New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-05
followed ,ep length. sstern. and both ysch's

soy fheir clubfopsahS on mo way OUT iU'
Wind was fresh from the no,hVard in the har-
hor. hut II foil lighter outside. coming IN squalls
occasionally II VAS due north by east Uhen the
course signals were got from tho flagship Cor
sair. triangular course ~ ton miles to the
leg wss signalled the FIRST os being southeast
half cast. the second west Joy south half south
and tho third north n, cast This made ~ a
reach with tho wind aneain 70 port for The frst
log another reach with the wind on the star
boa I'd beam for tho second and boat 10 Wind
ward for the final leg
The Corsair. which had anchored north by east
from the lightship Al 10 - O'Clock. sent up ths
warning signal AT 1i3 fred tho preparatory
gun I %. and The ono TO start a. u % a.
low Ing two minutes more FOR rho yachts N cross
the line instructions had been given the tug
Luckenbsch by tho Regatta Committee. and she
started At / 10 to log m the nrst Jog n the
course. While manpuvring FOR the start tho CO.
umhia. finding the puHs too strong quickly
changed jb topssfs Approaching the line. sh'
took in her working siaysai and changed Il for
r lug sail
JOCKEYI\G AT The START.
When thirty seconds remained before N"
starting gun the Columbia Nas coming FOR tho
line with sheets eascd to starboard under main
sail club topsail and 80 I Nb'opssn The
| Defender. under the same canvas with fore
staysan added had crossed the Coumbis's
wake and AT gunfire was trying hard 20 os'ab-
| lsh an overlap on her rival skipper Barr how
over. was heading the Columbia 80 As 90 pass
| close alongside the flagship marking the weather
end OF the line. leaving no room FOR tho other 10
get the weather berth For fe~ moments the
! Defenders howsprit end covered over the CO.
lumbia's port quarter. but that was as far az u
/ got for tho new yacht walked clear ont and Vas
couple OF lengths to tho good before they we're
| ten minutes their journey.
/ The official time % tho start nas The Columbia,
! 1l:26:O9. the Defender II 26 % Twelve minutes
! after the start lug staysaIs were taken N AMI
the working ones substituted on both Yachts.
! Tho Columbia was then half dozen lengths
ahead 81 the % boat and steadily gaining
West Island was passed by tho Columbia az
- o'clock and ten minutes later the Iucken-
bach dropped the outer mark for tho first leg.
Tho Columbia continued 20 gain as she 'p-
preached the mark. The breeze hold better thsn
it promised when they started and Tho yachts
made excellent time to the first mark They
gybed about In this order and times
G Io,s1fas 1919
These figures show that the Columbia IN this
first leg " ten miles had outsailed the Defender
minutes and 36 seconds
When they came mp 10 their courses after svo-
ing around he mark. sheets we're eased couple
~ points to port. and they laid ther cours" "est
| by south half south nicely
cOGrMRIA TOOK THE SWELL WELL.
on this leg the boats took the scefer'y swell
almost head on The Columbia splsshed good
deal in H. but it did mo- seem m stop her head
way At all. for nor great sail driving power
made her slide ont and ovor tho snells. 80 -
the same way Slowly lint surely Tho Columbia,
gained on this leg When i've n'il"s had heen
covered she was nearly a milo ahead of tho Ne
fender. The tug Luckenbach dropped rho second
mark A. l.16 o'clock a. \ point about nv' miles
northeast NJ Rlock Island old Uarhor Tbs
Yachts mffed around f. in this ordef
Columbia ....... ................ = -
Defender .......................... Ia D. "''
on this ton milo lea tho Columbia had gained
> minutes . seconds. making total gain 20 DAT"
of : minutes 81 seconds She rounded me
second mark minutes seconds ahead ~ he
Defender
Just as the Columbia Was slput ~ round mis-
mark the wind shifted to ths northeast cap
tain Rhodes Of the Defender . " irm'f'sfe 40
| vantage Of il That Yachts srinn" ~ Doom
was run ont and the sail set 10 starhos = IN lnst
four minutes
I away on the siarboard tack after rounding The
second mark. This brought her :" point close IN
t. tho rocky beach and half way between Po'n'
Judith and Narragansett Pier II took nor OK
actlv II seconds 10 MI away on the port fack.
She stood of shore for minutes ~ se''n1s;
then made hitch inshore Of minutes ~
seconds when she was apIo 10 l'''" NV '"'"'
Less than fifty feet from tho nshtsshiP'. star
board was the Columbia when the order Ready
! about" was heard In % seconds the hig siooT
was on the other tack and across rho line sh'
finished at >. ABB. Just lo minutes 20 seconds
ahead OF the Defender The latter had fetched
fg,rI. chi IN "a ono =