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u DA mx THE TEXAS!"
MGSOS SWEARS SCTILEY
USED THOSE WORDS.
TH E BROOKLYN'S NAVIGATOR DE
SCRIBES HER TAUT IN THE BATTLE
OFF SANTIAGO— COAL SEEMED
TO BE PLENTIFUL.
[FT TELEGB.vrn TO THE THIBCNK]
hlag ton, Oct. 4— A larger audience than
hitherto attended the naval court of in
**?, ¦ «as attracted to-day, doubtless by .the
aU f>ectatlon of sensational testimony from Lieu
<*%t-Corr.r. " ; I r Hodgson, who was navl
iK tt S ~~ o t the Brooklyn three years ago. The
fVjnation iv.-v-- realized in some degree, for
*rd r oath he reiterated his former declaration
t commodore -"''>. at the critical period
t the battle, had exclaimed: "Damn the Texas!
f cannot help that, She must look out for
\ elf.'" In June, I - i '- Captain Chadwick. un
orders from the Navy Department, had
an official statement from Hodgson, in
12 'jj he ma-'.- the quotation: "All right, the
Tcjas must look out for that," adding "or words
', effect; I cannot repeat the words ver
t3.U* dl *-
, „: n
To-day Hodgson described the Brooklyn's part
< the battle with minuter detail than has ever
reared in print. His explanation of the cor-
£ "tions in the !o? of the Brooklyn was alto
_Aer at variance with that given by Lieut en
<-t Doyle yesterday. When the session closed
godgson had not l>y any means completed his
evidence, and an interesting day is promised to
morrow, when he undergoes cross-examination
"^.B replies : " luestions propounded by the
court.
Commander Raymond P. Rodgers. who was
pecutive office-:- of the lowa during the period
_ MflM . investigation, proved the most cautious
-Hness so far prefpnted; but when he was ex
jjrined upon '!- • <> ".ct« of gunfire the officers
compoEins the court manifested lively curiosity.
tSoßsrh the relation of the matter to the precept
ras obscure. At the close of his testimony
p^ar Admiral Schley's counsel created an excit
¦« diversion by threatening to summon Hear
Admiral Sampson to prove an error in the
"Deer ScWey" letter, but it was soon made ap
parert that no serious intention is entertained
r r the court of summoning Sampson on such a
trivial matter.
Coaling data for the Flying Squadron, show
ing graphically the fuel on the ships through
out tht preliminary campaign off. the south
«Mt of Cuba, together with estimates calcu
lated at the Navy Department by direction of
Uk Judge-Advocate, were presented by Lieuten
ait Dyson, and brought on a spirited colloquy,
iarttf which the lieutenant, with th« log of
the Brooklyn before him, found that the calcu-
Uted f.gures were from 20 to 25 per cent less
than those of actual performance by that ship
|yjg the run from Cienfuegos to Santiago
iEflthe movements oft the latter pert.
hETAILS OF Tllf: TESTIMONY.
¦DfaXDEB B. P. lIODGERS AND LIEU-
COMMANDER A. C. HODGSON
THE PRINCiPAL WITNESSES.
(By The AsSMlsiai Prete.)
, Washington, Oct. 4.— The principal witness at the
Idler court of Inquiry To-day was Lieutenant
usnotnfler Alton C. Hodgson. He said that he
ted been navigator of Commodore Schley's flag
fiip. the Brooklyn, during the war with Spain,
tod was on the bridge on the day of the battle of
Jb)j 3. Detail!:.? the particulars of that engage
ment he said:
'I heard the executive officer, Lleutenant-Com
¦ander Manson. sing out. "Clear ship for action!'
tad the crew Immediately dispersed to quarters,
I having sounded the general alarm previously.
The Commodore shortly appeared on the bridge.
We were at that time headed about west-north
weft or to the v cstward of northwest. I told
tin what was doing, and he said, 'Go
•headr I rang six bells, and asked if we had not
letter hold her head steady to see what course the
flpnlards proposed to pursue. I do not remember
Mi reply exactly to that, because immediately
•ftenrari I told him they were evidently making
Etr to, and he said. 'Go for them!' and I rang four
Ms and put helm aport.
"Ctptain Cook appeared upon the bridge at this
to?, and I told him that everything was con-
Sfcted up at the conning tower and that we were
already going ahead, and. in fact, we were going
•bet*. The Commodore took his position on a
Platform he had had built around the conning
sewer, Where he could be in easy communication
*•¦ the commanding officer Inside, and I re
¦atoed on the bridre.
