The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1901, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1901 IN WONDERFUL WINDWARD WORK THE COLUMBIA EASILY WINS FROM SIR THOMAS LIPTON'S CHALLENGER IN ‘SHAMROCK WEATHER” —g +- Sh. Columbia S mrock tart— Course—Triangular. First mark—- Shamrock Columbia 11:00:13 11:01:47 First leg—East, half south, ten maintained its strength throughout the day. s TEGECED Second mark Shamrock. 5. e i Columbia . Finish— . 12:45:57 Shamrock ...... 12:46:30" ColumbIay 2.2 L 2oi it miles. Sccond leg—Southwest, haif south, ten miles. Third leg—Northeast, ten miles to finish. 2:16:23 Shamrock 2:15:05 Colimiia.: - o s i X W eather—Fresh breeze from north-northwest, which remained true and 3:16:10 ‘OFFICIAL LOG OF SECOND RACE BETWEEN SHAMROCK AND COLUMBIA FOR THE AMERICA’'S CUP. | - Elapsed time— Corrected time— Shamrock ......cooeveeeee 3:13:18 Columbia . KLAND WING A GREAT GAME. Los Angeles Ties Score in Ninth After Two Are Out. Men From the Sulk and Lose by Default. e Oaklard won for fortunate as to be pres test struggl The Los Angeles aggregation could not hit Schmidt, the Oakland pitcher, until the score, running of the gre The ev nis hed an sensa South Then the game he followers nt, providing one season. ninth, when they tied th up three tallies tenth Oakland went do was to best it second uld of out from Los An- fault vesterday at the end of ning with the score standing ts leading up to this re- ional character. ternoon of great baseball of the Then the fireworks commenced. and Hemphill went out for Lo once. Ho and stole was Jost rolled off toward C also got a pass to first, by design, as the ere waiting bat, believing him to be a weak man with Oak the stick At this second and s Oakland men the game on laces in count o =holder age of the proceedings the sed every device to delay er that it m! darkness. got a to All p: get g &nd required a lot of attention. bers of th argum e t w ith on: ing in particular. Atner preceded Kelly at the hat. the stronges first & them awarded the game to|from the foarmrg crests. On the thrash Whap Score: go windward their decks were a smother OAKLAND. of white, and fountains of foam circled AB. R BH. SB. PO. A. E. | @8Way from their graceful bows. PR AR ey < Victory With the Start. 4 0 6 o 2 o 6| The Yankee victory began with the 4 1 0 0 0 3 ofstart, when the crafty Barr, by a system n 4 0 1 0 1 0 0]of maneuvering, convinced his adversary Babbit, 3t -2 0 0 0 0 2 0fthat he was trying to cross the line first. Dunieavy # 0 0 6 1 0 0|Captain Sycamore promptly took the bait -4 © 6 6 16 2 0{and rushing his boat into vosition sent -4 1 2 1 2 4 0]her away almost in the smoke of the gun. 2 % 3w ©T 73|Thereupon Captain Barr, having accomp- 4 3 17 2)ji5hed his purpose, tacked about back of | the line and held off for more than a min- SB. PO. A. ute. Then, with a flying Start, he went 1 '3 0 0|over just before the handicap gun was 9 0 1 1|fired. Some of the patriots were disap- 3 2! g 1] pointed until the experts explained that ] h p. 2.3 ® 98 18 ¢ 0 B 0 o 6 0 0 e 0 0 o 9.9 1 Tl .c....... B '8 5 38 11 3 *Batted for McPartlin in the ninth. RUNS AND HITS BY INNINGS. Oakiana 00000012003 Base hits S0601011230 146 Los Angeles 60000000303 et Base hits..... 00000021205 SUMMARY. LONDON, Oct. 4—“We learn on very Runs responsible for—McPartlin 1. Two- | high authority,” says the Daily Chroni- pase hits Lohman, Schmidt Spies. ~Secrifice | cle this morning, “that a sudden and com- its—Mohler, McPartlin, Babbit. First base | plete collapse of the Boer resistance and gn_errors—Oukland 2. fon Angeles 1 First | o locql termination of the. war in s G caliod hells Oakiand 1 Los Angeles $.{ South Africa are anticipated. The . at- Btruck ouiepy Bchmidt 3 by McPesilis s | tacks on Forts Itala and Moedwill ‘and Jones Hit by pitcher—Spies. Double | Other recent engagements are regarded y—Mohler to Time man ble thre a sen: ne Os H the Los A s box, s Angeles players took out his se r the and’s ouse rical. ional rur hit of the Los Johnson. game—2:20. Official scorer—McFarlin. Great Stick T'?ox'k at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 3.