Show WINS THE THIRD RACE Detailed Story of Last Contest of the International Series for 1901 Now York Oct IIt I was half nn hour before the preparatory gun when tho committee boat Navigator hoisted hoist-ed the signal D C S Indicating that the course would be fifteen miles to leeward and return The wind at that time came from the northnorth west and was blowing all of twelve miles an hour Both racers came out from the horaeiflioti In tow of their tugs and seemed slow In getting their Hails set The Shamrock Was first to hoist her mainsail and also first to get Up her largest club topsail The Columbia Colum-bia evidently waiting to test the strength of tho wind l < 1not si her club tonsull until 1040 Capt Barr de cldlnc that the wind was not too strong for his No1 p At tho preparatory signal at 3015 both boats were far up to the windward 1 wind-ward and came down toward the lightship light-ship and ju before the warning gun again headed un into the win simultaneously simul-taneously and worked back to their former positions Both were on the Dart tack and close hauled with the Columbia on thd weather aide of the challenger SYCAMORES GAME The American boat was first to come about after the warning gun at 1057 Shamrock Immediately followed and Dlantcd herself directly astern of the defender at the same time breaking out her tremendous balloon Jib and let tinjr fall to starboard her spinnaker pole It was Sycamores game to cross last possible This he was able to do but while he had the pride of po tjltlon In a leeward start he found himself him-self thirty seconds behind the handicap handi-cap Gun BARR ALSO HANDICAPPED Barr In the meantime had delayed breaking out his light ails and still ln > ld the Columbias sheets In slat Thus he too handicapped his boat In crossing but not so much as his rival l for It Is estimated that he was only fifteen seconds behind the handicap gun Spinnakers on both boats were broken out on the line and away they went on what proved to be the lust race of the International series of 1901 OFFICIAL rIME OF START Both boats began handicapped Tho odlcial time of the start as posted on the bulletin board of the committee boat was as follows Shamrock 110200 Columbia 110200 Hardly had the boats got over the line before It was seen that the Shamrock Sham-rock was gaining on her rival Slowly Slow-ly she crept up and at 1117 was on pen terms Half a minute later showed sh-owed her bowsprit ahead and from there on led the Columbia to the outer mark SHAMROCK TAKES LEAD The run down the wind was uneventful unevent-ful after the Shamrock took the lead exceot at a few moments before the turn when the Columbia catching first a fresh puff of wind run up on the challengers weather quarter The boats were then very near the turning buoy so that the Shamrock took In her solnnaker and balloon Jib 4ind set with a greater speed than had yet been shown by the British crow her jib and staysail As soon as these two head sails filled with wind the British boat lutfed out under the bow of Columbia Colum-bia took on new life and romped ahead again Columbia kept hers her-s until within two minutes of the mark hoping with this additional sail to pull tub t she was unable to to so anti had to turn fortynine seconds sec-onds behind her riVal GAINED ON COLUMBrA The ofllclal time of turning tho outer mark was as follows Shamrock 1218 0 Columbia 1U1335 Thus on the straight run down the wind the challenger had gained according to ofllclal time fortynine seconds but In reality she had done better than this i for to this fortvnino seconds are to he added the fifteen seconds which the Columbia led her over the starting lineAfter After rounding the mark the Shamrock Sham-rock stood ofC for some minutes on the starboard tack Just before 1 oclock the defender came about and stood over on the starboard tack toward to-ward the Shamrock The two boata held alongtogether on the same back tack for five or six minutes Then the Shamrock put about and at iijs crossed Columbias bows and lacked well on tho American boats weather DRAMATIC EVENT OF RACE I Then exactly as was the case yes terday at 112 another dramatic event of the race occurred In three minutes Columbia passed clean through the leo of the challenger went on tho port tack and cosily crossed her bows The Shamrock at once tacked under the defenders lee and then developed a Bltuatlon that could not be explained unless by change of wind While the Columbia kept on pointing very high Shamrock headed far off to leeward I and for several minutes did not point anywhere near as high as the Colum bia and rapidly fell off The wind bad now dropped very materially and It soon became lluky aa well one boat geuinerlt In puffs and then the other At times there was a great difference In their pointing Coumbla now noadlng well up while Sfianirork fell off and then again the reverse was t mo BOATS WIDE APART I At 130 the boats wore standing along on the port tack but wide apart The Columbia was well to windward the distance being estimated by some of tho yachting oharpa a nearly u mile I but ot tho same time she was slightly astern A series of short tacks was begun I be-gun by both roc rS and In these the I Shamrock showed evident gains be I ing aided by friendly Blanks of wind For halt nn boUr these short tacks < ± continued and when at 2 oclock the I boats camo together near enough to afford comparison wan seen that the challenger had made up a large part if not all of her loss Tho wind mean I vhlle had become more and more fluky and vias blowlng not over seven or fjllhtr knots Instead ofbelnc a good 1 test of sailing the race now became av matter of luck In getting and good seamanship In meeting the varying puffs At the same time1 It became avery a-very close affair and there was Intense excitement in the sightseeing fleet i COLUMBIA VNOAV AHEAD A few minutes after 2 Qclock Barr put ColUmbia about oh the star hoard tack and headed for the Jersey shore A minutes later the Shamrock Sham-rock followed 1 and It was then seen beyond possibility off ddiibt lhat the American boat was not only to windward wind-ward but watf slightly ahead Again the two racers went Into short reaches and again the challenger came out with gains to her credit so that at 220 she took the lead The wind was noW fast dropping but the boats were within five miles of the finish line and had plenty of time In which to cross the limit unless the breeze fell to a Hat calm It became anybodys race and the excitement Increased A few more short tacks and the British boat added LO her lead by favoring puffs SEAMANSHIP OF HIGHEST ORDER Seamanship of the highest order was now required and In this respect II was hats off doughty Charlie Barr He nursed his craft along In the light airs In n wonderful manner and at every moment had a sharp eye out oran or-an change of wind Shortly after 230 both bouts went on a long port tack and when at 317 the Shamrock put about to meet the Columbia it was evident that she silll had a slight lead for she forced Lhe defender about Ilnvlng done this Shamrock again went about on the port tack with the evident hope of fetching the line now about a mile away I BOTH BOATS WELT HANDLED The Columbia kept on a couple of minutes longer and then followed her rival She was to windward berth but well astern and the lead of the Englishman En-glishman was unmistakable Both boats were being Called for all there was In them and they went through the water at a speed remarkable for the wind that was then blowing It was apparent that ii nervestraining finish was at hand Charlie Barr kept up his good work and took advantage of every change of air that could possibly pos-sibly help him The Columbia was perceptibly gaining but every soul In the fleet was wondering If she could pull up enough to cross the line ahead The wind head l1 bath boats a bit and It became apparent that neither could fetch by the lightship At 3t30 the Shamrock wont ton t-on the starboard and headed for the middle of the line The Columbia tacked under her lee Rarrs game be ing to backwind the headsall of the challenger On they game the Amer ican boat gaining slightly The crowd began to cheer for it was then a cer tainly that tt1ol gallanl I I yacht was well within her time allowance if she could not cross llrst TWO SECONDS APART The Shamrock was first to luff across but hardly was this perceptible before Barr did the same thing with Columbia and they went over only two seconds apart But the two s cons c-ons were to the credit of Shamrock In actual time though she was a beaten beat-en boat according to the rules of them the-m |