. 'The executive officer had given previously the
•fcr to man th» starboard batteries. I sang out
» him that we wore trying into action with port
torn, and he shifted over to the port battery. We
»ere then standing: for the enemy, and as soon as
•f mt were brought to bear. Lieutenant Simp
le fired a little off the port bow th« first gun
*• the forward eight -Inch turret. From that
*• on we went considerably in toward them.
"I then went down to where the Commodore
¦»» standing to get into the conning tower, when
•heard him sing out 'Look out. Cook; they are
•*« to ram you!' Captain Cook said he would
¦* after that, and starboarded the helm a little
¦a Parallel the course of the leading veesel. the
*rt» Teresa, which had made a broad sheer to
Port.
j • "DAMN THE TEXAS!"
"He had hardly made that sheer, however, to
K. before he Cell off again, for the reason, ap
••¦tly, that a shot was fired from the Brooklyn's
J^tach gun. Th. Teresa got abaft our port
****¦ and helm was ported on the Brooklyn im
--lately after that. We were swinging with port
* I heard the Commodore sing out 'Hard
Port'. 1 or words to that effect, and Captain Cook
¦jajt out. 'Helm is aport.' I saw at that time the
¦*¦! moment had arrived in making the turn.
»'„, • u ««sted to the Commodore that the turn
«-!<! ran us into the Texas, or very close to her."
. "iiat did you fay. and what was the reply?"
"•"•a the Judge Advocate,
jr. ** , ntar as I can remember. 1 said. 'Commo
;-/¦*• If .you go to starboard you will run into the
'."¦' «d he said:
m . '\ " the '•'•-»«*: I ••n ii ii»l help that. She
bf ,1 OoU out for r»elf. He will take care
01 that. 'do "•" •"•'•l'"-- to B o In any clo»cr
¦ , ' J-ei ni>kc .i r to a „, r| ,,.,| 0 attack.*
f ¦¦jftistad then that we back the starboard
J?* and he wanted to know why, and 1 said,
»'« 4l! . lt would give the Texas a wider bertn
s*J«c a tea our turning circle.' Captain Cook
thfcrf to thi«. and so did the Commodore, but
»„,... * as a sioment'3 discussion as to whether it
Wile fc * Uer to turn that shorter circle with
»',. ; Peed or take the larger tactical diameter
'try * i *' fr fpee<J - I' was decided that it was
"* 8^ * r ' al l 0" x around quickly, as the lead
**r«; anleh * hlp was then standing to the west
fc M^ and lf the Brooklyn did not stop her she
M •„ *°° 4 chance of escaping. So the helm was
. "1 2* »P<3rt,
-.. la . I would run up on top of the bridge and
(onlinuftl on 1 1. in) |iiik«-
hbtl HK TIM ''•¦'.¦-:'¦¦';. ¦-:'¦¦'; niJSINTESS MAM
i^V a ;," ra Pl<3P I<3 schedules and the convenient
¦US Nftw ' yy ° rk stations of the I'ennsyl-
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TTTF START— THE COLUMBIA ABOUT TWENTY SECONDS AHEAD.
q')-.'.t..gr,i[ih by Curt S. Gottheil.i
MARACAIBO IN DANCER
A SAVAGE WAR IN SOUTH
AMERICA.
HOSTILE FORCES CONFRONT EACH
OTHER ON THE VKNKZIKI.AN
COLUMBIAN BORDER. •
¦U'illemstad. Curacoa, Oct. 4.— The correspond
ent here of The Associated Press has received
the following message from a correspondent in
the field:
On the Road Between Finamalca Venezuela,
and Kio Hacha. Colombia, Guajira Peninsula.
Sept. •_".'. by Messenger to Maracaibo, then by
Steamer to Curacoa.- ith General Davila'B
column of 1,500 men, with five field Runs, ad
vancing toward j:;.> Hncha. this road Is still
fairly tilled with fugitives and wounded Venez
uelans from the fighting of September 14 and
September 15. returning as best they may to
Maracaibo. Davila's column left Sinamalca"yes
terday morning.
Counting th.- Colombian Liberals at Trelnta,
thirty miles from Rio Hacha; the Sanchez ex
pedition and the eight hundred reinforcements
due to leave Maracaibo on October 1. the Ven
ezuelans and Colombian Liberals number about
five thousand men in Guajlra.
Venezuela seems determined, if possil 1\ to re
trieve her fallen fortunes .-it Guajira It Bhe
fails in this present endeavor It Is generally be- I
lieved, even among army officers, that the Co- !
lombian Government forces allied Guajira i „¦,. '
ians and Venezuela revolutionists opposed to i
President Castro, will unit, and match en !