—The game was by San Francisco this afternoon in the greatest batting rally ever seen on the In the ninth inning, with the score 5 to 2 in favor of Sacramento, The second ball won loc diamond. b: s Kelly ght-field en Passed ball—Loh- Umpire—Hardle. Schwartz went to bat. to third as the hit the catcher's mask and kland's bench. In the first half of the quickly. send Mohler to The Reitz s Angeles at first ball Kihm ht be called their shoe- seemed unloosed as if by magic | The mem- am also entered into heated | another about noth- n, who was batting for C. Reflly, He is one of ngeles hitter: Earlier in the game he was robbed of & : Streib, who ing catch of his fence. pitcher, tried to pa: . This angered the ma h He finally stepped out of | the box and hit safely down the line past holder came home on the eles rooters became TUmpire Hardie quickly stepping out of the bats- retiring the side. sulked. The atch and as they v when he called The | EW YORK, Oct. 3.—in a glorious whole-sail breeze, which heeled the big cup contestants down un- til their lee rails were awash in the foaming seas, Herreshoff's white wonder, the Columbia, to-day beat Watson’s British creation, the Shamrock II, over a triangular course of thirty miles by two minutes and fifty-two sec- onds, actual time. With the forty-three seconds which the Irish sloop must allow the American boat on account of her larger sail plan the Columbia won the second race of series by three min- utes and thirty-five second The fastest race ever salled in a cup contest, it was not only a royal struggle from a spectacul point of view, but it was absolutely decisive as to the merits of the two racing machines. There is not | | to-day who is not firmly convinced that the defender is the abler boat, blow high or blow low, beating, reaching or running, and that Sir Thomas and his merry Brit- ish tars are dosmed to return home emp- ty-handed. was brought ncross the western ocean fifty vears ago, is safe. - Again American supremacy in marine architecture has been vindicated. Sir Thomas has been wishing for a breeze that would bury the Shamrock’s lee rail, and to-day he had it, just as he hai a similar breeze in the concluding race two years ago, when the Columbia in a driving finish beat the first Shamrock over six minutes. Wind Is Strong and True. The wind to-day was ‘strong’ and true, blowing about northwest. and at every p except perhaps running before the wind, in which the defender has already taken the measure of the challenger, the Yan- kee sloop proved herself abler than the Watson model. From the time she crossed the starting line, one minute and thirty- four seconds behind the mug-hunter, until she pi three miles after rounding the second mark, the Columbia’s pace was faster and she behaved beiter than her rivai. Reaching for the first mark, ten miles down the Long Island shore, with the wind abaft the beam, she gained twenty- two seconds. in the closer reach for the second stake she gained thirty seconds, so at home she gained exactly two minutes. Not perhaps as thrilling as the remark. able contest of last Saturday, to-day's race was, nevertheless, stirring from start to finish, and as a marine spectacle it could hardly have beén surpassed. It was an ideal October day at sea. There was Jjust enough frostiness to clear the atmg phere and make the whole course visible from shore. The breeze from the land piled up little swells, but it was strong nough to whip the froth out of the rac- ing waves until it whitened the face of the sea. Its claws caught the black smoke from the stacks of the excursion fleet and the white steam from their ex- haust pipes and tore them into fragments. The ensigns and flags with which the ves- were dressed stood out like painted The tall, canvas-clouded racers crews could with difficulty keep their footing on the slippery, sloping decks, and the spurting spray was tosse high as they shook their lean noses free as the last desperate efforts of men who are wearied by the struggle and tired of being hunted. ““Therefore. beyond sending drafts to compensate for losses by casualties and disease there is no intention to dispatch dian troops, as rumored, for guarding the | lines of communication.”” Commenting editorially upon this infor- mation the Daily Chronicle, while admit- ting that there is much to be said for “the sanguine view taken by the War Of- pitched Schwartz knocked over the fence Tor & < 3 ver | fice,” reminds the Government of pre- The “renee” foun., Hrug knocked one over | vious miscalculations, and warns the Min- Jagger. our Ve J 5 2 ,(frx,_ 3 FES WmEr Thien, Whé humanely speacing, certain. SACRAMENTO. B e e T e 2 2 e i e 23 AB. R. BH. SB. PO. A. E. | ® - Devereaux, s. & 31 0 0 3 6 1|y 2 2 o 1 3 g|Whalen py..... “e9 0 00 0 0 0 e 5 g b Totals MR 38 a8 8 A T RUNS AND HITS BY INNINGS. 9 2 1 4 3 0 gacramento 00002038005 ) 0 1 3 3 0 Base hits 02014030111 S” 1 o 10 0 0 [ San Francisco . 20000000 4—6 * j‘ »’7' ° 1 v Base hits .. -..41120010 413 5 1 3 % 15 2 BUMMAR X SAN FRANCISCO. Runs responsbile for—Krug 5, McNeely 4, 4 Home runs—Schwartz, Krug, Three-base hit— > AB. R. BH. SB. PO. A. B. | Brockhoff. Two-base hits—Doyle, Wilson 2. Nordvke, rf § 1 1 0 1 0 0lFirst base on errors—Sacramento 3, San Fran- Wilson, c. -3 1 2 0 7 0 0|ciscol. First base on balls—Off McNeely 1, off Hildebranat, 5 0 2 0 4 0 0|Krug 3 of Whalen 1. Left on bases—Sacr B 4 1 1 0 4 6 0 mentoil, San Francisco 6. Struck 'out—By 4§ 0 2 0 6 0 0fMcNeely 2 by Krug 4. Hit by pitcher—Stan- ¢ 1 2 1 0 1 oliey Doubie plays—Devereaux to Davis to Sul- e 7 8 1 3§ }|lyan: Sheehan o Sullivan. Wila piteh—Krus. J - 4 1:55. 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CHESTER REPEATING ARMS C0., 7 ifrcizs il e a yachting sharp who witnessed the race | Again the anclent piece of silver, which | eighteey knots from the | oint of -sailing, | cked up and passed the Irish boat, | and in the thrash to windward on the leg | .nd smote them until their | thirty feet | further reinforcements or to employ In- | there was no windward berth in a reach| | where the boats could lay their course j Straight for the mark, and that the po: tion astern, where Barr could keep his | eve on every move of his rival, was the commanding one. He could watch Sycamore like a hawk, knowing that when the gap between them was closed the race was his. For the first fifteen miles no human eye could LS'U1 which boat, if either, was gaining, €0 | closely were they matched. But gradu- ally_it became apparent that the Colun | bla was overhauling the.flying challenger. | Slowly, inch by inch and foot by foot, the white boat gained. Both were going at | a terrific pace. The patrol fleet to wind- ward, steaming line ahead at intervals of 400 rds, had no difficulty in keeping the excursion fleet clear of the winged glants. ything in the fleet had to crowd on steam to keep the racers in sight and the gait at which they were going left tugs and some of the steam- | boats astern. The guide boat, which | started fifteen minutes before the racers, | dug out at full speed, but she was hardly | able to log off the distance and get the | float overboard before the racers were upon her. While going out, the North German Lloyd liner Deutschland, outward | bound to Cherbourg, went througi the edge of the excursion craft a half mile to | | the ‘southward. The fleet seemed | anchored, so fast she went, looking like a big, swiftly moving summer hotel. In| twenty minutes she was hull-down on the horizon. As the vachts approached the outer mark a stream of signal flags were set on the revenue cutter Gresham, the flagship of the patrol fleet, instructing them in the universal language of the sea to change | direction by the right flank. The patrol | boats swung around to line of west and | charged down upon the excursion fleet. The latter, with bells clanging in the en- gine rooms for more speed, turned tail and the whole fleet rushed madly to lee- ward of the last leg of the course. Columbia Foots Faster. Leaving the first mark on the starboard the racers gybed over the big booms and | went careening for the second mark. the | Columbia gaining slowly but surely. They | had covered the first ten miles in a little over fifty minutes. When they swung | around the second stake they took in their | baby jib_topsails and hauled their wind for the beat home. Both yachts heeled until their underbodies were lifted high | out of the water and their lee rails dipped a foot into the swirling billows. | In five minutes after rounding the sec- | ond mark it was apparent that the Colum- bla was footing faster and pointing | higher. She went through Shamrock’s lee Hke a quarter-horse. The rush of the | leviathians on the final tack was magnifi- | cent. The excursion - boats, black with | people from gunwale to pilot-house, gath- | ered about the finish in a great horseshoe. The great white flyer came on well in the | lead.” The patriotic skippers with their | hands on their whistle-cords, could hardly restrain themselves. As she swept across | the finish the din was soul-destroying. | Whistles split the air and steam sirens wailed, drowning the crash of the bands | and the cheers of the people. The concert | of souna was terrific. Until after the gal- lant Shamrock, beaten, but not disgraced, crossed a minute~and eighteen seconds later, whistles and sirens were kept go- ing. ' When they died away the bands could be heard playing “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” *"Yankee Doodle” and other patriotic airs. The steam yacht Corsair was the first | to signalize the American victory by set- | ting the starry banner at her masthead. | By this time all the skippers had had ample time to ransack their lockers, and within a minute afterward every vessel in the fleet was alive with American flags. Sir Thomas Lipton on the Erin did not approach within half a_mile of the finish line. He had seen his high hopes blasted and probably did not care to be in at the jubilation over the defeat of his cham- (IDWAPING CAS MAY CALSE WhR | CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 3.—American representatives have secured evidence proving the complicity of members of the | Macedonia committee at Sofia in the kid- | paping of the American missionary, Miss | Helen Stone, and her companion, Ma- | dame Tsilka, and the assurances given | by the Bulgarian Government relative to | the measures to be taken against the ab- ductors show that the gravity of the af- | falr is appreciated at Sofia. The depar- | ture of the United States Consul General at Constantinople, C. M. Dickinson, for the Bulgarian capital is expected to result in increased activity. ‘Well informed people in Constantinople doubt that the release of Miss Stone and her companion will be effected by the payment of a ransom. The Ottoman Gov- | errment would have difficulty in finding | the amount demanded, while the missfon- aries point out that the American Board of Foreign Missions has made a practice of refusing to pay ransoms, on the ground that it would create a precedent and be fatal to mission enterprise elsewhere, LONDON, Oct. 4—*“The United States Government is determined to exact full revenge upon every one concerned,” says the Constantinoplé correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, “and if anything hap- pens to Miss Stone it will not hesitate to ask permission to bring a fleet through the Dardanelles to get at Bulgarian ports or the Black Sea and to force the Bul- garian Government to act against the Macedonian committee.” Lord Beresford on Reiff Case. LONDON, Oct. 3—Lord Marcus Beres- ford, one of the stewards of the Jockey Club, who sentenced Lester Reiff, said to- day: “It is not customary for Jockey Club of- ficials to discuss the details of evidence, but in order that our American friends may not feel that Reiff has been harshly or unjustly treated, I may say that his riding of De Lacey was as palpable and barefaced an instance of not trying to win as ever I saw in all my experience. With all respect for Mr. Huggins' opinion, we were not dealing with Reiff on what he did at the turn into the straight, but on what he did at the finish. Regard for Mr. Whitney would prevent the stewards of the Jockey Club from arriving at any de- cision not supported by the strongest evi- dence. Lester Reiff recelved a salary of £5000 a year, vet he certainly did not try to win that little race for Mr. Whitney."” —_——— ‘Weather for To-Day’s Race. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The Weather Bu- reau to-night isgued the following forecast of g&,k\zveuther for to-morrow's race off Sandy *“Present conditions indicate prevalence of ten to twelve knot breeze off Sandy Hook and fair Friday. Wind will hold from north to north- —_———— ‘Woman Drives a Mile in 1:08 1-4. ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 3—At the Island Park Driving Association meeting to-day Dariel, driven by Miss Nina Phelps of Watervliet, N. Y., beat the world's rec- | 7d for woman drivers by three and three- | they can't do taken. “I am very much disappointed at the | result,” added Sir Thomas, “and the only | | until T am beaten in the third race I am pion, But, like a good, game sportsman, after the Columbia went over the line, he ran the American flag up to the forepeak and fired a salute in its honor. The rival crews cheered each other as they were towed home behind their }fndprs, escorted by the whole excursion e Within a half hour after the conclusion of the race the committee boat, in accords ance with the agreement to race daily from row on, set the signal for a race to- morrow. Lipton Is Still Hopeful. Sir Thomas Lipton, although plainly ‘de- pressed at the result, stood bravely at the gangway of the Krin and bade cordial &dieu to his guests. He also entertained large party of yachtsmen and ladies who visited the Krin after the day's guests had departed. When asked what he thought of the race he said: “1 admit frankly that I got licked by the best boat, in a fair and square race, and I maintain and believe that there 1s| not a better skipper afloat than Captain Sycamore, nor a better crew than mine. I'have as much esteem for my captain | and crew as when 1 came to this side, but impossibilities. They took of the boat as could be as much out consolation that I know I have been | licked by a good, honorable opponent. 1 know that the wind was true and that the | Columbia won without any flukes.” ‘When asked by a visiting yachtsman if | he felt despondent, Sir Thomas replied | pluckily: “As long as the Shamrock flag flies there is just as much fight in me, and Just as hopeful.” Speaking of Designer Watson, Sir Thomas said: | “'I feel very much for Mr. Watson. He | has done his best, and if he does mnot’ succeed it is simply because he has a| more able man to meet on this side in | Mr. Herreshoff. He has worked hard for | two years on this boat and he has neglected nothing that he thought would help her.” | Sir Thomas said that what he was most disappointed about was the defeat of the Shamrock in the windward work. | “We were all so sure she would do well | in that, and in such a breeze, but she | seemed to ‘pound’ too much.” i He added that there would be no| changes in the trim or the sails of the Shamrock. Best Racer in the World. Edwin D. Morgan, the Columbia’s man- ager, when seen on board the Park City | after the race, sai | “We won against an excellent foe. T | always thought such a day as this would be a Columbia day. Both boats were superbly handled. We have now two races | against the Shamrock sailed in what was | supposed 1o be Shamrock weather. There | was no reason why the Shamrock should not win, and, therefore, I belleve the Columbia is the best racing yacht in the world.” Mr. Morgan said the combination of Jameson and Sycamore was a hard one to | eat, Captain Barr said: “We won the race against a very powerful adversary.’” Captain Sycamore of the simply said: “Weé did our best, and were fairly beaten | by a better boat Captain Bob Shamrock | | Wringe, who sailed the | Shamrock 1 in her race against the | Columbia in 1899, sald: | “The great surprise to me was the| wonderful windward work of the Colum- | bia. I was sure the Shamrock would be | | fore the wind for the British V-achtsmen Candidly Confess That Th-ey Are Fairly Beaten | by the Better Boat, Now Declated the Fastest in the World. able to outsail her in that breeze, but she did not.” SHAMROCK OFF IN LEAD. But the Columbia Outsails the Chal- lenger in the Great Race. NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—The tow-out of the racers from their anchorage to the starting line was devold of interest. There was no heavy swell to cause skippers anxiety about their bob- stays. Thus it was that the Shamrock’ set the largest of her club topsails, and nothing daunted, the Columbia followed suit. When the preparatory gun was fired it was clearly evident that the Columbia cared little for the start, which was made to leeward on a close reach, the triangular course offering no bene- fit to the craft first away. There was no true battle for position, The committec boat Navigator dropped anchor in her usual place south of the lightship at 10:30, and at that time both yachts, in tow under bare poles, headed up in the wind and hoisted their mainsails. Their headsails were already in stops. The Shamrock was first to cast loose from her tug and a moment later her headsails were broken out from their stops and she made a clean run for the lightship. The Columbia, which had been hugging the casterly end of the line, eased off sheets and stood for the mark. Signals were hoisted from | the committee boat that the course would be triangular, which meant that there would be two close reaches and one dead beat to wind- | ward for home, The yachts heeled to a scupper breeze when the preparatory gun was fired at 10:45. The Co- lumbia far to the eastward stood down be- line; meanwhile the Shamrock was circling around the llgh[sh_lp. Before the warning gun was fired, ten min- utes after the preparatory signal, Columbia was ahead and, not wanting to cross the line too early, luffed up with her headsail, shak- ing until she almost stood still. This put the Shamrock in the better position, and wearing close around, she crossed the line almost at the gun, while the Columbia elected to cross con- slderably more than one minute behind. Many experts thought that the Columbia would be handicapped, but Barr was on the alert and sent her across the line in time to save him- self, With the wind forward on the port beam and with a tiny jib topsail set on the Shamrock and a much larger and better pulling sail on the Columbia, the boats started out on the first leg of the triangle. During the first few minutes it was impossible to say whether the Columbia was gaining or not. In the gusts of wind she seemed to heel over less than the challenger and also appeared to steer a slight- ly higher course. The wind, though heading | true from north-northwest, varied in violence. Occasionally a heavy squall would strike one of the racers, causing her to heel, but taking the mean of the puffs, neither could be said to have been favored. 1t soon became appar- ent that the race was to be sailed in very quick time. The gain of the Columbia, which the_ turn of the first mark proved she had made, was almost imperceptible. Toward the mark the wind had changed. The Columbia ith a lesser sail spread seemed to stand stiffer than her rival, but there was little to choose between them. They smothered along toward the mark and when they rounded it the Columbla had gained only twenty-two seconds. The gybe on both craft was well done. Under the same sall as they started, they both stood for the second mark. The wind piped stronger and in the strongest of the puffs the Shamrock had to luff a little to ease her to the force of the breeze. The Columbia, on the contrary, was allowed to feel the full power of every squall, never being eased, and it was this that helped her ahead. In spite of the larger sail spread of her antagonist she was never left behind, but kept up with the challenger. It became apparent at the time that the Colum- | | bia had sailed over one-half of the second leg that she had saved her time and was, barring accidents, & winner. Her skipper, instead of nursing her through the squalls, let her feel the strength of them, while the Shamrock’s larger spread of sail caused her to make imperative luffs or else carry away something. In a reaching breeze closer and figer sailing perhaps was never seen. There were frequent occasions when the col- lapse of a topmast seemed almost due. everything hung on. Now the second mark was in sight and at 12:45 jib topsails were doused on both yachts and they luffed around it, the Shamrock in the lead, but the watch showing the Columbia's galn on this leg to be thirty seconds. It was now a dead beat to windward to the finish line. The Columbia was now the leading craft from the mathematical point of view. She bad gained cn both legs and also had her time allowance of forty-three seconds to help her. Thus, if she could hold her own to the finish line the race was hers. In rounding the mark the boats split tacks, the Shamrock standing on the starboard tack for a few hun- dred yards. The Columbia went on the port tack for a while and then at 1:06 both were on the starboard tack. Then began a splendid lhra:h to windward. The Columbia outpointed the Shamrock, but the challenger seemed to be going a little faster. At 1:15 the Columbla ran like & streak of lightning through the lee of the Shamrock, luffed out across her bow and for the first time’'in the race she was leading and the windward boat. At 1:20 both yachts went on the port tack, standing toward the Long Island shore. There was little or no difference between them in this board. At 1:57 both boats went on the starboard tack for the finish Iine. Then came the biggest puff of all. The Sham- rock had three or four streaks of the deck under water, but ran risks, hoping to dimin- ish her defeat or even to win. But it was in Yain She made up a lot of her leeway, but Columbia crossed the line a winner an spare. i L S BRITAIN’S DISAPPOINTMENT. Vast Throngs Had Expected the Shamrock to Be Victorious. LONDON, Oct. 3.—The extent of Britain’s disappointment at the defeat to-day of the Shamrock II can be thoroughly appre- clated only by those who saw the thousands of spectators lining the embankment. Almost to a man they were expe v/ carly editions of the &ftermeon pewsoatirs Mo nouncing that it was the Shamrock's weather had keyed up hopes here almost to a pitch of certainty and many people entertained the idea that the depression over South African affairs might be relieved by a victory of the Sham- rock IL. The latter's lead in the early part of the race o strengthened this fmpression that Lon- d‘fln threatened a repetition of Mateking night. The crowds greeted the green lights on the towers and on the launches which paraded the Thames with wild delight. But Columbia’s red slowly crept up and motor cars with megaphones dashed u | instf i o e e gmmmmg golu;b?;f: | tack upon our institutions and our civil= lead. 