The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-05

NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-Wltn victory
N flags floating from her towerin,-
mastheads and the ends of her
sprcaders in honor of her concluding
triumph in the cup races of 1901, the
Gallant sIoop Columbia returned to ner
anchorage tonight under the escort OF
the entire excursion fleet. she TO-DAY
completed her defense Of the honoreu
trophy in another stirring race with
the Shamrock II over leeward ana
wfndwald race of thirty miles, cross
ing the finish line two seconds be1lnd
her antagonist. but winning on the
time allowance conceded by the Upton
boat By fcrty-one seconds.
For the second time she has now
successfully fol ed the attempt OF Cne
Irish knight to wrest from her posses
sion the cup that means the yachting
supremacy OF the world. And plucky
Sir Thomas Upton. standing on the
fridge OF the Erin. led his guests in
three hearty huzzas for the successful
defender
she is the better boat" he said,
''snd she deserves to be cheered-'
The series Of races just closed VIII
always be memorable as the closest
ever -ile0 for the cup, and Sir Thom-
as. although defea tel. VIII go homs
with tie satisfaction of knowing that
his COLDER yacht is the ablest foreign
be that ever crossed the western
ocean. During both series of races not
an uutoward incident hss occurred.
and Sir Thomas will return 70 England
far the most popular of all the for
eigne who have challenged for the
Americas cup.
Vas a Close Race.
closest Of the series. but because OF
- tfG fIubfness 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
rtrn and royalty fought battles of Sat-
Clslay and yesterday. The conditions
of the race at the start today were
very similar to those Of yesterday. The
wind was strong and from the shore
embrod ering the sea with foam and
piling up no swell-ideal conditions for
the challenger
The racers were sent away before
the wind. each carrying penalty for
crossing the line after the handicap
guns. No official record is kept of the
time after that gun is fired. but the
experts with stop watches estimated
COiunba's handicap at fifteen seconds,
and Shamrock's at thirty seconds.
The contest Of the yachts fleeing be-
fore the wind was picturesque. but not
exciting. The big racers, like gulls
with outstretched pinions. had every
inch Of canvas spread. all their light
sails Including bulging spinnakers
ana balloon 1ib tOpsais. Their crews
We're 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 canvas and letting the wind do the
rest.
How the Shamrock Gained.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Columbia Seaf the Sham ~oclC before
the wind last Saturday. the challenger
today gained slowly. but steadily, al
the way out and rounded forty-nine
seconds before the defender. having
actually gained one minute and fouI
seconds. Immediately after the yachts
turned their noses into ,he wind for
the beat home the breeze moderated
and turned hUSy. The Shippers split
lacks, each searching for wind with
fthe result that first one would get :
lift and then the other.
AT one time Columbia seemed a mile
anead. when "a sudden cant of the winf
allowed the Shamrock TO point nearer
the mark. and mile from home the
challenger appeared To be leading b,
fully half a mile. The talent began II
feel nervous, but as the yachts an.
proached che finish. the Yankee skippe
by some miraculous leEcrdemain shovel
biz boat into the light air like p phan
-.om snip and 100 yards from home tn,
two racers were almost on even terms
IL was a pretty sight and one seldom
witnessed when they crossed rail Z,
gail. the White yachts bovsprit jus
lflf.ttt, tttt eoil-G DbaI mast. -In
nal '7ancemoniUm that atterds tn,
hal Yankee victory in n cup cpntes
lll0Wed Whistles. sirens. bells band
nd cheers united i'm a grand chorus o
ollatson and T. p. MorSaa's steam
acht Corsair adGed to The terrific
IN by firing a national salute o
ATenty-One guns.
Cheers For the Yankee.
ter the Columbia had hauled dow
set ha vic
sion boats crowded alongside {
the Yankee sailors and the win
skipper Nor did they forget eithe
n OF his gallant raft. IN turn IN
YdeG steamers ran alongside tn
Inrock 2nd Erin and the vsnquishe
eived almost as much honor as tn
tor AID fhus with fluctuations al
Found. the - elfth series OF races 10
- y he old cup Thich the schooner Amer
lea brought over nifty years ago, eDde
with the hcst o. feeling.
A. While taking his defeat gamely. ii
Tho1das Upton made no attempt to con
ceal his honest disappointment when h
-alxed about the races tonight on III
Erin.
said u cant hiae that 7 though
within fifteen minutes o. the finish tha
we had won was as sure as my IF
we had won. When I looked arouns
TIE situation had changed end we ha
lost It was a hard blow to be so nea
winning and thu t. lose. I saoul
like t5 h, ve got one race. just by wa
or consolation. 1t IL q very hard tr.r
to be beaten By a breath-by a fe
beats OF the pulse. It has been sever
strain on me. ] have worked so liar
FOR many monts-s now anG am glad
IS OVER TO ESve W9n would have bee