Maracaibo. with <:• d chances of cap'.uiir.g the j
placi-. Such action would probably also menu
the capture of San Carlos fort and tl • liberation !
of the Venezuelan political prisoners there-, in- '
eluding General Hernandez, or "El Mc.cho."
The most serious lure of the <>uajira cam- i
paign to-day is the attitude of the Guajira [nd
ians. When the Venezuelans Bret entered the
peninsula they robbed the Indians of their cat- ¦
tie, and generally maltreated them. Th« Ind- '
iana are now retaliating, cruelly mutilating and
murdering many of the numerous fugitives who :
have been stragsling since the defeat over the '
waterless, burning, flat peninsula In an effort to !
reach their !in-\s or the coast.- . .... .... . .!
General Davila's first light at Curugoa was an i
absolute rout. Five Venezuelan battalions of
four hundred men each were engaged, and the ;
Colombians are estimated at the same number. •
It is now known that General Bcheverria was j
killed on the battlefield and not shot by the Co- I
lombians. The battalion called the "Sacred Bat- j
talion," composed of "gentlemen volunteers," J
mounted, was the first to break and retreat be- !
fore the Colombians. After General Echeverria }
was killed General Davila, Clodomlre Castillo I
and Ermilo Castro, a brother of President Cas- j
tro, fled the field. Another battalion th«n broke.
The three remaining battalions kept up the '
fighting ofter the flight of the higher officers I
until routed. About six hundred were killed on I
the Venezuelan Fid'-. Including thirty minor offi- i
cers. All the Hags of the Venezuelans were lost, j
as well as General Davila's cannon, variously !
reported at from five to fifteen. Such as were
not captured by the Colombians were thrown
into the river by the retreating Venezuelans.
The Indians ambushed General Davila's re
treating vanguard, composed of two hundred
men, and annihilated it.
Clodomiro Castillo, who is a Colombian, now
commands the Venezuelan forces at the front on
Guajlra Peninsula, and Ermilo CaFtro now com
mands the "Sacred Battalion."
The general plan of campaign, so far as it
can be gathered from the latest Maracaibo mes- I
sages, seems to be* that about eight hundred
reinforcements left there on October 1 to join
the Sanchez expedition at Slnamaica.
Vague, unverifiable, but persistent, reports ¦
are current here, and have been current for
four days, to the effect that President CastmVs
Venezuelan forces at Tachira and in the vicinity
of San Cristobal suffered defeat at the hands of
General Range! Oarbiras and his Colombian
Conservative supporters on September -•> j
and '_'•;. i
According to another report, General TJribe- j
Urlbe. the Colombian liberal revolutionist, with i
his Colombian followers, has lately been at j
Tachira. He is generally credited with being i
the leader of the Venezuelan Government forces I
there. But it is now said he is fleeing from .
Tachira as a result of the recent defeat, and I
Is headed for Maracaibo. I
According to yet other reports. General Urtfie- I
Urine was killed. At present It is Impossible i
to obtain satisfactory confirmation or refuta- j
tion of these rumors. i
From an absolutely authoritative source it was
ascertained to-day by a representative of The ,
Associated Press, that President Castro, on Sep- |
tember .''.<(. ordered the immediate Imprisonment j
of all Nationalists in Venezuela. The National- |
ists are revolutionists and followers of "El I
Mocho." This order was bound to be followed :
by Nationalist uprisings. They have already |
begun in certain parts of the country, and can
he expected in others. Near Cludad Bolivar, in
Guayama, General Vidal, Nationalist, promptly i
started active operations and was Immediately
joined by two bands of guerillas under General '
Guzman. The two leaders occupied the hamlet
of Soledad, where they still are.
Affairs at Tachira are substantially as fol- \
lows: President Castro. September 20, telegraph
ically ordered Celestlno Castro) one of his broth
ers, and General Urlbe-LTrlbe, commanders of j
the Venezuelan forces on the Tachira frontier, I
with headquarters at San Cristobal and San
Antonio, to attack the Colombians and General
Rangel Garbiras. Immediately following the re- j
ceipt of these instructions. General Uribe-Urlbe. j
September 27. ordered the guerilla bands under t
General Rovira, composed of Colombian Lib- ;
erals. then In the Colombian State of Santander,
to attack the rear guard of the Colombian gov
ernment troops. The result of this was that the
Colombian government troops, under General
Valencia, utterly destroyed General Rovira's out- .
flt l'r»on this news being communicated to Presi- i
rient Castro he ordered Celestlno Castro to de- •
lav the general attack for four days. ;
Similar orders to attack, which have been as !
