| Show COLUMBIA BEATS THE SHAMROCK first race of the series won by he the cup defender by ten minutes end and fourteen seconds columb columbia out pointed the file challenger ani an through the vc liki like a ettl beating out oscr a milt mile aej nj a hl greal arc ovation cin the columbu columbia as i sh crossed the lint light which vu was lo 10 favor I avor ill shamrock new I 1 ork oct if I 1 ate r ripe rt peate atel I 1 failure during aurin tile pat past diio on account of a laik lack of wind tu to bring olf off the international yacht race during which time the challenger gained fal neil pub it favor go u much that the neva va van beat broadcast that khe bile nan alapa eure sure to an win the first of the si ries lies ha been beef sailed se milting in a decided tie vic lory tory for the Ani erleau boat hie ilia cup aich the lie old schooner andrica nun on all cottier amei the courne around tile 11 ule of 1 eglit in IX it and brought back tied sea 1 hlll III probably remain acles here another anut lier yeat a dt lame flance to the w or orl I 1 in a glor lons Irr braffe re over a wheel wani aad ad Ic etvard of thirty illa h columbia Colum hia scored against the in the first race of the 1899 series for the trophy bhe she bounded across the onich line fully a mile and a half ahead of the tile challenger defeating her ten minutes end fourteen actual time or ten minutes and eight seconds becu nils c corrected time after allowing the r six IX seconds handicap which the columbia must concede to the challenger on ae ac count of her longer water line it we was a decisive contest contasta con testa a magrell c tent eat race magnificently sailed and I 1 magnificently won opinion aa as to the I 1 merits of the two boats had been u bome nhat divide I 1 as a result of the flukes luring during the past ua tiso weeks although the e of expert opinion neer wavered wa vereil in its loyalty to the wonderful speed f an ability of the white hite fl aljer er no nautical sharp expected the shamrock would be so ove ethelm the I 1 aukee boat outgeneraled leer at t the lie start bent leer ier la in windward work to the outer oater mark find gained twenty two seconds in the run home before the wind chere here was a good strong ten or theire knot br breeze breze eze ami and it held throughout the race it is undoubtedly r a bitter blow because thi anglish agli sli hopes hope of lifting the cup have never been higher since the thistle met the volunteer in 1887 L ke ler the shamrock Shir bhe wae was decisively defeated in the first bour jours ailing sailing there was lively jockeying behind the line before the start and the columbia ile abla got tile best of it she clearly outmaneuvered her rial rival eventually her over the line first by half ball a length but leaving the columbia in the weather position close balled on the starboard tack the jachts plunged be award heeling to the twelve knot breeze ahe he first few fen minute minutes of the race w were ere the most interesting they made ok beautiful picture as a they raced away atway like hounds their sails to the nautical c tie a were perfection in fit fil ti they ey looked as tf if they might have be been eu c arved out of alabaster so firm and anti faul Jess were the lines it was oon soon apparent that I 1 the he white flyer was for giree rf ahead bead ills clear water ater began to show between them I 1 alip he I 1 alu let in 1 I 14 to not only out ill foot the tile challenger lint tile expert slen hat list bile point pointed etl higher hlf flier it tree liow how title made her way up into the A antl 11 ethl re fi ter u site had a lead ut of live five anil and from that time thue un on the rate bern 1 the patriot patriots in were ere int tnt and the bann ban N halh began playing never I 1 nil until ill llie the race was wn oer over 1 I lie he luni lili edinel ee inel more mor tender than tin the foreigner of tier brodye 1 underbody u an nhe she leaned it awny fly vt knitli ith her tier lee rail at almost most awash stes illy the life continued to draw head until within halt an hour un nil bernoi her leer imperl arity in windward work ork it became in came onlo a of lion lot far the white fler crould beat her cirni to the lie outer mark the shamrock footed valiantly bu but neither in speed nor in point pointing log could an she he compare with columbia then the three skippers on the challenger put ti air heads together and tried new tactics I 1 ahe le e ste am rock made a d donen ale a short bouts evidently her skipper were vere under the impression that she nat quiches on her heel and better at fore ore reaching reach ing than the I 1 yankee boat but the columbia proved quite as nimble as the shamrock aben lien the shamrock got through w with ith this line of tactics the columbia had her lead until she site was liall half it mile milt ahead at the end of another half halt hour as the wind con ticked tu to freshen the tile Shain shamrock rock took in her baby jib figuring that w without this light head sail slie site might be able to hug the wind a little closer lite columbia held on to tier hers s and a 4 the blia shamrock did not improve her position at the end of ten minute minutes her s skipper kippers again bet the sail hy by I 1 0 allock the shamrock wai tas fully a mile and a half astern aud slid the tile to ct lumbia was a winner vinner all over A the tile associated iress press boat on her way ay to theo the mark passed the manning captain trans I 1 rans who was va on the bridge hh a peach pesch nothing could liae leave been prettier than the way vay the tile columbia swept arout around 11 the outer mark gracefully as a acs ics jusits hl lead edged far to a t tn 10 of their louft course anil mutt a the he IL ri I L is required that the tier mark shall be pa panted ird oa on the starboard hand the columbia Columb lH tacked dolva to port and came over oo 00 the starboard tat t k an as sho ho approached the float an bile u ap proa hed 1 it lift leer pole was like a R knight n lance til lit rest As she swung around site be eased off her main boom let leer spinnaker pole drop to port anti an I 1 out the cloud of calivas led tied like a it reel leer tier big balloon jilt blosa orneil out fort eight seconds ri onil later I 1 rum that titue it at bimal it pro cession liters was a R bout soul stirring loir a t ird ran as a the olum columbi ol bla app roachel t the fiul h file boat had bath 1 there in lit a hemi circle to five give her el couie audits til site dept across the i finish I 1 roke looe I 1 ahe lie abeam attlee hi the lie irean sirens tiled tie coroner the tile of the new cir clork ort I 1 acht club and nd everal several other Y yacht elite flung their powder into moke smoke a and it the multitude on the decks of the we wheeler wheelers cheered the Cor cornar sotir hauled down town all her private signals klif nals and act et old glory at each kathend mat hend and gat gieff and taff rall the crew of the tile columbia olum bia gathered ath fred aft and hure liun alicd with ith bare I 1 hed then sit a I 1 W it 41 or THE TIIE SHAMROCK AND THE COLUMBIA she site lowered her head lead alls sails and took the tow line from her tender the crowd waited wafted over ten minutes until the shamrock bad crossed and the fleet beet had lead given her stentorian expression of good will then rhen they turned on their heel and scampered after the columbia crowd ing about her tier and cheering her again and again whilo while the blind played hail columbia ahkee doodle and other patriotic airs they escorted her all the wa baj to her ant an orage inside the hook sir thomas I 1 ipton I 1 k his defeat willi with the spirit of a tru triau sportsman Kp it was nas a fair and imI huaro teare race eald said lie ile e were ere beaten fairly no 20 two boats ever sailed bailed a better race and thea UK uka a were acre equally ii eUy ell handled ai as far as 1 I could bee u ta THE LE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB STATION AT |
