Evening journal., 1901-10-05
COLUMBIA IN THH
QUEBN Oh YACHTS
Yesterdays Sailing Contest
Closest Of The Series
LiptOD Did Ills Best 10 Win The
Cup, But Is NOt Disappointed
BY His Failure

New YORK. Oct. with victory
flags flowing from her towering mast
heads and the ends Of her spreaders
In honor Of her concluding triumph in
tho cup races Of 1901, the gallant sloop
Columbia returned to her anchorage
under the escort OF the entire excur-
zion feet. she. yesterday, completed
her defense OF the honored trophy IN
another stirring race with the Sham
rock II over a leeward and windward |
race Of 80 miles. crossing the finish |
line two seconds behind her antago-
mist but winning on the time allow
ance conceded by Lipton's boat, by Al
ceconds
For the second time she has now sue |
cessfully foiled the attempt Of the Irish |
knight to wrest. from our possession |
the cup that means the yachting SUI
premaey Of the world And plucky Sir !
Of the Erin led his guests In three
hearty huzzahs for the successful de-
fender ,"She is the better boat" he
said, "and she deserves TO be cheered."
Yesterdays race, on paper, was the
closest OF the series, but because OF
tho ful1lness OF the wind on the beat
home as a contest of the relative merits
OF the yachts It is not to be compared
with the magnificent, truly run and
royalty fought battles OF Saturday and
Thursday. The conditions of the race
at the start yesterday were very sim
liar to those OF Thursday. The wind
was strong and from the shore, em-
broidering the sea with foam and pill
ing up no swell-ideal conditions for
the challenger
The racers were sent away before
the wind. each carrying a penalty for
crossing 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
Columbia's handicap at Is seconds and
Shamrock's at 30 seconds. The con-
test of the yachts fleeing before the
following wind was picturesque but not
exciting. The big racers like gulls
with outstretehed pinions had every
I inch OF canvas spread all their light
sails, including bulglng spinnakers and
balloon jib topsails. Their crews were
gathered aft to keep the heads Of the
boats up and thereafter until the outer
mark was reached il was merely a
question of holding on to all the can
vas and letting the wind to the rest.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Columbia beat the Shamrock before
the wind last Saturday, the challenger
gained slowly but steadily all the way
out and rounded 40 seconds before the
defender having actually gained one
minute and four seconds. Immediate
ly after the yachts turned their noses
into the wind for the beat home the
breeze moderated and turned fuky.
The shippers split tacks. each search
ing for wind, with the resu.. that first
one would get a lift and then the other.
At one time Columbia seemed a mile
+. ahead when a sudden cant OF the
wind allowed the Shamrock TO point
nearer the mark and mile from home
Tho challenger appeared TO be leading
by fully half a mile. The talent began
TO feel nervous. but as the yachts ap-
preached the finish the Yankee skipper
by some miraculous legerdemain shov-
ed his boat into the light air like a
, phantom ship and crossed the line
) practically at the same time as the
Shamrock.
Many OF Sir Thomas guests on board
: the Erin crowded around to expires:
their sympathy at his defeat and as
q sured him OF the high place he hat
e won in the hearts Of all Americans
e "Whcn man wins heart he has wor
. more than a cup" said one Of them
e There were tears in the Irish baronet'i
! eyes when he thanked them for theil
I kind words. Said he;
S "The words you have spoken touch
n me far more than my defeat. / triet
70 win the cup and I have done my
S best But better than all that hav,
: the good wishes OF this country"