': -klv countermanded, have been sent to the .
frontier from Caracas frequently during the last i
f °i U * r is ported here that while Tello Mendoza. |
President Castro's Minister of Finance, was ,
drlvinK in the streets of Caracas October 1. he
was "hot st by a would-be assassin, who missed
him the bullet wounding a horse behind him.
! " v is still impossible to verify the reports as to ,
the whereabouts and movements of General ;
r.i i'" 1 "' a J
: Th. Yacht races over. the. Hudson River Day (
L £e trip* rW»ln-arUM> great sscursl«M -Music-
Advt.
NEW- YORK. SATURBAY. OCTOBER 5. 1901.-2 PARTS. 20 PAGES. -^SES^iK.-,.,.
LOW OUTLINES THE ISSUES.
CANDIDATE'S LETTER SAYS DETHRONEMENT OF CROKER
AXD TAMMANY IS THE MAIN THING.
BEAI OP GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE IN CITY HALL.
POINTS IX MR. LOW'S LETTER.
1— VI i.i SCHOOL F\<lirili> FCM! \M CHILDREN OF mini. W.C.
-_s>i\i,i, PARKS AM) VI. \\i;imiimis i «• it CITY'S POOH.
::— ( i i; AX STREETS AT Ail, TIIII'.S OF Tin: ITKAR.
4— S.WITAHY AND IIAIIIT TEXEMKIYT HOI'SOS.
.-»— nil \ni\(. hath ok wacf.s and ku.i,: hoi it n\\ run city i. visoitKits.
c-Mi mi ii'M. iiu\i:usini' OF U'ATISH S I I IM.Y AND OF AS »iv\v hi.ic WORKS AS
POSSIBLE.
:-tiii: m:\Ti\c; or pi inn rii nisi. > inn teiuis of years instead of giv
l.\<: TiIUM AWAY.
5— mok<: 'UNMJI, AND BRIDGES AND KVTK\MD\ OF UA»'ll> TRA.VSIT.
!M-:\i'i iiii:m i: AS WELL AS TIIEOTKKTI CM, K.IOWtEOCB TO COI'XT IX ( ivii. SER.
\ ICE TKSIS.
lit— IMPHOVE3IEXT OF WHARVES in HAUrtOII.
ii — Kiitr, cnn!!>Mi'\i ii \viio woti.n Sot sinJECT himself to r>n:\T.
12— THE ii > ih«;i\(. of the police iiF.r ii iiir:> i ok blackmail a>d the imi'itit.
tio.n or vice.
la— FAIR AMI hi: \in.i. i \ioh< mi. vi OF EXCISE LAW.
The letter of acceptance which Beth Low, has
written to th" ten organisations which have
nominated him as the head of th- anti-Tam
many ticket was made public last night. The let
ter ipressn the candidate's views regarding
the administration of the various departments of
thr city's government and th- changes that
should !.•¦ effected to remedy the present evils
of Tu. itnany rule. It sums up the issues of the
campaign and the purpose of Mr. Low's light
in these words:
"Tin- main t.sNn.- «>» the t'niiiiinl^n In (lie
Mli-MInK <»f tin- clljr from tbo*« »li" ... hi.
<iii, inun to iltmii mi If tin- orminlriilliiii of lit*
party In (lie interest fol hin «\\ ¦¦ pocket till
tin* time*, ii till, MM if to mill iiivuK In liijur>.
in do (111- from ali-omt. ns (hough the proud
iin of .Vcn-VnrU hml been i« ( |u,,,i once
more to the condition of it .row n colony."
In order to overthrow any suggestion that he
The full text of the communication follows:
You have summoned me to be the leader In
the campaign about to be waged for the over
throw of Tammany Hall, and for the govern
ment of-'the city, In the essential spirit of horn
rule, from the City Hall itself. in accepting,
formally, the nominations you have tendered
to me it has hee/i made clear. I trust, that I
understand the obligations laid upon me by
nominations so diverse in origin, and that I
shall discharge these obligations to the best
of my ability. 1 appreciate thaj this summons.
under all the circumstances, Is Itself a great
honor, albeit it imposes so heavy a burden;
and for this honor I beg to thank you. and
those whom you represent, most sincerely. If I
accept, it is not because I feel myself equal
to the burden that your call has Imposed upon
me, but because I believe that the patriotic
spirit of the people will sustain me in the eon,
teat, and. in the event of my election, in the
still harder tHruggle to secure for the city, when
in office, the benefits sought to be obtained.
No man, single handed. Is equal to such a task;
but 1 shall throw myself fearlessly. in every
aspect of the struggle, upon the patriotic will
ingness of the people to make sacrifices for th£
common good.
