Document No 719: Columbia before the start | |||||||||||||||
REF : 5562 EDITION : 1899 DATE : 19 Oct 1899 - 10:50 COURSE : 7 DESCRIPTION SITE : "52" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05562. NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :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... LICENCE :Public domain |
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