The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-25
ALL QUESTION OF
MERIT SETTLED,
Constitution Again Outsails the
Old Cup Defender in Holly
Contested Race.
JUST MISSED A COLLISION.
Captain of the Columbia Placed
Both Yachts in a Perilous
Position X Official Rec
ord of the Race.
JUST MISSED A COLLISION.

ave" i'ohooh. Conn. July 24-rn a hne
west oreeze' over the thirty-nine- mile
rom New Haven Breakwater to
satan Ledge' at the mouth Of New Lon
1HA iiarpor' the Constitution again showed
"ha. u superb racing craft she is in light
"ea'ner ana smooth water She beat The
ooiunaola to-day eight minutes and twenty
'ilree seconds fairly and souarely. There
were no nukes, the wind holding true and
STEADY with the exception Of a couple OF
points after two-thirds of the distance had
~ oeen covered. The breeze at no time was
whltecap on the waves
Narrowly Escaped q Collision.
a, No. misnap occurred to any yacht, but
.iie constitution and the Columbia very
narrowly escaped disastrous collision as
they crossed the line.
~ ing Iivairy between Captain Rhodes of
5ne constitution and Captain Barr of the
Columbia Is intense. AS they were ma.
nteu'e I'm Tor the weather gauge, Just be-
stion tne w itart II, Barr got the windward po-
his lee; The steam yacht Narada which
was acting as the committee boat. was an
Con ssh az the weather end of the line The
narrow passage between herself and the
iM - but Barr ran his bowsprit into
ner The a co seemed the most reckless man
steersr. and although CAPTAIN Rhodes
b bat MS sh helm up it was some little time
" Ssn Heary grazing the side Of the Narada.
,h SaPp.aan Burr. 10 escape a collision with
th le CCohIstltl,tion. put his helm up and gybed
boom would have struck the topmast 'I rir.
Stths OF the Constitution. and the COLLAPSE
~ ~ 1 cis. mast might have followed He bare
came the boom again. and close-hauied once
nh on the starboard tack, Columbia shot
cnn nsa ana to windward. blanketing the
~ tha MOI and lufhng out under the stern
VI we Narada, she stood on her course 100
yards in the lead. 1>
Contest Between Defenders.
wa Inc race between the two ninety-footers
along for two or three miles. they indnieei
IN luffing match, In which the Constitu-
Iion came out winner. obtaining a lead of
SaaF bas OF eens ,sdh mile 4. sO the
soon after she set her spinnRker to star
BOARD. carrying 1t until Cornfleld lightship
was reached when 1t was taken In again
run to the finish.
, The Constitution kept mile closer to the
Long lo Island shore than her rival. until
!sned good mile in the lead. having gone
tne thirty-nine miles in 1921, while it
t tooad me Columbia to go over the same dis
This was remarkably fast when the COM
parative Mghtness Of the breeze is taken
into consideration. and also that the tide
was against them over the greater part Of
the course.
Yachtsmen are now convinced that the
Constitution Is faster than the Columbia on
every point Of sailing in light weather. but
IN heavy blow and rough-and-tumble
sea many believe that the Columbia will
prove the speedier.
The winners in the other classes were:
Class g, yawls. Navahoe: class H, sloops
Rainbow: class J. slOOps Hester. clasa l.
sloops. Affair: class L. sloops, Effort:
schooners. class A. Columbia; class B. Co
roma: class c, Marguerite; class D. Katri-
ma; class d Especially, Quisetta; class E,
Loyal; auxiliaries. Intrepid.
Following is the summary OF the Consti-
tuition and Columbia:
Start. Finish. EIapsed rected
Constitution ..11:s:os 3:37:s5 432:27 800.
Columbia =. ..11:05:11 S:46:ol <:40:5O 4:39:10
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