New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-04

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CORRECTED TIME
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Columbia wins by 2 minutes and So Sec
onds on actual time. and by 7 minutes and
80 seconds corrected time.
NEXT RACE To-DAy
Cour>e-Fiftccn miles to wind,~ard or lee
ward and return.
Time of start-EIcven O'Clock. AZ sandy
Hook Lightship.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Weather forecast for sandy Hook-Ter TO
twelve mile breeze on SANDY Hook. and fair
weather to-day. Winds will hold from north
to northwest.
second line made fast To the Amer
1cas Cup yesterday. to hold her the shore
OF her adopted country. If one more can be
fastened the Cup will be secure for another
year. or till Sir Thomas Upton or somebody
else feels like getting his strength together for
another attempt at lift at the heavy trophy
The fourth trial of speed and the second race
between the Columbia and the Shamrock took
place off Sandy Hook yesterday and resulted
in another victory by a narrow margin for the
Columbia. II was glorious race. There was
a fine, brisk breeze, in spite of which the sea
was remarkably smooth. a blessing for the
spectators. Both yachts evidently did their best
There was no accident, there no disagree
ment. no cause of complaint of any sort every
thing ran smooth oil. and the relative merits
of the two boats were tested better than they
have ever been before. and better. it is more
than likely, than they will ever be again The
Columbia beat the Shamrock by minutes 81
seconds corrected time) over thirty-rniIe
course The race was not quite close as the
phenomenal one of last Saturday but in other
respects it was better race. and those Of the
spectators who will ever see a finer one will be
lucky.
The wind was what the Englshmen have been
declaring ali along that they wanted For that
matter it was what the Americans wanted. too
There was no drifting; the yachts ploughed
along like steamboats,. and indeed some of the
steamboats, which had taken passengers down
to watch had all they wanted to do to keep up
and 10 get good positions. The yachts flew
around the triangular as they have sell
dom done before, and the race over and
won at an hour when ii has been the custom for
the anxious watchers to be consulting their
watches and calculating whether there was any
hope of a race. The yachts were off PROMPTLY
the Shamrock in the lead The Columbia
gained steadily for every minute OF the race
She crossed the line two minutes and 1fty-two
seconds ahead of the challenger; her time allow
did the rest. In three hours and quarter
from the start it all over. That is the story
of the day.
AN IDEAL DAY.
Was there ever a finer day for yacht race
since Hendrix Hudson discovered Sandy Hook?
Could there he finer one? 1t is not easy to see
how. and not many suggestions to that end
heard. Somebody sitting the unpro-
tected deck of steamer said that it chilly.
hut it had to be with the wind that blow
ing. and without the wind the racing day would
have been worse instead of better. II was
threatening in the morning. Till about O'Clock
there were heavy clouds all over the sky. II
had been raining in the night and everybody
feared that it would rain more. There would BE-
a good wind. probably. and consequently good
race. but looking at it would not be pleasant
Then the bright early morning sky began u
show its color through the parting clouds and
before it time for the excursion feet to start
down the bay the heavens were blue and clear
The wind still held. and the morning nnists melt
ed away and left the horizon open to the view.
with the promise of a choice sailing day and
chance for everybody to see the sailing. So
down the little and Dig noatS went Streaming
across the upper bay and through the Narrows
and out over the lower bay. and together again
about the lightship, and, as they approached. the
people who crowded their decks made out again
ahead of them the tower Of snowy canvas which
they had learned TO know as the Columbia. and
the tower of creamy canvas which they recos-
nized as the Shamrock
On the way down the bay there is always a
great longing manifested for the English boat
to win If only the Shamrock could have one
race it would make the races much more tu-
terestins and then it would be good for Sir
Thomas whom everybody loves so much. 10 win
race or two The hearts of the crowd overflow
with soIicitous affection for everything that is
English and a disinterested bystander would
think that the only blight on otherwise joy
GUS occasion was the probability of the Column
bias winning against the unanimous wish Of
her countrymen-
But this sort of talk is not heard after the
race begins Away from fight the Anglo
Saxon may be very calm and impartial and gem
erors but in a fight his heart hardens- A fight
Is a fight and a fight is a glorious thing, and an
Anplo-Saxon does not go into a fight with any
puIiue and sickly sentiment in favor OF his
rivals winning While the fight is on the rival
is the enemy and the shouts of the Americans
are all for the American boat and their sympa-
thy is all for their own. and their anxiety is all
that the English boat may prove too fast for her;
and when she does not prove too fast for her.
Rats 3. on Fall River Line steamer Plymouth