Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-30
YACHTMEA ANXIOUS.
The Shamrock II a Very For
midable Rival For the
Columbia.
TRIANGULAR RACE TOMORROW.

il the Breeze Is Good the Event
Should Be Fast one-if Barr Can
Win Tomorrow, Club Men viii Feel
Relieved.
New York. Sept. 30 An anxious
but determined lot Of yaehtsmen gath.
cred at the New York Yacht club last
night for another talk over Saturday >
exciting race. the chances Of the Co
lnmbia III her next contest with the
Shamrock II Tuesday. but above all
that dreaded question Of the pros
poets Of the famous cup at last re-
turning from whence it came, after
being in American hands about .
brief month over half century.
The anxious members seemed to be
In the majority, although the grim
air Of determination not to give up
the cup was quite prevalent Every
member frankly admitted that he had
experienced something like scare,
and no one wanted the Columbia win
another race by SO close a margin.
The bulletin board on which was
tackled the committees brief sum
mary Of Saturdays race was the chief
attraction at the club, and before it
during the evening was a group of
more or less expert amateur shippers,
debating the question OF what the Co
lumbia would be able to accomplish
in the triangular race on Tuesday
Everyone hoped for the best, and
rlany recalled that during the pre-
liminary racing with the Constitution
and independence the Morgan boat
Tad shown much speed when sailing
with started sheets.
Triangular Race Tomorrow
In the race tomorrow, if the wind
holds true, two of the legs of the tri
angle will be sailed under these con-
ditions. One OF the legs, probably the
first. will be beat of 10 miles to the
windward, the next will be a broad
reach under large jib topsails or bal
loon ibis. while the third leg will be
a close fetch to the finish line. On
these two reaches all the racers have
shown great speed and the Columbia
has frequently made one of the about
lU-Ulll6 51utS III ibt u ieill dIdl IdiCc
in something under the course of an
other. 1t is said the Shamrock IL has
shown a good I4-knot gait in a reach,
which is trifle better than the Co
lumbia has done. but such timing can
not be considered absolutely reliable.
At any rate, with a good breeze, the
race tomorrow should be fast one.
Much will depend on the position
of the boats at the start, but at the
yacht club last night there seemed to
he the utmost confidence in Captain
Bars, of the Columbia, despite the
fact that he was outgeneraled Satur-
Gay by the skipper of the Shamrock
IL. With the Columbia holding the
weather position at the start it seem.
ed to be the general opinion that she
would keep it to the first turn. But
here came the question OF the Ameri-
can boats ability to hold the Irish
man in the next two legs. With her
long lines, there were many who
seemed to think that the challenger
might outfoot the defender, and that
Captain Barr's only resource would
be in hot luffing match. That there
will be an attempt by one or the
ether skipper to huff out to windward
ia the two reaching legs in tomorrow
race seemed probably certain, proyid-
ed, of course, the yachts Gte anyways
close at the first mark or end of the
beat to windward. Captain Barr has
been singularly successful all the sea-
son in his lufiing matches, with the
exception of that with the Constitu-
ton in the run from New Haven to
New London during the club cruise
last month.
He certainly won the last race with
the Constitution by sharp sailing, and
there We're severalSoceasions where he
obtained a'decided advantage by such
tactics, which, it may be said, are per-
fectly fair and honorable. 1t is on
this that the members OF the New
York Yacht club are relying to win
tomorrow's race-the ability OF Cap
tain Barr to berth his boat to wind
ward at the start, his skillfulness in
holding her there to the windward
mark, the speed of the Columbia on a
reach. and finally, if lacking slightly
in these. speed.
II Only Barr Can Win.
II Captain Barr can win tomorrow's
race the club men will heave long
Oi6h VI lC1iCiJ put ullLIi Lndl tIlduSuldF
course contest is decided in favor IF
the Columbia the cup will be censid-
cred, if not in actual danger of re-
turning, at least as rocking in its
glass case in it's depository.
The defender Columbia Saturday
defeated Shamrock II by narrow
margin in the first of the five contests.
Shamrock started about two seconds
ahead of Columbia and rounded the
turn about Al seconds ahead, having
gained about 80 seconds. The Irish
yacht took about 2:24.5S to beat
about Is miles to windward, which
was at the rate (allowing that about
20 miles was the actual distance Gov.
credD of about 1926 minutes per mile.
or about eight knots per hour. In the
run home Columbia covered the
course of about Is miles in about
&:o5:So. This was at the rate of
about 1857 minutes per mile, or
about III knots per hour. The de-
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