The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

shamrock now In the weather position
AT the warning signal both yachts bore
down and came to leeward There the
Columbia luffed sharply on the port tack
with Shamrock close on her heels Al
1888 the Columbia went on the starboara
tack, this maneuver being repeated by
her rival. The Shamrock lufred up to
windward of the Columbia and when the
starting gun came had a splendid pos,-
ton, and went over the line two seconds
ahead or her rival and well placed in
the windward BERTH For once Charue
Barr had met his equal In the starting
trick. Columbia tried in vain to work
out through the lee of her opponent Sew.
erai short lacks were taken, but in spite
OH all EFFORTS she could not get clear
She was damned under the lee of the
challenger, position not often occunieo
oy the old defender. The Columbia. on
the port tack, tried TO cross +ha howe
OF the shamrock. but in vain The cha;.
ienger, having the right of way. forceo
her about, instead of gong under he,.
rlvalS stern. The Columbia preferred
the position under her lee how 90 IonS
as she could get the wind free A. n. a,
shamrock had good lead of nearly :ym
yards When the vessels were on the
PR i LACK tney encountered a pretty hard
neao sea. While on the starboard tack
the sea smote them abeam The Snan,
rock appeared to splash more against the
nose enders than the Columbia h,,t tho
Spiashlhg did not retard her speed IN rho
least. Not tremor could be detectea
Ia the tufts of the sails of either racer
Both were
HANDLED TO PERFECTION
anu were given good, clean fun NOT
me teast culver being allowed to make
Itself manifest in single cloth pw
several sharp tacks the Columbia again
tlleu TO work herself out of the leeward
positlon. All efforts, however, were fu-
lie AT Iz:o4 poth boats on the port tack
We're heading for the outer mark wbioh
On TINS occasion was the tug Edgar r
Luckenbach. the raft which she carr;ad
having failed TO right itself when MT
overheard The wind now was the
Ifeshest of the day. The Shamrock had
a read OF at least 400 yards, and as she
approached the mark it was seen thai
she mad handfly beaten the old defender
IN the WIndward work She turned in ex-
ceneht style, and with main boom SQUARE
OH 10 port, the spinnaker boom was low
ered 10 starboard The Columbia made
an equally good turn. The official time
at the mark was as follows:
Shamrock ,os.,o
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ..............1 :25:53
Inc Shamrock in the beat to windward
mad thus gained thirty-nine seconds She
had beaten the Columbia boat for boa+
but had not overcome the handican Of
forty-three seconds time allowance which
under the rules of the New York Yacht
club she was compelled to concede. There
was considerable delay in setting spin
makers. The Shamrock waiting apnarent-
~ Tor the Columbia and luffing out in
order to prevent a blanket. Finally at
l:5z the Columbia broke out her spinna-
ker and at the same time a tremendous
balloon jib. Shamrock smartIy followed
suit. In the heavy roll of the seas.
which was now on the port quarter of
the two boats, the main booms trailed
in the water as they lurched to leeward.
Those were tautened up clear of the sea,
thereby spelling somewhat the set of the
mainsails. The stern chase is a long
chase, but slowly the old Columbia
craWled up on the new Shamrock At
2:l0 she was abeam and half a minute
later was the leading boat. Slowly she
still crept, and at 2:14 was all of half
length ahead. From that time on to the
finish line she kept in the lead The wind
was now dropping light, but in spite of
her much larger sail plan the Shamrock
could not prevent the steady, slow gain
of the Columbia For nearly an hour the
race continued without further event
Then at 3:15 the wind freshened slightly,
filling out the immense sails of the
Shamrock. Slowly she crept up and les
sened the gap between her and the de-
fender. Now she was only a half length
behind. Now she was veny nearly on even
terms, and it became matter of doubt
as to which boat would first cross the
finish line, less than a mile away. 1t
was the last of the many exciting mo-
ments in the contest, for very soon the
Columbia, getting her wind free again,
pulled out with surprising rapidity,
opened up on the challenger and pulled
out a lead that left the result no longer
in doubt. She crossed the line a winner
not only on time allowance but boat
for boat.
The next race will be over triangular
course, ten miles to a leg, and will be
sailed next Tuesday.