8 x 10 glass negative photographed by James Burton on October 17, 1899. Image of the start of the 2nd race of the 1899 America's Cup between the 128' William Fife, Jr. designed, Thornycroft built cutter SHAMROCK (built 1899 in Millwall on Thames, England) and the 132' Herreshoff cutter COLUMBIA (built 1899 in Bristol, Rhode Island). Image is of a port beam view of the cutters SHAMROCK and COLUMBIA racing neck and neck on a starboard close reach tack under gaff-rigged mainsail. COLUMBIA had a white hull and is the vessel in the foreground and SHAMROCK is behind but slightly in the lead. To the right is the 119' SANDY HOOK NO. 51 lightship (built 1892 in West Bay City, Mich.) showing a starboard view with another unidentified steamship near it. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "B-893 / Start 2nd Race Oct 17 / 1899 / Shamrock-Columbia". Handwritten on emulsion side of negative: "Copyright 1899 by James Burton - 1 - 14 x 11 single mount grey" and "Start 2nd Race, Oct. 17th.", in ink: "893 / 1575 / H". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 29.

SHAMROCK DISABLED LOSES SECOND RACE; Her Stout Topmast Snaps Short Off Soon After the Start. GREAT BLOW FOR SIR THOMAS.

NEWPORT, R.I., Oct. 17. -- The second of the races for the America's Cup was won by the Columbia owing to an accident to Shamrock. The course was over an equilateral triangle of ten miles to each side, and it was so set that the first leg was to windward. The two yachts made a beautiful start and went off on a long port tack soon after going over the line...