The main Issue of the campaign Is the wrest
ing of the city from those who permit one man
to dominate the organization of his party. In
the Interest "of his own pocket all the time";
and, as if to add insult to injury, to do" this
from abroad, as though the proud city of New-
York had been reduced once more to the condi
tion of a crown colony.
HOME RULE IN THE MAYOR.
In the event of my election the city will secure
home rule in the person of its own Mayor, ex
ercising the authority conferred upon him by
the charter. In responsibility to the people alone
and to no organization, person or clique.
It is besoming under these circumstances that I
state, my views on some of the subjects Involved
in the actual administration of the Mayor's
office, on the platform of the united anti-Tam
many organizations.
Shakespeare makes Corlolanus say: "What is
the city but the people?" That defines, in a
word, the object of good city government— th«
welfare of the people. Translated into the lan
guage- of the hour, it means here and now, in
the city of New-York, that the children of the
jeople shall have good schools, and enough of
them to give every child of school age a seat for
the whole of every day of the school year; It
means that the teachers of these children shall
be held in honor, as those who are training the
future citizens.
It means that there shall he small parks and
playgrounds everywhere for young and old
alike; that all the children of New-York may
have something like an even chance to grow
up into strong, hearty, God loving and God fear
ing men and women. Most of all. it means that
the city government shall wage relentless war
on every one who shall make one- of these little
ones to stumble.
It means, for all the people, poor and rich
alike, clean streets at all seasons of the year;
and that all the resources of modern science
shall be brought to bear Intelligently to protect
the people in their homes and in the streets
from preventable disease. Above all, it means
that the conditions of life in the homes of the
poor shall be made as tolerable as circumstances
will permit. Light and air are the gifts of God.
and the folly or greed of man should not be per
mitted to rob one child of enough' of these. And
yet I know how hard the conditions are that
bear upon this problem, and how impossible it
will be to remedy, even in a decade, the mis
takes of hal/ a century. In this connection., as
in every other, we' must* all remember that
ancient maxim of the law. "The extreme, of the ;
law is the extreme of Injustice."
THE CITY AS A MODEL EMPLOYER.
In its relation to labor it means that the eliy
ought to be a model employer. The city ougnt
to co-operate with its laboring people in raising [
BAKING FOR THE MILLIONS." ' / ¦' '
How the enormous product of a big biscuit fac
tory Is handled." In -to-morrow's Tribune.— Advt.
CRYOLITE AND BEAUXITE.-^ r*v,'*''.t* :
Description of - these •- uncommon r» mineral^ and .
Uiolr use*. In to-morrow 1 * Tribune.— Advu i
does not stand for absolute non-partisanship,
the fusion candidate throws down the gauntlet
to all who would challenge his independence of
character.
In the very opening words of the letter Mr.
Low pledges himself to give the city "home
rule." an administration located in the City
Hal', and free from any one ••organization, per
son or clique."
Mr. Low's communication Is addressed to
these organizations:
•UK CITIZENS UNION.,
.¦•;;6HKrnii.iaN CJTT committee.
Tur: cncATEn xeu-yohk DSttbcKACY.
TjrS BROGK&YN I'KMOCHACY.
•Tin: GERMAN AMERICAN UNION.
THE AMKHI'AN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OF
MANHATTAN.
¦.!(;¦ AUSTUO-m:NGAFUAN ANTI-TAMMANY AS
SOCIATION
THI-: AMERICA!* LEAGUE.
THE INDEPENDENT DEMOCRACY.
THE GERMAN AMERICAN REFORM UNION. .
the standnrd of living: r.nd to do so it should
frankly encourage the eiyht hour day and the
payment of the prevailing r;tt>- of wages. Every
citizen should be free to enter the city's employ.
It is hard to make the city a good employer
by law; just M it Is bard to make a private em
ployer a good employer, by law. but if th<» offi
cers of the city wish to deal justly with labor
they c;m do so.
The city ha« amply vindicated its capacity to
ad'ninister its own waterworks. It should con
tinue to extend them as a public work. There
should be no step backward anywhere in this
policy of municipal ownership. Tho trend, in
deed, both here and elsewhere, is and should
be distinctly the other way.
The franchises of the city are a part of Its
co-nmon wealth. They should never be given
away; neither should the city part with the
control of i hem except for a term of years.
Ha piii transit, as now planned, should be
pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, and
every effort should be made both to extend
it and to unite the various boroughs of the city
still more closely by tunnels and bridges.
rOB PUBLIC BENEFIT.
What progress can be made in these direc
tions in [wu years following such wasteful ad
ministration as we now have, with proper re
gard to the economical considerations that must
not be Hint sight of, I cannot undertake to say,
but this, at least, l may say. that the city's
resources Will l>e used tO the fullest extent for
the public benefit, and they shuii nol be squan
dered in a constant increase of the salary list
under the city's control by the maintenance or
creation of sinecures.
