The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11
BIG YACHTS
WILL CONTEST.
Columbia and Defender to Race
at Newport on July Y.
BEST THREE IN FIVE To COUNT.
Yachting Experts Talk About BungIng In
Handling COlumhSa's Sails
SOME FEELING AGAINST CAPT. BARR.
Crew Would Much Prefer 10 Race The Big CUP
defender Under The Commani Of
Yankee Skipper.
Yachting Experts Talk About BungIng in
Handling COlumhias Sails.
SOME FEELING AGAINST CAPT. BARR.

Arrangements have been made with
the Newport Yachts Racing Associa-
| tion TO hold series OF races off New
| port the present month. IL was origin
| ally intended that the race OF the Co.
| lumbia and Defender should occur
July 20. but this has now been changed
TO July % and a cup OF sufficient value
VIII be offered 20 make this contest one
of the best three i'm Ave, thus assuring
practically week of races the latter
part of the present month.
The association is also at work upon
a scheme to introduce a number OF
races for practically all other classes
of yachts, thus making the week one
grand yachting week, which will pre-
cede the regular week OF attendance of
the New York Yacht club, which does
not come until August, but preceding
IL so shortly that practically all the
yachts which viii be i'm attendance on
the New York Yacht club fete will al
SO be at Newport during the week OF
the cruise.
The Defender left her moorings of
New Rochelle yesterday afternoon for
Bristol under "A trysail. The Columbia
did not leave her moorings during the
day. The crew were painting her top
sides, and carpenters were at work be-
low arranging the accommodations for
the crew and officers. The tender ST.
Micbaels has arrived at Bristol with
the Defenders steel boom, which was
injured on Saturday, after tine race off
Larchmont. The boom will be repaired
as quickly as possible but IL was uncer-
how lOnU "A hA
as IL may have 10 be taken apart and
the sections Strengthened separately.
A dispatch from Bristol states that 1t
is believed that when the Columbia
races against the Shamrock she viii
appear as an ll-bronze' boat in every
sense OF the word: that the white paint
at present covering her topsides will be
scraped Off when she races i'm defence
OF the cup.
In speaking OF the Columbia some of
the yachtsmen in and around New
York have commented upon the bung-
ling manner IN which tIe yachts sails
have been handled One yachtsmbn
said: THE trouble with the Deer ISL
and men lis that they have been spoiled.
Each man thinks he knows more about
sailing yacht than his skipper does
As matter OF fact, each man i'm the
Columbia's crew is good sailor. but he
is not so good as part of an organiza-
ton. Generally speaking you can't
make as good yacht crew out OF Am
erican sailors as you can out Of the
Scandinavians. The Yankees are an IN
dependent lot. The Scandinavian does
as he is told. He does not stop TO think
about IL. ON the other hand. If YOU in
fuse the right spirit into :hc Yankee |
boys you'll have the besl crew in the |
world. But IL is not ever man who can |
get the best work out OF them"
According 10 this authority. there is |
among Columbia men. |
Some OF them grumb5 about the skip
per, Capt. Charlie Barr. This is said 10 |
be in part due TO his manner. anI in |
part to the fact that IL they are going /
to win in the international races they |
would like 10 do IL with a native Amer
lean at the helm. II Is said that there
is feeling i'm taa crew favorable 10
Capt Rhodes OF the Defender.
Another VA a,hssman IA today: "If
hose Deer Island boys ana Capt. Barr,
Or whoever is resp ,ns.hla for the way
hey are handling canvas don't wake
lp pretty soon. fancy here will be
some shifting abou,. Why, the way
hey fumbled getting up the jibtofS-tif
At the first mark on Saturday was
shameful. Defender on the other hand, |
'aced up TO the mark and swung |
around as though on a sliding pivot: up
vent the tibtopsail i'm a jiffy and off
The went Again. when they We're run /
ing I'm free on the homeward leg the
upper stops I'm the Columbia's splnna-
GER were not broken out at all. N it
lad not been for that sort OF thing the
would have doubled the time
~ which she beat the Defender"
As regards Columbia's fouling De-
ender at her buoy Saturday night
apt. Barr is not blamed for that. Ii
vas case OF fouling schooner or
aking chance of passing free Of the
nd of Defenders boom. The set of the
ide proved bit too strong.