Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-10

New York. oct. with victory Tag
flowing from her towering m"st-h 'ads ana
the Gods of her slroadcrs in honor of h"'
concluding triumph in the cup races of
1901. the Iallant SlOop Columbia returned
to her anchorage tonight under the escort
OF the entire excursion fleet. Sh" to-daN
completed her defence of the honorcd tro-
ply in another stirring race with IL"
Shamrock II. over a lecward and windWari
course of thirty miles, crossing the Nuisll
PIE two seconds behind her antagonist
but winning ON the time allowance con-
coded 10y Lipton's boat by II seconds.
For the second time she has now sue
ocssfullY fuled tho attempt of the irish
knight to WrcSt from our possession thu
cup that means the yachting supremacy
Cd the world. And plurkv Sir Tn umas
Upton standing on the bridge of the Erin
led his guests il three hearty huzzahs for
the successful defender she is the bot
ter boat he said, "ani She deserves to
% Ch"crcd.'
The series of races lust closed viii all
ways b. memorable as the closest ever
sailed for the cup and Sir Thomas, al
though defeated. will 90 home with Ii.
satisfaction of knowing that his gold r
yacht is the ahlcst foreign boat that ,v' r
crossed the western ocean During bot
series of races not an untoWard incident
Eas occurred and Sir Thomas will rctur.
to England by far the most popular Of "a
the foreigners who have challenged for the
America = trophy
TodnN's race, on paper, was the closest
IF the series. but bocausn of tho fuk,ue-s
f the wind on the beat home as "A contest
of In" relative merits of the yachts, il is
not to ho compared with the mngridc IT.
truly run ana roValY-fought battles Of
saturday and yesterday.
The conditions of the race at the stars
N,s,4r. si,1nI lfIv tn, a.. fI
tordaY. The wind was stlonE and from
IN" shore omhrodoring the sea with foam
hut riling MP no swell-idcal conditions for
the challenger.
The racers were sent away before Il .
wind each carrying 4 penalty for cross
ing the line after the handicap gun No
official record is kept of the time after
that gun is fired, but tho oXrcr,s with
step watches estimated Coumba's handi-
cap at Il seconds and Shamrcch's az 80
seconds. The contest of tho yachts fleeing
before the following wind vas picturesqu
but not exciting. The big racers. like gulls
with outStrctCEcd pinionS had every inch
IF canvass spread, all their light sails.
including bullying spnnakerS ana balloon
lb top sails. Their crews were gathorc
aft to keep the heads of the boats up and
therefore until the outer mark was reach
cd 1t WAS merely question # holding ON
to all the canvass and letting the wind co
the rest
Notwithstanding the fact that the cot
umhid beat tn" Shamrock before the win |
last Saturday the challenger to-day gain
ed slowly hut steadily all the way out
and rounded - seconds before the dcfcnd-
"r having actually gained one minute ana
/ four seconds Immediately after the
yachts turned their noses into the wind
for tn" beat home the breeze moderated
ana turned fukY The shippers spl.t
tackS each searching for wind. with thr
result that first one would get a lift and
, then tn" other At one time the Column
biI seemed a mile ahead. when sudden
cant of the wind allowed the Shamrock t.
point nearer tine mark and a mile from
home the challenger appeared To he lead
ing by fully half a mile. The talent hc-
gan to feel nervous, but as the yachts ap.
preached the finish the Yankee skipper hy
miraculous loEerdcmsin, showed his boat
into the light air like "A phantom ship aud
one hundred yards from home the w
racers were almost ON even terms. IT was
~ pretty sight and one seldom with, ssed
when they crossed rail to rail. tn" white
yachts bowsprit Just ldping the guldt n
boats mast
The usual pandomonium that attends
the final Yankee victory In a cup contest
followed Whistles, sirens, bells, bands
and cheers united in n grand chorus oi
iuhnaton and j, T. Morgan's steam
vaclt Corsair added to the terrific din hS
firing "A ndtloNUi salute OF Il guns,
After the Columbia had hauled down her
sails and set her victory flag the cXcur-
sion boats crowded alongside to cheer III,
Yankee sailors and the winning shipper
Nor did they forget either Lm or his
gallant craft In turn the crowded steam
crs ran alongside the Shamrock and Erin
and the Vanqushed received almost a'
much honor as the victor And thus, will
Fluctuations all around. the 18th series oI
races for the old cup which the schooner
America brought over 30 years ago cndc,
. with the best of feeling.
IIl'TON'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
While taking his defeat Sir Thomas Lip
: tom made no attempt to conceal the hon
est disappointment when he talked ablu
the race Tonight on the Erin.
T. II am very disappoiuted,' be said. a."
T. cant hide that. | thought within llGtcCl
minutes Of the finish that Wc had won,
!, was sure as my life that we had wou
l When | looked around tho situation IN,
u changed and We had lost. It was n har
: blow to be 50 near winning ana then T.
q. lose. | should Ike to have got one rae
just by way of consolation, 1t is a Yer
hard thing to be beaten by n breath-by
few beats of the pulse 1t has been 50
we're strain on me, | have worked SO bar
II for many months now and am glad it
# over. To have won would have been IA jo
/ greater than to-daN's dsappointmcni
. COlumbia's win to-day was fair and squar
r, and honorable. There Is nothing to pc
v test If | wanted To protest. In fact, | haN
20 feeling in my heart that If there ha
| been any error I'm judgment at all IT woIl
j. have been in my favor, If there had bt G
y any possibility of choice IN the matter
$, believe tn" New York Yacht club woul
Il have 3iV,n me the race. Sometimes ma
la IN. hiatt .p ht,p I'm h