The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-10

established a lead. The wind held, but
did not increase in velocity, and both
boats seemed to get all of it.
The yachts had the long swell behind
them. This caused the big spinnakers
which We're set to port to belly out and
then wrinkle. while the balloon jibs were
alternately full and slack. The booms
also kept tipping up into the air and
then falling.
+ The Shamrock seemed to roll a trifie
more than the Columbia. and this ap-
parently accounted for some Of the lat
ters gain, although the American boat
had the better breeze from the stern.
AS the yachts drew in toward the
lightship they met a large number of
outward-bound foreign steamers, but ali
of these large vessels conformcd to the
rules and sheered away.
The Columbia gained steadily, in spite
of every effort of the Shamrock TO re-
gain her lost advantage. Little by little
the Columbia gained, until at 2:21 there
were fully three lengths of clear water
between her stern and the bow of her
pursuer.
The Columbia held that little lead until
the finish.
The official time elapsed at the nnish
was:
Columbia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1924
When the Columbia went over the line
she was fully 200 yards ahead Of the
challenger. She won by one minute and
twenty seconds, this including her time
allowance.
| On the return the Erin was in COLI
sion and had a small hole stove in her
port quarter. 1t was not serious.
| NEW YORK, October 1.-The Columbia
and Shamrock II tried today to win the
second international race for the Ameri-
ca cup and both failed miserably After
the first hour of the race, which was
little more than drifting match, the
Shamrock led, and when the race was
called Off, when the second leg of the tri-
angular course of thirty miles was half
covered, the Irish boat led by nearly half
a mile. Although the Shamrock was well
ahead when the time limit expired. the
partisans of the Irish boat found little
in that fact to comfort them.
! Both the Shamrock and her rival found
the wind gusty and fiuky, and it finally
died to such an extent that the race de-
veloped Into a drifting match pure and
simple. First the Shamrock and then the
Columbia would profit by some wander
ing breeze. They alternately led until
well into the second ten miles on the way
home, when the committee CALLED the
race off, as there was absolutely no
chance for the yachts to finish within
the time set by the committee.
There can be no question that, in the
| light of todays race, the Shamrock
showed her superiority in very light airs
While the breeze held good the Columbia
! seemingly had an advantage. The parti-
sans of the American boat, who We're
afoat by the thousands and surrounded
the downtown bulletin-boards by tens of
thousands, were greatly relieved when it
became certain that the race would not
| be finished
The race could in nowise be looked up
on as a test in any way of the yachts
capabilities, even in light airs. The light
wind that barely filled the sails jumped
from one part of the course to another
! and first one boat and then the other
gave her rival the heartache by catching
! the breeze and moving along a few hun
dred feet, while the other unfortunate
lay beCalmed waiting for the tickle wind
| to jump to the other side and give her
a boost toward overtaking her rival.
| The start was all in favor of the Co.
iiumhia. Barr completely outmaneuvered
Sycamore and got the white beauty
across the line twelve seconds ahead of
the challenger, securing the weather
berth. Luck came to the aid of the white
yacht before the boats had sailed fifteen
that forced the Shamrock to head fully
two points off her course, while the Co
lumbia was able to keep hers steady and
true. Before things were Strengthened
out again the defender had gained half
Il mile over the Irish boat Not long
after that the challenger decided to go
wind hunting and caught a lucky slant
of air that sent her rapidly ahead. and
by the time the Columbia had come up
position from which she was not after
ward driven and which did so much to
give her the honors of the day.
/ Then followed a series of ingenious,
but futile attempts on the part of the
! Yankee skipper to dislodge his antago-
mist from the favorable position which
he had secured, and now seemed deter
mined to retain. It was a little after 100
p. m. when Sir Thomas boat passed the
Herreshoff sloop to windward and so
/ blanketed her that the white yachts
sails shiYered ominously in the wind, and
! she lost nearly all her Roadway Cap
! tain Barr at once took in his jIb top-sail
and set a long reaching top-sail. which
! maneuver was at once initiated by Cap
! tain Sycamore. The bronze yacht soon
! blanketed her antagonist again, and thus
drew out ahead.
Time and again this was repeated The
toIumoia would gather way again and
close up the open water between herself
and the Shamrock, only to lose all her
gain when the chaIenger's huge canvas
! shut off her wind and left her two or
4 three lengths behind, practically motion
less, Captain Barr got tired of this, and
did thing that made his critics stare.
He luffed sharply under the stern of the
Shamrock, and went about on the port
/ tack, evidently intending to slide far
! enough out to windward to run no
chance of being euchered out of any wind
there might be blowing in the future.
The Shamrock rounded the first ten-mile
mark three minutes, eight seconds ahead
of the Columbia and continued to draw
away despite the falling breeze. When
the race was called off about fifteen
miles had been completed, with the
Shamrock three-quarters of a mile in
the lead.
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