The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-03


tinus made 10 set the eTAnR topsail-
The Columbia came out about teH min
ut,s after the Independence. carrying her
smallest club topsau. She seemed to ride
tho s,.ss "a little better than the Boston
boat. although throwing a little spray
The Judges boat. Col, =. J. AstorS NoJr-
mahla. arrived II the F2htshia AZ los
Ey Iv-su AN the racers, including Jhe
three rawIs and two schoauers. had come
out of the harhor. About half a dozen
steam yachts including the Dreamer.
with Mir. Lawson ON board. also arrived
at the HghtShip about the same time. At
i"-a5 the Judges boat set the signals tor
the course
Although an the yachts had arrived at
tho starting point al l0'45. and were ready
10 go at II. there was "A postp OF
fifteen minutes. The sun began 20 come
out from the clouds and there was nossi-
bIiiJy Of the wind going down The warn
ing signal was given at Ills
INDEPENDENCE STARTS WELL
At u@6 the Independence was in "A
better position than on Thursday She
ran along the line just before the signal
and crossed the eastern end near the flag
ship about thirty seconds after the whis-
tie was sounded. The Columbia was well
astern and crossed about thirty seconds
later, nearer the 9asship. Both boats
went across the line on the starboard
tack and headed off shore. the Lawson
boat in the lead. AS the yachts were not
timed in crossing the line. the Boston
boat appeared 10 have the best Of the
start.
In the first five minutes Of sailing the
Independence appeared 20 be going very
fast, although not pointing az high as the
Columbia. The lee rail of the Boston
boat was well under and she was going
very fast
At u-3i the Columbia tackled 10 port
and headed for Point Judith. followed i'm
mediateIy by the Boston boat The yachts
held the starhoard tack for some time
While on this tack. the Independence ap-
peared TO have outfooted the Columbia
considerably. but on the other hand she
did not point as high.
At that time it was impossible to tell
which of the two boats was ahead. al
though the Lawson yacht appeared TO
have a little the better Of it.
The yawIs made a bad mss Of their
starting. The Yigilant anI the Ma
vahos crossed the line ahead of the sig
nal and had 10 come back. ia the mean
time the Ailsa crossed and succeeded in
A
COLUMBIA FAR AHEAD.
The Columbia al u.5 apparently had
just crossed the bow of the Indepe ndence.
She made a long tack in shore and then
held off shore on a starbOard tack meet
ing the Boston boat coming toward Point
Judith on the port tack To those or
shore ii looked as if the Columbia crossed
about a quarter Of a mile ahead Of the
swung around on the Independence
weather bow. but soon after made an
other tack Of shore on the starboard
tack. They wcrc ia the haze and il was
impossible 20 follow them accurately. but
Just before noon il looked as though the
Columbia was leading
At l2.l4 o. m the two yachts met un-
dc-L,Ith Point Judith and they were Or
pafsutly having a hot rsce to the FIRST
mark The old Cup ef.nur- seemed %
have been gaining steadily during the
Ias- twenty minutes. ard she seems &C. be
fully half a. mile ahead Eh- yachts had
a Inc breeze 81 twelve l. fifteen knots.
am we're sinr very fest
At 1910 p. m the Columbia had c0ntin-
nod 20 draw away from the Independence.
and Il looked as 10 she had "a good milo
lead
F.
I--1.3o and the Lawson boat at lz.44-i5. as
timed from shore. Both boats headed
eastward. the Columbia apparently a
good mile OF more in the lead. The wind
had moderated somewhat. although there
was set good sailing breeze OF about
ten knots.
The Columbia crossed the finish line al
Z-l'-5o D. m Independence crossed at
.. 1,37. Columbia winning on elapsed time
OF g seconds or. on corrected time. OF
IT, mute and Is seconds as seen from shore
The yachts We're given a tremendous
ovation by the steam yachts and the In
dependence ran down toward the Colum-
nIa where the crew Of the Lawson boat
cheered the crew Of the Heres hod yacht.
The last FIVE miles Of the race was all
that could be seen from shore. but il was
the most exciting ever Witnessed from
This r..irf