The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-05
COLUMBIA WINS
 I'VE FINAL RACE

the twelfth series for the Americas cur
 which the ship brought over fifty years
 ago ended with the best of feeling.
 The Race in Detail.
 It was fully half an hour before the
 preparatory gun when the committee
 boat Navigator hoisted the signal ID.
 c. s" indicating that the course would
 be fifteen miles to leeward and return.
 The wind at that time came from the north northwest and was blowing all of twelve miles an hour. Both racers came out from the horseshoe in tow of their tugs and seemed slow in getting their sails set The Shamrock was first to hoist her mainsail and also the first to get up her largest clubstopsail. The Columbia, evidently waiting to test the strength of the wind, did not set her clubtopsail till 10:40, Captain Barr hay ing decided that the wind was not too strong for his No 1.
 At the preparatory signal at 10:45 both boats were far up to the windward of the starting line. Immediately at tbC sun DOIii NOlC dlOuild ollb SetiiiS down toward the lightship and just be- fore the warning gun, again headed up into the wind simultaneously and work ed back to their former positions. Both were on the port tack and close hauled, with the Columbia on the weather quar- ter of the challenger. The American boat was first to come about after the warning gun at 10:55. Shamrock im- mediately followed and planted herself directly astern of the defender, at the same time breaking out her tremendous balloon jib and letting fall to starboard her spinnaker pole. It was Sycamore's game to cross last if possible. This he was able to do, but while he had the pride of position in a leeward start he found himself thirty seconds behind the handicap gun. Barr in the meantime had delayed breaking out his light sails and still held the Columbia's sheets in fiat. Thus, he too handicapped his boat in crossing, but not so much as his rival, for it is estimated that he was only fifteen seconds behind the handi- cap gun. Spinnakers on both boats were broken out on the line and away they went on what proved to be the last race of the international series of 1o01.
 Both boats being handicapped, the of f1cial time of start was posted on the bulletin board of the committee boat as follows:
 Shamrock 11;02:00.
 Columbia 11:02:00.
 Hardly had the boats got over the hot bo rock was gaining on her rival. Slowly she crept up and at 11:17 was on even terms Half minute later she showed her bowsprit ahead and from there on led the Columbia to the outer mark.
 The run down the wind was unevent- full after the Shamrock took the lead except a few minutes before the turn when the Columbia, catching a fresh puff of wind first ran up on the chal- lenger's weather quarter. The boats | were then very near the tourning buoy | 80 the Shamrock took in her spinnaker and balloon jib and set with greater speed than has yet been shown by the British crew, her jib and staysail As soon as these two headsails filled with wind the British boat luffed out under
 
 fife and romped ahead again. Co., umbia kept up her spinnaker till with n two miles of the mark hoping with his additional sail to pull up. But she vas unable to do it and had to turn orty-nine seconds behind her rival
 The official time of turning the outer mark was as follows:
 Shamrock 12:4S:46.
 Columbia 12:49:35
 Thus on the run straight down the wind the challenger had gained accord ng to official time 49 seconds, but in eality she had done better than this, or to this 49 seconds are to be added he fifteen seconds which the Columbia ed her over the starting line.
 After rounding the mark the sham ock stood off for some minutes on the tarboard tack The Columbia imme- lately after turning went over on the ort tack. Just before i o'clock the efender came about and stood over on he starboard tack toward the Sham ock. The two boats held along to- ether on the same tack for some five : r six minutes. Then the Shamrock ut about and at 1:05 crossed the Co., lmba's bow and tackled well on the merican boats weather. Then exact as was the case yesterday and at al- lost the same time of the day, 1.12, mother dramatic event of the race oc- lrred. In three minutes the Colum- C