The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-07
MEN CUP DEFENDER
WINNER Of THE RAGE.
She Beats the Old Defender BY q
Narrow Margin.
OVER A TRIANGULAR COURSE
Close.Hauled and With . Stt4
nreese the Defender IL the Better
the Reach-The Test Not Satisfac.
tosy-American ExDerts sure 81
ssnerisrtty over the eAaAresk.

NEW YORK. July e-By the race be-
tween the new cup defender Columbia and
the old Defender. sailed to-day over tn
to a leg, II has been plainly demonstrated
that. no matter how skilfully constructed
a yacht may be, her sailing and ability to
60 to windward may be killed by tmper-
fectly setting sails.
The Columbia won the race by q margin
of three minutes. fifty-three seconds tun-
ofYicial time). There Is no doubt she
would have won by a larger margin II
her sails had fitted as well as the Defend
er's. In the windward work, while the
wind was strong. the Columbia was un-
able to either outfoot or outpoint the De-
fender. chiefly on account OF the bad set
of her club topssil. jib topsail and fore
staysaii She covered the first leg OF ten
miles to windward three minutes faster
than the Defender. but one minute OF that
gain was made when the wind became
light and less than two miles from the
turning point.
On the second leg the Columbia gained
fifty-eight seconds. IL was a reach. with
the yachts carrying large mot haiioon)
jib topsaiis. On the last Ieg--close hauled
work In tight hreeze-she lost Ave Sec
onds to the Defender. This probably was
by reason of shift OF wind which fav-
ored the Defender.
worthy 10 Defead the Csp.
Over triangular course OF thirty miles.
In comparatively light winds. the new
Iselin- Morgan yacht Columbia today van
h.4 hs nefapAar
and convinced the yachssmen who saw the
royal struggle that she Is worthy OF de-
Tending the precious trophy which Sir
Thomas Upton hopes to take back with
him In the Shamrock next fall. The CO.
lnmbia's forestaysaii and club topsaii arc
anything but perfect, and In a general
way she will need a good deaf OF tuning
up. Yet. based upon the showing she
made today. as better boat than the
Defender, under adverse conditions. the
nautical sharpers are strongly convinced
that Sir Thomas will sail home without
the silver mug. the possession of which
has given us the Yachting supremacy Of
the world since 1851.
Conditions Were Unsatisfaetovy.
But today. race was an unsatisfactory
one SntFtEE. banUsK VihuS ana DAD
iumpy sea. with dirty rain squalls made
the conditions anything but ideal for
yacht racing.
The b4licws Of mist which enshrouded
the Jersey shore prevented the crowd on
the higtian nds of Sayesink and Sandy
Hook from seeing the race. hat the en-
velopsng haze only added pscfuresqueness
90 the contest for thnse who went outside
IN fancy crafts 10 see IL. For them the
world was bsosted cut and ever the dim.
gray sea under the dull sky. the yachts
raced with nothing bat themselves and
the attendant train Of following boats TO
witness the contest
In windward work the Columbia. with
sails drawing badly. demonstrated her
superiority and in long reach. with
sheets eased. she outfooted the Wander
htis beat The sudden shifting oS the wind
prevented a trial az running with spsn-
makers In light weather close hauled.
IL can be ssii that she - undoubtedly the
Desenssers superior. bu, what she san %
or piping hre~xe remains 10 be sem
A thick haze hung over the haroor this
morning when the two superb yachts left
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