| Show A it A V ca COLUMBIA QUEEN OF THE YACHTING WORLD COLUMBIA WINS SECOND RACE la in fastest TI almo toa ever recorded la in yacht race heating g shamrock la in A gale in ID the fastest yacht race ever sailed failed columbia took the second race of 0 the series with shamrock it if thursday I 1 in n a glorious whole sail breeze which heeled the big cup contestants contes tanti down until their lee rails were awash in the foaming seas over a triangular course of thirty miles by two minutes and efty two seconds actual time with the forty three seconds which the irish sloop must allow the american boat on account of her larger sail plan the columbia woo won the second race of the series by three minutes thirty five seconds the fastest race ever sailed railed in a cup contest it was not only a royal struggle from a spectacular point of view but it was absolutely decisive as to tho the merits of the two racing machines there is not a yachting sharp who witnessed tho the race who Is not firmly convinced that the defender is the i abler boat blow high or blow low beating reaching or running and that thai sir thomas and his merry british tars are doomed to return home the wind was strong and true blowing around eighteen knots from the northwest and at every point of racing except perhaps running before tho the wind in which the defender hos has already taken the measure of the challenger the yankee proved herself abler than tile watson model from tho the time the crossed the starting line one minute and thirty tour four seconds behind the mug hunter until she picked up and pushed the irish boat three miles after rounding the second I 1 mark columbian Colum bias pace was taster faster and she behaved better than her rival reaching tor for tile the first mark ten miles down tile the long wand island shore with the wind aft the beam she ahe gained twenty two seconds in the closer reach for the second stalio stake the pained gained thirty seconds and in the thresh to windward on tile the leg home she pained gained exactly two minutes the yankee victory began with the th start when the crafty barr by a system of maneuvering convinced his bis adversary that he was trying to cross the line first captain sycamore promptly took the ball bait and rushing his bl boat into position sent her away almost in the smoke of the gun thereupon captain barr having accomplished his bis purpose tacked about back of 0 the line and held off or more than a minute then with a flying start he went over just before the handicap gun was wag fired some soma of the patriots were disappointed until the experts explained that there I 1 was no me windward berth in a reach where the boats could lay their course straight for the mark and with a position astern where barr could kep keep his eye on every move of his rival was the commanding one he watch sycamore like a hawk knowing that when the pap gap between them was closed the race was his for the first fifteen miles no human eye could tell which ship it either was gaining so closely were they matched but gradually it ft became apparent that the columbia was overhauling the flying challenger sl slowly 0 w y inch inah by inch and toot by foot the white boat gained they yet ver going at a terrible pace everything in the fleet had to crowd on steam to keep the racers insight in sight and the gait at which they were going left tugs togs and some of the steamboats astern the guide boat which started fifteen minutes before the racers shot out at full speed but the she was hardly able to leg off the distance and get tile float overboard before the racers were upon her the columbia sailed the thirty miles in the fastest time ever mads made iu in such a race when asked what he be thought of the race sir thomas lipton owner of the challenger said ill 1 I admit frankly that I 1 got licked by tile the best beat boat in a fair and square race and I 1 maintain and believe that there is not a better belter skipper afloat than captain sycamore smore nor a better crew than mine I 1 bave as much esteem for my captain and crew as w when 1 ell I 1 carne came to this side but they cant do they took RS as much out of tile the boat as could be taken ill 1 I am very much disappointed at the tha result added sir bir thomas and the only consoli consol bIon ion is that I 1 know I 1 have been licked by a good food honorable opponent I 1 know that the wind was as true and that tile the columbia won without any fl flukes ulies 11 |
