The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-27

but surely Columbia forged ahead
pointing higher and footing faster.
Shamrock tackled and tackled again. but
Columbia went about with her each
time and appeared to be the more MIN
bic. Timed again and again by the
experts, she was quicker by ten sec
onds.
The beat down the Long Island coast
made a beautiful marine spectacle
Walker of the revenue cutter services
maintained a perfectly clear field. Half
mile off revenue cutters and yachts
at an angle Of four points from each
side of the course formed a right angle.
changing direction as the yachts
tackled.
In the hollow Of this angle as II on
fence corner there was no more in
reference with the yachts than II they
had been sailing in the middle Of the
Atlantic. while behind the fence on
either side were the solid floating NOV
ing lines Of careening hulls. rail to rail
their smoking stacks making a black
wall above them.
Columbia a Pretty Boat
On into the bucking seas the yachts
went, squirting great geysers from their
shark-like bows The American was
undoubtedly the prettier boat. Her
sky-scra ping club tOpsaiI was not so
high by eight feet as that Of her rival,
but she appeared more stately and
graceful. She seemed a thing of life,
lifting to the seas with less EFFORT or
piercing them with less fuss while the
heavier breasted Shamrock pointed and
shivered them with the force OF her
impact
The slender hulls Of the racing ma
chimes looked too frail to carry the
canvas which lowered above them.
About 100 feet above the water line a
height equal to a modern ten story
building, the slender tOpmast of sham
rock lifted her pyramid of canvas but
her S3S square feet more OF canvas
than the Columbia carried could not
make her Overtaze the white beauty.
1t was directly of Long Beach hotel.
with its crowded piazzas, that Sham
rock showed in front for the first and
only time during the race As the wind
had hauled more to the southwark and
had died down somewhat. Charlie Barr
headed the Columbia off-shore in the
hope of meeting it. Instead he poked
his nose into a dead calm and for
some minutes Columbia lay with her
sails Tapping, while the Shamrock
catching a slant Of wind nearer shore,
drew rapidly ahead.
But the victory was shOrt-liveFSS Ty,s
cant of the wind to the sOuthYsRard ba5
freshened to about six knO2s. making
it from this point a close-hfsuied reach
to the mark. The Colu1f1bia ra0i,5I--
overlook her adversary bnd Ca5fsjn
Sycamore in desperation concluded IN
Press pre- +oS on more canvas y Trying larger
Columbia Passes Shamrock
While the sailors 4vere ont ON thu
bowsprit taking in thFs old and bendinr
on the larger sails t,-l Columbia went
by Shamrock as If sheThad been nnoored
to the dock making TWO feet to her one
From that time to the outer mark, the
Columbia gained steeedily. As she came
alongside the turning point, leaving the
mark on the starboard hand, Barr put
his helm hard down and luffed around
it.
Then she filed away. Her great bal
loon jib broke out like a puff Of smoke.
her boom was easy off and she was
away for home on a broad reach. The
bands crashed, the whistles blew and
the crowd aboard the excursion heet
/ cheered. The fleet courteously waited
I until Shamrock rounded seven minutes
/ and four seconds later and gave her a
/ cordial reception.
From that time on it was a process
sion, not a race The Englishman tried
half a dozen head sails in the hope Of
improving his position, but the Ameri-
can forged steadily ahead Then the
wind which had been seven knots at
the stake boat, gradually died down,
and an hour before the time limit ex-
pired it was evident that the yachts
could not finish in time. The commit
/ tees boat finally hoisted signals declar-
ing mo race" and the big excursion
+ feet headed back for New York. Only
the steam yacht Erin, with Sir Thomas
Upton and his party aboard, remained
alongside the challenger and escorted
her TO her anchorage.
Under the rules the unfinished race
viii be resailed on Saturday and the
course viii be again fifteen miles to
windward and Ieeward and return.
Talk of the Race.
When seen after the race Sir Thomas
said: 1T was not a satisfactory race
because the wind was so cratic
hope we shall have better luck next
time. A race sailed on such day if
it can be finished at all. depends upon
the lucky chance position as to winds
of one boat or the other. I was never
more hopeful of the Shamrock than
am now. I am confident 1 shall get
the cup. I have never seen any more
skiAful handling OF a boat than was
shown by Captain Barr of the Columbia
today The Shamrock. too. was we'll
managed All the arrangements for
handling the yachts and steamers at
the course have been perfectly salts
factory"
Manager Jameson said: Il am both
surprised and pleased at she excellent
manner in which the course was kept
clear. The day was poor one for
/ racing. on account of the fukes.'
Designer Watson said: I am very
well. satisfied with what the boat did
today"
z. d. Morgan Of the Columbia said
/ "Columbia did very we'll under the
circumstances. We made q good start