Milford chronicle., 1901-10-04
BOATSt5gLDN NOT Finish
Second Cup Race a Failure
to Lack Of Wind.
SHAMROCK WAS IN THE y
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Came His Way.
York. Oct. 2.-Yesterday's at
lpt to sail the second OF the present
es OF international yacht races for
tho blue ribbon OF the sea proved
dismal failure. Between 5000 and 3d.
GOO people who crowded the pleasure
feet off Sandy Hook Lightship in the
hope of seeing a repetition Of the
thrilling sport of last Saturday wit
messed instead more OF a drifting match
than a race The wind was exceedingly
light and variable. at times falling SO
low that the gossamer wind penants
which are as light as thistle down.
hung limp against the masts Of the bic
single stlckers.
The wind. with crews lined up on the
lee rails. was not sufficient at any time
to make the racing machines heel to
their lines At the end of four and a
half hours the two yachts had covered
less than one halt of the prescribed
course Of go miles. and as there was
no possibility Of their finishing within
the time limit the regatta COMMITTEES
declared the race of.
When the gun was fired announcing
this decision the challenger was about
half mile ahead of the defender and
to that extent yesterdays trial was a
victory for Shamrock II But the fuka
yesterday demonstrated little as to the
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two boats except perhaps that Sir
Thomas new champion is more dang
erous in light airs than was supposed
after her two former meetings with
the white flyer to which the patriots
are pinning their faith In fiuky winds
Of variable strength shifting as they
did yesterday, through six points of the
compass, luck cuts almost as much
figure as model and seamanship and
yesterday fortune was Enthusiastically
with the foreigner.
The course was an equatorial tri.
angle, ten miles to the leg. the first leg
being a beat due east into the wind
The Yankee skipper at the start out
generated his adversary in a splendid
piece of iockeying. crossing the line IN
the windward berth twelve seconds
ahead Of the Britsher This advantage
Columbia held for two hours while
both yachts steered far off their course
to the southwark looking for a streak
Of wind that would profit them Final
ly Barr declined longer to continue tho
vainless quest. He put his helm down
and headed in shore on the starboard
tack
The Shamrock at this time, after
both had been sailing in the same airs,
was a beaten boat and her skipper
could afford to take a gamblers chance
with fortune. He held doggedly on and
| fortune smiled upon him.
Within five minutes he got a breeze
out of the south which rufled the crest.
through the Columbia's weather But
this was not his best piece Of good for
tune. After this reverse the Columbia.
slipping through the seas at an aston
ishing pace considering the lightness
of the breeze. had worked out ahead Of
the Shamrock. but TO leeward.
When the two yachts were in this
position about two miles from the first
turn a cant of the wind threatened to
blanket the Columbia and to avoid
such a possibility Barr went under the
Shamrock's stern. just as he did so the
wind hauled around more to the south
knocking the Columbias head off until,
to the astonished spectators. she
seemed headed almost back for the
lightship at the starting line. The
golden boat favored by the same breeze
was headed in exactly the opposite a.
rection. Then the shifting wind backed
again and Barr got the Columbia
Strengthened out he was a third of a
mile astern.
In this position the two boats
rounded the first mark. the Shamrock
minutes and 8 seconds before Co.
lumbia or gain for Shamrock in the
beat to windward, adding the 70 sec
onds which Columbia beat her over the
line of minutes and 20 seconds.