The times., 1899-06-03
THE coLUMB1A's PROGRAMME.
Mr.. I,eIin Outlines the New Cup
Defenders Season.

Mr.. Iselin Outlines the New Cup
Defenders Season.
New Rochelle, June 2.-Mr. C. Oliver
Iselin. the managing owner of the Colum-
bia, made a statement at his home here
today concerning the programme for the
new cup defender:
1--WE have as yet made no binding pro-
gramme for the Columbia he said, but I
can outline the plans for her as they now
stand. AS the HeTreshoffs have already
announced, unless some accident or unfore-
seen delay occurs. the Columbia will be
launched at Bristol at sundown on the
evening of June 10. The launching will.
as usual, be public. Anyone who desires
may see the boat put overheard. As soon
as she is foated the work of rigging her
will begin. How long this will take l
cannot say. but if she is as near compile
tion as we hope she will be when she goes
overheard, she ought to be sailing within a
week afterward.
"Our plan is, then, not to try her in
Narragansett Bay, as was done with the
Defender but to take her down to Newport
and sail her with the Defender off that
city. We may give her several informal
trials in that way, and then she will be
brought here for the special race with the
Defender over the Sandy Hook course on
July L.
III Iue COluD1Dli anu JelenueT SAT- III
the Larchmont regatta on July 4. as Com
modore Postley announced on last Satur-
day." was asked.
That is doubtful, replied Mr.. Iselin.
The announcement that they would enter
| in that race was unofficial, and we do not
ourselves yet know whether or not the Co
lumbia will appear there. 1t depends. of
| course. TO certain extent, on the result of
the race on July l."
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that meeting between the Columbia and
Defender in the Larchmont regatta was a
very doubtful matter.
What will be done with the Columbia
and Defender in the month of July?" was
asked. Are they entered in any o.her
races before the beginning of the Nsw
York Yacht Club cruise to the eastward on
August So
THE Columbia is not entered in any race
during July except the special race on
July l., said Mr.. Iselin. I'VE intend how
ever. to give her plenty of racing in the
course of the month. After the Sandy
Hook race. 1t is our present plan to take
both the Columbia and the Defender back
to Newport. We shall probably race the
two boats very frequently, perhaps almost
| daily, over the ocean course off Newport.
/ We wish to tune both beats up to the high
est possible pitch, and we can best ac-
complish that by trying them against each
other day after day. If present intentions
are carried out. fancy that the Columbia
and Defender will spend most of July at
Newport. This programme is, however. as
I said at first. not binding. Circumstance;
might arise under which We would wish
| to change il in some details
| Both the Columbia and Defender. viii
race daily in the New York Yacht Club
| cruise runs and they will also take part
in the Astor cup races, which will be sailed
| of Newport in August. After the close
| of the cruise the Columbia and Defender
will devote themselves to putting on the
| finishing touches for the official trial races
which will be held of Sandy Hook in the
| first two weeks in September. When these
are over the successful boat will tune uI
for the cup races. That the boat will be
the Columbia no well informed yachtman
doubts. Mr.. Iselins plan to keep the Co
lumbia about Newport for much of the
summer has two advantages. In the frs,
place. the waters there are not so crowded
as the waters near New York. and thu:
the two boats will have nothing to inter
fere with them in their tuning up sails
In the second place, Newport is but few
miles from Bristol. so that in the event
of any accident the Columbia will bt
/ within easy reach OF the Herreshoff shops