New-York tribune., 1901-10-05

Sir Thomas Upton Will not carry the Amer
ica's Cup back TO England with him this year.
The Shamrock yesterday made the gal
liant struggle of the Cup series of 1901. and
crossed the finish line two seconds ahead of the
Columbia, but the latter's time allowance of
forty-three seconds made her a winner. on
rected time, by forty-One seconds. There have
been many stirring races between American
defenders and English chalengers for the much
coveted siyerware won by the schooner America
half century ago. but never close
finish seen in any of them-or for the matter of
that in any yacht race in these waters-as that
off Sandy Hook yesterday afternoon. Boat for
boat, the Columbia beat the Shamrock last Sat
urday only thirtyseven seconds, but yesterday
the finish was so infinitesimally close that none
but the judges could tell which boat had cut the
line first, and it only by a we'll timed Iuff
that the Shamrock enabled to get home
bare instant before her rival
And so, although the Columbia made it three
straight it is to be recorded that never before
was the Americas Cup in so great danger of
being lifted" as the owner of the Shamrock so
feiicitousy phrased it. When one boat wins
over another in light airs and smooth sea over
a thirty mile course by seconds only il cannot be
said that one yacht is. under those conditions
any better than the other In anything like a
strong breeze and rough water the Columbia's
Demon
strated. So. at least. said the many yachting
experts who the series of races that came to
such remarkable end off Sandy Hook yester-
day afternoon.
WEATHER LIKE THURSDAYS
The earliest arrivals from the city at Sandy
Hook yesterday morning found everything
promising for repetition of Thursdays weather.
The wind was blowing about eighteen knots an
from Rut tha
passed it gradually diminished. until the veIoc-
ity had fallen to about nine knots an hour and
IL varied between this and two or three knots an
hour for the rest of the day. So far as the
wind was concerned. the was sailed under
about the same conditions governed the first
race won by the Columbia. The sea was
smoother than il was that occasion and by
that much the conditions favored the challenger
The arrival of the vanguard of the excursion
fleet found the two racers already in tow outside
the lghtship, their mainsails up. their clubtop-
sails going up and their headsails in stops ready
to be broken out when needed. The attendant
fleet was not as large the day before many
persons having apparently made up their minds
that the race was as good as won by the white
yacht, and that it was all over but the shouting
There was. however. a goodly assemblage of
swift and stately craft to watch the momentous
contest and applaud both the winner and the
loser They witnessed a hair raising and
the Shamrock die hard and gallantly
Each yacht under a jib and forestaysail,
with the balloon in stops ready for instant use
when she cast loose from her tOwboat and shot
up above the line established by the committee
boat. The committee had already signaed that
the course would be fifteen miles to leeward and
return, the wind being at that time north-north-
west. The preparatory manoeuvring done
by both racers far inshore from the starting
line that when the starting gun fired they
both distance ON the line and
neither near enough to before the fir
ing of the handicap gun two minutes later. Con-
sequenty the time of starting for each flyer
was. officially. 1:02. AS matter of fact. the
Columbia managed to get across the line fully
twenty seconds before her antagonist
Before the observation fleet had fairly realized
out their hugely beautiful balloon jibs and these
great sails seemed to lift the racing machines
through the water visibly the stroke of
the paddle makes eight-foot leap
through the still waters of millpond.
The wind the best of the racing hours at
that time. and il bore the vast white wings away
so rapidly that before the attendant fleet could
get under way the yachts we'll on their
course. So big start did they get. in fact. that