New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-10
49,. ~. INCIDENT. the Ava, the Calypso. the

r4d.. the Indolent the Ava, the Caiyp'o' '''
MAY an IND enalIy settled down at o'clock 70
Ln ea strong breeze from the west southwest
Sninnakers were carried to starpoaru Ny mo-" ~,
op'' ~ yachts I'm the northern division OF tie
ar mat Is those that had kept the flsnel
I.,o,a shore until halfway down 10 FV liz
nInae" when many took them H. ana , .no
.chnorers seemed to make quite as Soou tn ri -
echoo xuooners and maintopmast staysais. Inc
CninmbIa and the Defender had glpen u Po' and
- n, and at the same time the Qulse'. aatnh
- hn,,orita came together In lufiing Hat 80
w - .bev kept I'D for miles. They saieu Va ~
.nuthward clear across the rest vi 80 veil
when they finally squared away tney Sonrel
over on the south side or ROCK iSiaiiu ''
THE COLUMBIA LEAVES THE DEF Hi'A
Az soon as the Columbia gybed just east u NO.
poor abe Jumped away from the Deleiioe' i.",
mile in ten minutes. partly by reaSo' -
better breeze she had. She had lhcie"'eN
80 -. ,,yo miles at Watch Hill. and to nearly
FOUR iI mr.. Judith CAPTAIN Barr had steereo
,,ob further southwark, and fhoues' Vi 80 ~
mafnnder had not tried to follow MN, so ny
were separated at least m5e norm nooc cu on AT
7, was a grand race from Z:to o cIoch oI ~
thot time the Defender took In her spihhane,,
t NC CofumbIa soon after following SUIT Away
ahead. more than five miles IN 'he ie"u' "'o
Tho Vipilant and the Colonia $780,.
' Tha sIoop and schooner were making the NOT
test fight OF their career for the honor OF Hlisn
ing first For several miles they salIeu ciose
,cbiatIing buoy off Point Judith at 1874, leadlng
the fleet The Ariel came next at 3;fo' tne
Columbia swept grandly around the buoy at
3:4S30 and the Navahoe at the SANE t', III
Tbe Columbia could not overhaul and pass the
Vieiant in the seven miles run to the flnisn.
Even the Colonia was unable to DO 1t. Inc Ia ..
ter yacht gybed to starboard OF Narragans .S
and dropped astern. just as they both passed the
old CUP defender, the Volunteer, when, win
"Hank' Half at the wheel. had come out 10
meet the feet. -
smartIy the crew Of the Vigilant took In her
spInnaker just before reaching the lightshp,
then they gybed her. and like an arrow she
shot around the Colonia's bow. She crossed the
finish line just 1fty-f1ve seconds ahead or the
schooner and finished first Of the feet. The
Columbia swept across the finish line at "a 20.
taking In her spnnaker few seconds before
reaching 1t. She was Il minutes 8 seconds ahead
NJ the Defender The other leaders finished In
this order The Ariel. the Amorita, the Latona.
the Navahoe. the Quissetta. the Katrina. the
Emerald. the Alcaa. the EUdegarde, the De-
fender and the Constellation.
According to the official figures. the Columbia
won by % minutes % seconds. The schooner
Hildegarde won by minutes 10 seconds from
the Constellation. The schooner Katrina
from the Latona by i seconds. The Amorita was
third and the Quissetta fourth in that class. The
Kestrel defeated the Syce by 32 minutes q
seconds.
In entering the harbor the schooner Hide
garde went aground near the south end of Goat
Island She was towed off an hour later by the
tug sissin. It Is reported that one Of the Column
bias crew hurt during the race.
The winners in the other classes were as fol-
lows:
The colona bea, the Emerald % min the Ariel beat
the Marguerite 2s min. Al sec. the Heara beat the
II min 10 sec the Hildegarde (sloop) beat the Queen
Nab sec the sayonara heat the Glorana min sec,
According TO the present figures the schooner
Katrina won to-day leg for the Commo-
dore's Cup. having beaten the Colona three
minutes on time allowance. The summary: