The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-04
CHOOSING A CHALLENGER.
INTERFERING SERIES OF TRIALS BE-
TWEEN SMALL YACHTS.

Selected Boat to 60 After the SeawanhakA
International Cup Now Held by Royal
st. Lawrence Y. C.-Three Now Models
Figure in the Test-Constanoo Wins Twice
Three small yachts called in the trial races
held by tho seawanhaka- Corinthian Yacht
Club yesterday with view to selecting chal-
longer for the Seawanhaka Cup. now held BY
the Royal st. Lawrence Yacht Club and for
which the races are to DO sailed on Lake st.
Louis July 81 and the following days. 1t was
expected that there would be i've boats in the
trials. and that one would be the Challenger.
which was sent to Canada last year with the
Seawnnhaka. Tho Challenger did not turn up.
and the three that did we're all new boats
the Algonquin. Constance and Palm. Tho
Algonquin was built for syndicate OF
Bridgeport yachtsmen by Lawley Of Boston
from designs by b. b. Crowninshield The
members OF the syndicate are T. II. Macdonald,
W. Herbert Jennings. De Yer II. Warner. G. n.
Gilman and Gen. Thomas H. Watson. This
boat is very fast particularly in breeze She
was built to sail in weather such as they have
on Lake St Louis. and when 1t blew little
harder Yesterday she had no difficulty In sails
ing away from the others. In light weather.
too she was very fast. but according to the
time given in the tables she Is few seconds
slower than the Constance. She 10 ia feet
on the water line. 4 feet beam. and inches
draught. Her racing length Is 1877 feet Her
sails set beautifully. She has triangular bal
anced centreboard OF rosewood with . sliding
range of fifteen inches. She has no ballast ex-
cept sixty pounds OF lead. which Is necessary
to sink the board She was sailed yesterday
by W. II jennings. and with him on the boat
were L. i. Menard. John Champion OF the
Pequot Club. New Haven and John Sherwood
OF Bridgeport. This boat Is painted black.
The Constance was built by the spalding 81.
Lawrence Company at ogdensburg from de-
signs by C. II Crane. She Is owned by Edwin
NJ Post. f. Il. Thomas and r. II. Post. She
seems to be modelled on the same idea as the
Challenger. but has less freeboard than that
boat and is harder in the blRes. sShe has .
dagger board which swings fore and aft and 10
planked With cedar hye-sixteenths OF an inch
Ike EyN Challenger She is los feet on the
water line. 3 feet beam.0 inches drqught. car
length is 1881, feet. She was sailed by Henry
UnT nd Th h on and tGS eo5 Ee5s
Jr. The Constance is built of cedar finished
in the natural color.
Rhsd By PSS1 or csrs
A, Miller She was sailed by Ief Huntington,
sng s sRe Is % de
pHrturo from the usual model Of boat turned
nnrr roy has the other two has higher top
SIDES and the crown to her deck makes it q tur-
sT ne ast h sborIsr 8 ss
papked with three-eisht-inch cedar, covered
with canvas
There was fiat calm OF Oyster Bay in the
morning and it was 40 O'Clock In the after
noon when the preraratory signal was given.
The wind. what little there was. came from the
! southwest, and the course was to be to leeward
and return, two miles to each leE The tiny
e. 4. cS az rs
t IT," Ses an" Work Tei"re the Wind and led the
Constance At the outer mark by eleven seconds
AZ th" PAIN BY We, fSs s The
wind had backed Ivy this time TO southwest by
| then thy. Palm made n long tack in toward
| I.oyds Neck irving to get the best OF the tide.
| and the Constance won by,sevcnteen seconds.
| The Algonquin beat the Palm four minutes
started rte at 4S 70 Gco lock ri" Rgonaun led
across the line. followed by the Palm and Con,
| stance. The Algonquin and Constance carried
their spinnakers To- starhoard while the Palm
had 9r This w a. De- error o and after ter
again to starhoard. OF the wind the Algonquin
mark marx lei by seven seconds. while the Palm was
! one minute thirty four seconds astern OF the
Constance. Heating hack the Constance Gradu-
ally overhauled the Algonquin and reached the
| finishing line two and half seconds In the
lead, The Palm, was beaten two minutes
The Palm was first over the line followed by
led by eight seconds. the Palm beating the
| did better than she had done all day and won
! the race by thirty-iour seconds The Palm
came next. nine seconds ahead Of the Con-
S'W2nbTieI c the ttrv boats we're racing the Co.
| lnmhia sailed up the Sound. and the difference
/ between tho boats that are to sail for Internal
| tona honorS was Iaughabe. The next trial
| viii b" tomorrow over triangular course.
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