The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1901, Page 13

Grreure *OreIOX SXERO HON = Pag @onona Py n W 3 * PRORO I EFOXEX CEDRD AON SROXOXOXPROQ tak < +— | $ Call. ] 8 SHBEG HOE 65 2068 13 _9_2__; VOLUME XC—NO. 121, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1901—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. #OXPAIRIRIR S S PRICE FIVE CENTS. COLUMBIA OUTSAILS SHAMROCK I N SOUL-STIRRING TEST OF SPEED o ér:(» ! & — START OF COLUMBIA AND SHAMROCK II IN THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE. FROM A DESCRIPTION TELEGRAPHED TO THE CA —_— LL. Under Adverse Conditions the American Yacht Beats the Cha'lenger by a Narrow Margin. — - ol BARR ELATED; SYCAMORE GLOOMY Specinl Dispatch to The Call. | EW YORK, Sept. 28.—Victory is victory, you know, and I | N d that it fell to our lot. Any conditions suit me so long g —~Captain Barr of the Columbia. I I am disappointed and weary and have nothing I care to say | about the contest.—Captain Sycamore of the Shamrock II. — o i - = ross the exci reased u smen almost | 4 finish 1 mos iled the b ger over narrow, he: seconds. old white filer the a leeward course of thirty As Lip- up honors must on account —In the | were the rival skippers out of each other's 1 stirring | hail and more than three-quarters of the time they were so close that Charlie Barr, | Who had the tiller aboard the Columbia, set of canvas in | e official record, under line untfl they the e victory by 1 minute 22 spectacle the contest was superb. time the two skyscraping racers fled could have tossed a biscuit to Captain Sycamore on the Shamrock. For miles as they beat thelr way to the outer mark the black shadow of the Shamrock’s huge topsail was painted on the big mainsail on the Columbia and for an hour on the run home, with the yachts fiying like scared deer before the wind, they ran al- most beam to beam, as if they had been harnessed together. Race Will Live in Memory. The memory of the races between the Genesta and the Puritan in 188 and Lord Durraven’'s first Valkyrie and the Vigi- four and a hailf|jant in 189, which have been treasured the result was in doubt and ment aboard the excursion fleet | gotten after the magnificent duel of to- by yachtsmen up to this time, will be for- men became frenzied and |day. It will live forever in the memory hysterical. So evenly | of those who witnessed it. In the years matched were these two scientific racing |to come yachtsmen of two nations will machines that never after they started’recount the thrilling story of the cele- + ! + OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE GREAT YACHT RACE. | Special Dispatch to The Call. | NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Commodore Kane, chairman of the regatta committee, this evening | save out this ofiicial statement of the first race: | : Outer Elapsed Corrected | YACHT— Start. Time. Time. by Shamrock I . 4:31:44 4 L4 | Columbin time al 4331107 24 Columb ns by 1:20. | | Course—East by south, fiftcen miles to windward and return. | | Weather—A fair sailing breeze nt the star(, from east by south, which Leld about true throush- | | out the day. It fell a trifle lizhter at the outer mark, but freshened somewhat toward the finish. | ICHOLSON KANE, CHESTER GRISWOLD, NEWBURY D. LAWTON, Regatta Committee. 1 A 2 brated first race between the Columbia and the Shamrock IT sailed off New York harber in the first year of the new cen- tury. As a result of to-day’'s race, though faith in the Columblia still remains in the hearts of the patriots, all the experts ad- mit that the British boat is the ablest sloop ever sent to these waters to lift the 100 guinea cup which the old schooner America brought across the Atlantic fifty vears ago, and the superiority of Ameri- can seamanship and American naval archftecture, as represented by the de- fender, remains to be established. The quality of a sailing ship is measured by her ability to carve her way into an adverse wind, and In the fifteen-miles thresh to windward to-day the golden challenger gained thirty-nine seconds, while on the,runr home her lead was eaten up and the Columbia crossed the finish line exactly thirty-seven seconds before the Shamrock. It must be remembered, however, that the challenger had the weather gauge in the beat to windward, no mean advantage, and the nautical ex- perts said after the race that during the outward journey she had been sailed to absclute perfection, while before the wind the American yacht not only showed a fleeter pair of heels, but, in the opinion of the sharps, was better handled. Ideal Weather Conditions. Disappointed by the fluke of Thursday, the crowd which safled down to Sandy Hpok lightship to-day was somewhat smalier than cn the open'ng day, but even S0, the colony of steamers, steam yachts, tug boats, salling vessels and excursion craft of every description formed an angle miles long at the starting line. It was an ideal day for the race. The cur- taln 6f haze whic had hung over bay and shore in the early morning had lifted, making the whole course visible to the | thousands along the Long Island coast. The sun blazed from a speckless vault of blue and the frésh breeze, blowing straight in from the Atlantic, was strong enough to spill the foam out of the green swells and hurry long black ribbens of smoke shoreward from the stacks of the o 3 excursion fleet. The old salts who sniffed the air said the wind was the draught from the big storm which was reported to be raging on the South Atlantic Coast. The big single-stickers, behind proudly puffing tugs, had preceded the excursion fleet to the stakeboat and had hoisted their, largest light weather salis. Sir Thomas Lipton's private signal, a green shamrock in a yellow fleld, floated from the main truck of the British boat, and Mr. Morgan's colors, a Maltese cross in a field of black, fiuttered from the after- | leach of the Columbia’s safl. Watson, the | designer of the challenger, and Ratsey, who is reputed to be the best sailmaker in the world, were aboard the golden boat. As the yachts passed out from be- hind the Hook a half-dozen ocean liners, inward bound, saluted them with ensign and whistle. .Captain Sycamore’s Strategy. Again to-day the course, east by south, Continued on Page Fifteen. Yankee Boat Overcomes Lead Gained by Its ijal at the Start and Finishes ' in Front. o5 EW YORK, Sept. 28.—To I have no complaint to make. tions we cannot say. YACHT OWNERS EXPRESS OPINIONS | Special Dispatch to The Call. was a good race. We are disappointed, but are still hopeful. The contest was so close that we have fio reason to hang our heads, and we, who know the Shamrock II, still have faith in her. NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—To The Call: It was a great contest and a hair-breadth victory we won under the conditions prevailing, and, therefore, we rejoice. What we shall .do under other condi- The Call: It is one on us, but it SIR THOMAS LIPTON. E. D. MORGAN. HEN the two yachts were towed out to Sandy Heok lightship there was a fine sailing breeze blowing nine south of east, with a pos- sible promise of becoming more southerly as the day progressed. The long, grea swell, always the forerunner of storm, came in with considerable force, and the roll of the sea from southward, caused by the disturbance down the coast, made it un- pleasant for those not accustomed to ocean waves. The Columbia hoisted her white sails and set them till they showed not the slightest wrinkle or soft spot in their whole surface. When once her canvas was up and sheeted home the Columbia cast loose from her tug and took a spin Knots from a little | -+ | seaward, steering away to the southeast, | in order to test the strength of the wind and sea. The Shamrock, when she let go | her tow, stood to the eastward, and In a serfes of preliminary tacks got her canvas |in trim for the serious business of the | day. The wind had freshened a bit when the | tug Navigator with the regatta commit- tee aboard anchored at the southeasterly :end of the line, with Sandy Hook light- ship forming the other extremity. Soon afterward signals were hoisted on the committee tug, denoting the course would ibe east by south, fifteen miles to wind- ward and return. The preparatory gum was fired at 10:45. Captain Barr Meets His Equal. The Columbia had secured meanwhile Continued on Page Fourteem,