There should l>e such honest ;inil earefu! su
pervision of the city's contracts and purchases
of supplies :is to .nuke It possible for any mer
chant to <le:il with the city without b"ing obliged,
to go through favored channels In order to se
cure favorable consideration of his bids.
In particular, the Fire Department should
have at its head a man who can conduct the
msiness side of the department without subject
ing himself to indictment: for a Oner, braver
body of men is not to be found in the city. It
is a stinging shame that the official he;ul of such
i force as this should himself subject this entire
b-partnient to criticism.
I have always been a believer in the Civil Ser
irlce law, because of its democratic side. No I
nher law but this makes It possible for a man
to enter the public service on his own merits.
]"his law. properly administered . enables a citi
sen to take his place in the public service with
iut bending tho knee to any man. But the ex
iminations under this law should be practical.
3nd well adapted to test a man's capacity for
he work be will be called upon to do.- Experi
ence should count as well as theoretic knowi
¦'ige. and for many purposes is the more value
>le equipment of the two. There should be ab
solute fairness also in the matter of appoint
ment.
1') MAINTAIN COMMERCIAL Sff'KKMACY.
No Mayor of the city should limit his outlook
:o details. He must take large views of the
¦ity's opportunities and its needs: and he should
•eek the c-operation of all those who are striv
ng to maintain New-York's commercial su
.remacy. No single thing is likely to do more
tor this than the overthrow of Tammany Hail.
=sut this the citizens themselves must do. Not
'nly must the city's docks and piers be con
itantly Improved, but that co-operation of the
'tate and national government must be had
or the Improvement of the harbor which largely
Upends up>n the influence and standing of the
!;> government,
There arc two matters to which i refer with
-eluctanee, for neither of them ought to enter
nto a city campaign. It is a matter of yen.-ral
jelief that the administration of the police force
s thoroughly unprincipled and corrupt. A eahsj
Aithin the department Is believed to use the
"«. i Kiv.-n for the enforcement of the laws as
i mtof through which to coin money by s- Ittl -:
he privilege to break the laws So more thor-
« ontluut'U on fourth |>un<-.
DRAINING THE ZUYDEB ZEE.
.». How -Holland : will reclaim- the -lands under this
vastibody of water. A most difficult engineering
i«^t. la 10-morrcw'a Tribune. — iVdvi.
THE CUP STAYS RIGHT HERE.
COLUMBIA WINS THIRD RACE ON HER TIME ALLOWANCE
AFTER A SPLENDID CONTEST.
SHAMROCK ACTUALLY AHEAD AT THE FINISH.
START.
rolnmbln 11:02:00
Shiimrook n : o^ : im»
OITER MARK.
Shamrock 12:4S:t<;
Colamhia 12«40i33
ELAPSED. TIME TO OUTER MARK.
Shamrock 1 : l«i: t<;
liihiinliln I:I7:."..-,
Shamrock'i icain to outer mark, I!* nee nils.
FIXISH.
Shamrock 3*5:3S
Columliia • :».:::.-.: Mi
Sir Thomas Liptin will not carry the Amer
ica's Cup back to Enplane! with him tbis year.
The Shamrock yesterday made the most gal
lant struggle of the Cup series of 11*01, and
crofscd the finish lire two seconds ahead of the
Columbia, but the tetter's time allowance of
forty-three seconds made hf>r a winner, on cor
rected t«ime. by forty-one seconds. There have
been many stirring ra«°s between American
defenders and English challengers for the .nuch
coveted silverware won by the schooner America
half ;t century ago, but never was so c!cse a
finish seen in any of them -or. for the matter of
that, in any yacht race in these waters— as that
off Sandy Hook yesterday afternoon. Boat for
boat, the Columbia beat the Shamrock last Sat
urday only thirty-seven seconds, but yesterday
tho finish was so inflnitesimally close that none
but th»' judges could tell which boat had cut the
lino first, and it was only by a well timed luff
that the Shamrock was enabled to get home a
bare instant before her rival.
And so. although the Columbia made it three
straight, it is to be recorded that never before
was the America's Cup in so great danger of
being "lifted," as the owner of the Shamrock so
felicitously phrased it. When one boat wins
over another in light airs and a smooth sea over
a thirty mile course by seconds only, it cannot be
said that om yacht is, under those condition.-*,
any belter than the other. In anything like a
strong breeze ami rough water the Columbia's
decided superiority has been sufficiently demon
strated. So, at least, said the many yachting
experts who saw tho sfri«s of races that came to
such a remarkable t nd off Sandy Hook yester
day afternoon.
