The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-26

Americas Trophy Vanquished
With the Greatest Ease In a
Friendly Brush to Windward-
New SinaIe-Stfcker Is the Faster
by Some Twenty Seconds.
| NEWPORT, r. l., June 25.-The first
| trial trip of the new American cup de-
| fender Columbia, which took place In
Narragansett bay to-day, was more sue
cessful than either her builder or own
| ers had reason to hope, Not only did the
new boat show herself to be able in
every particular, but she met the old
| Defender in a friendly brush of mile
to >windward and vanquished her with the
greatest ease s's sssz-S
The race, which was over In FIVE min
utes, was sailed in an eight-knot breeze
and under the same, conditions, each
boat carrying three! lower sails with
| sheets we'll fattened. 1t took the Co
lumbia about three minutes sailing from
the Defenders weather quarter to blan-
ket: her: and in Ave minutes she was
i 100. yards ahead, going past the old cup
| defender as. If the latter was anchored
| If the Columbia was from fifteen to
| twenty seconds mile faster than the
| Defender, and, if she can make this gain
| In hard blow, fears for the safety of
| the Americas cup Will be considerably
| allayed.
The trip today was the builders trial,
and although the managing owner, c..
| Otis Iselin. and number Of his yacht
| ing friends were on board, still the CO.
| lumbia's designer, Nat Herreshoff, was
| in charge, and after. the sail down the
| bay today the boat was towed back to
Bristol for q few minor repairs
| 1t Is expected the boat will have an
other trial either tomorrow or Tuesday,
and that by the END of the week she will
| be turned over to Mr. Iselin. In the
meantime her interior fittings will be
finished and her sbowsprit, which appar-
emily started in the socket today, prob
ably will need some attention.
Before the Colutnbiass left for Bristol
| this afternoon Mr.. Isehn expressed him
self as being more than satisfied, and it
was happy lot Of yachtsmen who
| watched her performance and went to
Bristol with her tonigirts.
CREW Up EARLY.
The Columbia lay or the Herreshoff
| works all last night. being n1oored well
| out In the channel-in= order to avoid a
repetition of yesteFdayRs grounding. The
| crew was early. and by 6 o. clock this
| morning her. decks were washed down
and the big No: i 5ib ssent up in stops.
| After an hours interval for breakfast
| on the tender, St. Michael the crew. re-
| turned and began5sthe work of getting
/ up the mainsail. 1t was a difacuitl task
| for twenty-five men to get the great
| stretch Of canvas well into the air
| Such huge sail had never been hoisted
| before, and It was over an hour before
| it was set to Capt Barr's satisfaction
| Just before o'clock Nat Herreshoff
| pulled off from shore. and shortly after
| the naphtha launch brought Mr. and Mrs
| Iselin and. three yachting friends from
| the ST. Michael. The weather at this time
| was threatening, and the southwest
breeze of the early morning had fiat
| tened out almost4to calm.
| A little later the anchor broke ground
and the Columbia was off on her ini-
| tial trip, beating slowly down the bay
| with Nat Herreshoff at the wheel AS
| the yacht stood off the jib was broken
| out and her stay sail went up, but the
wind was so light that after stand
ing over on the port tack in order to
| put her about the naphtha launch had to
be called upon for assistance The
| launch towed her well over toward Hog
| island, at the entrance to the harbor,
and then, the wind freshening a bit the
tow line was cast OF. The boat rap
idly gained headway as the wind in
| creased, and after q number of short
! tacks stood out into the bay between
| Hog island and Bristol Point The
breeze was scarcely over three knots an
hour, yet the Columbia slipped along,
making hardly a ripple and with all the
ease of racing shell.
QUICK IN STAYS.
The new boat is ten or fifteen seconds
| quicker In stays than the Defender.
| Herreshoff was able to throw her around
on an average of thirty five seconds, and
later when Capt Barr took the wheel
he tackled in thirty, twenty-five, twen-
| ty-two, and even in twenty Sec
onds. In the freshening wind Colum-
bia made very little fuss as she glided
through the water. There was no per-
ceptible wave on her quarter, but small
wake astern. AS the wind caught the
big mainsah it filed tput andssset beau
tifully with scarcely aS'wrinkie within IT.;
! entire surface or even wavs. On the