The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-10-12
H WAS A CLOSE VICTORY
COLUMBIA WINS ONLY BY TIME
ALLOWANCE.
Her Third Race Won by so Marrow
Margin as to Leave Much TO BE
Desired.

NEW YORK. October 4.-The Column
bia won her third race and for the sec
ond time successfully defended the cup
today. 1t was a close race and the de-
fender won only by the time allowance
the challenger conceded. 1t was half
an hour before the preparatory gun
when the committee boat Navigator
hoisted the signal 80. c. S." indicating
that the course would be fifteen miles
to leeward and return. The wind at
that time came from the north-north-
west and was blowing all of twelve
miles an hour. Both rae rs came out
in tow of their tugs and seemed slow in
getting their sails set. The Shamrock
was first to hoist her mainsail and also
first to get up her largest club topsan
The Columbia, evidently waiting to test
the strength of the wind did not set her
club topsail until 1O:40 o'clock. Captain
Barr decided that the wind was not too
strong for his 40. l.
At the preparatory signal at 10:45
o'clock both boats were far up to the
windward and came down toward the
lghtship and just before the warning
gun again headed up into the wind
simultaneously and worked back to
their former positions. Both were on
the port tack and close hauled, with the
Columbia on the weather quarter Of the
challenger. The American boat was
first TO come about after the warning
gun at 1856 o'clock. Shamrock imme-
diately followed and planted herself di-
rectly astern of the defender, at the
same time breaking out her tremendous
balloon jib and letting fall to starboard
her spinnaker pole. 1t was Sycamore S
game to cross last If possible. This he
was able to do but while he had the
pride of position In a leeward start, he
found himself thirty seconds behind the
handicap gun.
Barr, in the meantime, had delayed
breaking out his light sails and still
held the Columbia's sheets In slat.
Thus he, too handicapped his boat In
crossing, but not so much as his rival,
Tor IL is estimated that he was only ff-
teen seconds behind the handicap gun.
Splnnakers on both boats were broken
out on the line and away they went on
what proved to be the last race of the
international series of 1901 Both boats
began handicapped The official time
of the start as posted on the bulletin
board of the committee boat was as fol-
lows:
Shamrock, 1iO2:15
Columbia, HOP.
Hardly had the boats got over the
line before it was seen that the sham
rock was gaining on her rival. Slowly
she crept up and at 11:17 was on even
terms. Half minute later she showed
her bowsprit ahead, and from there on
led the Columbia to the outer mark.
The run down the wind was unevent-
full after the Shamrock took the lead,
except at a few moments before the
turn, when the Columbia, catching first
fresh puff of wind, ran up on the chal-
lenger's weather quarter. The boats
We're then very near the turning buoy,
so that the Shamrock tool in her spin
maker and balloon tib and set with a
greater speed than had yet been shown
by the British crew her jib and staysail.
AS soon as these two headsails filled
with wind the British boat luffed out
under the bow of the Columbia, took on
new life and romped ahead again. Co
lumbia kept her spinnaker until within
two minutes of the mark, hoping with
this additional sail to pull up. But she
was unable to do so and had to turn
forty-nine seconds behind her rival. The
official time Of turning the outer mark
was as follows
Shamrock, 12:4S:46.
Columbia, 12:49:35.
Thus, on the run straight down the
wind the challenger had gained, ac-
cording to official time, 40 seconds, but
in reality she had done better than
this, for to this 40 seconds are to be
added the Is seconds which the Co
lumbia led her over the starting line.
After rounding the mark the Sham
rock stood off for some minutes on the
starboard tack. Just before / o'clock
the defender came about and stood
over on the starboard tack toward the
Shamrock. The two boats held along
together on the same tack for five OF
six minutes. Then the Shamrock put
about and at :05 crossed the Columbia'f
bows and tackled well on the Ameri-
can boats weather. Then, exactly as