New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-10
COLUMBIA's FINE SHOWING
BEAT THE DEFENDER BY OVER TWENTY
TWO MINUTES IN LONG RUN

DISTANCE FoRrY.rHREE MILES OFF THE WIND
OLD DEFENDER PLAYED IN HARD LUCK
Newport. r. l.. Aug. 9-The second run OF
the New-York Yacht Clubs cruise. from Gar
! diners Bay to this port. to-day. distance OK
! forty-three miles while full OF interesting
! brushes was not quite as satisfactory as the
| first one. for while the yachts ran the last hair
! OF the distance in a constantly increasing SOUTH
west breeze the first half OF the day was nuky
! and many a boat received more than due creoi'
for a seemingly glorious victory.
II ,s no disbursement toward the new cup
/ defender Columbia to say that her defeat Oh
the Defender by over twenty-five minutes was
due more to bad judgment and hard luck Oh
the latter boat which left her In SOFT spot
than 10 actual superiority. Still. the ne" boat
showed herself unusually able In broad reach
with a constantly increasing breeze ana IL IL
not too much to say that she made an average
OF fully 13 knots in the run aiongshore iroh
Watch Hill to Point Judith.
So rapidly did she drop the Defender tnat
when she evbed round the whistling buoy on
Point Judith her rival was hun DOWN 10 'he
westward. over 1--WE miles astern. On the run
I'D from Point Judith. dead before the "'ho' '"e
Columbia gained minute or two more so that
., Tho An,sh the old Defender had received the
,,ors. heating in her history There was never
,,or,ent during the day that there was not
i, enough IN fill the sails. while the last M
,oen miles were sailed in a grand breeze iroh'
.ho southwest that gave each boat great
move ,
Tho dav itself was perfect. for the SKY was
c,oudless and the air was full OF lie anu N'eo,'
A huge fleet Of steam yachts watcheo 'ie SOIL
ing craft start accompanied them over i'ios' VI
the course. and all Newport saw 'ne "".'h a.
Rrenton's Reef Lightship the cup delehuel VI
1909 tho vieilant leading the feet over the line
after a warm contest Of over hfteeh "'ies VI
more with the schooner Coiona-
The brush between these two boats anu INC
great luffng match between the Arho'l Gnu
her great rival the Qussetta, as well AZ 'nat oe-
tween the Hildegarde and the Cohs'e''a'o''
arn,y attention after the Columbia had jumped
80 far in ahead of the Defender For "lHee a.''
,,uos tho sloop vigilant sailed abreast of the
schooner Colonia, neither getting the auV a",ae
until after rounding the Point Judith whisthhs
buov From then in. before the vino, the VIZ.
iont nullod away and gained something more u!
changing her spinnaker from starpodiu "a - -
A. tho finish there were ffty-fve SECONDS pc
tween the boats but as the Nigllant sthi tEu
mtnutes ahead the Colonia beat her easily Oh
the run, although, of course, the boats sailed In
different classes. t.. .no,bor ~
The Amorita and the IulsSettd nau ~ -.
their famous luflng matches. and sailed meS
off the course toward Block Island before sWlhs
ing off for home The Amorith on the ias' ~. ~.
miles pulled away and won easily Mhiie INV
Orissetta was beaten out by the new Latona.
THE HIdegarde and the Constellation the TWO
largest yachts in the fleet had another great
tussle. the Hildegarde finally winning out
START MADE IN A GOOD BREEZE.
The Yachts started at 1890 a. in fairly
strong westerly breeze. all breaking out spin
makers on crossing the line The first three OF
four miles were quickly sailed but hair an hour
altar the start the wind began to slacken. ana
soon some were almost becalmed. Hair dozen
stood over into Long Island Sounu, ali th1s
them the Amorita and nearly all gained by tnis
move rs they held the westerly breeze strohsIy
until the shift came the southwest ABOUT
o'clock All during this soft spell or TWO noule
the Columbia seemed to be specially ia'oieu; ~,
che carried a breeze right through and gained
ranidIv m the Defender The latter. too, mace
a mistake in getting too near Flshers lslah9
sbore so that when the wind did 'Ume rounn
the Columbia caught ii half an hour aheau' 1t
was at this time, the boats passed the en-
trance 10 Fishers Island Sound that the Couh
bia made the great gain that gave her such
lead From Watch Hill to Point judith she
fairly few over the water. with her Doofn wen
off to port and her big balloon jib topsall draw
ing like steam engine.
Al the boats went well on this reach along
shore and looking back. every yacht seemed
fairly buried in canvas. The homestretch oil
seven miles from Point Judith to Brentons Refr
Iichtship was made dead before the wlnd In
freshening breeze, and the way the poats
iumped along was & caution The entire meet
was over the finish line within an hour after the
ViriIant. and at o'clock the flagship had
dropped anchor in Brenton's Cove, amid the
booming of every gun in the Meet.