Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-09
NO WIND-SHAMROCK Led

New York. Oct. 1.-The Columbia
and Shamrock tried today>to win the
second international race for the
America cup and both failed miser-
ably. After the irst hour OF the
race, which was little more than a
drifting match. the Shamrock led. AMI
when the race was called of. when
the second leg of the triangular course
Of thirty miles was half.covered. tn 4
Irish boat led by nearly half mile.
Although the Shamrock was well
ahead when the time limit expired,
the partisans of the Irish boat found
little in that fact to comfort them.
Both the Shamrock and her rival
found the wind susty and fuky, AMI
1t finally died to such an extent that
the race developed into drifting
match pure aud simple. First tho
Shamrock and then the Columbia
would profit by some wandering
breeze. They alternately led until
we'll into the second ten miles on the
way home, when the committee call.
ed the race off, as there was absO-
!utely no chance for the yachts to I'm.
ish within the time get BY the commit.
tee.
There can be no question that. IN
the light of today's race. the ohala-
rock showed her superiority in very
/ light airs. While the breeze held GOO /!
the Columbia seemingly had an advai..
/ tage. The partisans of the American
boat. who were af,oat by the thousands
and surrounded the downtown bulle.
| tin boards by tens of thousands. were
greatly relieved when II became Ger.
tain that the race would not be finish.
ed.
The race could in no wise be looked
upon as test ia any way of the
yachts capabilities, even in light airs.
The light wind that barely filed the
sails jumped from one part of tho
course to another aud first one boat
and then the other gave her rival the
heartache by catching the breeze aud
moving along few hundred feet.
while the other unfortunate lay be.
Gained, waiting for the tickle win
to jump to the other side and give her
boost toward oyertaking her rival.
| The start was all In favor of the
Columbia. Barr completelysoutmaneu
fvered Sycamore and got the white
beauty across the line twelve seconds
ahead of the challenger. securing the
weather berth. Luck came to the aud
Of the white yacht before the boa's
had sailed fifteen minutes. There
came a slant in the wind that forced
the Shamrock to head fully two
points off her course. while the Coilm.
bia was able to keep hers steady AMI
true. Before things were Strengthened
out again the defender had gained half
o mile over the Irish boat. Not long
after that the challenger, decided to go
wind hunting and caught lucky slant
of air that sent her rapidly ahead,
and by the time the Columbia hal
come up with her she had secured
the windward position, from which she
was not afterward driven and which
did so much to give her the honors OF
the day.
Then followed a series of ingenious.
but futile. attempts on the part OF
the Yankee skipper to dislodge his an.
tagonist from the favorable positiui
which he had secured, and now seepi-
ed determined to retain. II was a H.
tie after 1: 80 p. m. when Sir Thomas
boat passed the Herreshoff sloop 10
windward, and so blanketed her that
the white yachts sails shivered omi.
uously in the wind. and she lost neat.
ly all her Roadway. Captain Barr NJ
once took in his jib-topsail, and set n
long reaching jib-topsail. which maneu-
yer was at once initiated by Captain
Sycamore. The bronze yacht soon
blanketed her antagonist again. and
| thus drew out ahead.
Time and again this was repeated.
The Columbia would gather way again
and close the open water between her.
self and the Shamrock, only to lose all
her gain when the challenger's hugo
canvas shut off her wind and left her
two or three lengths behind, practical
ly motiOnless. Captain Barr got tired
Of this, and did thing that made the
critics stare. He luffed sharply un'
der the stern OF me Shamrock AMI
went about on the port tack. evidently
intending to slide tar enough out to
windward to run no chance of being
euchered out Of any wind there might
be blowing in the future. The Sham
rock rounded the first ten-mile mark
three minutes, eight seconds ahead
of the Columbia and continued to draw
away despite the falling breeze. When
the race was called off about fifteen
miles had been completed, with taa
Shamrock three-ouarters of a mile in