The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

Their wakes were a smothered foam.
Everything aboard was wet and dripping.
Seldom has there been such smashing
sea under the bows OF CUP contestants.
The wafer sourted twenty feet into the
air. The green boat laborea more than the
Yankee once or twice shesnured her bow
spirit in the seas, wetting her neadsais 1t
was a grand sight
Columbia steered almost a point higher
than her rival and footed just as fast
Columbia had housed her working topsail
before they turned the mark, but sham
rock held on until In the constantly fresh
ening wind she decided that it was danger
Gus to carry II longer and a sailor was
sent aloft to lower it, 1t was a delicate job
with the big 90-footer buckng into the
jumping sea like a broncho, but after five
minutes of hard work it was successfully
accomplished.
on every tack of the thresh to windward
the Yankee increased her lead, sailing so
close that the old salts said she could
wine the eye of the wind" At AS o'clock
Columbia was leading by quarter Of a
mile. The situation for Shamrock was
desperate, and reckless OF the conse-
queuces, the British skipper decided TO
crowd on more canvas. Fearlessly he
sent up and after a deal of trouble, sue
ceeded In setting small club topsail. Co
! lumbia had the race well In hand, and did
not need to risk broken spar. She kept
on under mansail. stay and 1ib.
Then Came the Finish.
Fortunately the challenger's topmast lid
not carry away, though she leaned over
under the press of canvas until her slip
perry decks were tilted at an angie of
thirty degrees. Her speed was undoubted-
| ly increased, but her inability to point lost
| her almost as much as she gained in foot
| ing. Then she resorted to splitting tacks,
| once running close in shore under the
| Navesink Highlands. A slight cant in
| the wind favored her at this time and she
managed to close up the gap until litte
! more than half a mile separated her from
| Columbia The patriots began to feel ner-
vous. but with the finish line two mil9s
away there was little danger. Soon after
the wind slackened little and Thereafter
| Shamrock lost rather than gained ground.
All ne excursion boats at this time
! were bucking into the head seas for home
as fast as their screws could churn The
tug boats were flooded. But, as on the
run down, the pace was TOO hot, and not
| half the fleet was In at the finish.
| The rush of the yachts through the seas
| on the final tack was magnificent Geysers
| spurted from the bows and drenched the
! sailors lying piled up against the weather
/ rail. As the gallant Yankee shot across
the finish between the lightship and COM
mittee boat, the shippers of the fleet that
| had got there in time almost forgot tG
open their Whistles SO absorbed were they
in the stirring spectacle. But they made
UP for it later. The defeated challenger
| raced across five minutes and seventeen
| seconds later
The much-touted rough weather boat
had been beaten over a thirty miles course
| six minutes and eighteen seconds actual
time or with the allowance she was &c
| concede Columbia on account of her long
er water line, SIX minutes and thirty-foul
seconds. Shamrock got noisier reception
| shan Columbia as she finished, perhaps be-
cause the later time at which she crosse5
| gave opportunity Cor some of the belatec
vessels to get up.
RIossomed Out in Flags.
A grand spectacle followed. The victor
after lowering her sails, set the Stars anC
| Stripes al her topmast truck at both end
| of her spreader and at the taffrail. Soor
the whole fleet blossomed out in American
flags Patriotic skiDpsrs ransacked theil
lockers for them, and they few from every
staff and mast
The Corsair, the flagship of the New
York Yacht Club had six flags Tapping il
| the stiff breeze as she went alongside Co
| lumbia and gave her three shriekinf
! blasts. Then her crew cheered and th'
| hardy Deer Islanders aboard Columbia re
| sponded with barred heads. All the ship.
in the excursion fleet followed, turning
| loose their whistles in maddening chorus
the notes of which ranged from the deeI
bass of The sound steamers to the shril
falsetto of the torpedo boats. Some o
the excursion boats kept their whistles so
ing halfway to New York
Later, the Erin, which had remained be
hind a for few minutes with Shamrock
| steamed up TO Columbia, the Stars anC
! Stripes huterng from main and mizzeu
| The Corsair greeted her with cannon
| which Sir Thomas acknowledged by dip
ping The Union Jack at the taffrail. TheT
by Sir Thomas orders the crew of th'
Erin lined the rail and gave three goot
! Anglo-Saxon cheers for the victors. They
were returned with interest by the prouC
| crew of the Columbia
| The American boat was the first to reacl
| her mooring buoy inside the Hook, ant
when her late rival came uD in tow th'
sailors Of both seized the opportunity t'
cheer each other Justify Later Sir Thorn
as went aboard the Corsair, and there
| soon afterward, Mr.. Isel.n, managins
owner of the Columbia, Joined him. Ther'
! were toasts to victor and vanquished, 4
America and Great Britain, to gentlemen
| and ladies', and all sorts Of things, and so
| with felicstations all around, the cup Sc
ries for 1899 ended with the best of goot
feeling.