The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-25
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New York AUtAoy,ty's View on Reason
WAY two Races Were Lost,

III Is considered equal tN. " nN. slightly
lNslttr than columbia, An article In "a.
New YORK; sun after the Anal race ,akc.
enc ground that it was through mis-.
cakes ;n handling Ger that ShNNr,cS
lost two " the races and tAa, CAPTAIN
SVcam'ur WAA Is VNnccjcd % be A
splrnd.M sailing master was bamrcrrl
Ibv lNs.oa - authority The sun
says.
According 90 many ylch,mep the
ShamrJvk MAS beaten bV tNc Columbia
lmaN tbrrugh t-yors W judgment mad
Ihv those who were In charge W the
yachts than bv 'c superior sailing Qual.
lit.cs u n, Columbia. and ,NcrC are
MANY who arC W tbc op.Nlou JOat II
TIE shamrock had been sailed properly
m the races between tha, ho1, ana the
Columbia f,r the Americas cup ,u.
IstJad ~ having been beaten three tines
she should have NoW h1d ,wo victories
a. her credit There Wcrr many who
watched the race and who are mmUNr
with the spor, who thought that the
trouhl, With the shamrock wRS ttat
ther, WAS tNo much talent on board
and tha. the sailing master who Is ac.
knoWlrigcd ta be the Ncs, man Ia his
profession IN England. has h,en ham.
2erci too much and iid not have free
hand.
The shamrock At the start succeeded
. In getting into the better position but
/ at ,Ae cost ~ being Handicapped twcu-
! ,y-Nine seconds. while the Columbia. Ia
/ keeping back in order to try ami set
over the line last, as Il was run be-
/ fore me wind, was handicapped Welv~
3 seconds, So that really this cost 20 the
shamrock was only seventeen seconds
and u was more than made up within
twenty minutes af,cr the race started.
The conditions We're favorable 20 the
chllltngtr The breeze was about ten
miles n strength but Il ughtancl con.
sidcrab'y hctgu' the race was over. and
yfe sea was smooth. l, was under such
coUdillUs a. these that the Shamrock
In her last trials that We're sailed ou the
clyde was able On beat the old Sham.
sacE So easily and It was sov conditions
sg,h 8s prevailed ina, Mr.. Wa son had
designed the craft and TIggei Her.
Going down The wind In the hrst race
that Was sailed q complexion the Co.
'uwhg had beaten the Shamrock bv
more than a minute .D ht,cep miles ard
" Ith this Ia mind b. was fully expected
hl. when they started before he wind
.aa Columbia would have nice lead
before .Aa loNVari mark was -eaclel,
bur instead the shamrock az aucs be-.
San 20 close up On the Columbia and
twenty minutes after The race had
started she was the leading boat and
she kep, on going ahead until half the
course had h'rn covered and she was
then hallng by about A quarter ~ a
mile Or what was estimated 20 b. a5ou.
.W0 minutes Then she found soft
sro, AMI the Columbia being the stern
boat was bringing IN a trrshen.ng
breeze AMI this lead was soon ~; DOWN
90 about ore hunIred varis rhea
when the two yachts had an even
b,e"Ea again the Shamrock drew abe Id
The dr,. error made was In taking |
IN the ballo'n 80 t'psal when the !
yacht was NOR than mile and a quar- |
GER from he turning mark. This sail |
could have been carried Tor az least
ten minutes loager and then could have !
been l1w-ysl .n plenty OF time On lave |
Il slowed away before the men were |
wanted to lower the spInn1kcr nnl trim |
insh-a,s. This error was costly. and I
enabled The Columbia 10 pick up quite I
q good deal and would nave been much /
more costly Du. trr M accident on the I
Columbia The spinnakrr had caught /
IN snap hoop On the balloon j.b top /
sail. ami when the crew l-t gD ~ the /
topst'l hailllris the sp.nnaker was torn |
I. -urk = me- time % get the Two sails |
down, ami letting ;h-m both down t1- |
g-tn-r the maa could not keen them .u-
board and the balloon 80 topsail go' in
'hr WAGER and dragged there t1r q tew
seconds.
Tn Shamrock turned the first mark
g. seconds IN .he lead and went IN The
stl-bld 'ack. heading toward the
west tho oraeza was iresNen.ng and /
rho yacht Wls doing remarkably well
The Columbia made a sh1r, port tack /
AND ,ha1 .1lk the sur6olri tack and I
stood after .Ha Shamrock. ard was sal-
ing O. EnIwari of the chliIengrrs
wake The Shlmrock .lckad eros sl
the Cllumaa's 5ow and then Instead /
lf taking ana heading On the same
course vr.eh Captain Barr had selected
and keeping IN toward the freshening
1ra-za which was coming of the Jersey
shore .1- Shamrock ka7, on iha pr.
.lCk and allowed the Columbia 20 sail
1n w.tl her wind all clear. and that
3Hlt getting the freshenlng breeze first.
improved her position very much. one
u the first principles that a sailing
his opponent 20 keep his yacht b.
.weea he b-a. boat and the mark .or
which h. Is sailing. But whoever was
n charge NJ the Shamrock seemed 10
have forgotten this and crossing tacks
rom the outer mark all the way home.
The Shamrock tackled after the Column
lla when .r was too late and then as
he Shamrock was falling down into
he Columbia's wake. the challenger
D5k the port tack again and headed
Jwari the northeast.
Just at this time a shift In the wind
gave such a llfc 10 the Columbia that
he was put about half a mile tl the
vindwari u the challenger. and those
ghO We're watching the race thought |
hat all Interest had gone out Of H.
Tha Shamrock kept the port tack tor
more than fifty minutes, and the CO.
umba was sailing along In the same
direction The wind llghtened. Jib top
ails were Sc: and the Shamrock foot :
zig fast and pointing high did so wei
hat when the TWO yachts took the star
,Dar1 tack she was In the windward |
position.
The Columbia on this tack drew up
OmeWhat and then. tacking tried to
ross the Shamrock's bow, but the
shamrock we1thered her easily. and In ,
tead Il tachng again and keeping the
american bOat in a beaten position the
ihamrock kept on and again allowed
ne Columbia 70 get her wind clear
he wind was getting much lighter on +
h. beat home. but Of the jersey shore
. was backing a l.ttle 10 the vest
ward. II was coming or there in pufs
ha. sometimes lasted several minutes.
The ya~1ts split tacks again and Cap
ain Barr worked in 10 ge. the bene- (
t NJ these srsshen.ng pufs and a,i"r
landing On into a dying wind for some
minutes the Shamrock went after her
nd when they came together again the
"a 4vgr.gL rtfTr haT tba lead ('apfH!D :