1899 Hand colored half-tone from Harper's Weekly showing, "The Struggle For the "America's" Cup -- The Two Yachts Bearing Down on the Line Just Before the Starting-Gun: "Columbia" Leading."

EIGHTH YACHTING FIZZLE; Columbia Outsails Shamrock, but Lacks Wind to Finish.

NEWPORT, R.I., Oct. 19. -- This is the story of fizzle No. 8: Shamrock and Columbia attempted to race again yesterday, and the contest was once more called off when the lightship was five miles away. It was exasperating. There are people who will not hesitate to say that it was maddening...