The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-27
COL UMBiA MAKES
GOOD SHOWING


was enough to warm the cookies of
those who saw II. lie got into the
uindward berth and try as the Eng
lshman would. he could not shake him
off. AS the red ball. which marked the
warning signal was hostcd, ten min
utes later. the English skipper, in de-
Spair. put up his tiller. crossed the
line and tackled about the llghtship.
but the Columbia hung to him, as IT
ono tiller were answering for both,
and when they again raced for the
line, it was like two thoroughbred
| horses neck and neck. But Barr was
still to the windward. The fascinating
game the two shippers were fighting
| was so intense that both miscalculated
| the line and crossed the line thirty
| seconds before the starting gun was
| fired.
Spectators Delighted.
Three blasts of the whistle sounded
| the recall The two big canvas cloud
| ed racers wore around as II turning
on their heels and coming up again
| in the smoke of the gun fed away
across the line both on the starboard
tack. but Columbia half a length in
the lead and a length to windward.
| fbOlH tdITltu lut Sdlllt Sai'S' ''''''''
club topsail, stay, jib and baby jlh.
The sight made the pulses of the spec
tators tingle with delight.
Then for ten miles down the Long
Island shore in plain view of the peo-
pie there the two big singlestickers
smashed into the head seas, sending
spray smoking to the cross trees
Strain as Shamrock would she could
not hold her white rival even. Slowly
bat surely Columbia forged ahead,
pointing higher and footing faster.
Shamrock tackled and tackled again but
Columbia went about with her each
time and appeared to he the more
nimble. Timed again and again by
the experts she was quicker in stays
by ten seconds. The beat down the
Long Island coast made a beautiful
marine spectacle. The patrol fleet un-
der the direction of Captain Walker or
the revenue cutter service, maintained
a perfectly clear field. Half u mile
of revenue cutters and yachts at an
angle of four points from each side or
the course formed a right angle, chang
ing direction as the yachts tackled. In
the hollow of this angle as IL in fence
corner there was no more interference
with the yachts than If they had been
sailing i'm the middle of the Atlantic
while behind the fence on either side
were the solid floating moving lines
of careening hulls, rail to rail- their
smoking stacks making black wall
above them. on into the bucking seas
, the yachts went, squirting great gey-
, sers from their shark like bows. The
American was undoubtedly the pret-
tier boat Her sky scraping club tor
sail was not so high by eight feet as
+, that of her rival, but she appeared
, more stately and graceful. She seemed
u thing of life, lifting to the seas will
, less effort or piercing them with less
Q fuss while the heavier breasted Sham
e rock pointed and shivered them will
the force of her impact. The slender
huls of the racing machines looked
= too frail to carry the canvas which
/, lowered above them. over 100 fee
. above the water line. a height equal t
. a modern ten story building, the slen
e der topmast yard of the Shamrock
lifted her pyramid of canvas. but he
$50 square feet more of canvas thar
the Columbia carried could not max,
n her overtake the white beauty.
= Shamrock Showed Front.
=. | II was uiIttAiN blL i<plS iloN'i
t with it's crowded piazzas. that tht
Il Shamrock showed in front for tn
IS first and only time leading the race
AS the wind hauled fore, the south
u ward and had died down somewhat
> Charlie Barr headed the Columbia off
. shore in the hope of meeting ii. In
. stead, he poked his nose into a deat
It calm and for some minutes the Colum
| IL. n lit
e the Shamrock, catching a slant o
S wind nearer shore, drew rapidl
J. ahead But the victory was short
- lived. The cant of the wind to tn
= southwark held and fresl1ened to abou
six knots, making it from this poin
close hauled reach to the mark
The Columbia rapidly overlook her ad
p versary. and Captain Sycamore, i
&c desperate mood, concluded to press o
more canvas by trying a larger il
= topsail. While the sailors were out o
n the bowsprit taking in the old an
10 bending the larger sails, the Columbi
O. went by the Shamrock as if she ha
" been moored to the dock making tw
Up feet to her one. From the time to tina
outer mark, the Columbia game
" steadily.
Al the excursion fleet going at full spec
circled out and massed beyond I'll
no mark TO witness the turn. As she cam
es alongside, leaving the mark on IL
starboard hand. Barr put his hell
as hard down and luffed around it. The
IL she filled away. Her great balloon il
o. broke out like a puff of smoke, III
Il boom was eased off and she was ava
an for home on broad reach. The banC
re crashed, the whistles blew and Il
st crowd aboard the excursion fle
cheered. The fleet courteously waite
until Shamrock rounded, seven minute
and fifteen seconds later, and gave III
w cordial reception. From that time {
no it was procession, not "A race.
The Englshman tried a half-doze
head sails. in the hope of improvir
his position, but the American forge
re-. steadily ahead. Then tho wind, whiC
at had been seven knots at the stake boa
as gradually died down and an hour b
10, fore the time limit expired il was ev
-" dent that the yachts could not fms
y, in time.
When the committee boat final
m. bosted her signals, declaring mo race
rs the big excursion fleet headed back f
he New York as fast as steam and 81
could carry them. Only the steam vac
1r Erin, with Sir Thomas and his par
~, OH board. remained alongside the cha
an lenger and escorted her to her ancho
mt age. Under the rules the unfinish'
he race will be re-sailed on Saturday, al
,ut the course win be again fifteen mil
est to windward, or leeward, and return.
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