The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-20
TECHNICS OF TIE RACE.
Tho Shamrock Was Handicapped In
Crnssinr The Line.

TECHNICS OF The RACE.
The Shamrock Was Handicapped in
Crossing the Line.
New York, Oct 19.-Clear weather and
a fine breeze from the northwest
greeted the shippers and crews of the
Columbia and Shamrock at sunrise this
morning, and the occasional puffs that
made little white caps on Sandy Hook
bay gave promise OF plenty of wind for
the third race of the international se-
ries. Both boats We're taken in tow
before 9 o'clock. Eager to try his
large club topsail on his new topmast
Captain Hogarth made sail on the
Shamrock on the way out to the light
ship and by 9:15 the tow line had been
cast off, and she was under way with
everything on her, including the baby
jb topsail. 1t was 10 o'clock when
the Columbia cast off from her tug.
broke out the jib and began to sail
about with mainsail and jib set Fiji
teen minutes later her largest club
topsail was set and soon after her stay
sail was broken out. AT 1890 the
course was sgnaled from the commit
tee boat, which had anchored to the
westward of the lightship II was
southeast by south, showing that the
wind was not west by north and the
probabilities We're that it would he
SldIt. ABOUT lue llHlE lilt
tug started to log off the course of
Is miles to leeward, the patrol fleet
Of five revenue cutters. five torpedo
boats and the steam yacht Erin arrived
off the llghtship. The Shamrock took
in her baby jib topsail. and set UP
her balloon jib topsail on the stay in
stops at 10:40. the Columbia having
The preparatory signal was given at
1045, the warning at 1855. the start
at IL, the handicap gun at 1l:02
The maneuvering before the start
was remarkably Interesting work. EX-
cursion boats and yachts gave the RAG
ing craft plenty OF room and Barr and
Hogarth had their little game all TO
themselves. At the warning signal
both yachts with booms to starboard,
and sheets fiattened we'll in, We're sail
ing to the northeast parallel to the line
but about quarter OF a mile north oil
it with the wind a little abaft the
beam. The Columbia was to wind
ward with the Shamrock on her lee
beam n couple of lengths away. 1t
being necessary to use the five min
utes between the warning and starting
signals, both yachts leaned far over to
the northeast, gradually luffing to the
northward. When three minutes We're
left the Columbia luffed into the wind.
then, coming about, headed for the
the Columbia. wore the Shamrock sharp
around on her heel bringing her close
up under the Columbia's lee, both hav-
ing booms to port. Hogarth lost both
time and headway by lutfing instead of
tacking, SO that when the Shamrock
hauled up nearly on the wind. the CO.
lumbia. under better headway was
pointed straight for the line a couple
Of lengths to the good. AS soon as
Hogarth realized this he broke out the
Shamrocks balloon jib topsail, her
crew trimming the sheets smartly just
as the gun was fired. The Columbia's
crew broke out her balloon sail while
the smoke from the gun was blowing
away. The Columbia crossed the line
81 seconds in the lead, without the
handicap, which means fully two
lengths distance. She crossed about
the center of the line and Hogarth.
after a vain attempt to huff out across
her wake and obtain the weather p0-
sition, kept off and gave the Sham
rock a good full The official time or
the, start was
Columbia. 11:01:34
Shamrock, 11:02:00
Two Seconds Handicap.
The Shamrock's actual time of cross
ing the line was 1lO2;02. She was
handicapped two seconds because
from the starting signal in which to
cross the line and she exceeded that
time by two seconds. Jib and foresails
were taken in at once on both yachts
to give the balloon sails a chance TO
fill While the yachts We're crossing
the line spinnaker booms We're dropped
to starboard and the sails hoisted in
stops ready to break out, but in the
game of lufting and bluffing which fol-
lowed neither yacht had chance to
set their sails for so minutes. Hogarth,
not being able to try his yacht on a
reach on triangular couMe, seemed
determined to make a portion Of the
race reach at all hazards. So they
went alert Instead OF following the
guide boat on the southeast by south
course, on which they might have car
ried Spinnakers, they sailed between
four and five points to the eastward of
their courses in order to make every
sail draw to the best advantage.
thereby covering at least five miles
more ground than was necessary. The
excursion fleet gave them miles Of
room, keeping SO far away that the
yachts We're hull down most of the time.
During the first Is minutes of this
reaching work the Columbia seemed
to increase her lead. After that for
the next half hour, the Shamrock ap-
was gaining on the Columbia,
and at l1:5O, when they both decided
to abandon the lufting game and set
spnnakerS ID starboard the Shamrock |
had certainly gained some on her an |
tagonist. Having the wind dead after |
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