The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-04
COLUMBIA'S VICTORY
DuFENDER SHOWED HER HEELS
TO CHALLENGER YESTERDAY.
FASTEST CUP RACE EVER RUN.
NO CHANCE FOR QUESTION OF
SUPREMACY NOW.

81 Columbia Showed Herself the Better
Boat in Every Way, Although the
weather Was just What Upton
81 Desired-Capt. Barr's Smooth Work
at the Start and His Superb Hand
ling of His Yacht Had Much to Do
with the Splendid .VictOry-Lipton
81 SaIutes the Winner-He AcknOwI-
edges His Disappointment, but Is
81 still Game-wiIl Race Again To-
day.
n New York. Oct. 3.-Here is the Of
Acial time of the second race between
Shamrock II and the Columbia for the
Americas cup:
start-Shamrock 11:00:13; Columbia,
q l1:01:H.
First Mark-Shamrock 1:51:10; Co.
lumbia 11:52:22
Second Mark-Shamrock 12: 45:57; Co
81 lumbia 12;46:39.
Finish-Shamrock 2:16:2S; Columbia,
8 2:15O5.
Elapsed Time-Shamrock 3:1S:10; Co.
q lumbia 3:13:1S.
Corrected Time-Shamrock S:16:10;
q Columbia 3:12:35.
s. Course triangular.
First Leg-East half south, ten miles
y Second Leg-Southwest half south,
ten miles.
Third Leg-North northeast, ten
81 miles to finish.
Weather-Fresh breeze from north
81 northwest which remained true and
q maintained it's strength throughout the
# day.
Il In a glorious whole-sail breeze, which
heeled the big cup contestants down
until their lee rails were awash in the
n foaming seas, Herreshoff's white won
der, the Columbia, to-day beat Wat
sons British creation over a triangu-
lar course of thirty miles by two min
utes and fifty-two seconds, actual time.
81 With the forty three seconds which the
Irish sloop must allow the American
boat on account of her larger sail plan,
n the Columbia won the second race of
81 the series by three minutes and thir-
81 ty-five seconds. The fastest race ever
sailed in a cup contest, it was not only
royal struggle from a spectacular
point of view, but it was absolutely
decisive as to the merits of the two
n racing machines. There is not yacht
ing sharp who witnessed the race to-
day who is not firmly convinced that
the defender is the ADLER boat blow
G high or blow low, beating, reaching or
running, and that Sir Thomas and his
81 merry British tarS are doomed to re-
turn home empty-handed.
The Cup Will Remain Here.
Again the ancient piece of silverware
brought across the western ocean fifty
& years ago is safe. Again American su-
n premacy in marine architecture has
been vindicated. Sir Thomas has been
wishing for breeze that would bury
Shamrock's lee rail and to-day he had
81 it, just as he had a similar breeze in
the concluding race two years ago
when Columbia in a driving finish beat
the first Shamrock over six minutes.
The wind to-day was strong and
true blowing around Is 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-
ienger, the Yankee sloop proved herself
anle than the Watson model. From the
ume she crossed the starting line, one
minute and thirty-four seconds behind
Inc mug hunter. until she picked up
tha 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
"lnd abaft the beam, she gained %
seconds. In the closer reach for the
second stake she gained 80 seconds, and
IN the thresh to windward on the leg
nome, she gained exactly two minutes
Not perhaps as thrilling as the remark
able contest of last Saturdays, to-day's
race was, nevertheless, stirring from
start to finish and as a marine specta-
cie' 1t could hardly have been sur
passed. 1t was an ideal October day
dt sea. There was just enough frosti-
ness to clear the atmosphere, and
make the whole course visible from
NJ Shore
Barr Fools the British.
The Yankee victory began with the
stdrt when the crafty Barr by a sys-
.eIn or maneuvering convinced his ad-
,.ersary that he was trying to cross the
me hrst Capt. Sycamore promptly
tooK the bait and rushing his boat into
posltlon, sent her away almost in the
p9llohe or the gun. Thereupon Capt
ndIr having accomplished his purpose
oes oscked about back of the line and hels
ol lor more than a minute. Then will
Hylng start he went over Just befor,
te ue handicap gun was fired. Some o
cue eie patriots were disappointed until tn,
Aperts explained that there was n,
ii %IHuWard berth in a reach where tn,
sSo@ts could lay their course straigh
aoI lhe mark and that the position
os'ern where Barr could keep his ey
on every move of his rival was tn
ooIiIihanding one. He could watch Syc
n Tb.iore ike a hawk knowing that whel
@ nc gap between them was closed tn
n 80 was his For the first fifteel
ties no human eye could tell whicl
Up II either, was gaining, so closel,
III boe they matched. But gradually /
N aelhe apparent that the Colunbj,
Ia overhauling the flying chal
nSer' Slowly. inch by inch
d., loot by foot the white boat gained
FL mn mn We're going at terrific pace. Th
M aLoi Meet to leeward steaming lin
No at intervals of 400 yards. hat
cloo uiIhculty in keeping the cours
ST. every one had crowded oI
ha TO Keep the racers in sight, an,
m. ealt at which they were going lef
vso tugboats and some of the steam
staIls astern. The guide boat whicl
ore "a nfteen minutes before the rae
Jug out at full speed, but she wa
De. ny able to log off the distance an,
er, .ne hoat overheard before the rae
10 were upon her.
by the Right Flank.
MAJ. the yachts approached the cute
on ~ stream or signal flags were Sc