Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-10
SHAMROCK LOSES.
Columbia Wins Two of the Yacht
Races.
The Second Race Was Sailed I'm "a Stif
Breeze and Resulted In Decisive
Victory for Ihe American
Boat Upton Bitterly
disappointed.

New York, Sept. 30.-In the closest
race ever sailed for the Americas cup
the white flyer Columbia on Satur.
day beat the British challenger over
a coursei of 80 nautical miles by the
narrow margin of 50 seconds. is
Lipton's latest aspirant for cup hon.
ors must allow the defender 43 sec.
onds on account of the extra S3t
square feet of canvas in her sail area,
the official record. under the rules,
gives her the victory by one minute
and % seconds.
New York, Oct. 2.-Tuesday's at
tempt to sail the secono of the series
of the international yacht race for
the blue ribbon of the sea proved a
dismal failure. Between 10000 and
$4,000 people who were at Sandy
Hook in the hope of seeing repeti-
ton of the thrilling sport of last Sat
urday witnessed drifting match in
stead of a race
At the end of four and a half hours
the two yachts had covered less than
half of the course of 30 miles, and as
there was no possibility of their fin
ishing within the time limit the regdt-
ia committee declared the race off.
When the gun was hred announcing
this decision the challenger was
about half a mile ahead of the de-
fender and to that extent yesterdays
trial was a victory for Shamrock IL.
New York, Oct. An a glorious
breeze which heeled the big cup con-
testants down until their lee rails
were awash in the foaming seas,
Herreshoff's white wonder. The Column
bia. yesterday beat Watson's British
creation over a triangular course of
80 miles by two minutes and - sec
onds actual time. With the 43 sec
onds which the Irish sloop must allow
the American boat on account of her
larger sail plan, the Columbia won
the second race of the series by three
minutes 35 seconds.
The fastest race ever sailed in cup
contest, it was not only royal strug-
gle from spectacular point of view,
but it was absolutely decisive as to
the merits of the two racing ma
chimes. There is not a yachting sharp
who witnessed the race who is, not
firmly convinced that the defender
is the ADLER boat. blow high or blow
low, beating, reaching or running,
and that Sir Thomas and his British
tars are doomed to return home
empty handed.
Sir Thomas has been wishing for a
breeze that would bury Shamrocl<'s
lee rail and yesterday he had it, just
as he had a similar breeze in the con-
cluding race two years ago, when
Columbia in a driving finish beat the
first Shamrock over six minutes.
The wind was strong and true,
blowing around Is knots out of the
northwest, and at every point of sail
ing, except perhaps running before
the I'd, in which the defender has
already taken the measure of the
challenger the Yankee sloop proved
herself a better boat than the Wat
son model. From the time she
crossed the starting line, one minute
and 34 seconds behind the mug hunt
er, until she picked up and passed the
Irish boat, three miles after rounding
the second mark, Columbia's pace was
faster and she behaved better than
her rival.
Reaching for the first mark ten
miles down the Long Island shore
with the wind abaft the beam, she
StNVhNlS' III lllt cIOStT ftdtn
for the second stake she gained 30
seconds, and in the thresh to wind
ward on the leg home she gained eX-
actly two minutes. Not perhaps as
thrilling as the remarkable contest of
last Saturday, yesterdays race was.
nevertheless. stirring from start to
finish and as a marine spectacle it
could hardly have been surpassed.
The Yankee victory begin with the
start, when the crafty Barr. by a sys-
tenn of maneuvers, cornered his adj
versary. Capt. Sycamore took the
bait and rushed his boat INTO position
and sent her away almost in the
smoke of the gun. Thereupon Capt.
Barr, having accomplished his pur-
pose. tackled about back of the line
and held off for more than a minute.
Then with a flying start he went over
Just before the handicap gun was
fired. Some of the patriots were dis
appointed until the experts explained
that there was no windward berth in
u reach where the boats could Law
their course straight for the mark.
and that the position astern, where
Barr could keep his eye on every move
of his rival, was the commanding one.
HE could watch Sycamore like
hawk, knowing that when the gap
between them was closed the race
was his. For the first Is miles no
human eye could tell which ship, if
either. was gaining, so closely were
they matched.
But gradually it became apparent
that the Columbia was overhauling
the challenger. Inch by inch and
foot by foot the white boat gained.
Both were going at terrific pace.
SirThomas Upton, although plainly
depressed at the result of the race,
entertained large party of yachts
men and ladies' who visited the Erin.
81 am disappointed at the result and
the only consolation | have is that
fhave been licked by good honorable
opponent. | know that the wind
was true and that the Columbia won
without fiulle."
Report on Business Failures.
New York, Oct. 4.-Failures in the
United States reported by II. G. Dun
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