AMERICA CUP CONTEST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 221, 28 September 1901, Page 3

AMERICA CUP CONTEST.

PEB PRKSS ASSnniATJOV. Loraov, S»p f ember 26. fir Thmtias Lipton s'at,°a that th° Shamrock is in perfect conditio". I Thebadgpsnf the owner nf the Shamrock are profusely w O'n in London hy drivers of omnihugpp, cabs, and tramcars. New York, Sp'embfir 26. Thirtv passenger steamers will follow the mc. A twenty-five rn'le wirH is blowing at Sandy Hook. TVie weat'ipr is clear, with a mo'eratn sea. THE OOLTTMBIA LEADS FIRBT TRI*L RACE DKOLARED OFF. TO BE RE-SAILED TO-DAT. Receivod 27 2.80 p.m. New York, September 26. TI-b Co'umbia waR leading Viv a mile, but the we wa« not finished in Hro<>. Received 27, H 0 p.m. Nfw Yoke, September 27. An enormous fleit of excursion boa's and 200 \a"ht.s viewed the race. The wind was north-eaet, an 8-fenot brp 2'. Within halt an hour th« Shamrock was a quarter of a rail« ahead; t.hfn the wind f l', and th« Onlumbia sim-1 ressfully tacked noro«s the Shamrock's h ows, and soon led by a quarter of n mile. The Shamrock soon caught a fresh puff, and pushfld along, hut the bre c ze afterwords favoored the Columbia, which rounded the mark half a mile ih^ad.

The wind then dropped to a 2-knnt hre<>ie, and the race was dilirad off, the American reprf entativo being •■hree-quarters of a mile ahead, with three and three-quarters miles of the curse uncovered. The race will be re-sailed to-morrow. London, September 29.

Yesterday the crowds in Dublin watched wfth greater interest for the result of the rare than for pollings at a general election.