The age-herald., 1901-10-02

last Thursdays breezes. which in spots failed utterly, each boat in turn striking dead calms. After the showing thus far by both boats 1 should not hesitate, If were a betting man, to lay even money on Shamrock. Both boats were handled today to the best ability of the best men each country could produce. I do not think there Is a better skipper in Ameri- ca than Captain Barr of the Columbia" ]"
 Sir Thomas expressed himself as per- sonally in favor of racing every day provided any suggestion looking to that end should be made.
 The official time of the start today was:
 Columbia 11:00:10.
 Shamrock 1100:22.
 Luck With American Boat.
 Luck was with the American boat at first for fortunate eatspaw struck her and enabled her to head up a couple of points higher than her opponent. This gave her commanding lead, the Sham rock meanwhile scarcely moving through the water and appearing dull and loggy.
 Shamrock went on the port tack fifteen minutes after the start, Columbia having lead of about quarter of a mile. At II :35 Shamrock went on the starboard tack, Columbia following, and then Huff streak filled Shamrock's sails, and gave her an appreciable lift At noon both yachts were on the port tack almost be- calmed. The club topsaids and jib top sails were the only sails that puffed out responsive to the stray streaks of air. The big mainsails Tapped as the yachts rose and fell in the long easterly roll, and the Huff of the headsails quivered. The result was that the yachts barely had steerage way.
 Shamrock overhauls Columbia.
 Then the unexpected happened. Waited along at Q fine clip by stray puff, Sham rock overloaded Columbia. and at 1:15 she was so close that Captain Barr bore down on her in order to kill her wind, as he had so often killed the wind of the con- stitution. Shamrock went on the port tack. immediately followed by Columbia, and in another minute the Britisher was ahead and to windward.
 The wind now became more southerly. Both yachts set reaching jib topsails and eased off sheets, steering a direct course for the mark. Then Shamrock's turn to get the benefit of a breeze came and she came along and planted herself on Co., lumbia's weather quarter, crawling up on her until at 2:oS they were neck and neck with the British boat to windward. blanketing her opponent. To escape from this blanket Captain Barr sent Columbia on the port tack at 2:12, but luck was against her and she lost every breath of the tickle wind as well as steerage way, and it was fully two minutes before she got away and filled away on the star board tack again and by that time Sham rock was too far ahead to be overtaken The first mark was then close at hand and the yachts tackled around it as fol- lows:
 Shamrock, 2:1:36.
 Columbia, 2:444.
 Three Minutes to the Good
 Shamrock had beaten the defender three minutes and twenty-one second in the first ten miles, and try as Columbia would she was unable to lessen the wide gap that separated her from her antagon- ist
 She held her left bunting for wind, but failing to find 1t. dropped slowly astern until the gun from the committee boat brought the contest to an end with nearly half mile between her and the Lipton boat.