The sun., 1899-07-29
VICTORY FOR CONSTANCE.
LITTLE YANKEE BOAT TAKES THE
FIRST RACE FROM THE CANADIAN.

| FihSI HACE FhOu THE CANADIAN.
| Tho Challenger Sails Across the Line First,
| Leads All the Way and Wins by Min
utes 10 Seconds Ideal Conditions for
the Cup Contest on Lake 81. Louis.
| MONTREAL. July 2S.-The first OF the series
| OF races for the Seawanhaka Challenge Cup for
| small yachts. which was sailed on Lake st.
! Louis this afternoon. was won by the American
challenger. Constance. sailed by Clinton II.
Crane. The winner finished . minutes 10
seconds ahead Of the Canadian defender. Glen
cairn I'LL. sailed by q. II. Duggan. the crack
Canadian skipper. The course was beat to
wndward and return OF four miles sailed three
times over. n total distance OF twelve miles.
1t was an ideal day for the race. The weather
was beautiful. with a good sailing breeze blow
Ing from the west and a moderate sea on. The
crews OF both boats were astir early in the
morning at Dorval getting their boats into
shape Tor the race The Constance was cleaned
and polished up until she was in almost per-
feet condition. The Glencarn III. received
careful cleaning and polishing.
Both boats started up to tho course shortly
after II O'Clock. the defender going up under
her own sail and the challenger being towed
up. The Constance's crew was composed OF
Clinton H. Crane. skipper: Harry Crane. Ed
win Post and Joseph Thomas, Jr. The crew OF
Glencairn ILL., was composed Of q. Herrick
Duggan. skipper Arthur Hamilton. Frcd
Sherawood and +. c. Bolton.
The boats sailed around the lake until near
O'Clock, when the committee boat Dana ap-
peared and proceeded to lay out the course.
The excursion steamer Duchess OF York.
which was under the direction OF Gen Charles
Morris. arrived at the course shortly after l
O'Clock with large party on board to witness
the race The breeze had freshened and the
ind u-nrn Tor anln Thn
Constance and Glencairn III. sailed around
the excursion steamer. and both crews were
loudly cheered
1t was easily apparent that while the boats
rescmbled each other in some points there was
considerable difference between them The
Canadian defender is much broader in the
bows and the Constance is built on much finer
lines. The Constance carried a suit OF white
cotton sails. while the Glencairn's sails were
mixture Of cotton and silk. with a bleached ap-
pcarance. so that it was easy to distinguish the
two boats by their sails
The prepare tori Ssignalfo for the race was given
at 40 andIboth boats began Jockeyng for the
start. The second gun was fired at 80 and
the starting gun at 80. Both boats had been
close to the starting buoy but Crane. the
American skipper. had judged the time
better and the Constance got very
slight advantage at the start. crossing
the line at 55:O3. the Glencairn III.
crossing at :55:O4. Both boats carried main
sail and jih and were under full sail. The
Glencairn III. had the windward position and
both boats proceeded to tack for the buoy In
the first beat the Constance showed a decided
advantage. She seemed to sail much easier
than the defender and Crane handled her in
grand STYLE The The, clencairn III seemed TO-
M'e M sHS The
| she pounded the water good deal.
The Constance. after several tacks. made for
hp ypi inI UNI n uao
parently good distance behind and sailing
opt Of her course. Duggan ,atterward. eI-
| triangular course for the windward buoy.
but his handling of The the Glencairn on this
ed tSs S windwSrd buoy at 29So2 and
twas four minutes f11rty-eight seconds later
Thhsn Ths the Hlensarn III r"Ihded at
got her spnnaker up and started Tor the home
buoy. securing good lead by the time the
On the free run home the advantage OF the
| While the Constance has the advantage Of six
teen square feet in her mainsail. the Glen
e fore trangIe which gives her rfe forty % four feet
more canvas to drive her shorter load water
hat the defender rsced hc coH
StanSes lead by ss one t minute: tRe challepg"r ger
On the second beat to win dward the Con.
stance maintained her lead rounding the
|
at 3:On:05. The breeze had moderated con-
sideraby and the Glencairn'S huge spinnaker
| did not have as much chance on the second
he & aans s warr
great speed. The Yankee boat completed the
second round at 3:2J:2l and he Glencairn Ill.
| at 3:2D:Oi. the Constance having increased he
lead by Q, few seconds on the free run.
As both boats went of on the last beat to
| windward it was apparent that barring acci-
| dents 1t was CQnstance's race. In the, final
beat to wndward DuGgGn began 70 handle his
the wndward buoy and, was forced to max an
| additional tack, which decreased her lend She
| rounded at 3:57:l3 and the Glencairn Ill .
Glencairn. on the beat to windward. had thus
decreased the challenger's lead by minute 10
! seconds. but Constance had lost time by miss
| ing the buoy.
| the final run homo. and finished at 4:l3:2S.
| The Gloncairn finished minutes 10 seconds
| later. at 4:l5:+3. Summary:
Start. fInisa. Elapsed Time.
sis.t.S, sI";.:H,c & s. g .isssss s!!ss 4; :;
The Canadians cheered the Americans on
| their victory. but 1t was easily seen that the
moor way In which ,Duggan had handled his
| boat and at the splendid way in which the
| American boat had been handled. The Con-
stance. it is freely admitted. is the hest boat
| tho possessio ion OF the cup.
| The visiting Americans werc naturally very
| much pleased over the success OF the Con-
stance. but skipper Crane and the American
crew bore their honors modestly. Il is too soon,
they say. to foretell victory, but they believe
their boat will make n good bid FOR the cup.
| To-mOrrows race will bs over Il triangular
course The series is three out OF five.
RrSHING YORK ON COLUMBIA.