The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-10-10
Upton Almost SECURES A RACE
LEADS COLUMBIA AT THE FINISH
nut Loses on TIME Al
LOWANCE. "
IRISH BOAT MAKES BEST TIME
GALLANT IRISH KNIGHT LEADS
THE CHEERS FOR THE
VICTOR. Il,

New York, Oct with victory flags
floating from her towering mastheads
and the ends Of her spreaders in honor
Of her concluding triumph In the cup
races Of 1901, the gallant sloop Column
hia returned to her anchorage last
night under the.escort OF the entire ex-
cursion fleet. She had completed her
defense Of the honored trophy In an
other stirring race with the Shamrock
III, over leeWard and WindWard
course Of thirty miles, crossing the
finish line two seconds behind her an
tagonist, but winning on time allow
ance conceded by Lipton's boat by
forty-one seconds.
For the second time she has now
successfully foiled the attempt Of the
Irish knight to wrest from our pos
session the cup that means the yacht
ing supremacy of the world. And
plucky Sir Thomas Upton, standing on
the bridge OF the Erin, led his guests in
three hearty huzzas for the successful
defender. .S54
She is the better boat" he said,
land she deserves to be cheered.' a,
The series OF races just closed viii
always be memorable as the closest
ever sailed for the cup and Sir Thom-
as, although defeated, will go home
with the satisfaction Of knowing that
his golden yacht is the
Ablest Foreign Boat
that ever crossed the western ocean.
During both series OF races not an un-
toward incident has occurred, and Sir
Thomas will return to England by far
Z B1n rncfr Of oil q
who have challenged for the Americas
trophy. IA
Yesterdays race, on paper, was the
closest Of the series, because of the
fiukiness Of the wind on the beat home,
but as a contest Of the relative sea
merits 1t is not to be compared with
the magnificent truly run and nobly
fought battles Of Saturday and Thurs
day The wind was strong and from
the shore, embroidering the sea with
foam and piling up no swell-ideal con-
ditions for the challenger. The racers
were sent away before the wind, each
carrying q penalty for crossing the line
after. the. handicap gun. No official
record IS kept Of the time after that
gun had been fired. but the experts
with stop watches estimated Column
bias handicap at fifteen seconds and
Shamrock's at thirty seconds. The
contest Of the yachts fleeing before the
following wind was picturesque, but
not exciting. Notwithstanding the fact
that the Columbia beat the Shamrock
before the wind last Saturday, tho
challenger yesterday
Gained Slowly Hut steadily
all the way out and rounded forty-nine
seconds before the defender, having
actually gained one minute and four
Seconds. Immediately after the yachts
turned their noses into the wind for
the beat home the breeze moderated
and turned fluky. The shippers split
tacks, each searching for wind, with
tn, result that first one would get
lift and then the other. At one time
Columbia seemed a mile ahead when
with a sudden cant Of the wind, allowed
Shamrock to pointinearer the mark and
a mile from home the challenger app
peared to be leading by fully half
mile The talent began to feel ner-
Yous, but as the yachts approached the
finish the Yankee skipper by some
miraculous legerdemain. showed his
boat into the light air like phantom
ship, and one hundred yards from
home the two racers were almost on
even terms. It was a pretty sight and
one seldom witnessed, when they
crossed rail- to rail, the white yachts
bowsprit just tapping the golden boats
mast. The usual pandemonium that
attends the
Final Yankee Victory
in cup contest followed. Whistles.
sirens, bells, bands and cheerers united
in a grand chorus Of jubilation, and J..
r. Morgan's steam yacht Corsair added
to the terrific din by firing a national
salute of twenty-one guns.
While taking his defeat gan1ely, Sir
Thomas Upton made no attempt to
conceal the honest disappointment
when he talked about the races last
night on the Erin.
II am very Disappointed he said.
Il can't hide that. I thought within
fifteen minutes. Of the finish that we
had won. was sure as my life we
had won. 1t was a hard blow to be so
near winning and then to lose. I
should like to have got one race, just
by way of consolation. It is very
hard thing to be beaten by breath
by a few beats of the pulse. 1t has
been a severe strain on me. ! have
worked SO hard for many months now
and am glad it is over. To have won
would have been a, joy greater than to-
days disappointment. Columbia's win
to-day was fair and square and hon
orable."
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