New-York tribune., 1901-07-02
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-.,sraI opinion concerning the first performance
che Constitution in saying that ''she sailed
=, good race for a green boat" He added:
..Is the Constitution had not lost a little, per-
.rs a minute. through carrying away her jib
Lae+s she might have come in first. On the
e-ber hand, if she had not been the following
,a+ in The run back to the finish she would not
tove done as well she did with the Columbia
= +bar course. When dead before the wind the
.,,oz-irg ooaz always has the advantage in get
- the fresher part of the breezes first. STILL no
t.er how YOU make allowance, and matter
ns,h boat finishes first, it is, as so far shown.
- a division of seconds between the boats.
- seeing that the sails Of the Constitution
o,- he improved, and that she sailed with
unframed crew, think she made a good show
ing"
NJ Sands is here quoted not because he was
.,roroinent official of the day, but because his
so,utation as one Of the best yachting amateurs
=. America gives value 10 his impartial sum-
ming UP Of the days trial
NJ doubt the disappointment was considera-
HE though to a large extent unjustified- Those
who have been saying and printing that the
Constitution would beat the Columbia by ten
minutes were going outside the expectations of
the Herreshoffs themselves, and Mr.. Duncan,
the manager of the boat. has been explicit from
the first in saying that any yacht would have
was by no means certain of the result.
To-day's was a magnificent race for testing
the boats on some points of sailing. and the wind
varied from light 10 fresh, the finish being amid
.,,robling waters and in winds that had a drive
TO them so that windward work and working
qualities were well discovered. so far as the
findings 90. And yet these have to be somewhat
disconnected by the fact that the shippers and
their respective crews performed with unequal
merit and the Columbia was so much better
handled than the Constitution that the differ
ence in this respect no inconsiderable item
when the boats had only few seconds between
them. For instance. Captain Charley Barr
secured altogether the best Of 1t on the start
having the Constitution blanketed the line.
This caused Captain Rhodes TO pay off TO lee
ward to get a big full sail TO clear the Column
bias lee The difference in the Quickness in
setting running sails after the rounding of the
windward mark as to be told, was also TO
be considered.
At 9:45 o'clock the representatives Of the yachts
OF America were towed out from their moorings
of Newport and they had brave following as
they passed from under the seemingly pro-
tective guns Of those giants Of the sea the
Kearsarge, the Alabama and the Massachusetts
The steam yacht Narada, owned by Henry
Walters Of the Constitutions syndicate, was
close at hand, and the steam yacht Colonia.
owned by F. @. Bourne Of the same syndicate
was used by the regatta committee. There were
also the fast steam yacht Kanawha. reeling off
her twenty knots hour; the old schooner
Palmer, the ocean record schooner Endymion
the cutter Mermaid, with Arson Phelps Stokes
aboard; W K Vanderbilt's Virginia, the 20
footer Hester. John Hanan's big English Tawma
and the large schooner Hildegarde, owned by
George W Weld.
Thomas ". Lawson, Of Boston. the owner Of
the Independence, which was excluded from
these New-York Yacht Club races. watched the
races closely from his fine steam yacht, the
Dreamer. on which Miss Lawson had party
of friends. The training ship Annapolis, with
the naval apprentices on board, and the torpedo
boat Mckee were also in the neighborhood-
After going out to the Brenton Reef Light
ship the Columbia took in her largest club top
sail and a smaller one, while the Constitu-
ton held 10 her largest. August Belmont was
seen on the Constitution she curved about
before the start with Manager Duncan and
Ralph y. Ellis Herman B. Duryea and Wood
bury Kane went the Narada- The assembled
fleets went easterIy five miles because with the
wind southwest by west the committee had 10
keep the course which fifteen miles to
windward clear OF headlands. The judges
steamer stopped at 11:10 o'clock and anchored,
the tug Unique setting the stakeboat for the
other end Of the starting line. The preparatory
gun was fired at 11:30 o'clock, the warning gun
at Il 1.35 O'Clock. and the gun for the start at
1l:40 o'clock with another two minutes later TO
mark the expiration of the timed two minutes
in which the yachts were to cross
Before the starting gun both yachts were to
leeward Of the line, and Barr took the Columbia
well TO windward Of the windward end. AT
thirty seconds before the gun it was sure that
he had secured the best of it. Both the racers
broke out small working jb topsails at the same
moment and the Columbia crossed length
ahead and length TO windward Of the other
beats. II was a beautiful start on the course
signalled. D F Q. meaning southwest by west.
and every one was on tiptoe 10 see how the
yachts would perform.
The Constitution had to get out from Bars
blanketing at any cost. and she paid away and
travelled fast TO get clear, but ii was leeward
course and costly. though many of the unprac-
tised guests called out 'Oh, see how the Con-
stitution IS leaving herr However, those who
understood the necessity of the move hung for
ward breathlessly to see the new boat point up
when she got clear She never did, while the
two had the same wind. Both yachts were
pretty closely pinched as shown by their head
sails. The Constitution footing something
faster bat not pointing high as the Columbia
People waited long time, but it was evident
that these boats were more different than they
looked the Constitution often travelling hair
point more TO leeward than the Columbia
Barr was crouching over his wheel and sail
Ing the Columbia fne-some said. TOO nne
but Barr knows his boat. and he was steering
now for the future of his life and the continua-
tion OF his great reputation. His mainsail was
better and natter than that Of the Constitution