The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-10

stead Of going under her rivals stern
the Columbia preferred the position
under her lee bow. 50 long as shs
could get the pfn6 free.
shanroct's Good Lead.
Al iI.40 o'ciock the Shamrock had
good lead Of nearly 300 yards. When
the vessels were on the port tack they
encountered 3 pretty hard sea. While
on the starboard tack the sea smote
them abezm- Not a tremor could be
detected ia the luhs OF the sails OF
either racer. Both were handled TO
perfection. By several sharp tacks
the Columbia again tried to work her
self out OF the ieeward position All
efforts. however. we're futile
At l2.45 o'clock both boats, on the
port tack. we're heading for the outer
mark. which on this occasion was the
tug Edward F. Luckenbach. the raft
which she carried having failed to
right itself when put overheard. The
wind now was the freshest Of the day
The Shamrock had lead Of at least
400 yards. and as she approached the
mark II was seen that she had handlly
beaten the old defender in the wind
ward work She turned in excellent
style. and. with main boom square OF
70 port, the spinnaker boom was low
cred to starboard The Columbia made
an equally good turn The Official
time at the mark was:
Shamrock .............. 1:25:12
Columbia ......... 1:25: 50
The Shamrock in the beat to wind
ward had thus gained thirty-nine sec
onjs She had beaten the Columbia
boat for boat but had not overcome
the handicap Of forty-three seconds
time allowance. which. under the
rules Of the New York Yacht Club,
she was compelled 70 concede. There
was considerable delay in setting
spinnakers, the Shamrock waiting ap-
parently for the Columbia, and luffing
out in order TO prevent a blanket.
Finally. at 1877, the Columbia broke
out her spinnaker and at the same
time a tremendous balloon jib. Sham
rock smartlv followed suit. In the
heavy roll of the sea, which was now
on the port quarter OF the two boats,
the main booms trailed in the water
as they lurched to leeward. These
were tauted up clear of the sea,
thereby spelling somewhat the set Of
the mainsails.
Columbia crawls Up.
The stern chase is a long chase, but
slowly the old Columbia crawled up
on the new Shamrock At 2:10 she
was abeam, and half minute later
was the leading boat Slowly she still
crept. and at 214 was all Of half q
length ahead From that time on to
the finish line she kept IN the lead
The wind was now dropping. but in
spite Of her much larger sail plan the
Shamrock could not prevent the
steady though slow gain OF tins ca
lumhia. For nearly an hour the race
continued. without furtherN event.
Then. at s.15. The wind freshened
slightly filing ont the immense sails
Of the Shamrock
The Shamrock's captain placed his
boat in such a position that he effect
uallv eut of the wind of his rival. and
as the breeze increased the English
vecht drew up on the defender
SLOWLY she crept up and 1essened the
gan between er and the defender.
Now She was only a half-length be-
hind New she was on nearly even
terms and il became a matter of
doubt as 10 which beat would first
cross the finish Inc. less than mile
awav It was the most exciting mo-
ment in the whole race. On board the
two boats the feeling was intense.
The crews Of both were massed at the
stern and with every inch OF canvass
drawing the Yachts slipped toward the
fnish line
The Columbia Wins.
The Columbia finally got her wind
free again rapidly, opened up on the
challenger and pulled out a lead that
left the result no longer IN doubt. She
crossed the line winner. not only on
time allowance. but boat for boat