New-York tribune., 1901-09-27

irish boat and il looked remarkably Ike Coh-
stitution and Columbia race Barr mao hot e'i'ie
about at quite the right spot to split the oiia4h
rocks wind. and she seemed TO have her preeze
free for the next five minutes IL may nave
been that Sycamore held the Shamrock broader
off in order to get clear, but the courses VI o"'h
boats seemed 10 be the same.
For p long time here it was hard to tell whlch
boat was doing the best SAILING i ne i|u0neH
bach was long way astern and 10 'he iee"aio
| Of both boats and sometimes appearances Ia
yored one boat and then the other. AS Tar as
ono could tell the Columbia was pointing better
and sailing at about the same speed, but her ao-
vantage if any was not readily perceptibie
Although so far she had made the pest sho"iiis
in light airs. there were number OF sach'sineh
who expressed the opinion that it was ahypoo3
yet.
At 90 O'Clock it was noticed that the shaH-
rock broadened off from the Columbias course
and seemed to be running so as to get petteF
full in the sails. 1t may have been that the
wind temporarily broke her off, but it looked as
if the boat was not being sailed as well as the
Columbia. Barr seemed to eat out ihto every
chance slant with a greater dexterity OF heiHs-
manshp and judgment Of pace. AS far as couio
be told, both boats had the same "ihd' anu
| there seemed to be no why the shamrock
should occasionally point to the ieewaro Vi tue
| Columbia's course.
WIND LIGHTENED Ut.
| At II 80 O'Clock the wind had evidently hsht-
ened up on both boats. They were both staho-
| ing up much straighter and the wind mere proi'f
| them both off a point or so. At l2'oo cioeA
| the Columbia got a new increase of breeze ana
sailed on II for a little before the Shamrock
| careened 10 the same wind. 1t was only about
| thirty seconds hut il meant good deal "he'i
/ the boats were sailing so closely Bo'h went
| into the port tack at 12:14 o'clock. the Co
| lumbia fat the windward side OF the shahh-
| rock The wind was now very hght proha"'S
not moving at more than three or four miles
| an hour and the boats shaking their sails
| free of the light air the lumpy seaWay roll"o
and pitched them The boats came closer to-
gether in this slack sailing. and people began
| to wonder whether the Shamrock would de-
| velop the light weather quality which has al
ways been claimed for her. except by TINS writer.
| But the English boat did not do any better
| when she stood up more uprightly, and at l-:'l
| o'clock she again went into the starboard tack.
| heading toward the Long Beach Hotel Whieh
| was ten miles from the starting point
| At 1910 O'Clock both boats were almost n a
fiat aim Light catspaws came to each one alter
nateIy and ii began to look as if there would
| be no finish within the time limit At 12:i2
o'clock the Shamrock had little streak OF
| luck, and began to move out on an exclusive
| slant But this lasted only for one minute, ana
| at 12:45 o'clock the Columbia had the slant ana
| the Shamrock had none. At 1245:3o o'clock the
! Columbia went into the port tack. followed ny
. the Iipton boat Her head sails were all hanging
! slack for want of wind, and she remained in
irons for number of seconds Then they backed
! the foresaiI to starboard and payed her off on
the starboard tack. though there was very httl"
air to move her in any direction. During all this
time up to 12:49 o'clock. the sails of the Co
lumba were filled with moving air except
when this was rolled out Of them by the seaway
They were sailing on opposite tacks the
Shamrock leading along the Long Island shore
while the Columbia held on the port tack evi-
IDENTIFY hoping TO get better wind further from
the land.
DOUBT AS TO THE WINNER
At 12:51 30 o'clock the Columbia came about
TO follow the challenger. being unwilling TO alo"
her 10 get too far off by herself. Al l2:''
o'clock the Shamrock went into the port tack
| with a little move on and came out to meet tbs
Columbia there being doubt now as 20 whief
would come out ahead The Shamrock had evi
IDENTIFY done better by going into the land, anc
as the two boats met the Shamrock clearly haC
the advantage She went about as the Co
l lumbia came in to the eeward OF her and a
12:JI 30 o'clock they both proceeded on fh
starboard tack with the Shamrock pointing wei
and perhaps a hundred yards to the windward
At 1:O1 the Columbia came about slowly. an
the Shamrock which moving better, staye'
to the windnard of her TO split her wind. Tn
boats had now exchanged places. and Sycamor
had a good chance 10 give Barr some OF III
own medicine Here Barr widened off the Co
> lumbia to get a good gait on. and he sailed ou
to leeward till he got his wind free
For the next thirteen minutes the breez
got a little better. and Barr gave an exhlpitio
of how he could work his boat out to windwar
hv clever steering The Columbia pointe
higher and came up more nearly to the Sham
! rocks course the luck alternating some what !
the puffs Tho Columbia serned to be gainii
| a good deal Of what she lost on the slant in
. | shore which put the Shamrock ahead
ON the wa out on this long port tack tn
o / wind broke them off which threw the Shamroc
down more 10 the Columbia, and gave the lee
;, | ward BOAT some advantage. This rather slo
: ! sailing continued until ] 81 when the Shamroc
!, | went into the starboard tack evidently in til
a hope Of picking up the outer mark. The CO
= lumbia followed in the same direction about on
minute later and seemed to be going fast'
! through the water and holding better breez
a The shape Of the seemed to hurt the Shan
rock more than the Columbia at this time.
. From now until / 80 the Columbia was NAL
:, Ing slow gain, and the Shamrock did not see
- to be very we'll sailed, her headsails wei
70 shaking a good deal. AT first it though
- that this was due to shifts of wind. but II
b Columbia got no shift of wind, and it locke
i, more like careless steering than anything els
lie SUPERIOR GENERALSHIP.
-. The Columbia split tacks and went about
/ 81 80 the Upton boat following thirty secon
= later The Columbia had sighted a breeze to Il
southwark, and had gone out to get it, 81