The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-07
CUP DEFENDER WINS
,-oxsTJTUTIoN GETS ALL THE
GLORY AT NEWPORT.
INDEPENDENCE WAS NOT IN 1T
,AwsoN's BOAT LEFT SEVEN
MILES AsTERN.

rbe old Columbia Made an Excel
lent showing, But She Proved to
Nc no Match for the New Herres-
boR Yacht-FaiIure of Independ-
roa Surprise as the Light
weather Was Thought to Be Fa-
o,.obIe to Her-WiU Have An
o+ber Chance, However.
Naunort. r. l., July 6.-An unqualified
..otorv for the Constitution; an over
u,beIming defeat for the Independence; a
,oost commendable showing for the old
onamniog. the Columbia, is the record of
the first days contest of the big sloops
IN tbe Newport Yacht Racing Association
ssries From the firing of the starting
orn which sent the yachts off to wind
ward in a light easterly breeze, the Con-
sttution held her rivals.
Az the turning buoy she was little
more than two minutes in advance of the
Columbia, while the Independence was
hull down to leeward. But it was on the
run home that the new Herreshoff yacht
s,ovped her greatest strength, beating Co
bi9 over GlBnI Ullh IA tAAO AAASNNA-
miles down the wind. and when the new
obann8on of the Americas cup swept
scros the line the Boston yacht was over
seven miles astern.
1ndanendence's Poor showing.
Owing to the lightness of the wind there
was no brilliant or dramatic scenes to
chronicle. The race lacked the charm that
attends a scupper breeze, but it was new
ertheless full of interesting, if not excit-
,ng events. The chief incident of the con-
test was, Of course, the failure of the In
!. dependence to meet the expectations OF
her adherents That she was a failure in
the weather conditions that prevailed to-
day cannot be gainsaid. At no time dur
ing the contest to windward did she show
any weatherly qualities whatever. She
did not point as high as her opponents
nor did she even for brief interval dem
onstrate that she possessed fraction OF
Il that speed which she seemed to have
Il shown when sailing by herself. That she
may be vastly improved is possible, but
n that she profoundly disappointed her
friends to-day cannot be concealed, for
4 in light winds her excellence was chiefly
ouppOhtu " rest. w iGll oAlC GOb AcAAA ~ ONS
into the open sea she pounded heavily in
the southwest swell and the more she
pounded the more she seemed to lose
headWay.
Constitution and Columbia.
So far as the Constitutions success was
Il concerned it was no more than was ex-
peoted of her by those who have watch
ed her since her launch. Handled splen-
dldy and with rare judgment, but not
in the least better than Columbia, her
superior size and bigger sail plan told.
The boasts of some experts that Nat
HerreshOff had reached his limit when
4 he designed the Columbia are not justi-
Il fed by to-day's race. Whether the
Columbia will beat the Constitution in
\ hard weather remains to be proved. The
Columbia was sailed in a most merito-
y rous manner from start to finish. All
& the arts of the professional sea jockey
were practiced by Barr, the sailing mas
ter, and E. D. Morgan. the manager, to
overcome their vastly ADLER opponent.
That they should have kept the inferior
boat so close to her superior antagonist
IN the race to the outer mark was a
wonderful piece of work. That the Con-
sttuton is by far the better all-around
boat, let it blow high or low, is hardly
% be doubted after her showing to-day.
Official Record of the Race.
The following shows the record of the
race in figures:
Constitution, start 12:1O:O2; finish, 5:4S:0S;
elapsed time, 5:3S:O6; corrected time, $780,
o.
Columbia, start, 12:1017 finish, 5:59:29;
elapsed time, 5:49I2; corrected time,
5A7:55
Independence. start, 12:12:OO. (Did not
Nlsh within time lmit)
mus, on corrected time, Constitution
oeat Columbia by minutes, 49 seconds
over the whole course.
On the first leg of the course, the beat
|" WlndWard, Constitution beat Columbia
minute, 5S seconds. On the run home
constitution beat Columbia 9 minutes. s
eecohds, Constitution won by II minutes,
seconds, on elapsed time.