The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-06
Yesterdays Race forAmeriCa's S
Cup Without Result.
Little More Than a Drifting Match in
Which the Cup Defender Showed
Some Superiority.

New York. oct. 6.--The weather con.
ditions during the early morning. YES.
terday when the second race for ,n.
America cup was sailed. We're decided.
~ more favorable for a contest than
those Of Tuesday morning. The wind
was light from the west-southwest. and
the sky cloudy when the Columbia ana
Shamrock, towed by the tugs Wallace
Flint and James Lawrence. respective
ly, left their moorings in Sandy Hook
Bay about o'clock, and proceeded di-
rect 10 Sandy Hook lightship. hosting
their mainsails and clubtOpsaiIs on the
way out, and getting everything IN
readiness for a prompt start
me Columbia east off her tug at 8 %:
the shamrock five minutes later. soon
atter the Columbia changed clubtop-
salls, setting the largest ones on boa,
ana throwing overheard the steel tact<-
yard which had been used on the first
topsall set. The backyard was sun
ported IN the water by about 25 life pre-
servers Ii was picked up by the law
reIxe and dashed on her starboard side
wooden clubtOpsail spar was also
thrown overheard from the Columbia
ana TWO from the Shamrock, which
-tTet-up by her tender
SAILS SET BETTER.
The Columbias sails seemed to 60,
better than on Tuesday She carried as
tnen cross-cut mainsail and her club
topsail seemed 20 be the largest one she
has yet carried. There were four hal
tens in the leech Of the malnsail Inst
before the start she subs tituted bal
Ioon 'orestaysal for the small one
Whlcn she had set on her way ont
Besides Managing Owner q. Oliver
lseHn ana Mrs Iseln. who wore a
dainty yachting costume. there were ON
board. Butler Duncan. Jr.. Capt. Wood
bury Kane. Newbury Thorne. cant.
Nat Herreshon, Herbert Leeds. SAL |
maker Hathaway and Hugh kelley |
representing the Royal Ulster acht |
club. Capt. Charles Barr steered the |
yacht and the crew wore white work |
ing suits with watch caps bearing the |
lselin cOlors.
ON DOJTd The Shamrock besides her
shippers Hogarth and Wringe were |
Navigator Hamilton Sailmaker Ratsev
Messrs. McGill5owney. sherman Craw
ford and Harry f. Lippitt. the last
named representing the New York
Yacht club. Her crew carried Sir
Thomas Liptons colors on their watch
caps, and Also wore white working
SUITS.
COURSE SIGNAL DISPLAYED.
The committees tug. the Walter
Luchenbach. established the starting
line at 1910 by anch1ring a cables
length southwest OF the hghtship. The
course signal was Immediately hoisled
IL was southeast by east. the wind he
ing very light from the opposite auar-
ter. northwest by north. Under main
sail. clubtopSail and jib and with hal
loon jib topsails and staysails i'm stons |
on the respective stays. the two yachts !
played for place for a goud start during ,
the interval between the preparatorN, |
ana starting signals. The former was
given at 1045.
Shippers Barr and Hogarth made !
the best Of what little wind they had
u test their boats turning capacity In
the light air Five minutes before the
starting signal the Colum bia. with boom
TO starboard, passed north of the light
sh y, heading TO the eastward The
Shamrock. approaching -ff+,.ff-tff south
ward, met the Bristol boat about on the {
line She lufed out acrOSs the Column g
bias wake. sfter having attempted TO ;
pass her To leeward, both having their |
booms TO starboard.
ACROSS THE LINE.
At two minutes before the gunfre the /
shamrock set her staysal and droDped g
her splnnaker boom 90 port. She was }
hen about 500 yards northwest OF tho
Viilihlttte boat ana heading to the y
'outheast. The Columbia coming from i
he southeast, had passed the SANDY =
Hook hghtship. leaving it on her port @
1and at about one minute before the $
signal. When 30 seconds w-re left. 6
apt Barr rolled his wheel over to ! il
,ort. jibed-thc Columbia. and broke out
Ter balloon iibtopsail and headed FOR q
he line The Shamrccks balloon Hb- /
opSail blossomed out mt the same mo-
nsnt as the Columbia's. She was or
he latters starboard hand and nearly
length asteIn when the starting sig
val was given. Her spinnaker was
'foken out while she was crossing the
inc The Columbia's men rigged out M
cr spinnaker boom Whilp they were ri
pproachng the line hostcd the sail \,
nj broke IL out In just a. seconds. The 80
had the better Of the start. / ~
he official time OF thc start was: y, y
Time .u
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