The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22

Dor. namely. mainsail. forcstaysail and jib:.
They made a long tack OF It, and 1t was not
turned her nose for Point Judith. Hardly had
her sail begun to hutter in tho wind before
:, In yacht races one boat counters the other
Ike puglist. The sun shone brightly
through their sails, the knowing ones being
fender by the dark, streak ten feet below her
gar. and It seemed as though both would DO
again 1t 0lpa fs1 0 to tell t@os Sure but
seemed as 4 Columbia. was steadily drawing
away away from her rival The Defender people
topsail in the breeze. Aworking topsal some
what smaller thar, q club topsail-was sent up
iull. The yacht bent to the influence Of tho
ADDED canvas. but in spite OF increased spread
fne Ti hot gain on hsp rSa
The extra weight on. the Defenders rigging
had not been up three minutes before some
thing broke and that ended the race: It was a
INK TO which one OF the main sheet blocks Is
fastened, When the link snapped the block
gave hitch and its COMPANION block on deck
s Ssi3kS II was then case Of n and tqk Sn n
At downhapi Then The topsai was sent to the
began slowly 10 fall over the, boom, These
pieces OF canvas properly fprled. the Defend s
hs %qs PSe be aH1 Se had Decided
to, try working topsai and at 11:41 her
sailors set this piece OF canvas. Directly the
ava away from ths o boat but well sE might
at that time she was showing four sails against
After the Defender's withdrawal the Colum,
pa pa Kept on and turned the first mark mt
u Thp she we 1T in
t9psail and then her ,staysail. With only her
10 and mainsatl up she appeared to ny before
crippled cpnsort. At 12:2o. while returning:
in again before entering the hSrbor Shortly
after o'clock both boats were at anchor.
On, board the Columbia. in addition to her
regular officers and crew. were Z. oliver Iselln
and his younger brother and Woodbury. Kane
lillian Butler Duncan, Jr.. was accompanied
on board the Defender by, Mrs. Duncan. James
Carroll.
4 party OF four Kentuckians came ali the
way from Louisville TO see this particular con-
test; and were sadly disappointed that tho De-
fender met with an accident. They were. joy
ful. however. when they learned that there
would be another race Tomorrow,
q Locking un9n the s9cial side OF to,days race
was asa Dig AFFAIR There never vas GosIst
turned out in such largo numbers as to-day,
and the Casino the Bellevue avenue drive and
until late in the afternoon. Besides, Ralph W.
Ellis and Herman b. Duryea. members Of the
ssnA Of Mr. ne and NaS~r s JShn
Pena NE nds ss SANDS H Miss
y
F. Eldridge. Stuyvesant lie Roy II. o. Harri
man and I. T.. Nelson. On the flagship Corsnir
Ledyard and Mrs. Richard Gamhrlll as his
guests. On the Valiant Mr. Vanderbilt enter
t 'tnre Mr and Mrs vi + Sanderhilt Jr. Mrs
void and Fernando Yznaga. The largest party
was out on tho Narada at the invitation Of
Hs R1S MF and Mrs foer yer Palmer
Mr.. and Mrs. /. Townsend Burden James V.
pnrker. the Marquis de San Vito. Buchanan
Winthrop. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Dullns Miss Dull
las, l.; Y, Jones; Mrs, James J; kernochnn. H.
Dyor. Jr. Miss Swan. the iiev Dir. Ncvins. DR.
and Mrs, W. Barton Hopkins. W.. Watts SHEER
man. Miss De Barry. Mr.; and, Mrs. Charles
Mrs. Charles NJ Oelrchs. Miss Lily DEL
richs. Mr.. and Mrs ". Grosvenor. George
y. Messervey Mr.. and Mrs Robert Sedgewick
and DIR. Austin Flint There were also parties
out on the steam yachts Electra American.
Intrepid Ballymera and Ibis: the schooner
yachts Palmer. AlcTa and Emerald. and the
sloop yacht Queen Nab.