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FOREST AND STREAM. 
iOcT. s, 1901. 
COLUMBIA. 
Copyright, 1899, by J. C. Hemment. 
Columbia was being pinched. When Columbia was 
brought about the boats were drawing toward each other 
on opposite tacks ; Shamrock was on the starboard tack 
and had the right of way, and could force Columbia about, 
which she did. After standing on this way for some 
time, and while Columbia was doing all possible to get out 
of a bad berth, alternately luffing and bearing away, but 
finding these efforts of no avail, Columbia was brought 
about and again the boats approached each other,_ Sham- 
rock again having the right of way.. Columbia soon 
came about, and the boats were now closer together than 
at any time before. Columbia again began to back draft 
Shamrock, so she was put about on the port tack. Colum- 
bia immediately followed. Now that Shamrock was 
heeled down, she presented easier bow sections to the 
rolling head sea, and she moved along with apparently as 
much ease as did Columbia. 
At this time Shamrock seemed to be ahead, but Co- 
lumbia was to windward. The boats held on the port 
tack for about half an hour, and during this time Columbia 
was slowly but surely dropping astern. Columbia was 
finally brought about' on the starboard tack, Shamrock 
following about a minute later. Columbia again took 
the port tack, and for the third time the boats drew 
together, with Shamrock still having the right of way. 
Columbia was forced to tack and both boats headed in to- 
ward the Long Island shore. Columbia was sailed very 
close and again backwinded Shamrock, which boat tacked, 
followed at once by Columbia. The boats could fetch the 
mark on this hitch, and although Shamrock was back- 
winding Columbia, she could not tack on account of the 
time she would surely lose by such a move. The boats 
rounded the tug boat, as the mark had met with an acci- 
dent, lea\ang it to starboard. Shamrock was pinched 
well up, and she was able to start sheets and reach down 
to the mark ; in this move she left Columbia fast. 
The times taken at the weather mark were: 
Shamrock 1 25 12 Columbia 1 25 53 
Shamrock had gained 39s. on the fifteen-mile beat to 
windward. Both boats gybed their booms over to port 
after rounding. Columbia went to leeward of Sham- 
rock, which was the better position, as she could always 
luff if necessary; when near the finish she could head up 
and make her competitor luff and then reach down to the 
finish line with increased speed. Those on Shamrock 
fearing a luffing match after the boats rounded did not 
set their spinnaker, but after a few minutes Columbia's 
spinnaker pole was run forward, dropped into the cup and 
then trimmed aft, and the sail was sent out in- stops. 
Shamrock followed each move, but did not break out her 
spinnaker until after Columbia's had been broken out. Bal- 
loon jibs 'were now sent up in stops and broken out. Co- 
lumbia inch by inch drew by Shamrock, and then the 
challenger would close up the gap. The boats had fought 
every inch of the race to the outer mark, and it was now 
evident that it was to be a fight on the n:n home. Co- 
lumbia'a sails seemed to draw better than Shamrocks 
Her mainsail was trimmed a trifle flatter, so that the wmd 
would 'flow from that sail into her spinnaker, which sail 
would in turn flow the wind into her ballooner In this 
way there was no dead wind in her sails. Columbia rolled 
more than Shamrock did, frequently dipping the end of 
her boom' in the water. It was evident that Columbia was 
going to have a hard race, for she did not seem able to 
get a lead of any consequence on Shamrock before she 
would begin to overliaul her. For the last half hour of 
the race nothing was touched on either boat, and they 
raced down toward the finish line in the increasing breeze. 
The times at the finish were : 
Columbia 3 31 23 Shamrock 3 31 58 
The table of the race follows : 
Columbia 11 00 16 3 31 23 4 31 07 4 30 24 
Shamrock 11 00 U 3 31 58 4 31 44 4 31 44 
Columbia beat Shamrock 37s. actual time and im. 20s. 
corrected time. 
The Third Race 
The third race, Tuesday, Oct. i, was unfinished because 
of lack of wind^ 
First International Yacht Race. 
I READ with great interest, as all who commenced it 
must have done, the able article by Mr. McDonald in the 
issue of Forest and Stream of April 20, but when I 
came to the account of Pearl and her doings, my interest 
became almost personal ; and, when reading further, I 
came to her race with Brenda, I was fain to do a little 
reminiscensing myself. 
The Ancient Manner, of whom this paper has heard not 
a little in connection with Podgers and myself, was by pro- 
fession, or trade, whichever is the proper term, an en- 
graver of great skill, and an artist of no mean ability 
with pencil, but, like many others, extremely careless 
about what became of his sketches after he had made 
them, and particularly given to the reprehensible habit of 
leaving them unfinished. For reasons not necessary to 
particularize, I had, many years ago, constituted myself 
the lawful custodian of all the old sketch books and loose 
drawings of his which I could lay my hands on, and only 
a few years before his death I made him go over the 
collection I had made, and tell me everything he could 
remember about them, which was not, unfortunately, as 
much as could have been desired. 
Of all the craft with which he had been identified, there 
was none of which he spoke with such affection as 
Brenda. She was about 45ft. over all, rigged like a Boston 
pilot boat, and the property of a friend of his whose name 
I have been vainly trying ot recall— but I shall come upon 
it yet. Among these sketches I have spoken of, is one 
quite large one, which, though imfinished, is remarkably 
BRENDA IN THE GULF STREAM. 
spirited, showing Brenda in a gale in the Gulf Stream in 
April, 1849. She is running under a double-reefed fore- 
sail, the peak lashing of which has just carried away, and 
the crew of three are preparing to take it in to save it,' and 
set a square sail until the damage can be repaired. 
The A. M,, at that time a man in the prime of life, was 
acting as the navigating officer of Brenda. I think, but I 
am not sure, that there was one paid hand on board the 
yacht, but the other three were strictly amateurs. They 
had a rather close call in this Gulf Stream experience, and 
the A. M. at one time thought that his wife had an ex- 
cellent chance of realizing on his life insurance policy, 
but the staunch little schooner weathered the gale and 
carried them in safety to the Bermudas; and when I 
look at the map of that section with its liberal, not to 
say lavish, display of rocks, reefs, banks, breakers and 
shoals, I am convinced that the A. M. must have been as 
good a navigator as he was artist, to get safely in and 
out of such a place. 
Here they were made much of, and the flag of the 
New York V. C, which she bore, was treated with great 
courtesy. I think Mr. McDonald has made a slight mis- 
take as to the status of Pearl, as she appears to have been 
permanently stationed at Hamilton, in the Island of Ber- 
muda. The race took place as he mentions, and was won 
by Brenda, having been gotten up by the Bermuda Y. C. 
to do honor to the visitors. The navigating officer of 
that craft evidently made a good impression, as "Frank 
Fowks, Vice-President B. R. ( ?) Y. C." took the trouble 
COLUMBIA IN DRY DOCK. 
From photo copyrighted by J. C. Hemment. 
