The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-01
THE GREAT ]. ].
YACHT RACE

4NS" VANt ONVs ulo 10
great day in the history Of American
Yachting and the interest is intense.
This is a result Of the close contest b
between the two yachts last Satur.
day, when, up to the last minute,
there was doubt as to who would
cross the line first The Shamrock 9
performance has caused the British
yatchtsmcn to hope that she will
succeed In accomplishing what SO
many Of her fleet predecessors have
failed to do. The American yatchts.
men are not half 50 confident as they
were after last Thursdays fuke. To
be sure, the Columbia has one race to
her credit, but she had to work for
that victory as never did defender
before, and tomorrow 3 contest, 50
far as picking winner Is concerned,
seems to be nothing more than =
toss up.
Speaking Of the damage done to
the Erin by the revenue cutter Gres-
ham Sir Thomas Upton said:
''lt was triiling. and l don't want
Captain Walker blamed for 1t. 1t
was entirely an accident and unovid.
able, something that might happen
to anybody. told him as long as l
was able to get the yacht back to
Sandy Hook l did not care.
Mr.. Herbert, Lloyds~ surveyor.
who went down to Sandy Hook from
this city, declared that the actual
damage done to the Erin was slight
IA plate will have to be replaced"
said he, "and perhaps one beam put
in. Then there is some joiner work
to be repaired. The yacht was not
In danger from the injury at any
time
e. d. Morgan and Herbert Leeds
Of the Columbia, visited Sir Thomas
on board the Erin during the after.
noon. Mr.. Morgan expressed de-
sire for strong breeze, SO that there
might be no question about the best
boat in the race, and also to avoid 4
postponement.
The famous old schooner yacht
America was sailing aboutOtf Sandy
Hook all day. She will 60 out today
to witness the start.
THE RACE TO-DAY.
The third trial In the Intcrna.
tional race took place today. The
first race was declared oil as the
boats did not finish in time and there
was no race. The second trial took
place On Saturday and resulted in
the Columbia winning out In min
ute and 50 seconds.
The course today was over tri-
angular course. The preparatory
gun was fired at 10. As. The wind
was blowing east between 3 and 1
knots.
The compass courses are "a beat
to windward one mile east. Course
south by southeast half mile west
which will be reach fol- the second
mark. A course north by northwest
a half mile west for the third leg.
l1.Ol a. m.-.The starting signal
was fired at II o'clock with the Co.
lumbia in an excellent position stand.
Ing near the line on the starboard
tack AT IL O'clock the Columbia
eros sed the line followed by the
Shamrock few seconds later.
ll.09 a. m'--Both yachts are sail.
ing verv slowly and the wind has
fallen to or knots again.
1l.25 a. IT.. columbia seemed to
run into soft spot and the Sham.
rock striking a favorable wind began
to pull up on her. The boats are on
port tack. Wind now is very light.
11.3Oa. m.--The Columbia is three
hundred yards ahead and to wind.
ward.
1l.31 a. NIT looks as ii the
Shamrock was drawing up little on
Columbia although under undoubt.
edly score distance to leeward.
ll.34 a. Shamrock has gone
around on the starboard tact and is
standing across the Columbia's wake
Columbia has gone around on star
board tact.
II. 3S a. m. AT the rate the yachts
are sailing they will not finish thes
race within the time limit. During
the last Is minutes the Shamrock
seems to have picked up on the Co.
lumbia. They have now sailed
scarcely 2 miles of the wind ward leg.
1l.53 a. m. Another start Of wind
came to help the Shamrock and once
more the Challenger began TO creep
up on the Columbia.
/ 12.04 p. m. Almost ceecalmed.
The Shamrock has just obtained a
favorable shift OF wind and has just
pulled up some on the Columbia.
i2.45 p. m.-'rhe wind is now blow.
ing about 8 miles an hour About 4
miles have been sailed. Probability
of race being finished today is small.
Columbia is leading by about half
milo.