The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-04
SECOND RACE WON BY WHITE
FLYER.
OYER TRIANGULAR COURSE
Gained Time on Every Leg and
Crossed Line Ahead Of
Challenger.

New York, Oct. 3.-Here is the Of
fetal time and description of the Sec
ond race between Shamrock II and
Columbia for Americas cup:
Start: Shamrock, 11:00:13; Co.
lumbia, 11:01:47.
First Mark: Shamrock, 11:51:10;
Columbia, 11:52:22.
Second Mark: Shamrock 12:45:
81; Columbia 12:46:39.
! Finish: Shamrock, 2:16:23; Co. ,
lumbia, 2:15:05. !
Elapsed Time: Shamrock, 3:16:10;
Columbia, 3:13:1S.
Corrected Time: Shamrock, 3:16:- |
10; Columbia, 3:12:35.
Course: Triangular; first leg, east
| half south, ten miles; second leg,
southwest half south, ten miles; third
leg, north northeast, ten miles to fin
ish.
Weather: Fresh breeze from the
north, northwest, which remained
true and maintained it's strength
| throughout the day.
In a glorious whole-sail breeze
which heeled the big cup contestants
down until their lee rails were awash
in the foaming seas, Herreshoff's
white wonder, the Columbia, today
beat Watson's British creation over
triangular course of 80 miles, by
two minutes and AZ seconds actual
time. With the 43 seconds which the
Irish sloop must allow the American
boat on account of her larger sail
plan, Columbia won the second race
! of the series by three minutes and 35
l ed in cup contest.
1t was not only royal struggle
| from spectacular point of view, but
it was absolutely decisive as to the
merits Of the two racing machines.
There is not yachtsman sharp who
witnessed the race today who is not
: firmly convinced that the defender
is the abler boat, blow high or blow
low, beating, reaching or running, and
II that Sir Thomas and his merry Brit
II ish tars are doomed to return home
Il empty, handed.
i Again the ancieut piece of silver
II ware brought across the ocean so
Il years ago is safe. Again American
II supremacy in marine architecture has
II been vindicated.
Il Sir Thomas has been wishing for
Il breeze that would bury Shamrock S
Il lee rail and today he had it, just as
II he had similar breeze in the con-
i Guiding race two years ago when Co
Il lumbia, in driving finish, beat the
first Shamrock over six minutes.
The wind today was strong and
true, blowing around IS knots out of
the northwest, and at every point of
\ sailing, except perhaps running before
the wind, in which the defender has
already taken the measure of the
challenger the Yankee sloop proved
herself ADLER than the Watson model.
From the time she crossed the start
ing line, one minute and "a seconds
behind the mug-hunter, until she pick
ed up and passed the Irish boat three
miles after rounding the second mark,
Columbia's pace was faster and she
behaved better than her rival.
Reaching for the first mark 10 miles
down the Long Island shore, with the
wind abaft the beam, she gained %
seconds. In the close reach for the
second stake she gained 80 seconds
and in the thresh to windward on the
leg home she gained exactly two min
utes.
Not, perhaps, as thrilling as the re
markable contest of last Saturday
todays' race was nevertheless stir
FIRING, from start to finish, and as 9
marine spectacle it could hardly have
been surpassed. 1t was an ideal Octo
ber day at sea. There was just
enough freshness to clear the atmo
sphere and make the whole course
visible from shore. The breeze from
the land piled up little swells but l
was strong enough to whip the frotl
out of the waves until it whitened thu
face of the sea. It's claws caught tn