New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15
steam yachts ever seen of the Block Island

mark They included the Nourmahal' o"heu ny
Captain John Jacob Aston. who. Win IN
party had come out to see the yachts ra ~
his cups; the Corsair the Kanawha, the oui'a"o'
the May the Marion. the Tide. the Cieili"
the Susquehanna the Dungeness. the D"n'
mena. the INDECENT. the Elsa the Illi'e' ','e
Stellar the Vergana. the Margaret, the Arternis'
the Intrepid the Augusta. the Electra III.
anthus the Narada. the Enterprise the fenc'"'
the Squb and the Oneida also the o"''eN
States torpedo boats Gwynn. Dupont. MacHeiiAie
and three others.
sIoops and schooners were all on the por' tar
when they rounded the Block Island marx"
The Columbia tackled first. at los 10 the -
fender followed twenty seconds later. Inns
placed the Columbia on the Defenders Wes'ne'
quarter The Columbia made FIVE taoks anu 'ii'
Defender four in the next fifty minutes the ne"
sloop gaining on every board UP TO that NM
on the last hitch to port the ColunlplA i,,,as
the schooner Colonas bow and ~" n''l nraCE
later the Amortas wake. for these Two Cia ~
racers had actually beaten the Columbia III =.
vindward work thus far. They accompIlsnTSH
by standing of shore toward the east tHu
Block Island. where they caught the uISt
new breeze from about southeast Whlch -
abed them and the Defender almost to !le ~ -.
courses. The Columbia tackled 10 starnoA'u "a
> 2. m. the Amoritas weather qudr'ei' 80
passed her soon after. The situation AZ ~
p m. when the Defender tackled In the CoiurnI
bias wake. like this: All the sloopn The
schOoners except the Quinsetta were on -
starboard tack. The Columbia was leadlns W
Defender by two miles. The schooners ColVil,"
and Amorita, sailing beam and beaIn IoI 10, ho,
the Amorita to windWard. were having the no" NJ,
test kind Of A fight for the lead. First one WIN
he ahead then the other, but the pig sch0D ~
never got clear away from the niue on %
work OF these two developed into the feature VI
the DAYS race Yachtsnen forgot the big sloops
in their establishment at the sailing oI ~,
Amorita She rounded the West lsahu no bor
in Q.
level best the CoiOnid being unaple 10
her in the six an 1 half mile reach 10 lHe ~
ish Although forced TO remain under i tne fsirIv
MAS lee all the way over. the Amorlta az
Jumped out clear length ahead hve minus ,
before the finish. She crossed her adVe'satti
bow. and finished first by twelve secon o,, The
owner W c. Brokaw. did a war dance on ~
quarterback for he had won the Sl'"" AS'o'
Cup.
POSITIONS AT WEST ISLAND MARK.
The Ariel had been following along 70 leeVard.
She had split tacks with the other three ana
had gained something thereby. hut the Quisetta
had lost in that same game chance as VIII ne
seen by the figures AZ the West Island MARI
which was gybed around as follows ColumGIla$
3.1S:11; Defender, 3.24Os; Amorlta o'oo.tl'
Colonia 33S: 40. Ariel. 3.39: 10. Qulselld,
3.41.iO The Columbia's elapsed time here was
2:27 10; the Defenders 2:3O:21. gain OF three
minutes and FIVE seconds for the Columpia oe
tween marks. In this same eighteen miles OF
wndward work the COlona had only gained TWO
minutes on the Amorita. The latter yacht was
TWO minutes and thrty-fve seconds ahead OF
her at the Block Island mark.
In the six mile reach 70 the finish the Colum-
hia and the Defender tried spinnakers 10 port
for a few minutes but. finding they would not
stand took them in and trimmed down their
balloon lib topsail sheets. The Columbia mace
splendid picture as she swept across the nHlsn
line between the old ightshp and the Nagship,
the COrsair. She had won the SpH cup TOT
soops offered by Captain Aston Experts VINO
figured out her time say that she had beaten
the Defender at the rate Of twenty seconds TOT
every mile Of the course sailed.
The Columbia gained on the first leg six min
utes fifteen seconds. second leg, three minutes
five seconds: third leg. three minutes forty
seven seconds. The Columbia wins by thirteen
minutes seven seconds.
The Amorita Won from the COlonia ny one
minute and fourteen seconds. The AmOrita and
the Quisetta are tied for the cup for squadron
runs so they will sail II off tomorrow, when any
Yacht belonging 10 the club which has made
any OF the squadron runs may sail in cruising
trim for the "Windup Cups There will be "A
prize n each class for first. If two or more start
The Columbia and the Defender will sail in
racing trim.
The summary follows: