Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — COLUMBIA WINS THE RACE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COLUMBIA WINS THE RACE

Defender Leads at Line by a Few Seconds. THE CONTEST IS EXCITING. The Corrected Time Makes Victory by One Minute and Twenty Second* Breeze Holds True, bnt Average Is Barely Bight Knots. Here in a nutshell is the story of Saturday’s great race—a cup race which is without a parallel in the annals of American yachting: Start. Turn. Home.

Columbia ...11:00:16 1:26:53 3:31:25 Shamrock ..11:00:14 1:25:12 3:31:58 Elapsed Corrected time. time. Columbia 4:31:07 4:30:24 Shamrock 4:31:44 4:31:44 The Shamrock started two seconds

ahead of tho Columbia. The Shamrock rounded the turn forty-one seconds ahead of the Columbia, having [gained thirty-nine seconds. The Shamrock took 2:24:58 to beat fifteen miles to windward, which was at the ■rate (allowing that twenty miles was the actual distance covered) of about 7:25 per mile, or about eight knots per Pour. In the run home the Columbia Icovered the course of fifteen miles in 2:05:30. This was at the rate of 7.17 knots per hour. The Columbia crossed

the home line thirty-five seconds ahead (of the Shamrock. Boat for boat, the Columbia won by thirty-sevln seconds. (The time allowance by the official taible was forty-three seconds. By corrected time the Columbia won iby one minute and twenty seconds. Because during eighteen miles of tho windward work and about fourteen of the run home neither of the yachts gained a perceptible second on the other the day’s race between the Shamrock and Columbia was so remarkable that words fall adequately to discuss it

WATCHING THE RACE FROM A STEAMER’S DECK.

CAPTAIN BARR, of the Columbia.

CAPTAIN SYCAMORE, (of the Shamrock.)