Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-04


morrow will say: 1t looks as II the
treasured cup wrested from English
yachtsmen fifty years ago will not take
voyage over the seas this season.
The attempt yesterday Thursday at
a race between the slippery Columbia
and the lissome Shamrock II demon.
strated in the opinion of many ex-
pert Yankee shippers who viewed tho
contest from the decks Of attending |
steam craft, that the Herreshoff crea-
ton is the better ship In light wealth.
err. She appeared. when the gentle
breeze held true and did not favor one
yacht more than the other, to be ableS
on the wind and swifter in footing.
The Shamrock was somewhat sluggish
IN the stays. as compared with the alert
Yankee defender.
The breeze which never got beyond
the dignity Of what. according to the
Beaufort scale. would be called light
breeze-that is, eleven knots-shifted
in a manner favoring the Columbia,
There were other times when the shift
or lull were distinctly favorable to the
challenger. which on these occasions
obtained slight advantage over her
rival: but. on the whole. the honors
were with the Columbia, and unless
the Shamrock develops better form shs
will have a hard time Of it lifting
that cup.
When the race was called of because
| of In nf en- NIT NJ
Ave and one-half hours the Columbia
was about a mile ahead Of the Upton
yacht and about seven miles from the
finish. In the windward work fifteen
miles from Sandy Hook lightship to a
point down the Long Island coast,
within easy sight Of the shore. the CO.
lumbia beat the challenger by seven
minutes and three seconds. Fluky and
puffy airs were the rule In the beat.
The marvellous and ghost-like way the
defender sneaked through the Briton'a
lee and came up on her weather bow
when the challenger happened to get
the windward by good luck and man
agement: drew forth the admiration OF
the fotilla Of patriots and astonished
hundreds on the great visiting foreign
feet.
The peaceful argosy Of paddle-wheels
and screws that decorously and at
proper distance churned the waters of
the Hook into snowy ferment was not
so large. perhaps, as on some other
occasions when the Titanis SINGLE
sticker tussled for glory. But among
the feet were the most respondent
steam yachts in the world. represent
Ing men and women with millions.
Conspicuous by her stout. short fun
mel and her square rig was Archibald
Watts American. She looked verb
table liner of a picturesque sort. There
were also J. Pierpont Morgans Cor
sair. In which Commodore Lewic Cass
Ledyard saw the sea duel; Augustus
Belmont's little flyer. The Scout; A. j..
Drexel's Margarita, Mrs. Robert Goe-
let's brigantine rugged Nahma. II. II.
Rogers swift Kanawha, Colonel Oliver
II. Payne's Aphrodite, Howard Could
Niagara. George Gould's Sybarite. II. C..
Rouse's Lady Godiva, James J. Hills
Wacouta. Henry Walters Nirada.
James Ross Gundreda. Charles Flech-
cr's Alvina. John r. Drexel's Suitana,
Robert II. Ballantyne's Tuscarora. C..
~. Billings Surf and +. j. Brownies
Colonia. Great merchant steamships
pressed into service as excursion craft
and big sidewheelers OF this and near
by ports were black with sp-. 'ators,
who. because OF the effective revenue
cutter patrol, got only long distan Z"
views of the unfinished battle.
After casting off their lines, Briton
and Yankee broke out their foresails
and jibs. . They had already hoisted
mainsails and club topsails while In
tow. No muslin" ever designed set
more perfectly than that OF the Sham
rock. II was OF mellow, gold-sugges-
It.. and 1t looked as II II were carved
from stone rather than a mere fabric
OF the sailmaker. There was no doubt
about 1t. The sails of the challenger
and her slim and graceful hull. SHIN.
mering like polished copper. made her
look decidedly wicked. But the pa
triots had seen such visitors before.
and they were unafraid.
And even the smallest of the fiotilla
had helped to contribute her murmuf
of propeller or paddle to the general
thrashing and smashing of the swells,
and everybody was impatient for tina
gladiators to enter the arena, bunting
l..,I.