The Portland daily press., 1899-08-12
ALL KINDS OF WEATHER.
N. Y. Yacht Club Run
Unsatisfactory.
Columbia Beat The Defender Many
Miles.
Shifting Breeezes were
Responsible.
Defender at One Time Had
a Long Lead.

New Bsdford, Mnss, August 1.-The
run of the New York yacht club feet
from Vineyard Haven TO this port today
proved tie mcss unsatisfactory of the
cruise, and as far as racing was cou.
cerned was well-nigh 1izzis All day
the yachts wrestled with ty pioal dog-day
conditions, winds from ell quarters and
at all velcoisies, intUrspersed with oalms
rain. sunshine and fog, and 1t was TIE
boat that carried a mascot that won In
her class. Columbia Was one of these and
for the second time in the cruise she beat
defender by many miles, because OF the
shifting breezes and calrns. In tact So far
ahead was the new boat at the tlnish that
Defender gave IL up entirely and did net
round one of the marks, the Vineyard
Sound lightship. At one time during
the day, about noon, 1t looks as II Dsfen-
der had the mascot and might win. for
Columbia becalmea two miles astern.
But this seemingly fortunate shift proved
Defenders Undcing, the breezs leaving
er entirely when off Tarpaulin cove,
fiye miles from the start, and she lay
there two hours while her rival farther
out in the sound picked up a nice south
west breeze and made the gain that effect
callf put Defender out of the race
COLUMBIA was out beyond Guilty Hunk
before Defender was moved, over ten
miles estern But Columbia had hard
time getting out to the lightship, five
miles further of and did not round 1t
until II. Then she loundered about in
another calm for half an hour until at
last she caugnt a northeast brveze out of
Buzzard's Bay that took her to the finish
line She passed one side OF Guilty Hunk
island as Defender was going by the
other, beating out of Vineyard Sound
with southwest brsezs. while Colum.
biA. three nilss away, over the island.
was beating in against northeast wind.
Columbia crossed the finish line about
o'c.nck with Defender of Guilty Hunk
light ut ths entrance to Buxzsrd's Bay.
The day gave every promise of being
fins ene for racing, although. there were
a few rain squalls In the morning, left
over from the night before. still the
wind was strong from thsfeast and the
line off Vest Chop. broke out their spin
Makers. Half the feet hugged the Vine
yard side of the sound, while the other
sought the Nausheap shore with Colum-
his and Defender lighting it out in the
middle. The Defender startsd ahead of
Columbia and IL was half an hour before
the latter caught up and passed her to
port. The old boat then kept away from
thu Naushean shore. while Columpia held
along through she centro. Then the wind
began to fail and the flukes started their
Geadly work and from that time on the
boats were never within q distance TINT
oould effora good test. so that the con-
test dropped into insigniioAnce.
The other yachts OF the tisst sailed a
much shorter course than the two flyers,
running In through Quick's Hole, half
way down 10 Guilty Hunk and finishing
at the flagship, anchored of Willis ledge
in the middle of Buzzard's Bay. Nava-
noe was the first of she big ones over the
line. Vigilant being three minutes after.
The two '93 d-timers had fine race
up the sound, at one time Navahoe out
sailing her rival. The soft spots in the
wind and the frequent shifts struck them.
and Vigilant slipped through Quick's
Hole first Coiona Was the first at this
point in the schooner GLASS. while Glori-
ana led tie little sloops. The wind left
the boats entirely In Buzzsrd's s Bay and
for another hour they were almost mo-
tionless. At last Vigilant crossed the
line in her usual position at the head Of
the flsst, whilo Colona driftea over ahead
of the EohooRers. A breeze which came
from the northeast during the latter
part of the afternoon, helped out those of
the feet that followed Defender into the
trap at Tarpaulin cove and at half past
five all had finished and were healing
for the anchorage 1t seemed almost
too bad that day which began SO aus
picously should have resulted SO unfortu-
nately and that the sequence Of gooG runs
Of the fleet should be broken.