| Show COLuMBiAIsiiNNk i > Defeats the Shamrock in the Most Soul T Stirring Race Ever Sailed for the l Americas1 Cup I As a Spectacle the Contest Was Superb It Wasa Magnificent Due I and the American Boat Won the Victory by One Minute and Twenty Yachting Experts Admit Shamrock J Is the Ablest Sloop Ever Sent to American Waters 1 d 1 I J New York Sept SIn the closest and most 8oulstlrrlng race ever sailed I for tho Americas cup the white flyer Columbia today beat the British chalenge over Q windward and leeward lee-ward course of thirty nautical miles by tho narrow heartbreaking margin of thirtynine seconds An Liptons latest aspirant for cup honors must allow 0 al-low the defender fortythree seconds on account of the extra square feet of canvas In her sail area the ofllclal rec ord under the rules gives her the victory gves tory by one minute and twentytwo seconds CONTEST A SUPERB ONE As n spectacle the contest was superb From the time the two skyscraping sky-scraping racers crossed the starting line until they fled acrosn the finish line four and l half hours later the result re-sult was In doubt and the excitement L aboard the excursion fleet Increased until men became frenzied and women i almost hysterical EVENLY MATCHED So evenly matched were these two oclentlflc racing machines that never after they started were the rival skippers skip-pers out of each others hal and more than threequarters of the time they were so close that Charlie Barr who ihad the tiller aboard the Columbia could have tossed a biscuit to Capt Sycamore on the Shamrock i RAN LIKE DEER For miles as they beat their way to the outer mark the black shadow of Shamrocks hug club topsail was painted on the malnoall the Columbia Colum-bia and for an hour oh the run home with tho yachts flying like scared deer before the wind they ran almost beam and beam as If they were harnessed togetherMAGNIFICENT MAGNIFICENT DUEL Tho mcmoX of the races between tho GShesta and the Puritan Ins In-s and Lord Dunraypns flrst VValkyrle and the Vigilant In 1S93 which have been treasured by yachtsmen I yachts-men up to ths time will be forgotten after the magnificent duel of today I will live forever in the memory of those who witnessed It In the yearn to come yachtsmen of the two nations will recount the thrilling glory qf the celebrated first race between lie Columbia and the Shamrock I called oft New York harbor in the first year of tho new century SHAMROCK A GREAT BOAT As l result of todays race though faith In the Columbia still remains In the hearts of all patriots all the cx pertH admit that the British boat Is tho I S ablest oloop ever sent to these waters to lift the 100gulnca cup which the old schooner America brought across tho Atlantic fifty years ago and the superiority su-periority of American seamanship and prorlt j American naval architecture as represented t repre-sented by the defender remains to be established COLUMBIA WELL HANDLED The quality of sailing ship Is meas ured by her ability to carve her way into an adverse wjnd and In the fif teenmile thresh to the windward today f the golden challenger gained thirty nine seconds while on the run home her lead was eaten up and the Columbia Colum-bia crossed the finish line exactly thirtyseven seconds before th Shamrock I must be remembered however that the challenger had the I wenther gauge in the beat to wind 7 Avard no mean advantage and the nautical experts said after the race i that during the outward Journey shed she-d been sailed to absolute perfection while before the wind the American i yacht not only showed a fleeter pair of I heelsbut lathe opinion the sharps was better IHindlcd GREAT CROWD WITNESSED RACE i Disappointed < by the fluke oC Thursday Thurs-day the crowjl 1 which sailed down to Sandy Hook lightship today was somb l what smaller than on the opening day 0 but even so the colony o steamers m steam yachts tugboats sailing vessels and excursion craft of cvdry description I descrip-tion formed an anglfe ai the starting I point miles lorzr I DAY AN IDEAL ONE I I way an ideal day for the race The = curtain of haze which had hung over I the bay and shore In the early morn I