The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-27

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Americans have reason to congratu-
late themselves on the results of the
first trial The yacht which carried J.
p. MOrgan's private signal. a black
pennant with a yellow Maltese cross,
10 victory two years ago, was headed
but once in the twenty-five miles COW
cred and then the Englishman showed
the way for only five minutes. In wind
ward work the Columbia beat the for
eigler seven minutes and fifteen sec
OndS to the outer mark, and increased
her lead somewhat in the broad reach
for home.
While the tests We're unsatisfactory.
the yachting sharpS who have been
SSepucal up to this time as to the abili-
~ of the Columbia to successfully de
fend the cup, are more confident to-
night that il will remain on this side
of the Atlantic vet a while longer
Certainly Columbia's superiority in
light airs appears to have been demon
Strated today.
Shamrock II did not in fact make as
good showing as did LiptOn's first
challenger in the half dozen fukes that
preceded the actual races two years
ago. What Shamrock may be able to
do in heavy weather is, of course,
problematical, but Columbia has been
tried, and all Ser admirers insist that
she is distincuvely heavy weather
boat.
Two years ago Sir Thomas prayer
was for wind, but when he got a TWEEN
ty-five-knot gale in the last race, Co
lumbia's victory was even more de-
ciSive than in the first Since then Co
lumbias' ability in heavy weather has
been proven again and again The
harder is blows the faster she goes and
the better she behaves.
Americans Are Confident.
It is not strange, therefore, that the
went down to Sandy Hook this morn
Ing with misgivings. returned tonight
treasured and strongly disposed 10
wager that the pretty wreath Of Sham
rock and white heather from the old
est yacht club in the world, which Sir
Thomas is treasuring in the cabin of
his champion, viii prove no mascot
after all.
The day had promised well at first
A strong northeast wind had been
blowing for two days and the weather
prophets had offered assurances that it
would hold. 1t had piled up what the
sailors call nasty lump of sea out
side, and before the race began was
whipping the foam off the crests OF
the waves. A heavy haze which hung
over the bay, had blown away the
bright sunlight which gilded the crink-
ling water into glory.
The fleet that passed out of New
York harbOr anticipated fine day S
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kinds of craft that they seemed to I'LL
the broad eXpanse of ocean between
the Long Island and Jersey shores as
with a countless fleet They included
palatial steam yachts, steamers and
excursion boats filled tier above tier
with people, snub-nosed tugs. picnic
barges and numerous other craft.
Conspicuous among the yachts were
J. p. MOrgan's COrsair. T. W. Wander
bits Conqueror. Cornelius Vanderbilt's
Mirage, Howard Gould's Niagara, John
Jacob Astor's Nouralmah and August
BelmOnts Stout, each flying the New
York Yacht clubs pennant.
Looked Like Craft of Gold.
The big racers had already been
towed out, and when the feet arrived
the polished bronze hull of the Sham
rock, cleaning and glistening in the
brilliant sun, made her look like a craft
of gold a yellow breasted gull with
white pinions spread.
The whole revenue cutters and yachts
of the patrol fleet, each with the YER
tically striped revenue flag at the fore
peak. marshaled the excursion fleet be-
hind the line. Shortly before II o'clock
a regatta committee tug measured of
the 200 yards starting line from Tho
ship and signaled that the course
would be east by north. fifteen miles
straight into the eye of the wind and
return, and another big tug started
toward the Long Island shore to SCI
the outer mark
At five minutes before II o'clock tho
preparatory signal for the race was
given Then began the jockeying be
hind the line, of which Charles Barr
the American skipper, proved himself
so many times grand master Anc
. the skill he displayed today was en0ugE
to warm the cookies of those who saw
it. He gOt' into the windward berth
and try as the Englishmen would, they
could not shake him off
AS the red ball which marked the
warning signal was hoisted ten MN
utes later the English skipper, in de-
spair. put up his tiller. crossed the line
and tackled about the lightship, but the
Columbia hung to him as if one tilleI
were answering for both, and when
they again raced for the line it was
like two thoroughbred horses neck and
neck
But Barr was still to windward. The
fascinating game the two shippers were
PLAYING was so intense that both mis-
calculated the time and crossed the
line thirty seconds before the starting
sun was fired
Start is Made.
They were recalled. Coming UP
again, they fed away across the line,
both on the starboard tack, but Co
lumbia half length in the lead and a
length to windward. Both carried the
same salesman, club topsail. stay. jih
and bahy jib- The sight made the
pulses of the spectators Jingle with de-
light Then for ten miles down the
Long Island shore. in plain view of the
people there the two big single sUckers
smashed into the head seas sending
spray smoking to the cross traces
Strain as Shamrock would she could
not hold her white rival even. Slowly