The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-06
TECHNICALLY TOLD.
Detailed Movements of Columbia
and Shamrock During Race.

NEW YORK. Oct 5.-The weather
conditions during the early mornine
hours were decidedly more fayorab BILE for
race than those Of Tuesday morning.
The wind was light from the west south
west and the sky cloudy when the Col
umb1a and the Shamrock, lowed by the
tugs Wallace Flint and James Lawrence
respectively, left their mornings at
Sandy Hook about o'clock and pro-
ceeded direct to Sandy Hook lightship,
holstlng their main sails and club top
sails on the way out and getting every.
thlng In readiness for prompt start.
The Columbia cast off from her tnp
at 9:o8 a. M, the Shamrock five minutes
later. Soon after the Columbia
changed club top sails, setting the iarg-
est one on board and throwing overheard
the steel jack yard, which had been used
on the first top sail set. This Jack ward
was supported in the water by about
twenty-five life preservers. 1t was pick
ed up by the Lawrence and dashed on
her starboard side. A wooden club ton
san yard was also thrown overheard
from the Columbia, and two from the
shamrock, which were picked up by her
tender.
Inc Columbia's sails seemed to set bet
ter than on Tuesday. She carried. as
then, cross-cut main sail, and her clut
'Ai 90eiiieo 70 De the largest one
she has yet carried. There were four
battens In the leach of the main sail.
Just before the start she substituted a
balloon forestry sail for the small one.
which she set on her way out
Besides Managing Owner C. Oliver
lselin and Mrs. Iselin, who wore a white
flannel yachting costume, trimmed with
navy blue, and white straw hat. with
red ribbon band, there were on hoard.
w BltlAra
NeWbury Thorne, Capt. Nat Herreshoff
Herbert Leeds, Sailmaker Hathaway and
Hugh Kelly, representing the Royal VI
ster Yacht club. Capt. Charley Barr
steered the yacht and the crew wore white
working suits, with watch caps bearing
the Iselin colors.
On board the Shamrock besides her
SHIPPERS, Hogarth and Wringe, were
Navigator Hamilton, Sailmaker Ratsey
McG1ll DoWney, Sherman Crawford, Capt
Ben Parker, sailing master of Emperor
Williams yacht Meteor, and Henry F.
Llppitt. the last named representing
the New York Yacht club. Her
crew was carrying Sir Thomas Lipton's
colors in their watch caps, and they
wore white working suits.
The committee tug, Walter Lucken-
bach, established the starting line at
1O:40 by anchoring a cables length SOUTH
was Immediately hoisted. 1t was south
east by east, the wind being very light
from the opposite quarter northwest by
north
Under main sail, club top sail and lib.
and with balloon jib top sails in stops
on the respective stays, the two yachts
played for places for good start during
the interval between the preparatory
and starting signals. The former was
given at 1O:45. Shippers Barr and Ho-
garth made the best of what little wind
they had to test their boats turning
capacity in the light air..
Five minutes before the starting signal
the Columbia, with boom to starboard
passed north of the Iightship, heading
to the eastward, and Shamrock ap-
preaching from the southwark met the
Bristol boat about on the line. She
luffed out across the Columbia's wake
after having attempted to pass her to
leeWard, both having their booms to star
board.
AT two minutes before the gun fire the
Shamrock set her staysail and dropped
her spinnaker boom to port She was
then about 500 yards northwest of the
committee boat and heading to the south.
Columbia, coming from the southeast,
had passed the Sandy Hook lightship,
leaving 1t on her port hand, almost one
minute before the signal.
When thirty seconds were left, Capt.
Barr rolled his wheel over TO port jibed
the Columbia, broke out her balloon jib
topsaif and headed for the line The
Shamrocks balloon jib topsail bossomed
out at the same moment as the Column
bias. She was on the latter's starboard
hand, and nearly length astern when
the starting signal was given. Her spin
maker was broken out as she was cross
ing the line. The Columbia's men rugged
out her spinnaker boom while they were
approaching the line, and hoisted the
sail and broke 1t out in just forty-flve
seconds. The Columbia had the better
of the start. The official time of the
start was: Columbia, 11:00:53; Shamrock,
II :01 :05.
The first ten minutes after the start
were anxious ones for those directly in
terested in the Shamrock and Columbia
From the Associated Press tug, located
abeam of the two racers. 1t was noted
that in two minutes @Columbia's bow
spirit began to creep past Shamrocks
bow, and in ten minutes Columbia was
clear out ahead of the Shamrock. Both
took in their staysaiis and jibs SO as to
give the immense balloon sails plenty Of
draft.
So light was the wind at this time that
only the balloon sails seemed to be doing
service for either yacht. The main
sheets hung slack in bights between the
boats, and the booms and the great main
sails hung fiat as boards far over the
starboard side of each yacht.
Mile after mile the Yachts travelled
slowly to the southeast. the Columbia
gaining slowly but steadily all the time.
At 11:55 the wind freshened bit. can't