The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-07
CHARLIE BARR.
h Cshmbia's Captain First . Grocery
noy--liis EXPECTS at Home and az Sea,

FROM tAs London Yachnno World
While there seems really less chance Of our
Champion being beaten In Americ Ca this tim.
than ever there was. should II be our fate 10
have sgain To accept defeat. the knowledge
that one Of the chief agencies In adminster
ing the blow was raised" by ourS@Ive. =
rome Of our bone End flesh of our ne-h
namely. Charles Barr. skipper of Columbl1-
should tend to soften the bitterness Of tic
experience. Few men In any walk Of liz
have been animated by mare honest Aspira.
uons. more determine uon 10 conquer all Oh
stacla, lyins bet tween him and his goal mp
more tirel.s- tenacity Of purpose moreover.
fewer stil have reached tho very top Of their
profession from such lo~iy and unlikely 10
ginning.
4 native Of Gourock. Barr. In early Youth.
had such knowledge no more. no less II
small bod In ~ all boys have whose priyl...
it's to he reared on the coast When ts W..
apprenticcd. however in Gte.no,k To- tn.
grocery trade, II seemed ~ II all he you'll
ever have 20 d. with the sea and ship.
would be to have a look at them IRON,
the beach al holiday times n, a lucky
accident his brother John driftsd into yacht
inc. and straightway became one Of the lead
ing British racing shippers The success On
the part - his brother at once fred The I'M
agitation OF the young ,hopman. and sooh ihs
counter OF a yacht had more attractIons for
hlm NHan iAn " Tue kFbNff = Nnpl from fNa
very first young Barr b~oame so ke~nly en-
amored Of the sea that . summer with no.
brother on the highly suoc-ssful racing To-
tonnsr Ulerin so impressed him With the uuss-
bhIues OF bis new calling that instead Of gong
back for the winter 10 his comfortable shuu.
he engaged To ~ tounder traNliug OF ths
fh!ddle reaches OF the clyde ~ an s.ton SMACK
a man can doom himself 30 that l,n might frs
quicker and tho better perfect himself iu the
difficult art of sailing a cuttcr-rtgged yesse'
Young Barr had not been long IN board the
smack TN IL became abundantly apparent
that fate Tor once wasn't blind when -h@ b"-
tlon Of himself, the men In the smack vef-
Comparatively elderly men, and one bltterir
cold WINTER morning the little boat wa-Cauglt
In a shriektng nor ea-t"rly gHl" n Pofln.
cross. the nshins hamlet on tho .Ayr.hir.
Iosst three 81 Tour miles south 81 t&aiI.".
the natural hArbor Ia make for. but alter
many gallant attempts 90 sail tho smack there
II oecalpe Ealpnully apparent tat ih,r" va.
sailing to ~ BY this time the older men had
become enfecblrd and dlsheartened. when
along. quietly took III. iiiier and assuined
command n general Having seen how hope
less Il y. attempting, 70 beat the boot TO a
Wind ana started 10 run her Ia Ardro-saI.
The boat We. only half -decked. and he bad an
awful time oft 10 prevent her from poorius
AfdrO-san harbor. IN spite 81 all his skill. -h-
- nearly foundered hat he abandoned ~
lNfs VI " JUS " lNN NlNF lNN ahl ~ Nv N|NH
ed her for Iruon,a hArbor hiug In a deep
open bay "a Few miles further south. liver TIE
weather was beComing wilder and the outloos
mor~ desperate ~ well did he know. ton.
that II he missed this harbor 10 nasal IN with
them that he ~ct him 4elf 10 rush her In NJ alt
hazards lie did, happily. catch the haTbor
safely with her. but. a. N often the case m
desperate and deadly ventures. neither he nor
hts mates could ever tell vrrv cnhrrently es-
sctly how II was done The owner OF the
smack. y fine old Clyde fisherman called John
Campbell. never w~ari.d ~ telling. however,
that there vas nae duot Nbate'er they would
q haze ben dTuon't but for young Charles
pluck m skill 4"
The wild baptism ~ thst winter dav seemel
to make Barr ab~olut.ly indifferent 20 Ia ins
the peril~ IL not only The seas around our
own shores. but OF the Atltuti, Is we'll M
small boats. and soon after hc saved john
Campbelf- smack and ter company ~.
one 81 the crew Who took the last Of
the noted CLYDE plank on edge ~.O-t"hncr'
clara - America. In" rAssag" Vas q most
tedious ahsir. nccuPyins' a ~ dld, bttw~u
required To take the fAini- sNfOoter Minerva
1.-THE hardest nat thr Americans we're ever 80
10 crack IN ~" way 81 n racing yacht 80
America. Rtrr was forthcoming, and BE- 'uoN
the tiny craft across tho Atltntic prettr
much as b" would hnyr rac~t her In the
!, giving her the spinnaker whenever the
Wind was favorable tn" Minerva made tho
&C. from FHirlie 20 Boston IN twenty
!, chit days A. she ran No-thirds Of tho
,tanCe In eleven days there can lie no
ioubt that N she had not GOT held up for
! time IN an awful storm which she swan
through like . duck. nfty miles on Csp-
-omethinE like the miraculous order