The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-27
DETAILS OLE TIE RACE.
Story Of the Manssvres in the Great
Yachting Contest.


her mornings out to Sandy Hook light I
ship. Her mainsail WIS set but it took |
her skipper some time to decide what !
sizcd gan toDsai to send aloft- The |
breeze at 10 O'Clock was blowing about
ten knots an hour from east-northeast /
and 1t then looked as though 1t might ]
Increase At last it wars decided to !
send the biggest club top sail aboard
and very pretty sal IL was when |
mast headed and sheeted. The Column
bia took quite kindly to the swell that
rolled n from the sea. She made sew
eral taclCs around the hghtship before |
her rival appeared on the scene.
The Shamrock with her mainsai and |
big club TOP sail hOisted ana her head
sails set in steps passed out by the
point of the Hook I'm tow IL was ~
ticed That she splashed the water about
considerably and pitched heavily ir the
eng ground swell About half way
out 10 Sandy Hook iightship the tow
line was cast of and the head sails
were broken out. Her canvas set adj
mirably. Never was finer set of sails
seen on d cup challenger.
The ocean tug Navigator. which car
RED S. y. Kane chester Giriswold and
Newberry d. Lawton. the regarta
committee. anchored TO the southwark
Of the lightship. making the extremity
OF the line and soon string of signals
was displayed signifying chat the
course would be east by north fifteen
miles TO winGwarc and return.
The preparatory gun was fired at
1O.55 and from that moment The yaC hts
We're annenabIe to tie rules of the Kew
York Yacht club. The wind was tight
knots. The eather was cool, and the
atmospherc clear. Ten minutes later
the warning gun was fired and IL was
then that the two racers came into close
pFoN insf.y and began TO jockey for the
weather berth at the start Baby 1ib
top sails were hoisted in steps on both
craft.
Men at the Wheels.
Captain Sycamore held the tiller of
Shamrock with William jameson be-
aide him Barr was at the wheel OF
Columbia. He plEeed the cup defender
10 the windward Of the challenger and
kept her there in spite of his oppo-ent's
efforts to get dear. Columbia, on the
port tack. eros sed the bow of the Sham
rock and then tackled and stood for the
Inc. Both shippers were in such
hurry that they crossed before the
starting gun was fired. They were re-
called by three short blasts from the
whistle of the COrmittee boat.
t;oth then were round and immedi-
ntcly after the gun had sounded. Co
1umbia. on the starbOard tack crossed
the line ahead TO windward Of Sham
rock. The official time was Columbia,
11:1O:f9; Shamrock. f1:11:O1.
The challenger went on the port tack
just after crossing and the defender
followed her example In order to get
AErt from llle Rdtk Win VI AltL dtAAdEO-
mist. which was retarding her cOnsid-
erabiy. Shamrock was kept broad OF
the wind and sic speedily worked clear
Of her rival, going through the water
very fast
The Columbia held her luff and it
was noticed that when the two were
close hauled. the American yacht point
ed higher than the Shamrock.
At this time the wind fresEsned. The
Shamrock went about on the starbOard
tack at II rs. The Columbia also tackled.
rhe American boat is quicker ia stays
and gathers way faster than the sham
rock.
At 1895 the Columbia went on port
tack and crossed the bows Of the
Shamrock good 800 yards in the lead.
This was quite encouraging TO the ad-
Inirers Of the American yacht who he'd
began To fear for their favOrite when
they saw how fast the Shamrock footed
when kept of the wind with clean full.
Only a little Puff.
At HAS both yacnts went on the star
board tack. The little extra puff only
lasted q few minutes md then 1t began
TO die away. AT 1915 the yachts went
90 the port tack which they held until
1873 at which time the Columbia was
almost becalmed. her lnainsaiI Shaping
as she rolled in the lumPy sea-
Strange to say. while this was hap
pening. tire Shamrock seemed to have
a nice little beeze of her own Both
yachts then tacked. and here it may be
said that when one boat went about.
the other followed it's example, except
al 1914. when the Shamrock went on
the starboard tack and Columbia failed
q fc F~1ow her. Captain Barr probably
tfs in the expectation that the
breoze aust come in mere from the
, sc,,tbv-a-%8 as IS quite frequently the
case in - afternoon in Abs vicinity.
But instead ~ breeze, the Colurn bIa
fer into the f.ettest of fiat Gains. while
the ShamrocR% avas enjoying the adj
vantage OF q S.entie air which had a
great deal of pNppulsive power Thus,
Tor the first and %cglly time in the race
the Shamrock wsk the leading boat.
At I o'clock hotk yachts were again
on the port tackE with the Columbia
a good eighth % a mile 20 leeward.
and under its inNuesee me Columbia
crawlet; ~ on htA rival and after a
few more T.. cks & IS once more ahead
~ the Scotch-buiN boat It was a
greas piece OF seal jockeying on the
part of Barr 70 MAXI up this time. and
81 was generally agNeed as being ad-
mirably done
Wind Makes Shift.
About 1.eO the wind shifted from east
by north TO east-sOutheast. which en-
abled the yachts t. point up pretty
nearly their due course to he outer
mark. which was anchored about five
miles south Of Jones inlet. near East
RoCkaway- At 1.23 both craft took the
pitch 10 stsrboard AID at 1871 they
went IN IftIN A0Nh anu oAAAAA NAA tA.N
starboard tack at 1888. standing On this
leg about twenty minutes, wien they
went about until they made sure OF
fetching the mark on the starboard
tack.
~ O'Clock the Shamrock took in
hc- iib topsan and set one slightly
larger and % more stylish cut. II was
. cause Of wonder to the yachting eN-
perts why the splendid sails of the
shamrock nth their greater area o.
surface. were not more effective The
canvass set on the Columbia had con-
siderably less spread, but IL did excel
lent work
At PAS the mark was In plain sight
Of the naked eye, and the Columbia
Increasing me- lead every minute. was
heading straight fer It. When close 70
it the little jib topsail was hauled down
and big b8ilooner sent no in stops 10
replace IT,
At 3.05.52 the Columbia tackled
around the stake boat and. easing away
her main sheet and breaking out her
balloon Jib toDsail. was steadied on her
horneward course for Ssndy Hook .:sht-