'The vachts in the Thames reversed the position of their lights and those on the signal towers were changed. The crowds stood await- ing the final messages. America’s cup dinners | were advertised at the embankment hotels and overlooking the river many fashionable people dined, watching the moving lights until red from all sides was flashed out. “‘Columbia wins!"" was shouted through the hotel corridors, and the throngs dispersed. ALL REAL IL]TW GONE. English Press Congr;tulntes America on Having the Better Boat. LONDON, Oct. 4.—For Britishers all real in- terest has now dropped from the international | vacht races. Their only desire is to get the matter ended. “If we are to be thrashed again,” says the Daily Chronicle, ‘“we had rather take our gruel at once with ali the good humor at command.” In short, the editorials published this morn. plain the defeat. They frankly admit that the Shamrock II was beaten in her own weather and under conditions most favorable to her, and they congratulate America on being pos- sestod of the better boat. s a matter of fact,” remarks the Daily Graphic, ‘on none of the former -occasions when the boats have met has the Shamrock II ever been so far in front of the Columbia as to have her time allowance in hand The Daily Mail says: ““The Columbia has demonstrated her superiority on all points of sailing.” The Standard says: ‘‘Apparently there was nothing to choose between the contesting cap- | tains and men in point of judgment and smart. ness. Therefore the result was decided solely by the intrinsic capacity of yachts. The Sham- rock is & very fine boat, but not quite enough for the defender. Yet the interval between them was not great enough for despai: But | | | | TAMMANY RULE PROVEKES STORM Many Democrats With- draw From the New York Convention. Object to the Executive Com- mittee Selecting Nominee for Mayor. NEW YORK, Oct. Previous to the meeting to-night of the Democratic City Convention the executive committee of Tammany Hall held a meeting and rati- fled the action of the city committee m selecting Edward M. Shepard, Willlam J. Ladd Jr. and Judge George M. Van Hoe- |sen as the party candidates for Mayor, Great | Comptroller and president of the Board of Aldermen, respectively. The convention met to-night in the Grand Central Palace, with George B. McClellan as chairman. Croker was given an ovation in the convention hall. On taking the chair McClellan praised Mayor Van Wyck; said the party had no apologies to offer; declared partisanship could not be divorced from municipal gov- ernment; asserted that on the success of this campaign depended the election of a Democratic Governor and a Democratic President, and attacked so-called reform. In the preamble and resolutions the con=- vention placed upon record its abhorrence of the crime by which President McKin- ley was stricken down and its “detesta- tion of the disgraceful and outrageous at- ization and its respectful and sincere sym~ pathy with the bereaved family When Assistant District Attorney Lit- tleton of Brooklyn placed the name of Edward M. Shepard before the conven- tion as the candidate for Mayor cheers for Bird S. Coler came from the gallery and some of the delegates. The Brooklyn delegation was especially vehement for Coler. The Shepard nominating speeches were interrupted and the roll call was perforce abandoned. Chairman McClellan finally announced the nomination of Shepard and many del- egates arose and left the hall. William J. Ladd Jr. was then made the nominee_ for Comptroller and Judge George Van Hoesen for president of the Board of Aldermen. —————e e 'MELROSE COURSING PARK. ing do not make the slightest attempt to ex- | List of Dogs Drawn for Sunday’s Racing, Octobzr 6. Mellow vs. Martha Washington; Daylizht vs. California; Lyddite Little Lucy; Gray Cloud vs. Querita Vincent; Black Cloud vs. Scottish Chief; Silent Treasure vs. Golden Russet; The Exile vs. Night Time: Naughty Girl _vs. Dorothy M: Courage vs. Babadin Vagrant vs. Greyfeld: Sweet Favordale The Grafter; Mount Ida Warrior; Prec Maid vs. St. Leger; The Fenian vs. Onward; Benicia Boy vs. My Bonnie King: Lily Wright vs. Sir Lawrence; Tar o Hill vs. Dorothy Belle; Claibourne 'vs. Toss; Yellow Tail vs. Welcome; Annle Colman vs. Sweetness; Mel- rose Boy vs. Bowery Boy; Wandering Tom vs. Toronto; Daisy Lawrence vs. Granuvillaj Little Dorrit vs. Tammany. On and after October 1 forty-eight dog stake. 7] i i 15 arter seconds. 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