The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-02
Americas Cup Race Called Off BY
the Committee After Four and
Half Hours Drifting.
Shamrock, Lucky in Catching Stray
Slants of Air, Finished in
the Lead.

which was fired at the dot of II. she
crossed the line on the starboard tack
ahead and Well to windward. The Sham
rcck luffed over the line a few seconds
before the gun-fire and was recalled by
the judges boat and had to put back.
Inc official time of the start was:
Columbia II cola
SHAMROCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1:G0:22
Luck was with the American boat ar
. first for a fortunate catspaw struck
her and enabled her to head up a cou-
pie of points higher than her opponent.
Ih1s gave her a commanding lead the
Shamrock meanwhile scarcely moving
through the water and appearing to be
dull and logy.
The Shamrock went on the port tack
htteen minutes after the start the Co.
lumbia following Immediately Once
again the American boat showed her
superior smartness in stays, coming
about much quicker than her rival and
satherlng way as soon as her head
sheets were trimmed down At 1880
both yachts were pretty
NEARLY BECALMED,
Columbia having a lead of about a 1uar-
Ter OF mile. AT 11:30 the Shamrock
went on the starboard tack, the Coluni-
ola Following and then a lucky streak
filled the Shamrocks sails and gave her
an appreciable lift. At noon both yachts
were on the port tack almost Decalmed.
Ihe club topsails and jib topsails were
the only sails that puffed out responsive
to the stray streaks of air The big
malnsalls Mapped as the yachts rose
ana fell in the long easterly roll and
the iun of the head sails quivered. The
result Ws-s that the yachts barely had
Eteerage way.
1hen the-unexpected happened Waited
lf Co.
shamrock overhauled the Columbia and
at lis she was so close that Cant Rarr
pore down on her in order to kill her
WIND as he had so often killed the wind
OF the Constitution. The Shamrock went
on the port tack Immediately, followed
py the Columbia, and in another min
ute the Britisher was ahead and to
"lnoWard- The wind now became more
southerly. Both yachts set reaching 4ib
topsalls and eased off sheets, steering
a direct course for the mark Then the
shamrock forged ahead and got into the
doldrums While the Columbia got a slant
OF WIND, and at I:55 passed the Sham
rock Then it was Shamrock's turn fo
get the benefit of breeze, and she
came along and planted herself on the
Columb1a's s weather quarter cravliDe- m
on her until at 2:0S they were neck and
neck with the British boat to windward-
blanketfng her opponent To escape from
TINS blanket Capt Barr sent the Colunl-
pia on the port tack at PIP, but luck
was against her and she lost every
breath of the tickle wind as we'll as
steerage way, and it was fully two min
utes before she got away and tlled
en- the starboard tack again. and
by that time the Shamrock was too far
ahead 10 be overtaken.
SHAMROCK AHEAD.
The first mark was then close at hand
ana the yachts tackled around II as fol-
lows:
CoI.-Ic -'''.'-'.'....-'........ .2:41:36
s-DAAt6ieS 2:f4:4i
Ihe Shamrock had beaten the defender
three minutes and twenty seconds in
the trst ten miles, and, try as the Co.
lumola would, she was Unable to lessen
the wide gap that separated her from
her antagonist. She held her luff hunt
ing for wind, but failing to find it. drop
ped slowly astern until the gun from
the committee boat brought tile con-
test TO ar end, with nearly half a mile
of blue water between her and the gold
en- boat of Upton.