The sun., 1901-10-05

New York, Oct 4. - The Columbia
won the third ana last Of the interna-
tional yacht races by a narrow margin.
IA Both yachts got away from their
mooings earlier than usual. the Sham
rock, instead of waiting until she got
outside, hoisting her mainsail inside
the Hook The Columbia however,
went out under tow, with bare poles,
u ard before . o'clock both the tiers had
passed outside Sandy Hook. The splen
die breeze still held true and strong
md way out beyond the lightship was
Kicking the blue water into whitecaps.
The mansail run mp on the Sham
rock Is one not before used In her races
here. 1t wrinlled badly ut first, but by
the time The lightsliip was reached it
was setting splendidly.
Thc Navigator. the committee boat,
passed out at 0:2o, followed shortly by
the gilartbnGts, ana the first boats OF
the excursion fleet soon after passed
through the narrows. shortly before
10 o'clock the Columbia lloistpd her
mninsail and soon after dropped her
tow.
Ry quarter past 10 o'clock both boats
were standing off and on ana around
the lightship with malnsails and club
tnpsailS M The wind was Still goin.
nieiiily when the committee boat took
up her position to the south Of the
light>hip and hoistrd Il signal, the let
ter q" indicating that the course
woui,l he fifteen miles south-soutlcast
to jeeward ana return.
Neither Captain Barr nor Captain
Sycamore feared the wind, for both set
their No. j, or largest club tnpsails.
though Thursday Captain Sycamore in
wind Of the same strength had inyit.
ed Some criticism because he did not
appnrcntly make the best use of the
cloth ut his disposal. lie used Il No. 9
jih topsail, while Barr was using his
No. ANA distinctly lost ground in the
second leg.
NJ The excursion fleet had by this time
begun 10 gather back of the line. and il
was fully as large rs any Of the pre-
ceding days.
Preparatory Gun Fired.
When the preparatory gun was fired
Ht 10:4l. both boats We're to the wind
ward of the lire and holding away
from it, us neither skipper wanted ia
cross first. The windward position was
the coveted one. MS it gave the stern
boat an opportunity Of blanketng the
other. There WAS some pretty jockey
ing for this berth ANA ten minutes lat.
er, when the warming gun sounded
both were still holding away from the
line as if ii were - reef or n sandbar
Two minutes before the starting gun
was fired the huntS continued to hold
away, and il seemed impossible that
they could cross Tie line before the fir
Ing Of the hnndrnp gun. Both skip
pers held Stubbornly 10 their detcrmi
nation not to cross first. but at last
Captain Barr sent tile Columbia for
ward, Shamrock coming right brhind
him and breaking ont her Spinnnkcr tC
starboard An instant later the Coum
bias great spinnnkcr Doomed out tC
starboard, ana as they crossed cacl
broke out balloon jill topsails.
ThesColumhn crossed the line appar
emily about eighteen seconds ahead
but the official starting time, the handi
cap gun having bccn fired, was 70.
for both boats.
After they had crossed The line til,
British boat seemed To cut the Colum
bias wind 10 some extent. and thcr,
ensued l:tllc liling match, Captain
Barr Frying 10 gel Ills wind clear. III,
yachts were sailing very rapidly, thci
huge spinnnkcrs hcllying ont in I'll,
fresh brccze and their mainsais draw
ing beautifully.
ShnmrOciS Gnins.
The foreigner began to inch up OF
the Columhiu and after few minutes
OF sailing she had pulled up consider
ably. All this point, however. Colum
bia seemed to catch her wind an,
maintained, If she did not increase. he
lead for tile next two minutes.
Then again the Shamrock. her great
er sail area Beginning TO tell. drew M
and II was Il magnificent neck ANA necl
race until at 1l:1T the bronze boa
drew ahead. and in few moment
she had placed il good stretch Of waite
behind her flying stern and the Colum
bias nose In ten minutes more, fair
~ skimming over the white creste
waves. she had recled off good te
lengths of lead and ut that time seem
ed to be able to hold it.
After thirty-tiye minutes of sailins
both yachts going ut terrific nae,
they had sailed about half Of th
first leg, and try as the Amerlco
skipper wotld he did not seem ia II
able to lessen his flying rivals goo
lead.
The splendid wind sent the grea
white cloudod racers fairly splnnn
along toward the outer mark Ever
square inch of their canvas. FROM thei
pali0oners down 10 the very bottom {
the mainsals, seemed to draw perfec
W. TEey We're sailing wing-a-win,
the huge spinnakers out to starboal
and mainsails to port. the enormor
cloud OF canvas hiding the hull. Br
ene Hnglishman was not to be ovcrtal
en.$Ae had more square feet Of sal
anu f3ary one of these sheets was tel
Ans 3A%the beautiful run before I'll
q Al.