Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-03
IT WAS A WONDRQUS RACE
The Two Yachts Were Close
Together All the Time.
JOCKEYlNG NOT so SPECTACULAR
But 1t Was as Attractive as on
Thursday.

nun Sudys
Shamrock Passed Outer Mark Forty-one
Seconds Ahead of Columbia, But the Lat
ter Gained on Home Run and Won the
Race by One Minute and Twenty Seconds.
New York, Sept. 3d. The memory
of Saturdays race between Columbia
and Shamrock III will live long with
those who saw it,
The jockeying at the start was not
quite so spectacular as was that OF the
first days race, but it attracted equally
as much attention by reason of the
threat credited to Capt. Sycamore that
he would ram the Columbia IL Capt.
Barr attempted the same tactics again.
So all eyes were strained upon the two
yachts ns they maneuvred around the
starting point. There Was no rainming,
but a deal OF sKillful play, in which,
according to some, Capt. Barr got the
better OF 1t, and according to others
Cant. Sycamore outdid his rival.
Capt. Sycamore was first to cross.
| But be Immediately "broke tacks" with
Columbia, which that vessels adherents
| aver he never would have done il his
pusition had been better than Column
| bias. Columbia promptly followed,
and the two stood away in company,
both 90 the port tack, and both footing
| 1t so fast that the excursion fleet had
difficulty in keeping the swift pace they
| set
Dsshing along with "sloping masts
! and dipping prow," they each strove
desperately to part company, but, strive
as they might, neither could shake the
other free. Except on two occasions
when Columbia attempted to cross
Shamrock bow, only to be baffied, the
yachts were never more than a pistol
shot from each other, and for time
| they we're SO near that the one was sail
ing in the others shadow.
The challenger was clipping through
1 the seas when the defender, making
another abortive effort TO cross her
bow, settled down to plain sailing along
the challenger's lee beam. as she
steadied her helm on this course the
shadow of Shamrook's club topsail APP
peared like square of amber on the
lower half of the defenders milk-white
maInsail All eyes were constantly
focused on that shadow, Shamrock g
adherents hoping TO see it move ahead,
while Columbia's hackers were no less
anxious to see it slide away and melt
In the blue sstern. But there the stain
Law, and would not shift save to glide
up and down with the swaying Of the
yachts to the stainless blue. When five
MINUTES had elapsed the defender, to be
quit OF this dance of shadows on her
mainsail, impatiently put up her helm
and stood away on the opposite tack.
J Around came Shamrock to the same
direction, Columbia shifting her course
again, to no instantly followed by hel
, rival. Both soon wearied Of this fruit
less work. They settled down TO plain
,, sailing again, and kept starboard tacks
aboard until the bobbing staKeboat wnl
reached and rounded.
Shamrock was in the lead at tina
! point by about thrice her length. Al
! she went around the stakehoat annie
= the shrek of whistles and blaie o
horns, she dropped her spinnaker boon
, to port, and then, as she was on thu
. point OF breaking out her great spinnB
ker, her crew paused to look back AMI
9 see what Columbia was doing. Tha
Z vessel also rugged out her spinnakel
7 boom, and the long length OF sail, mad
: fast in stops, was swaying up and dow
the mast. She was just breaking GU
her spinnaker when her crew suddenl!
\ paused and looked ahead to SEQ wha
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for a space of several minutes the tw
narrowly watched each other, neithe
9 caring to take the initiative in settini
: slinnakers.
Q At last Columbia took the lead ant
Q broke the stops OF her sail, but hardl
9 had it been sent swelling to the hreez
. before Shamrock was flowing also
! Shamrock at this time was full thre
y lengths ahead, and on every face shon
y eager, anxious interest as to what tina
y run down the wind would discover. Fo
IS this was the first time the two ha
measured speed when running before
n wind, and none knew which would foe
n it faster in that end tilt.
Both soon added balloon iibs, an
u under this immense spread of sail the
10 began to fight out their battle fc
81 supremacy. It was soon apparent tina
y there was no great difference betwee
N the yachts when going dead before
X breeze.
70 There were some mighty cheers whe
r Columbia, after blanketing Shamroc
10 sufficiently to deaden her speed, SUI
9. denly sheered off bit and with hi
1t gathered Roadway sent her bowspr
ot forking even with the stern OF Shan
~ rock. But that vessel almost immed
Is ately regained what was lost.
~ , Then Columbia slowly and gradual
nt forged ahead again, and finally settle
" into a position between three and foi
o. lengths ahead. That she held to tt
&c finish-an ending so spectacular and I
81 noisy that it seemed the wild tumu
~ would never die.
ID The time was as follows: Allowanc
rs Columbia, AZ seconds; start, Shamroc
g. 1I.OO.14; Columbia, 11.00. 10; out
re mark, Shamrock, 1.25. IL; Columbi
ie l.25.53; finish, Shamrock, 331. 81
80 Columbia. 3. 81. 90; elapsed time, Shar
IN rock, A. 3l.44; Columbia, 4.3l.07; co
ne rected time. Shamrock, A. 81. "A; Colur
g, bia, A. 1924; Columbia won by l.2O.
rs Cliid Falls Down Stairs.
in George t. Singley, the 4;years-old Sc