lag had lifted making the whole course i l visible to the thousands along the Long Inland coast The sun blazed from a 4 upecklcfs vault of blue and the fresh breeze blowing straight In from the I Atlantic wan strong enough to spill tho foam out f the gteen walls and I hurry long black ribbons of smoke I shoreward from thi stacks of the excursion A ex-cursion fet The old salts whd sniffed the air said the wind vau the draught 1 from the big storm which was reported c tflfce at raging On the South Atlantic l I SALUTED BY BIG LINGERS I The big singlestickers behind proud I I lypuillnj tugs had preceded the excur clan lltet to the stakes boat and had holjtod thiir largest light weather sail I I Sir Thomas Llpfons private signal n I I J Kreenjihnmrock in a yellow Held floated I i float-ed from the main truck of the BrlJLIsh I I I boat and Mr Morgans colors I Mai i I ttttj cioss in field ttr 0 feld of black fluttered from the I after leach of Columbias ii r ali Watson tho designer of the chal t I II Imger and Ratsey who is 1 reputed to 1 the best jllmnker In the world I were aboard the gold boat As the I I yachts passed out from behind the I I I Hook half a dozen ocean liners in Qln Ine8 ward bound saluted them with ensigns I I and whittles 6 START WAS THRILLING Again today dip course east by I south carried the yathix along the Long iSland thort straightnut to sea jhL BUtrt was trn1ht The yachts Bounded awoy acros the Hue lke acts I 5 couple of ruiuwax horees the chal lengftr Aalf a length ahead find to the > vlndwar In lie before I lit maneuvering the start Capt Sycamore had tnrt bBc slven the Wtty Y Kec nklppcr a genuine sur I prle rtlurnlrs a Roland for the Oliver he received on Thursday Just when Barr thought he had him under his lee i the EngJlshmsr deadened his headway and then huffed under the COlumbia I luted b rth This vie I I stern into the weather berth tory for the Shamrock at the very I first of the race the Columbia could not overcome In the long beat to the I windward AN INSPIRING SIGHT I The two big yachts were an inspiring sight to the spectators as they plunged I osaward pounding great fountains spry from their bows and drenching the crews lined up along the weather rail They heeled < to the wind until their lee rails were awash In the swirlIng swirl-ing bubbling seas ant from the windward wind-ward side they showed yards of their bronze underbodies Neck and neck tack and tack they raced like a team of horses Dismay began to be written writ-ten on the faces of the patriots as Barr tried once twice and finally a thlid twlce time to cross the bow of the foreigner only to be forced around each time by the lean golden muzzle of the Britisher Visions of the dear old cup that means the yaching supremacy of the world vanishing across the waters danced before be-fore their eyes HEARTS OF PATRIOTS SINK On and on they flew turning twin wings of foam from their bows and Columbia seemingly falling back I rather than gaining The hearts of the patriots sank lower and lower As the yachts got farther out the swells lengthened and the white flyer seemed to labor more heavily in the long waves Just after passing Long Beach hotel with Its verandas and windows 1 fled with people the old City of Paris now the Philadelphia or tho American line came foaming in from the east wIth a bone In her teeth She headed slightly northward between the racers and the shore in order not to Impede them with her wash and went by like an express train dipping her flop In saluijc Her passengers and crew lined 11cr rail for a sight of the cxcjllng spectacle until the 1 was iav down tOpbrL v SEA WAS ROUGH The vessels in the excursion feet by I 1 this time were rolling badly Many of f the spectators wore forced to the se I I elusion df their cabins and many were I kept near the rails The excursion I 1 vessels forined a crescent about the stake boat laa the yachts rounded the I outer murk but it was a doleful fleet As Shamrock wore around with her I spinnaker pole to starboard like a lance the big steam yacht Erin with the I Bloody hand of Ulster in the royal Ulster Yacht club ensign at her tart rail opened her whistle long and