WEATHER LIKE THI'RSDAY'S.
The earliest arrivals from the city at Sandy
Hook yesterday morning found everything
premising for a repetition of Thursday's weather.
The wind was blowlrg about eighteen knots an
hour from the northwest. But as the morning
passed it gradually diminished, until the veloc
ity had fallen to about nine knots an hour, and
it varied between this and two or three knots an
hour for the rest of the day. So far as the
wind was concerned, the race was sailed under
about the same conditions a* go\ erred the flrM
race won by the Columbia. The sea was
smoother than it was on that occasion, and by
that much the conditions favored the challenger.
The arrival of the vanguard of the excursion
fleet found the two racers already in tow outside
the lightship, their mainsails up, their elubtop
sails going up. and their headsails in stops ready
to be broken out when needed. The attendant
fleet was not as large as on the day bf f..re. many
persons having apparently made up their minds
that the race was as good as won by the white
yacht, and that it was all over hut the shouting.
There was. however, a goodly assemblage of
swift and stately craft to watch the momentous
contest and applaud both the winner and the
loser. They witnessed a hair raising race, and
saw the Shamrock die hard ..nd gallantly.
Each yacht was under a jib and forestaysail,
with the balloon in stops ready for instant use.
when she cast loose from her tow boat and shot
up above the line established by the committee
boat. The committee had already signalled that
the course would tM fifteen miles to leeward and
return, the wind being at that time north-north
west. The preparatory manoeuvring was done
by both racers so far inshore from the star r :ntr
line that when the starting gun was tired they
were both some distar.ct- V>m the line, and
neither was near enough to cross before the fir
ing of the handicap gun two minutes later. Con
sequently, the time of starting for each flyer
was. officially. 11:02. As a matter of fact, the
Columbia managed to get across the lino fully
twenty seconds before her antagonist
Before tho observation fleet had fairly realized
that the race was on. both racers h:ui broken
itit rht-ir hugely beautiful balloon jibs, and these
;ri-at sails soemod to lift tho racing Bjßsehfetf ¦
:hro«gh the water as visibly as the stroke of
the paddle makes an eight-foot ennoe leap
through the still waters of a millpond.
The wind was the l>»«!t of the racing hours at
hat time, ami it bore the vast white wings away
K> rapidly that before t:ie attendant tleet could
;et under way the yachts were well on their
•ourse. So big a start did they get, in fart, th.it
COLUMBIA BETTER HANDLED THAN SHAMROCK.
The committee on the Navigator set the sig
nals for the course at 10:15, being the letters
i "D. G. C," meaning that the course out for fif
' teen miles would be before the wind, south
1 southeast and return. The breeze was then mov
\ Ing at about seven or eight miles an hour, from
; north-northwest.
I The Shamrock let go her tug at 10:30. The
i Columbia had before this lowered her largest
I clubtopsail. and was now setting it again. The
i preliminary gun was fired at 10:45. when the
' Shamrock, followed by the Columbia, came down
;to examine the starting line. The Shamrock had
! her jib set and her foresail and jibtopsail In
' stops. The Columbia had her foresail and jib
¦ set and her balloon jib in stops on the stays.
After a turn down to the leeward of the line,
the Shamrock was head reaching up into the
wind, while the Columbia waited on her port
quarter to see which tack she would go off on.
She finally .went off on the port tack, and the
Columbia went forward and ranged j herself on
her weather side. " '*-:•-]-.
At the 10:55 gun both boats came up in the
wind, the Shamrock still with her jib only as
headsail, and she then payed off into the port
tack. The' Columbia, watching this, did the
same, and then both boats remained headed up.
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ELAPSED TIME OX RETI TO WIND WARD.
Columbia 5:«6,05
Shamrock 2:47t52
Colnmbln*!* sain on return. 47 second*.
ELAPSED TIME OX WHOLE RACE.
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Shamrock I::U»:.T>*
Columbia 4:33:4 a
Shamrock* lead on flnp.ed time, a »ec
oi>.|«.
CORRECTED TIME ,1.: »reond<. allowance),
(olnmhia ........... 4-.:tU:ST
Shamrock ••••..... ... ......... . 4 # '»3-'*S
Columbia win* by 41 ,<m-od<1». corrected
time.
for half an hour it was impossible to tell with
any accuracy how the battle was going. When
the steam craft finally got up abeam, however.
it was that the Shamrock had not only re
gained all that she had lost at the start, but was
apparently three or four boatlengths kj | ,
lead and still gaining. When she had nearly
•oubled this advantage the wind began to fall
off a bir. and when it freshened the pursuer got
the benefit of It first. As the lazy breeze was
travelling only about five knots an hour, tha
Columbia went nearly as rapidly herself, and
by the time the puff got to the Shamrock the
white yacht was nearly there with it.
