Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-18

as tho defender would it could not shake off
Its rival, Both were on the port tack, to
the scutbward OF the lightshtp. Finally,
when but seven seconds remained, Columbia
were around beautifully, while Shamrock
tackled in the other direction, and thus max
Ing two divergent circles they came around
on the starbrard tack and headed for the
line.
A Collisi n was almost inevitable had they
approached each other at an acute angle
under the lee Of the lghtship. But
Shamrock established an overlap and
Columbia had to keep off, and aim st to-
gether they bounded away in the smoke of
the gun, go close that a sailor might have
stepped from one boat to the other.
Shamrock was perhaps half a length ahead
and in the windward berth. Both had their
sho2.s TRAINED straight aft ard as it went
across, Columbia set its baby jibt psail.
1t was broken out and sheetad home in eight
seconds.
But the smartnegs of the Yankee boat in
setting its sail did not compensate the pa
triots for the disappointment they suffered
on ac cunt Of shamrocks superior gen
eralship in getting the weather gauge. But
their disappointment wa shcrt-livei.
Columbia was blanketed and the patriots
expected to see it drop astern. In stead it
gathered headway and went through
Shamrocks lee like race hcrse Madly
1t footed and in five minutes it was clear
of its adversary. Five minutes later
Shamrock went about Oh the port tack, but
the Yankee held on for a minute, to be
Bure OF the weather gauge.
Columbia Goes Fine Work.
AS both heeled away on this tack it
seemed Columbia would repeat its per-
formance Of yesterday, for it footed faster
and pointed higher. Fifteen minutes after
tho start it was 300 yards well out or
the green boats weather bow and forging
ahead at every bound. Shamrock die
not set It's handkerchief forward evidently
believing from its experience Monday that
It knocked it off the wind Captain Hogartt
was able to keep it closer, but he could not
hold 1t as high as the white beauty
Columbas head sail lifted it's head out OF
the waves and made it splash more spray
as it's bow went smashing into the long
swells. The experts thought this made II
spill wind out of it's sails. But they hat
no heart to criticse the Bristol wonder, as
1t ate its way to windward. Meantim,
the great mass of excursion boats chased
after the big flyers and the wind was fresh
ening until it blew fifteen to sixteen knots
About twenty minutes after the yacht.
were started some of the sharps, with thei
glasses glued on the two boats, noticed tha
Shamrock's topmast appeared to sai
little. Several times it was lutfed vi
sharply. she won't carry that club owe
The course said. one OF the men aboarC
the Associated Press tug John Nichols.
Challenger Helpless Cripple.
suddenly. al 1924 the big kite and tn
whole top hamper of the green boat tumble
over to leeward and the stately challenge
was a helpless cripple. Its big sail fel
lifeless like. the wing of a bird hit by tn
hunter. and it lay on the water helpless
No one in the excursion boats knew wha
had happened, except that the clubtopsa
had been carried away, and it was almos
cry of agony that went up from the sight
seers. Never were there more sincere ex
presslons OF regret than when Shamroc
wore slowly around and gave up
Columbia went on, as 1t was boun
under the rules to do, but several of tn
steam yachts went over alongside Fri
as it left the line to go to its wounde
champion
Commodore Benedict was one of the frs
10 get alongside and expressed his SINGER
regrets over the hard luck which had be
fallen the challenger. Sir Thomas took a
the expressions in the spirit in whlc
they were meant and philosophically replie
that IT. was the fortune OF war
large number of the vessels OF the eS
eursion fleet continued over the course wit
Columbia, but the interest OF the spe'
!ators was gone They then gathered
The finish to give it a stentoriau welcom
Columbia made fine race of it. plucki
holding onto its clubtopsail throughout an
setting its balloon jib in the final reach Il
home. 1t covered the course in three hou
and thirty seven minutes the beat ten mil
to windward in one hour. thirty-nine mil
utes, eleven seconds; TIE reach to secor
mark in iifty-three minutes and ifty-nil
seconds and the last leg in one hour, thr,
minutes and fifty seconds
As it crossed the finish line it let go
its headsails and one of the Deer Isle sailo
treated the spectators to an exhibition
daring as he climbed out over the pea