The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-04
COLUMBIA WINS AGAIN Vanquishes the Shamrock in the Fastest Contest Ever
 Sailed For the Cup.
A FAIR AND DECISIVE TEST
THE WEATHER JUST WHAT SIR
 THOMAS HOPED FOR.

Lee Rails of Both Yachts Awash in Il
 Ftne Breeze of About Eighteen Knots
 an Hour -Barr's Craft at the Start
 Purposely Allowed Sycamore to Take
 the Lead -CoIumb!a Victorious by
 Corrected Tlme-Another Race To day.
 New York, Oct. 3.-In a glorious,
 wholesail breeze which heeled the cup
 contestants down until their lee rails
 were awash in the foaming seas
 Herreshoff's white wonder, the Colum-
 bia to-day beat Watson's British crea-
 tion over triangular course of thirty
 miles by two minutes and fifty-two sec
 onds, actual time. With the forty-three
 seconds which the Irish sloop must al-
 low the American boat on account of her larger sail plan the Columbia won
 the second race of the series by three minutes and ,thirty-f1ve seconds. The fastest race ever sailed in a cup con- test, it was not only a royal sailing match from a spectacular point of view but it was actually decisive as to the merits of the two racing machines. There is not yachting sharp who wit messed the race to-day who is not firm ly convinced that the defender is the abler boat, blow high or low, beating, reaching or running, and that Sir Thomas and his merry British tars are doomed to return home empty handed. Again the antique piece of silverware brought across the western ocean fifty years ago is safe. Again American su- premacy in marine architecture has been Vindicated. Sir Thomas has been wishing for a breeze that would bury Shamrock's lee rail and to-day he had it, just as he had a similar breeze in the concluding race two years ago when Columbia in driving finish beat the first Shamrock over six minutes.
 The wind to-day was strong and true. blowing around eighteen knots out of the northwest, and at every point of sailing except, perhaps, running before the wind, in which the defender has al- ready taken the measure of the chal- lenger. the Yankee sloop proved herself dDler CHdn Cfle WdtSOH llOuel. pIOIf the time she crossed the starting line, one minute and thirty-four seconds be- hind the cup hunter, until she picked up and passed the Irish boat. three miles after rounding the second mark, Co., lumbia's pace was faster and she be- haved better than her rival
 Reaching for the first mark ten miles down the Long Island shore with the wind abaft the beam, she gained twen ty-two seconds. In the closer reach for the second stake she gained thirty seconds and in the thresh to windward on the leg home she gained exactly two minutes. Not perhaps as thrilling as the remarkable contest of last Satur- day to-day's race was, nevertheless, stirring from start to finish and as a marine spectacle it could hardly have been surpassed. It was an ideal Octo- Der day at sea. There was just enough frostiness to clear the atmosphere and make the whole course visible from shore. The breeze from the land piled up little swells, but it was strong enough to whip the froth out of the racing waves until it whitened the face of the sea. It's claws caught the black SIHOhS lIOIIl lHc SltChS VI tiiC Vabui Sioii fleet and the white steam from their exhaust spaces and tore them into The ensigns and flags with which the vessels were dressed stood out like painted boards. The tall can- vas clouded racers heeled as the wind smote them until their crews could with difficulty keep their footinfi on the slippery sloping decks and the squirting spray was tossed thirty feet high as they shook their lean noses free of the | foaming crests. On the thresh to wind ward their decks were asmother of | white and fountains of foams curled | away from their graceful hows.
 The Yankee victory began with the | start when the crafty Barr by sys- tenn of manoeuvering convinced his ad- that he was trying to cross the line first. Captain Sycamore promptly took the bait and rushing his boat into position sent her away almost in the smoke of the gun. Thereupon Captain Barr having accomplished his purpose lacked about back of the line and held off for more than a minute. Then, with ! flying start he went over just before he handicap gun was fired. Some of
  experts explained that there was no Nindward berth in a reach where the beats could lay their course straight Or the mark and that the position astern where Barr could keep his eye ,n every move of his rival was the one He could watch Cap ,ain Sycamore like hawk, Knowing hat when the gap between them was ,losed tt,e race was his. For the first fifteen miles no human eye could tell which ship, if either, was gaining, so loosely were they matched. But grad ,ally it became apparent that the Co., umbia was overhauling the flying chal- enger. Slowly, inch by inch, and foot ,y foot, the white boat gained. Both were going at terrific pace. The pa rol fleet to leeward. steaming line head at intervals of 400 yards had no lifficulty In keeping the excursion fleet lear of the winged giants. Everything n the fleet had to crowd on steam to ,eep the racers in sight and the gait {
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