The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-17

between the Columbia and Defender of New
port was made public to-day in the following
notice:
NEWPORT YAcHr RAcrNa ASSOCIATIONS
NEWPORT. July III, 1881.
The first race between the sloops Columbia and
as.or"on viii be- held %" f fa JmIy FL or The
start will he made from nrcnton's Reef Lightslp at
but where tn marks viii be has not yet cen de.
nGgI SIn hT aats Of IT, seSGna rae; s es an
unable to furnish accommodation for the members
OF the press, us the judges boat will lie private
yacht placed at the committees disposal.
This announcement was made after n confer
encc between &. Oliver lseln. H. b. Duryca
and Woodbury. Kane. members OF tho Regatta
Committee OF the association Mr.. Iseln cx-
poets to have tho Columbia ready on that date.
Tho Columbia will go to Bristol early to-
morrow morning. Besides the races between
these two boats. the association will probably
offer prizes for races between the schooncrs
Amorita and Quisctta, the sloops Syce and
kestrcl. and the racing knockabouts. to take
place of Newport after the cruise OF tho Now
York Yacht club.
BRIsToI. July 1O-The new steel mast for
the cup defender. Columbia. will soon be COM
rlctcd. Tn" derrick lighter Archer. Capt. Ter
ry. Is expected from Fall River 10 take the big
spar on her purchase and step it. The mast
OF plates To hc attached to the step and the
masthead. There are yet many hundreds OF
rlvets to lie driven. l. Will hardly be ready for
stepping before the first race for the Citizens
Cup at Newport between the Columbia and
defender, which is billed to take. place on next
Friday. When the mast IL out Of the hands Of
the steel workers 1t will have to be painted.
and then the shr"uds and other steel wire
rigging will be hung from the masthead
The mast under construction Is similar in
nearly every point to that Of the Defenders
spar. Its length is lOG feet 81, inches. or .
spar. the latter being 100 feet I inches over all.
Ihr greatest diameter OF Columbia : mast IS
after end From there il tnlHrs gradually
diameter q the Deisnder $ S.. 1tGe! mast at
Columbia's Instead of these measurements
being taken from the inside Of the plating
they are taken IRON the outside. The greater
length and diameter of the spar over the De-
tenders at once suggests n, vastly greater sail
The mast setting in the Colum nia will be sim
liar to that Of the Defenders The plating on
the ColumbIa's steel mast is eight-fortIcths Of
The weight and strain to which the Defend
crs stce! mast has been subjected since the
to show that a steel mast is success in big
sloopS. Tho Defender has sailed in pretty
brace OF the now mast being started. There is
now no question about steel mast being an
Improvement in rigging the C2luinb ia, 1t viii
something over Il ton. This will make the boat
sitter. and she will not heel AZ much as she
tendency has been for the Columbia to heel to
lceward trife more than does tn" Defender.
The new topmast " the defender that was
sent aloit on that boat last Thursday is a fine
looking spar, although the one taken down
was not II bnd one. A few days ago the De-
tenders steel boom had new iron bracings in
serted in place of those that werc bent nearly
double by the Columbia The work mon began
yesterday hitting the plates over the part of the
boom wher" tn" break was made. In day or
two the boom will again lie ready for service.
and the mainsa that has been in tho sail loft
for a week will also he ready Every day since
the arrival of the Defender here the crew have
been busy fitting her up for the races Off New