The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-28

ed the warning signal was hoisted 10
minutes later the English skipper. in
despair, put up his tiller, crossed the
line and tackled about the lightship.
but the Columbia hung to him as if
one tiller were answering for both,
and when they again raced for the
line it was like two thoroughbred
horses. neck and neck.
But Barr was still to winiward. The
fascinating game the two shippers
were playing was so intense that
both miscalculatei the time and
crossed the line 80 seconds before the
starting gun was fired They were
recalled. Coming up again they fed
away across the line, both on the
starboard tack. but Columbia half a
length in the lead and length to
windward. Both carried the same
sails-main. club topsail. stay. jib anu
baby jib The sight made the pulses
of the spectators tingle with delight
Then for 10 miles down the Long
Island shore in plain view of the peo-
pie there the two big single stickers
smashed into the head seas, sending
spray smoking to the crosstrees.
Strain as Shamrock would she coull
not hold her white rival even. Slowly
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 nimble. Timed again and
again by the experts. she was quicker
by 10 seconds.
The beat down the Long Island
coast male a beautiful marine spec
tacle. The patrol fleet under the di-
rection of Captain Walker of the reve-
nue. cutter service, maintained a per-
fectly clear field. Half a mile of,
revenue cutters and yachts at an angle
of four points from each side of the
course formed right angle. chang
ing direction as the yachts tackled. In
the hollow of this angle. as if on a
fence corner. there was no more in
reference with the yachts than if they
had been sailing in the middle of the
Atlantic. while behind the fence on
either side were solid moving lines of
careening hulls, rail to rail. their
smoking stacks making black wall
above them. On into the bucking seas
the yachts went, squirting great gey-
sers from their shark like bows.
The Columbia appeared more stately
and graceful than the Shamrock She
seemed thing of life. lifting to the
seas with less effort or piercing them
with less fuss, while the heavier
breasted Shamrock shivered as she
met each heavy sea. The boats look
ed to frail to carry the canvas
which lowered above them. About
$50 feet above the water line. height
equal to a modern 10-story building,
the slender topmast of Shamrock lift
ed her pyramid of canvas, but her 833
square feet more of canvas than Col
umbia carried could not make her
overtake the white beauty.
1t was directly off White Beach
hotel with its crowded piazas that
Shamrock showed in front for the first
and on4y time during the race. AS
the wind had hauled more to the south
ward and had died down somewhat,
Charlie Barr headed the Columbia of
shore in the hope of meeting it. In
stead. he poked his uose into dead
calm and for some minutes Columbia
lay with her sails Tapping, while the
Shamrock catching slant of wind
nearer shore. drew rapidly ahead. But
the victory was shortlixed. The wind
to the southwark had freshened to
about six knots, making it from this
point close hauled reach to the
mark
Columbia rapidly overlook her al
versary, and Captain Sycamore, in
desperation. concluded to press on
more canvas by trying a larger top
nj.
THE bowsprit taking in the old and
bending on the larg6v sails Columbia
went by Shamrock as # she had been
tied to the dock making two feet to
her one From that time to the outer
mark Columbia gained steadily.
AS she came alongside the turning
point, leaving the mark on the star
board hand Captain Barr put his helm
hard down and luffed around it. Then
she filled away. Her great balloon jil
broke out like puff of smoke. her
boom was eased off and she was away
| for home on broad reach.
The bands crashed. the whistles
| blew and the crowd aboard the excur
sion fleet cheerei.
The fleet courteously waited unit
| the Shamrock rounded seven minutes
and four second later and gave here q
cordial reception. From that time or
1T was a procession, not a race The
Englishman tried half dozen hea(
sails in the hope of improving his po
sition, but the American forged
steadily ahead. Then the wind, which
had been seven knots at the stake
boat, gradually died down, AMI al
hour before the time limit expired Il
was evident that the yachts could no
| finish in time. The committee boa
finally hoisted signals declaring "nt
race" and the big excursion fee
headed back for New York. Only thu
| 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 rac'
will be resailed on Saturday and tn
course will be again Is miles to wind
ward or leeward and return.
A NEW STORY.
In his memories of Samuel Adams