The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-09
COLUMBIA is QUEEN.
New Cup Defender Again Demon
stTated Her SuDeriOPity


stTated Her Superiority.
GREENPORT, L. L, Aug. S.-The first
run Of the New York Yacht club today
from New London out into the sound as
far as Wades Hill and back to Gardeners
Bay, was one of the most successful in
the clubs history, replete though it is
with grand races. Not only was the day
an ideal one, with a great WHOLESALE
breeze from the west. which held through
from the start to the finish, but the club
watched with pride the magnificent run
or the new queen of the fleet, Columbia.
which fairly distanced every other boat,
except the Defender, and she too was de-
feated by minutes 80 seconds in a thirty
mile race. The other vessels were beaten
by the two flyers nearly an hour but
much OF this was no doubt due TO the run
of the Columbia and Defender along the
Fishers Isle shore, while the rest of the
fleet kept north on the other side of the
sound. The Amorita was first in her class
Only twenty yachts crossed the line at
New London, and nearly all finished in
Gardiner Shay, although some Of them did
not get in till towards night. The run gave
the yachts a good broad reach to Race
Rock of three and one-half miles, a fine
run before the wind to Watch Hill of
eight miles and grand beat Of eight and
OlIC-LOuIl Ill lilies III 81 constantly 1nCTGdS-
ing breeze to the finish, an ideal course all
around.
BY far the greatest event of the day
was the magnificent seven miles run of
Columbia from Fishers island to Great
Gull island during which she averaged
close to thirteen knots an hour 1t was
on this leg made very close to windward
that Columbia pulled out so far on De-
fender, for while the boats were but a
short eighth of mile apart under
Fishers island, there was nearly one and
one-haf miles Of water between them at
the Great Gull island. Both yachts had
all the wind they could stagger under,
and Columbia hauled down her jib top
sail during a ten minutes interval when
1t blew the hardest. She set it up again.
however, when Defender began to pick
up and held her advantage to the line
Neither boat was held back a particle
1t was good square test Of the merits
OF the old and new boats, and the latter
may be put down as a good four minutes
raster, under present conditions, and with
a steel mast a couple of minutes more
Early in the day, just after the start,
Columbia seemed inactive and IifeIess
and Defender almost got by her But
just about Race Rock the new boat
seemed to find herself again, and the re-
stretch will never be forgotten by those
VINO witnessed it. Summary of Columbia
Defender race:
:, Start Sta Columbia, 11:2:22; Defender,
..d Finish nj Columbia. 2:59:59; Defender
ELAPSED time; Columbia, 8:3S:87; De-
Columbia defeats Defender minutes
and second.
A comparison of the v,orl, 5o,,. -. ~, -
TWO big sloops against the Vigilant which
hn1shed at S:27:45, shows that while fin
lsnlng 81 minutes 46 seconds behind the
columbia plus 26 minutes &c seconds of a
leau ahead OF the Columbia, the VigiIant
was beaten by "a minutes 8 seconds go
a course Of four and a half miles. and
[fiat she was beaten 40 minutes by the
Defender
what chance has the Shamrock" said
the expert calculators, "tf the Vigilant
was able to beat the Britannia at anv