loud I was the first time Sir Thomas had I felt the Joy of victory and he and his I party probably enjoyed It to the full YANKEE SKIPPERS RESPONDED I The Yankee skippers were too polite not to pull their whistle cords but the tots were not loud nor Ibng l and the bands did not play Columbia the Gem I of the Ocean But when the racers had spread their wlngc spinnaker I matching main sail and balloon Jibs drawing forward and the white flyer I Columbia began to eat up the green water between her and the challenger drooping spirits began to rise and when the yachts got on even terms about half way home the bands began t play and the people raised a cheer WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC As they approached the finish line Columbia leading by half a dozen lengths all the pent up enthusiasm burat forth About a quarter of a mile before she reached the line the golden boat blanketed the white one and for 0 moment she ran up alongsfde and it I looked as if 1 she would be first home Cheers died lr > patriotic throats Suddenly I Sud-denly as Columbia luffed off and got hejp wind clear she forged ahead and came tearing down like mad As she I crossed three lengths aheaI the enthusiasm enthu-siasm broke opt again with redoubled on rirv I r PANDFONWM REIGNS Every Yankee skipper grabbed his whistle cOld and made Q torrlfic noise and din SIrens walled and the white steam Jets made It look as If either ship In the fleet had broken her steam chest The Corsair jr P Morgans steam yacht throw her power Into snioke Everybody cheered Men and women Jumpedup and down for very Joy Not a few hats tossed Into the nlr fell overboard but their owners cared t > OLD GLORY UNFURLED The Corsair sgt American Ifags at bojh peaUs gaffs and laff Vail Soon the whole fleet blossomed out Inthe national colors The Corsdfr went alongside ho defender arid her clew gave three cheers which the Yankee tnra aboard Columbia answered with bared heads The whole fleet seemed nnxlpun to escort Columbia to her ilnchorajfr I MAD RACE FOR IOME Mcantlm Shamrock r 1inJ t no tow from her tender and hail drawn out of the rupK gC the steamers Escorted Es-corted by the Erin which showed a big hole thnt the reyome cutter Gr ham had stovu In her port quarter sho held d for the berth behind the Hopk Some of the excursion boats dropped bock to salute the popular ppuJ1r sportsman who has been jjame enough Jame to make a second effort to lift the cup and then the whole fleet moved on in a mad race for home many of the sklp pit e keeping their whistles going untlF they notched the narrowsat the entrance en-trance of the upper bay te e LIPTON A 0 TRUE SPORTSMAN When it was all over Sir Thomas Lip tor shqwtl hlmsrlf the thorough sportsman lo is Well Iw thoIoul ho stood on the Ueulcof Erif thats oncdot ngajn UB But In my own heart I am jut as hopeful snij I wac hlu mornipK for Ikfcfil that If I jnly Itajie a wind I am All right It was a faft and equate rice npt a luke butt oij ndt hamrpckp d y Wewantz Hr > z0 thnt Itppthitt lock ax IncKec tin lec vcaldr and tlew you w1 IncitG I t i conUcu < l sou page 2 0 JGOLUMBIA IS WINNER i i Continued from page 1 ace a race Be cure of one thingI 1 was licked fairly today I k Cnpt Bob Wrlngo who was on the brldg6 of Erin at Sir Thomas Lip i tons elbow said If we get a fresh j breeze we will lift the cup yet A nine to twelveknot breeze Is what wet I we-t Vant BEAT THEM FAIRLY E D Morgan while highly pleased over the result of the race had little comment to make We bent them 1 fairly he said although the wind conditions were not all that could have I been desired After turning the outer I mark we were confident of bringing I Columbia home a winner I will vcn to thuv outcome turo no predictions as lor the future races We have carefullY I I avoided boasting but shall put forth our best endeavors to keep the Americas J Amer-icas cup pn this side of the Atlantic I Capt Barr also was much gratified I oyer the victory It wan a close race i hut a clean one he said Wind conditions con-ditions were perhaps not all that could have been desired but such as they j were our boat wan never in danger I believe at any point I |