The Irish yacht again drew slowly away, how
ever, until she had a lead that looked to be
about one hundred and fifty yards, and there
the two boats hung, neither gaining perceptibly
over the other.
ACCIDENT TO DEFENDERS C AN\ A3.
As the racers drew near the outer mark*
which glistened brightly in the sunshine, it was
plaia that, lf no accident occurred, the
lenger would r"aeh it first. When the mark waa
still ha!f a mile or so distant the Shamrock sud
denly took in her spinnaker and housed her spin
naker boom. This move was too much for the
critics, and they are still wondering why it was
done so soon. They had scarcely had time to
stare, however, when it was seen that some
thing was the matter with the defender's can
vas. She. too, had started to take in her spin
naker, and the breeze carried it forward as Mtm
stays loosened, and fouled it on a snachook of
the balloon jib. A whiteclad seaman was at
once sent up in a boatswain's chair to clear the
big sail, but before he could do his work the
wind had made a big rent in the spinnaker.
The accident had little effect on the yacht' 3
speed, however, and she lost littie distance by
the trouble
On the mark swept the Shamrock, and she
rounded it at 12:48:4 C. the Columbia following
;it \- i.»:;" Ball yachts were uproariously sa
luted as they "skinned the mark" and rounded
to the wind for the flfteen mile beat home. The
Shamrock had, according to the otfioUl v..; -.
gained forty-nine seconds on the Columbia on
the run out. In reality, sh* had done better
than that, for the Columbia was first away by a
considerable margin. The Shamrock stood off
to the Jersey shore on the starboard tack, but
Captain Barr s^nt his boat to seaward on the
port tack, coming about soon afterward and
running up to the Irish yacht. The latter was
heeling over in the way her owner liked to see
her. and was footing fast. Then Captain Syca
more made what the experts declared to be a
bad mistake. Instead of standing in to the
Jersey shore toward the wind, he tacked, when
' he had the advantage in position, and. coming
1 under the Columbia's quarter, stood off to sea.
The defender stood on toward the breeze, and,
getting It first, was able to weather the Sham
rock when next they came together.
HARD TO SEE WHICH WAS AHEAD.
The challenger, however, got the better of %
flaw in the wind soon afterward, and managd
to eat up under the Columbia's lee until she
again had the better of the position. For a l n n<
time after th'it it was hard to see which boat
was aheai, and it was not until Captain Barr
tried to cross the Irishman's hows that it waa
apparent that the foreigner was in the lead, for
the Columbia was forced about. The two r-">"k
tai k for tack tben. until about .T:.'s«> the Co
lumbia came about for the last time, followed
by the Shamnxk. the two stood off for the line.
Th.- Columbia drew away gradually, but the
Shamrock's cmi of the finish line was nearer,
an.i the two were practically on even terms to
the last. When every instant the sound si the
guii was expected, and nobody knew which,
bowsprit was ahen.l. the Shamr<x-k luffed sharp
ly, fetching the line earlier by this manceuvre.
and swept over the finish two seconds befotv the
white yacht.
A great blast of steam congratulat.ons went
up. mingled with a few cannon shots from
yai hts. the population of the observation ves
sels cheered frnntiially for the victor and the
vanquished, and the most remarkable ser:
races ever sailed for the America's Cup had
come to an erd.
with their mainsails shaking for nearly two min
utes, when the Shamrock payed off to the port
tack, the Columbia being then on the starboard
tack, thus separating widely. The Columbia
payed off toward the line at 10:57:30. when she
gybed and followed the Shamrock easterly At
a minute and a half before the gun the Sham
rock went in stays and the Columbia hove up to
windward of her. and both ran westerly, tha
Columbia being in front.
THE HANDICAP GUN.
When they both bore off for the line, It was
evident that neither of them intended to give the
other the advantage of starting behind on the
timed start. The Shamrock broke out her bal
loon Jib at thirty seconds after the gun. tr.e
Columbia holding her course toward the Navi
gator.with her two small headsails -•.. on, and;
as they came to the line the Shamrock as be
hind on the port quarter of the Columbia and
was catching up. when, at 11:01:40, the Colum
bia broke out her balloon jib. and five seconds)
later the Shamrock broke out her spinnaker to»
starboard, after the handicap gun had fired.
The Columbia broke out her spinnaker after sha
crossed the line, going rapidly to the front, and
in three and a half minutes from the starting
gun was a couple of lengths ahead. The inboard
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