The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-07


Have Done Much Better but for
IncI1 of Tautness in Her Sails
This Weakness VIII BE Remedied
at Onee-NauticaI Description of
the Exciting Trial Race.
NEW YORK, July 6.-By the race be-
tween the new defender Columbia, and
the old Defender, sailed today over
triangular course of thirty miles, ten
miles to a leg, it has been plainly demon
strated that. no matter how skillfully
constructed a yacht may be, her sailing
and ability to go to windward may be
killed by imperfectly setting sails
The Columbia won the race by mar
gin of minutes So seconds (unofhcial
time. There is no doubt she would have
wen by a larger margin If her sails hao
fitted as well as the Defenders. In the
windward work, while the wind was
strong Columbia was unable either to
o,,t-foot or out-point the Defender, chief
w on account Of the bad set of her CLUB
sail. lib topsail and fore staysah' 0he
covered the first leg of ten miles 10 VINO
ward three minutes faster than DeIeho-
ar brt one minute of that gain was MADE
when the wind became limp and less than
two miles from the turning point.
On the second leg the Columbia gained
5s seconds. 1t was a reach, both yachts
CARRYING large (not balloon) jib top sails
ON the last leg-close-hauled work In a
1ieb+ breeze-she lost five SECONDS TO the
Defender.
O,,o,. q triangular course of thirty miles,
4, cornaratively light winds, the new
IseIin-Morgan yacht Columbia today van
o,isbed the Vanderbilt yacht Defender
o,d convinced the yachtsmen who sa" the
-, e+r,,gela that she was worthy OF
,Deonaioo the precious trophy which Sir
III,I,,,o. T jn+on and his merry tars hope
- hack with them in the Sham
rock, next fall. 1,,L
The Columbia's fore staysdH ~ o'lu a
+onsaiI are anything but perfect anu
General way she will need a gooo
dao1 of tuning up. Yet, based upon the
-f,ou,ire, she made as a better boat thah
s.o T,afender. under adverse conditions,
80 ,,+ioal sharps are strongly con-
,rtroed that Sir Thomas will sail nome
without the cup, the possession ol wiiiClt
boe qiven us the yachting supremacy "a
the world since 1851.
RACE UNSATISFACTORY
7,,,4 +odav,s race was an unsatisfactory
"' CI0te+ing bafHing winds and bad'
1,,roDv sea, with rain squalls hiSi"e tit0
aar,di+ions ANYTHING but IDEAL for yachC-
inp The pillows of mist which elsiliou
"a +bo Jersey shore prevented the cro"o
-, tho highlands of Navesink and SANDY
IIool, from seeing the race, but the elA-
-,oIo,,,re haze only added picturesque
ss ~ the contest for those VINO went
o+sida in fancy craft to see IL + Vi
+bo,o tho world was blotted out, ana over
49,, ai,,, orav sea. under the dull sky
40 Yachts raced with nothing but the1n-
-. and the attendant train of fol-
;onine hoats TO witness the contest
vZ.indwar1 work the Columbia, with
oUs craving badly, demonstrated her
suneriority, and in a long reach with
ebaete aased she out-footed the Wander
bilt boat Sudden shifting of wind pre-
,,a,,+od trial running with spinnakers.
In light weather, close-hauled, therefore,
If can be said that she is undoubtedly
the Defenders superior, but what she
can do in piping breeze remains 10 oe
seen. +b;
morning when the two superb yachts left
+bair anchorages off Tompkinsvllle,
astern of two proudly putting tugs, Tor
the arena of tcday's battle. AS the
Columbia passed out she was saluted py
every steam craft in the lower bay. 50
gentle were the pulsaticns OF the waves
In the harbor that many craft OF many
kinds ventured out The large IeeI ln'
cluded side-wheelers, swift steam pleas
ure Yachts stub-nosed tug boats and sail
ing craft of all descriptions. They led,
followed and accompanied the racers
Small stick sloops and schooners there
were i'll profusion. Fortunately most or
them kept their distance, and few of
them bothered the racers with wash or
swell.
DELAY AT START.
There was considerable delay at the
start The breeze had freshened as the
yachts got outside, and what the old
salts term q lumpY sea was running.
After Commodore Morgan'g flagship, the
Corsair. with Commodore Morgan, Ches-
ter CriswOld, eX-Commodore Nichol-
son Kane, Rear Admiral Francis Higgin-
son, Irving Grinnell and a large party
of guests aboard, had signaled the
course, and the racers had cast off their
lines, sharp rain sQuall killed the
breeze But the squall was brief, and a
half hour later steady twelve knot
breeze was blowing from the southwest.
The Corsair signaled the first leg to
windward down the Jersey coast, and the
yachts began to jockey for positions
Capt Barr had the tiller of the Columbia,
and aboard with him were c. Oliver 1se-
lin, Mrs. Iselin, Newbury Thorne, Will
lam Iselin, Herbert Leeds and Woodbury.
Kane. Capt Rhoads had the helm of the
Defender William Fuller Duncan and
John Beresford were aboard Of her AS
the warning gun was fired the Columbia,
without waiting for the starting gun,
rounded Sandy Hook lightship and head
ed acress' the line. Either il was a bad
blunder en- the part of Capt Barr or it
was designed to give the Defender a
start equal to her time allowance which
is figured at about two minutes Just as
the starting gun doomed the Defender
crossed on the port tack. Nee ntime the
Columbia jibed and returning, came
about and headed for the lire, crossing
it exactly two minutes after the De-
fender. Both yachts carried fore stay
sails, jib, baby jib tops and club top
sails.
The beat to windward made an inter.
esting race. The excitement was intense
for the first few minutes as the big racers
entered upon their test of speed The
Defender had the weather gauge by 100
yards, and was several lengths ahead.
At first the Columbia seemed +o o,,4