| Show COLUMBIA WINS SECOND RACE HACK 1 la Fias tt ti time e ed in a treat liner ajr st in a gale 01 in tile fastest yacht race ever balled columbia took the second race of the series with shamrock it aa iu ID a glo ilous whole sail rail bireme wh which ic 1 heeled the big cup contestants do down wn until their lee ralla rails were awash in the foaming oas overa over a ti tangular lan gular of thirty miles by two minutes end and bofty two seconds actual time wa with th the forty till ee ce seconds which the irish sloop must allow tile the american beaton account of her larger sail ball plan the columbia won tile the race of the series by ahme minutes ules thirty five moc bee a buds 13 d the fastest race ever railed in a cup contest con it was not only a royal struggle from a spectacular point of view but it was waa absolutely decisive as to the merits of the two racing mach machine lues 1 litre abere Is in not a yachting sharp harp who tile the race who Is not firmly convinced that the defender to is tile abler boat blow high or blow low beating reaching or running and that sir thomas and ilia his merry british tars are doomed to return lionie tile the wind was strong and true blowing around eighteen knots from froin the north northwest vl eat an I 1 at eve every ry pol a t of ra racing 0 except perhaps perli apa running before tile iud ln in ibach the defender lias has already tulia tile hie inea of the tha dial clial lenger the I 1 yankee sloop proved herself falt abler than tile N atson model I 1 rom the ti meslie cioca the starting line one minute and thirty four keo imo buds behind tile alie mug hunter until mile elie picked up and panned punned the th irish boat clime miles after rounding the second mark columbia a pace was wan faster and she behaved bettor better than her rival reaching for tile the first brat mark ton ten miles rulles dono domal the louy long loland and thore share with the wind aft the beam she gained wenty twenty two seconds second in the closer reach for tile tho second stake the gained thirty seconds and in tile thresh to windward on oil the llie lug log hour home she he gained exactly two minutes llie ilia lumkee victory begin began with the start when tile the crafty darr burr by a sya eye tern tam of maneuvering convinced his adversary that lie he was trying to arose cro the il alno out filat captain promptly took the batt bait and nd rushing tile hi boat into position sent ent liar her away almot almost in ia the smoke of the gun I 1 thereupon hereupon captain barr having accomplished tile hl purpose tacked about buck back of the line and hold held olt off tor for more than a minute rhou with a flying start lie he went over oer jut just before the tha handicap gun was fired some of tile clr patriots were disappointed until the experts explained that there was a oo 00 windward berth in reach where the bouts could lay their boune straight for the mark and with a position astern where herr could keep his bis eye on every move more of hill hie rival was waa the commanding one oine lie Hs watch sycamore like a hawk knowing that when the frap between them was waa closed the ilia race was his for the fit fligl at fallien miles no human eye could tell which ship hip if either was gaining g so cloudy closely were they matche inato lied d hub but gradually it became apparent that tile the columbia was overhauling the t slowly incaby loch by inch and foot by foot tile the white boat gained I 1 ahey bey it ecru ere going at a terrible peco ivera thing in the llie fleet had to crowd on ahearn to keep the llie racers in sights aud and tile llie gait at al which they were going left tugs tug a and sonn c f falio liao steamboats astern I 1 lie g ilde alde boat which started fifteen before tile the racers shot ahot out at full bjeld but bub bile bho was hardly able to log olt off tile distance and get the float belito the racers were upon tier her the ibe columbia sailed the thirty miles in 3 13 IS 18 the fastest time ever made in such a race when asked what I 1 a thought of the race sir lipton owner of the 1 jf P challenger r out abil I 1 I 1 I admit frankly that thab I 1 got licked by the best boat in a fair and square rale race and I 1 maintain and believe that aliat there to is not dot a better skipper afloat than captain a I 1 beamore nor a better crew than mine ina I 1 have as much for my captain and crew sit as when I 1 came to this sidel side but they can t do ahey took as much gut out of cho boat as could betoken betaken bo taken I 1 am very much disappointed at tile the result added sir I 1 human home I 1 and the only consolation connotation is that I 1 know I 1 have licen bien licked by a good lionora honors ble bla opponent J know thattie that the wind wits was true slid and that thu the columbia won without buy any flukes v CUP TUB THE AMERICA fl CUP |
