crowded down upon
the roceep until their back wash fmpeded
thsir progress through the wafee AMI caus-
"a Lord Dunraven to ME his protest. The
g0vssnmsnt was Determined this year that
the cosese should hs protected against UNI
onlclai trespaAsess. 4 nees a revenue cut
tiers and swim torpedo boats flying red
harred aags guarded the course. keeping
excursion steamers yachts and tugs nj a
pssfectly safe distance from the Canvas
clouded racers. On the way down they
naintained two parable, lines q mile apart
= !
the pushing. crowdiug nest ~ exeursson
vesseln was permitted 10 poke IN nose.
The broad sgranse q the sea inside. with
out wash or swell. was left ciess ana FREE
for the maneuserins a the racers On
the way back the patrol vessels vees
equally effective, When the yachts were
on the starboard tack. the torpedo boats
wsfs h column On the course and the
revenue cutters abreAt, behind the yachts.
thus forming . right and left, In the hol-
low u which the yachts sailed without en-
barrassment When the yachts changed
course the patroi neet changed with Il.
simply altering the direction ef the moving
and lee. and kept the boats fenced on n
WAS only toward the close. when the hups
Of 1niahino the race was given up. that
the excursion boats crowded about tho
boats. many Of them making straight for
home.
How the Course Was Laid.
The course Was laid fifteen miles dead
before tho wind. snd back again. The
d.rectinn Of the wind carried this course
6cuthwes, from the Sandy Hook hghsshIp.
almost straight down the Jersey coast to
. point on Asbury Park Columbia
vac handsomely handled throughout the
across the line by forsy.three seconds.
across the line by sorsy-,hree seconds. the
Columbia's Deer island crew II Yankees,
wearing their picturesque watch cape In
lsclin's colora, were 50 much handler than
their Scotch rivals. 50 that they had Co.
lanahia's spinnakcr and hailuon tsb set
frss In three minutes.
fuo~a. - ea~~.~ Carvs~A
The spectators marveless At the cioss.s
Of canvas the leviathans carried. Straight,
up into the air the slender yards carried
the points Of the pyramids 81 canvas ITS
feet. II is hard 10 realize that this msans
the height of an ordinary tweive-siary
building and that the fraii hnis were
bowling along under tho pressure Of isaa
feet Of eanvaa The twin haiicen lifted
Columbia along Ike a great gull in the
sen-knot breeze ard carried her in ten
minutes past Shamrock, Bus when she
wind died te sir knots. as II did within a
few minutes shamrock forged steadily
ahead until a; the sra ef forty-fsve mir
ates she led by an sards Then a sudden
haul Of the wind So the north norshwe.,
reached Columbia first
Caiambsa Pnss~s Shamrock,
The sts heiiiet spsrnaksr was taken in.
hey sail was siight'y iibbsa ard she pass
"a Shamrock as ~ the latter bad bean
snscred 10 her wharf Instead az a run.
the ~snsiax 90 the wind new made IL !,
reach sor the oater mark bat eoiufr,Ag
gracefully ~txta over toward sas New Der.
sey coast WITH the intention 80 getting
the wind aseerm ard ruraing straight -.
sore II. The movement was successfully
accomplished after crossing Shamrock !
hcw. bat inst as the srlanaksT was Sc:
aboard Columbia shS wfai cansea sara q
north or,swest ana ,sft her with a elass
90 canvas sh.yvTi.E HSs collapsed aAl.
ioea. Shamrock asss ssar.e.. - seIis~ %
imnsntas Tactics Twice she lowered hnr
sptnaaker IS u 20 hfras oat the rss sail
ha' as The ~tnss held ssasn the north ~ss,
quarter. she tiasns her raa.n hS1ass igss.r.l
and reached straight fer tAs mark Al
Though the Faansavtr ~ Columbia had s.esr
saece sSfui ~ Was q csssiy ore ard sss
lost several minutes ey holdiaz an 60 Re.
immense canvas II IRE vain hog that TIA
wtnt would shift hack again Isas ~as-
she ala chsnx. her @asi she made W ses