The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-03
YACHTS COULD NOT FINISH
COL UMBIA IN LEAD WHEN TIME
 LIMIT IXPxRES.


 aQuarter of n Mile in the Renr-New
 Boat Only Lead Once and for a Short
 Time-Lipton and Other British
 Yachtsmen Watch the Race.
 Newport, R. T., Sept 2.--In the sec-
 ond official trial race of the Columbia
 and the Constitution to-day the yachts,
 for lack of wind, were unable to finish
 within the time limit of five and one
 half hours At 6:30 this evening the
 contest came to an end two miles to
 the eastward of Brentons Reef light
 ship. At that time the Columbia led
 by good quarter of a mile. The
 course was triangular ten nautical
 miles to a leg, the first being a beat to
 windward, east by south, the second
 reach with the wind about abeam and
 the third run before the wind, which hauled to make it another stretch, with the wind abeam, until the race was de- clared off.
 After crossing the line at exactly the same moment six seconds after gun fire with the Constitution in the windward berth the Columbia worked out and getting her wind free forged ahead. The Constitution tackled off shore and shortly after the Columbia followed going up to windward and passing her. From then on to the windward mark it was nothing but a steady gain for the old boat and when both had rounded it was found that the Columbia had gain ed four minutes and 55 seconds, the worst beating the Constitution has yet received. On the second leg the wind fell very light and the Constitution bringing it up with her gained slightly. After rounding the second mark four minutes and thirty seconds behind and starting for home the Constitution car ried up about all the wind there was and passed her rival. Then the breeze came up again and the Columbia once more shot ahead Shortly after the race was called off with the Columbia well in the lead. It will be re-sailed to-mor- row afternoon, the start being at 2 o'clock.
 Off Brenton's Reef the wind was light at 11S0, when postponement of the start was slgnalled from Fred w. Van- derbilt's steam yacht Conqueror which | carried the regatta committee. There was slight roll of the sea setting in | from the northeast, the sky was cloudy | and the air humid. The regatta com | miatee hoped for a stiff southwestern, | of which there were many signs that | did not come true, the wind lowering | between east-northeast and east-south | east until 12:35, when the flags were | sent up denoting that triangular | course had been decided on. A few | minutes later the flags giving the l course were hoisted They were east by south ten miles, beat to windward | southwest half west ten miles, stretch with the wind on the port beam and north by west half west ten miles. a run before the wind.
 The tug Coastwise set the marks. The tug Unique carried club members and guests Sir Thomas Lipton with George T. Watson, the designer of the Shamrock II, William Jameson, the fa- nous yachting amateur, Ratsey the sailmaker and MT. Sycamore, the skip per of the Shamrock II watched with eager interest the race from the bridge of the steam yacht Erin.
 Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard was on the steam yacht Colonia and with him were Former Commodore Edward M. Brown, Rear Commodore Robinson, J. Malcolm Forbes and Secretary J. s. V. Oddie, members of the challenge 
 The preparatory signal was fired at 12:50 the lightship forming the weather l. 1;,,4 t1,o "a l lee extremity. The warning gun at 12:55 found both boats jogging close down outside the line with the Colum- bia in the rear, Barr, finding that he was ahead of the gun fire, worked back and forth killing time. Meanwhile the was coming down on him In fine style and when a minute and a half before the starting gun, both boats headed for the line, Captain had the Constitution in the weather berth. The Columbia how ever, had good yard more and worked put to get her wind clear. At 1 o'clock came the starting gun and six seconds ater the two racers crossed the line at the same moment on the starboard tack and with the Constitu- ion not more than fifty feet on the weather of the Columbia. Once away, he old boat began to show her worth. She jumped ahead and was soon back winding the Constitution Two min , ltes after crossing the Constitution 1 put about on the port tack, The Co., |, umbia followed and Barr with charac- smartness gave his boat fish ,rman's Huff and planted her on the , weather of the Constitution. It was the id story-the weather berth and it's ! Ilmost inevitable consequence. On this ,ort tack, the yachts stood for perhaps f hree miles, the Columbia gaining teadily and the Constitution gliding to eeward. At 1:25 the yachts went on he starboard tack there being one ighth of a mile between them. The k yind now became variable and '1uky t nd the yachts indulged in frequent i acks. At 2:04 the Columbia crossed Z he bows of the Constitution a good I uarter of a mile to windward and o aiming all the time. The wind fresh" V ned at this stage and the weather fl mark came into view four miles east, e of Seaconnet river.
 In the short tacks it was noticed that Columbia shot to windward wonderful v in stays while the Constitution at |, his work was rather a laggard. At - ii .OS the Columbia rounded the mark, <, citing a reaching jibtopsafl of sym z, ,etrical shape and rare tugging ca =