Evening journal., 1901-07-09
NRW CONSTITUTION
AGAIN VICTORIOUS
Best Yacht of lis Kind Ever
Built
contest Is Regarded as The Most Re-
markabIc Of All Races for
Americas Cup

Bateman's Point Newport, r. L.,
July 9.-The race yesterday between
the Herreshon yachts, Constitution
and Columbia and the Crowinshield
yacht Independence was won handily
by the Constitution. which finished at
454. beating the Columbia over three
miles and the Independence nine and
one-half miles, The contest was sailed
over a triangular course, ten miles TO
the leg, starting from five miles east
southeast Of the lightship. The warn
ing signal was fired at Has. The
wind was rather light from the south
west The start of the Constitution
was notable and despite the haze and
dampness and the unprepossessing
outlook generally she overcame every
obstacle that offered in the way of
fiukos and doldrums and sailed with
tact and skin. winning out at the FIRST
mark by 10 minutes 81 seconds over
Columbia That great yacht never be-
fore had such a humiliating expert
ence On the next leg, with only a
gentle zephyr blowing the new con-
querer rounded the outward mark
8 minutes and AZ seconds ahead of the
Columbia And then, scurrying faster
than the wind, which never during the
day exceeded the force of slx-knot
air, she make the crowning record of
her history by sailing over the ten
luots in 49, minutes and as seconds.
OF ell the conquests in the history
of the renowned races for the Ameri-
cas- cup that of yesterday is the most
remarkable The Constitution proved
herself the best light weather craft
OF this generation Volunteer Vigilant,
Defender and Columbia have in the
past achieved wonderful and glorious
things in the cause of defending tho
cup. but the now Bristol sloops work
yesterday capped the climax and es-
tablished her as n record breaker I'm
light airs. She has accomplished what
yachtsmen considered impossible in
so summarlly beating the Columbia,
while her performance has put the In
dependence entirely out of tho running
in conditions like those Of yesterday.
What her showing may be in heavy
weather IS still matter of conjecture.
as Il Is with the Independence. but the
experts are now almost ready TO ac-
cept any achievement of the Consttu-
tion without surprise.
Mention should be made of the
valiant efforts the old ship Columbia
made 10 escape from the hoodoo of
greater merit on the part of the Con
stitution. The brave and determined
efforts of r. d. Morgan the plucky
amateur Barr. the able Skipper and
a crew whose like can never be sur
passed, who kept mp the great fight
to the finish and in the smart handling
Of the sails never lost a point, were all
I recognized by appreciative spectators.
That she lost was owing to the same
reason that Defender lost the contest.
She was outclassed as q vessel
The independence was not handi-
capped by her personnel, but simply
by her inability to sail fast under
the conditions that prevailed She
made a fairly good start, and expert
enccd no particularly bad luck. In
fact In the reach TO the second mark
lshe had the greatest bit of luck I'm her
life as she made faster time over the
leg TO the tune of . minutes and 25
seconds than Columbia.
That is the only satisfactory episode
connected with the race of the Inde
pendence. II two trials in light wealth
er she has not proved to be anywhere
near her rivals. What may happen
In stronger breezes cannot be pre-
dioted.