AMERICA CUP CONTEST.
OPINIONS ON THE VESSELS. PBK PBXBB ASSOCIATION. Nnr Yoke, S'p* ember 27. Mr Pierpont Morgan is confident • that since the Columbia wrs able to beat tfe Sbamrook in a light breeze aha is certain to win in a fresh-one. Sir Thomas Lipton is still hopeful that the Shamrock will outpace her rival. Tift American Press declare that Captain Barr, who sail? the Columbia, eclipsed T&ptkifi BfcßMbn iri shipThe,, patting, is 2 ti 1 on the Calomb'a. COLUMBIA WINS FIRST TFBT RACK. Received 29,4.47 p.m. Naw Yoss, September 28. The Columbia woa to-day's ram with 85 nooAds'*lft'Sfitte. ' She often'fell astern of the Shamrock during the race. ' ' ■ > I
THE 6BIKBOCKJWA<KS A GOOD Raoeived 30,0.63 a»m. >" kw York, September 29. Wednesday's corrected time allowancn is 46*7 seconds. For Saturday's race there was a 10kaotwiad blowing, (he weather being bright. The Bhamreck 8-cored the wiodwifad- position, and led from the 'a outset, bufc e#on ; the'toughness of the wtarfemporaiily favoured the Columbia. la 'i l The reonded the mark first, leading"for the next four miles. On the hxnewird run the wind fell to ■even knots. ' The competitors w<=re almost even for the last half-mi!e, the Colombia winning by 500 yards. The official elapsed time was:— Columbia 16,224 seconds, Shamrock 16,304 seconds.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 221, 30 September 1901, Page 3
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209AMERICA CUP CONTEST. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 221, 30 September 1901, Page 3
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