Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-11
colusar'ats GREAT v,cToRy
SAsaerican Yacht Wins secohd Race
Against Shnmrnck III. M

American Yacht Wins Second Race
against Shamrock III. VI
ITSsn ffNhc Official ~, of the second
race between the Shamrock III. and the
Columbia f9r the .America;si cup:
Shamrock 1I.-Start. 11:OO:13: first
mark, l1:51:lO:- second mark, 12:4o:57;
hi'ish. 2:l6:223: elapsed time, 3:lG:1o;
corrected time. 3:1G:1O.
Commbia-Start, 11:01 al: first mark,
ll::I2:22 second mark. 12:4G:Sa;; finish,
2:l5:Oo; elapsed time, 3:13:1S; corrected
time, 3:12:335.
Course triangular: first leg east half
south ten miles. second leg southwest
half south ten miles; third leg north
northeast ten miles to finish. ot
Weather-Fresh breeze from north
northwest. which remained true and
maintained its strength throughout the
day. 4
In 81 glorious whole sail breeze which
heeled the big cup contestants down I'M
TIL their leo rails were awash in the
foamins seas, lIcrrcslioff's white Won
der. the Columbia on Wednesday beat
Watson's British creation over ii triali-
gular course of thirty miles by . min.
ntes aud % seconds. actual time. With
the ~ seconds which the Irish sloop
must ALLOW the American boat on :,c-
count of her larger sail plan. the .Colum-
Ina won the second race of the series by
3 minutes and 35 seconds. The fastest
race ever sailed in Il cup contest, it was
not only IL royal struggle from II spectac-
'u!ar point OF view. but was absolutely
auc to the merits of the racing machines.
There is not Il yachting sharp who wit;
messed the race who is not firmly con
WINGED that the defender is the ADLER
boat, blow high or blow low. beating,
reaching or running. and that Sir Thorn
as and his merry British tars are
doomed to return home empty handed.
Again the ancient piece of silverwarc
brought across the western ocean fifty
years ago is safe. Again American sM-
premacy in marine architecture has been
indicated. Sir Thomas has been wish
ing for IL breeze that would bury Sham
rocks lee rail. and in this race he had
it just as he had 81 similar breeze in the
concluding race two years ago, when Co
lumbia. in a driving finish, beat She first
Shamrock over six minutes.
The wind was strong and true, blow
ing is knots out of the northwest, and at
every point of sailing, except, perhaps,
running before the wind. in which the
defender has already taken the meas
ure of the challenger, the Yankee sloop
proved herself ADLER than the Watson
model. From the time she crossed the
starting line, one minute and %thirty-forr
seconds behind the mug hunter, until she
picked NJ and passed the Irish boat,
three miles after rounding the second
mark, Columbia's pace was faster and
she behaved better than her rival.
Reaching for the first mark ten miles
down the Long Island shore, with the
wind abaft the beam, she gained % sec
onds. In the closer reach for the second
stake she gained 30 cconds and i'll the
thrash To windward on the leg home she
gained exactly two minutes. Not per-
haps as thrilling as the remarkable con-
test of last Saturday, Wednesdays rage
was nevertheless stirring from start to
finish. and as 81 marine spectacle it could
hardly nave been surpassed.