The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-04


started to log off the course of fifteen
miles to leeward.
During the interval of fifteen minutes
between the preparatory and the start
ing signals, the shippers of both yachts
maneuvered to the northward of the
starting line. Both stuck close to the
lightshp, and five minutes before the
starting signal the balloon jib topsail was
set up in stops on the Columbias stays.
The Shamrock sent up a number two jib
-topsail about the same time.
At one minute before the start the
Shamrock was approaching the line
from the eastward and the Columbia
from the westward. When thirty seconds
were left the Shamrock, which had been
coming for the line with boom to port,
jibed to starboard just as the Columbia,
with boom to port, rounded the west end
Of the line and began easing sheets. Capt.
Hogarth, however, had his boat several
lengths in the lead, and just as the sig
nal was given he jibed the Shamrock
again, crossing the line q seconds after
the signal. The official time of the start
was:
Shamrock, 1115:37; Columbia, 11:16:2O.
The Shamrock had the best of the start
by IL seconds.
AS the Columbia crossed the line she
broke out her No. 2 jib topsail.
somed out to port and she began at once
to overhaul the Shamrock. For some rea-
son Capt. Hogarth \did not see fit to set
the ShamrOckS Spinnaler until four min
utes after the Columbia had set hers,
but as soon as it was set the emerald
hued boat began to hold her own with
the Columbia, the yachts then being not
more than three lengths apart.
At II rs the Columbia'S boWSprit was
Chay oh .tnr hna ard
quarter, the latter having the off-shore
position but she was unable to hold that
position long. In eight minutes the
Shamrock, which seemed to hold the
wind better, had pulled out fully five
lengths ahead of the Columbia and
seemed to be gaining every minute.
Both yachts were heading: considerably
to the westward of their courses, and at
II o'clock the Shamrock, which had been
steadily gaining, was quite an eighth OF
mile ahead of the Bristol boat
At 1915 the wind shifted to the roth
west The Columbia, bling in shore,
caught it first The crew took in the
spinnaker shortly. Capt. Barr jibed
her to port, trimmed down staysail and
balloon jib top sail sheets, and in Just
five minutes the Columbia had walked
past the Shamrock and was the leading
boat Capt. Hogarth jibed the sham
rock after taking i'll the spinnaker at
1916. They set her spinnaker to ar
board at 1890, but only for five min
utes Capt. Hogarth, find ng he was
losing time, took the sail in snartly and
luffed the green sloop across Columbus
wake, taking a position on the star
board quarter.
The outer mark was obscu-ed by
haze so that it was not visible much to
either Capt. Hogarth or Barr, for hey
were indulging in luffing match, clos
ing in on the Jersey beach for more
than half an hour. Finally, Capt
Barr. having the Columbia we'll ali adj
eased sheets and kept off for the mark
at LOS, crossing the Shamrock's bow an
eighth of a mile ahead At LII he set
the spinnaker on the Columbia to ar
board, and came down for the outer
mark at perhaps not more than a six
knot gait
At 90 in came the spinnaker again on
the Columbia, the wind having hauled
back to the northward and her DO m
was jibed to starboard and the balloon
jib topsail trimmed. The Shamrock ad
jibed five minutes before, but she was
not gaining any up to this tine. APP
preaching the outer mark the Columbia's
crew donsed the balloon jib topsail
smartly, and as they rounded the mark,
a float bearing a red ball with a white
stripe which had to be left on the
starboard hand, the big main boom
swung over to port, all shee were
Fat on the starboard tack, and
the Columbia thus began her fifteen
miles of windward work. The time
taken at the outer mark as each yacht
luffed around it was:
Columbia, 1881; Shamrock, 1888
So it will be seen by the official figures
Hot in ha of az
start to the outer mark the Columbia
the Shamrock two minutes and
forty-four seconds Her elapsed time to
this point was 2:21:37 Shamrocks 2:4:1.
Capt. Barr kept the Columbia on he
inshore tack for two minutes and forty
five seconds after rounding the mark,
when he let her come about to the port
tack, setting the baby lib topsai. as she
filled away. In twenty seconds e
swung her about again. The Shamrock,
stood off on the starboard
tack two minutes and twelve seconds,
when Skipper Hogarth put her about
and began his windward work in a nest
with the Bristol boat. The wind was
now northeast-north, and on the port
tack both yachts were heading with
sheets trimmed down fiat within four
points of the wind which had now in
creased to about ten miles. 1t was
not steady, however, and its fiukiness
became apparent at 1:55, when 1t began
heading off the Columbia The Sham
rock tackled to starboard at 1:56 spin
ming around on her heel in fifteen sec
onds from full to full, but to the as
constituent of the Thousands who wit
messed the Columbia's next tack, fifteen
seconds later, she swung around in the
almost incredible short space of ten sec
onds, timed by stop watch.
Capt. Hogarth, apparently feeling con-
fident that by q series of short tacks he
could get to windward of Columbia, put
the Shamrock about four times in three
minutes and forty seconds. Capt, Barr
followed suit and his nimtle crew trim
med sheets just as fast as those on the
Shamrock, and when they both settled
down to stead! work again at 2:14:50 the
Columbia was still we'll in the lead and
gaining Capt. l4ogarth thought it best
at 2:20 to split tacks with his antagonist,
so he put the Shamrock on the port tack,
thinking the Columbia would not follow,
but she did and when the latter yacht
tackled at 2:21:36 she was nearly mile
dead to windward of the green boat.
During the next thirty minutes a dozen
short tacks were made, the wind con-
tinuing fluky all the time until five min
utes before 8 o'clock, when the wind left
Columbia for fully five minutes. She had
the inshore berth, while Shamrock. off
shore, had a breeze from the northeast
When the Shamrock. at 311, went about
on the Columbia's lee bow, she was well
ahead, that is to say, if she had not gone
about she could have crossed the Column
bias bow.
Between 3:15 and 800 Columbia, with a
few fresh puffs from the northeast, be-
gan walking up Gil the Shamrock. which
was then nearly a quarter of a mile TO
windward of her, but before she could
nrerhau III the Shamrock the wind Gind nlIt