The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-05
COLUMBIA WINS
 THE FINAL RACE Shamrock Crosses the Line Two Seconds Ahead but Loses by Forty-one Seconds on Time
 Allowance.
CLOSEST CONTEST OF SERIES
LOOKED ONCE AS IF THE CH4L-
 LENGER WOULD YIN.

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 Defender Shows Some Remarkable
 Work as She Approa ches the Finish-A
 Heart-brealSing Run Home Barr's
 Fine seamanship Saves the Day
 Nursed the Columbia Along in the
 Lightest of Airs and Gained as He
 Also Finely Sailed.
 New York, Oct. 4.-With victory flags
 floating from her towering mastheads
 and the ends of her spreaders in honor
 of her concluding triumph in the cup
 races of 1901, the gallant sloop Columbia
 returned to her anchonage tonight un-
 der the escort of the entire excursion
 fleet She to-day completed her defense
 of the honored trophy in another stir
 ring race with the Shamrock II. over leeward and windward course of thirty
 miles, crossing the finish line two sec
 onds behind her antagonist, but win
 ming on the time allowance conceded by Lipton's boat by forty-one seconds.
 For the second time she has now suc- cessfully foiled the attempt of the Irish knight to wrest from American possess sion the cup that means the yachting supremacy of the world. And plucky Sir Thomas Lipton, standing on the bridge of the Erin, led his guests in three hearty huzzahs for the successful 4 dofa ho is to far hoa ha said, land she deserves to be cheered." The series of races just closed will al- ways be memorable as the closest ever sailed for the cup and Sir Thomas, al though defeated, will go home with the satisfaction of knowing that the golden yacht is the ablest foreign boat that ever crossed the western ocean. Dur ing both series of races not an untoward incident has occurred, and Sir Thomas will return to England by far the most popular of all the foreigners who have challenged for the Americas trophy.
 To-day's race, on paper, was the clos est of the series, but because of the 1 fukiness of the wind on the beat home 1 as a contest of the relative merits of the yachts it is not to be compared l with the magnificent, truly-run and | fought battles of Saturday and 1 yesterday.
 The conditions of the race at the start | to-day were very similar to those of | yesterday. The wind was strong and from the shore, embroidering the sea with foam, but piling up no swell-ideal conditions for the challenger.
 The racers were sent away before the wind, each carrying a penalty for cross ing the line after the handicap gun. No official record is kept of the time after that gun is fired, but the experts with stop watches estimated the Columbia S handicap at fifteen seconds and Sham rocks at thirty seconds The contest of the yachts fleeing before the strong wind was picturesque, but not exciting. The big racers, like gulls with out stretched pinions, had every inch of canvas spread, all their light sails, in- ,luding bulging spinnakers and balloon Their crews were gathered aft to keep the heads of the boats up, md thereafter until the outer mark vas reached it was merely question # holding on to all the canvas and let ing the wind do the rest
 Notwithstanding the fact that the Co., umbia beat the Shamrock before the wind last Saturday, the challenger to- lay gained slowly but steadily all the way out and rounded forty-n nine seconds before the defender, having actually ,ained one minute and four seconds. after the yachts turned heir noses into the wind for the beat ome the breeze moderated and turned luky. The shippers split tacks, each earching for wind, with the result that rst one would get lift and then the ther. At one time Columbia seemed lile ahead when sudden slant of the 7ind allowed the Shamrock to point 2 carer the mark and a mile from home he challenger appeared to be leading y fully half mile.
 The talent began to feel nervous, but | S the yachts approached the finish the | 'ankee skipper, by some miraculous gerden1ain shot his boat into the light : ir like a phantom ship, and one hun red yards from home the two racers ere almost on even terms, It was a retty sight and one seldom witnessed v hen they crossed rail to rail- the white v acht's bowsprit just tapping the gold .' l boats mast. The usual pandemoni- U IT that attends the final Yankee vic ' ny in cup contest followed. Whistles o rens, bells, bands and cheers united in ., .. grand chorus of jubilation and J. :. ierpont Morgans steam yacht Corsair :, lded to the terrific din by firing a na- :, onal salute of twenty one guns. After the Columbia had hauled down 7. 1T sails and set her victory flag the o ,cursion boats crowded alongside to W leer the Yankee sailors and the win 2, ng skipper. Nor did they forget eith- 4i
 Lipton or his gallant craft In turn -i e crowded steamers ran along the se lamrock and Erin and showed them .s most as much honor as the victor. sa nd thus with felicitations all around C
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