The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-04
CONSTANCE RUNS AGROUND
GLENCAIRN GOES OYER THE COURSE
ALONE AND GETS THE cur.

| Sailing Committee Decides Adversely.
MONTREAL. Aug. 3-OwinR to an improper
sailing course thu fifth series OF races for the
| Seawanhaka Challenge Cup ended this after
noon in tlasco. The Constance. the Ameri-
can challenger, after the first gun had been
fired. went aground with her centreboard In
manPuvrinR for the line and was held fast
The Glencairn III. the Canadian defender.
sailed over the course alone. Regis II. Post.
| the representative OF the Seawanh -Corin-
THAN Club. Immediately after the grounding
| OF the Constance made a verbal protest to the
| Sailing Committee. and subsequently entered
| another protest against the course as being an
improper one.
| The committee OF the Royal st. Lawrence
| Yacht Club held LONG session tonight at the
| clubhouse at Dorval to consider Mr. Posts
| protest 1t was decided to award the race tn
| the Genoairn ILL., the committee considering
| that there were not sufficient grounds for or
derng the race to be resailed. The result Of
the contest Is most unsatisfactory. tho
series standing two to two for each boat.
as todays race could not be consid-
cred victory for the Canadian boat.
| The committee would have acted more wisely
in ordering another race. BY the decision the
| cup will remain in the possession OF the Royal
| st. Lawrence Club. Mr.. Crane and tho Ameri-
| can crew will return homo tomorrow.
The closeness Of this years contest excited
the keenest interest in the result OF to.Jays
| race, and big crowd OF spectators went out
TO witness the final struggle between the two
| boats. When the excursion steamer Duchess
| OF York. laden with passengers, arrived at
the course shortly before / o'clock in the
| afternoon there was every prospect OF good
| race. The weather conditions were very
| favorable for the Canadian boat. There was
just fair sailing breeze from the west, and
the sea was almost as smooth as glass.
Shortly after the steamer reached the
| course both the Constance and Glencairn got
| up sell and began to spin around the lake.
| The committee boat Dana. after setting out
| the wndward mark, steamed down to the
| starting line about 80 o'clock. and the spec
| tators prepared to witness the start OF the
race. but they were doomed to disappointment.
| The minutes wore on and there was no sign OF
the preparatory signal. The breeze had by
| this time hauled southerly, and 1t was an
nounced that the American representatives.
having protested that the course was not due
to windward. it would have to be reset.
The protest was justified. as the way the
| buoy was set the first two miles OF the course
would not have been beat to windward. As
the Constance's superiority distinctly lies in
| this point OF sailing it would have been unfair
to require her to sail over the course as marked
| out. The patrol boats Monaco and Sirius, with
| a representative Of the Sailing Committee and
| OF the Seawanhaka Club on board. accordingly
started out to stake the course further to
| windward. 1t was now after O'Clock. and
the spectators were becoming impatient. as
About . 40 - clock the natro, boat. rotnrnod
| and after another consultation on board the
committee boat the starting mark was moved
| further in shore OWING to shoals in the vicin-
| ity OF the windward buoy 10 was subsequently
LEARNED II had bean i'm possihle 10 set rho wind,
ward mark mile and half from the starting
mark and this necessitated a change Of tho
starting buoy. All TINS REQUIRED time and 1t
was not until 2:o5 o'clock that the preparatory
"n rso ea was o.o~ snou
ward and return e one and hair s 10
each sailed 0Rs nnt tmes or
distance Of twelve miles. The breeze by this
time had shifted to the south and had fat at
down. The first gun was fred at 3 o clock, and
both boats, under full sail, manruvr.d for the
line. 1t was soon evident that the Constance
was In trouble While che Glencairn was sail
ing ifeely Pu''e close 10 the iihe' me American
boat was apparently stationary.
M o WV Ing Su.' was iireu
at s and hed ~ en- me ne een seconds
There was nov ~ no doubt that somethinE had
nappeheu 10 ,ns Ghailenser ana the sreTators
~ o 70" 'iuy oaN Itcl suli UP W
tne commltlee poat. iew minutes atterward
her sails came down. ana i was seen that the
canadian a., boat was TO go alone over the course.
There were many guesses on board the Ouch
ess OF YORK as 70 what could have happened.
Dut tnese We're al nswered when from the COM
r mlttee BOAT came the announcement that the
constance hau gone aground II making for
me me. that protest had been entered
n ,ne GIuts5, tnd tnaI tne Girncalrn had
peen ordered 10y the SAILING committee to finish
the race: :, ou, A. ~. ue
AVER taxing ~ sails mr. fost; the Seawan-
niaka TepIesentatES,e we ana pTlnclpai owner OF
me n SGuis'nnee anu LINTON n ttap9 the Amer
ican sklpper. we're on board the SIRIUS. which
1 Pat tn sro cnai n IN 9w Both Crane end
Iost were seeh on BOARD the SIRIUS by THE
sun suns corresponneht' crane remarked that he
iealyy hau very niue 70 say IN the matter. but
ttiat Iost would MAKE statement The latter
then gave 2ha the ioIi2Wing Tor pnbicati9n:
morning from setting the windward buoy. both
Mr.: crane and myself protested that the course
MAS ny que 70 wlndwaTd as required by
r ne saing he jrin me eommttce then
Te9ueSSteq Lne SIRIUS 10 relay the course.
ana Proi COOPER. representing the Sailing
COMMITTEE. was taken on board the Sirius
which went dead to windward. and on sounding
Ioun1 treIueht shoais' ~ was ssen that II