New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-04

they send UP great cheers. and open the threats
OF their steam whistles and let all the noise Of
every kind for the making OF which they chance
to have the machinery at hand. and they
glad and triumphant and the tension on their
spirits IS removed and happiness and the sense
Of security have come back-and then they turn
to one another and say: After all. wish the
Shamrock could win one She is such a
beautiful boat and Sir Thomas is such good
fellow and such a fine sportsman. and he has
tried hard"
NO WORRY ABOUT BARR.
Accordingly there was subdued disappoint-
ment when the Shamrock crossed the line first
and was of. and the Columbia still hung be-
hind. They've got ahead of Captain Barr this
time and mistake; what did he let them do
that for" people said. But the more confident
voice replied: Don't you worry yourself about
CAPTAIN Barr. He did that on purpose He'll
come in at the end of the race with minute
and a half saved up TO his credit. and In the
mean time IL any extra puffs OF wind came along
he'll get them first
II was quick business, the run over the first leg
of the triangle. Spectators who had been used
to seeing the yachts take a few hours to beat out
over fifteen long miles OF a windward course al
most felt their breath taken away by the dis
scarcely begun. 1t was less than ffty-one min
utes from the start when there a cry:
Hello. The Shamrock is coming about. and
then gracefully around the mark she sailed, and
even the American steam whistles Were i'm
partial enough to give her rousing toots. But
the Columbia was around after her almost be-
fore you could say Tommy Upton" and the re-
suit Of the sailing of that leg that she had
gained twenty-five seconds.
The second leg simply another broad
reach. and the yachts whirled along it as II
each OF them fitted into groove in the sea
and had only to slide through it. The steamers
needed all their steam to keep in position to
the fun Fifty-fve minutes more and the
second turning reached The Shamrock
passed the buoy and kept far on. till people
wondered il the captain, who singularly enough
had not sent any small boat to ask their advice
was not going to turn at all. The Columbia
up almost on her heels less than minute
behind. turned short around and sped off in the
other direction. Then at last the Shamrock
about and was after her. The Columbia
had gained thirty seconds more.
THE THIRD LEG THE LONG ONE.
The third leg was the long one. Not very
long, such things go, but good deal longer
than either of the others. Each yacht made
four tacks of it (the Shamrock made five, count
lumba rounded iD, and the third was an i'm
mensely long one. longer. indeed. than was
necessary as il seemed. It carried the yachts
far and far away from the most of the steam
ers, and they became hard to watch and to
judge, because Of the distance.
1t while they were sailing this leg that the
most exciting incident of the day occurred Ever
since the very start the Columbia had been
creeping UP and up the challenger. and now
she approached closer and closer, till her white
spread Of canvas began TO hide the English boat
from the spectators the fleet. On and on she
stole, till the two yachts seemed, from the dis
tant point OF view Of the steamers to be going
side by side, like span Of horses. The Column
bia gained inch by inch then she lost six inches:
then again she covered inch after inch Of the
view OF her rival; again she dropped back and
again she gained, and at last she drew slowly
away and left the Shamrock astern. Then the
thousands of Americans who We're looking felt
that the Cup was safe till better beat than the
Shamrock should come for II. and then they
thought too, that better than the Columbia
would be pretty hard for anybody. even her own
builder to build.
And now both the yachts making their
FINAL stretch for the finishing line. The race
over. and il was only question OF taking
the official time. Nothing but serious acciden:
could change the result, ard the accident did
not happen. All the great fleet was gathereu
around the lghtship. a beautiful sight, ana
down into the midst of it the two yachts were
rushing They seemed fairly to spring out OF
the distance so far off had they gone on their
long tack and so swiftly did they rush home.
Almost before anybody realized that she was
coming the Columbia over the line, with an
other din of whistles, the loudest and longest
of all and her stern scarcely across before
her sails were coming down. The Shamrock
was only a little behind, but she had started
ahead and the Columbia had her minutes and
30 seconds of gain and had won the race with
OFT the time allowance.
1t was the feeling that there was no more
doubt about the safety OF the Cup The Column
bia had defended il successfully in breezes
which scarcely took her over the course in the
prescribed time and she had defended it sue
cessfully again in a stiff blow stir the blood
of any yachtsman, and to make him say thai
this was indeed race and a victory. The next
race whatever the conditions Of its sailing,
can be expected only to confirm the results.
The Columbia kept her course for a few
minutes and sailed through a fleet ringing with
cheers for as good boat ever hcated and
the Shamrock followed her and received in her
turn the cheers that the due of one of the
finest rivals that victorious boat ever had.
STEAMERS NOT so CROWDED.