The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-02

new Ork. OCT. l---lOQdy attempt
to sail the second of the present series
of international yacht races for the
/ blue ribbon of the sea, proved a failure.
/ Between 25.OOO and $4,000 people who
! composed the pleasure fleet off Sandy
! Hook lightship in hope of seeing a re
| petition of the thrilling sport of Sat
urday' witnessed instead more of
/ drifting match than a race. The wind
! was exceedingly light and variable at
/ times falling so low that the gosSamer
/ WIND remnants, which are as light as
/ thustle down, hung limp against the
/ masts of the big single-stickers-
Sc wind. with crews lined up on the
{ BIS. was not sufficient at any time
/ to make the racing machines heel to
/ their lines At the end of four and
half hours the two yachts covered less
/ than One-half of the course of thirty
/ niles and as there was no possibility
/ OF their finishing within the time limit
/ ~ regatta committee declared the
/ race of.
! When the gun was fired announcing
/ this decision. the challenger was about
/ a half mile ahead of the defender. and
{ 10 that extent tOday's trial was a vic
/ tory for Shamrock. But the fiuke to-
/ day demonstrated little as to the ques-
/ ton of supremacy between the two
! boats. except, perhaps, that Sir
| Thomas new champion is more dan
/ gerous in light airs than was supposed
| after her two former meetings with the
pinning their faith. In fiukey winds of
/ variable strength, shifting as they did
/ today, through six points Of the COM
/ pass, luck cuts almost as much figure
| as model and seamanship. and today
fortune was undoubtedly with the chal-
| lenger.
Barr outgeneraled Sycamore.
! gle 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 jockeying, crossing the line in
/ the windward berth twelve seconds
| ahead of the Britisher. This advan-
| tage Columbia held for two hours while
both yachts steered far off the course
to the southwark, looking for a streak
| of wind that would profit them
Finally Bar declined longer to con-
/ tinue the vainless quest. He put his
helm down and headed inshore on the
! starboard tack. The Shamrock at this
time. after both had been sailing in the
| same course, was beaten boat and her
/ skipper could afford to take a gamblers
chance with fortune. he held doggedly
{ on and fortune smiled upon him. With
! in five minutes he got a breeze out of
the south which pulled the crestless
seas and waited him like a ghost
through the COlumbia'S weather
But this was not his best piece Of
good fortune. After this reverse the
Columbia, slipping through the seas at
an astonishing pace. had worked out
: ahead Of the Shamrock, but to lee
ward When the two yachts were in
this position. about two miles from the
first turn, a cant of the wind threat
ened to blanket Columbia, and to avoid
[ such possibility Barr went under
/ SEamrOck'S stern.
Columbia Held OFF by Wind.
Just as he did so the wind hauled
around more to the south. knocking the
Columbi head off. and TO the as
tonished spectators she seemed headed
/ almost back for the hghtship at the
starting line The golden boat, IA
vored by the same breeze, was headed
in exactly the opposite direction. Then
the wind shifted again. and when Barr
! got the Columbia Strengthened out he
was third of Sile astern.
In this position the two boats round
ed the first mark, the Shamrock three
minutes eight seconds before Column
bia, or q gain for Shamrock in the beat
( to windward. adding the twelce sec
onds which Columbia beat her over the
to windward, adding the twelve sec
onds.
During the next hour. in a close reach
for the second mark. the yachts were
able to cover about four or four and
half miles of the remaining twenty.
and as only fifty minutes then re-
NAMED before the expiration Of the
time limit, the race was declared off
After turning the mark. the experts
thought Shamrock increased her lead
slightly. This gain may, however. be
accounted for by the fact that she car
Tied a large reaching sail, while Colum-
bia was working close to the wind with
a small baby jib topsail, a mere hand
kerchief compared to Shamrock's larg-
est.
Hope For Breeze Thursday.
When the excursion fleet headed for
home the only real excitement of the
day occurred 1t was the race for New
York. Tonight both the Yankees and
I the foreigners are praying for a good
stiff breeze on Thursday, when the
next race viii be sailed. Always Op-
timistic. Sir Thomas Upton was today
in the best of spirits. He said;
It really do not see anything def
mite yet on which TO base an opinion
on the two boats. The Shamrock was
leading when the race was declared on.
but there was nothing to brag about IN
{ that Today While the winds We're
very light. there was little huklng,
, therein differing from last Thursday S
breezes. which in spots failed utterly.
each boat in turn striking dead Gains
After the showing thus far made by
! both boats I should not hesitate II
were a betting man TO lay even money
on the Shamrock Both boats We're
handled today TO the best ability of the
| best men each country could produce
I don't think there's a better skipper
in America than Captain Barr of the
Columbia"
Sir Thomas expressed himself as per-
sonally in favor of racing every day.
provided any suggestion looking to that
end should be made
Captain Bob WTinge. who stands by
Sir Thomas on the bridge, when asked
if he considered Shamrock's chances
better. said. 4 can't say her chances
are better. for they we're never bad.
How Race Was Sailed.
When the string of signals was hoist
ed on the committee boat Indicating
the course. the rival racers were cir
cling about the lightship. performing
nearly every known variety of marine
manoeuvers. The Shamrock was
clothed in a brand new suit of light
weather sails, admirably cut and OF
marvellous fit. The Columbia. however
was obliged to content herself with the