The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-11
CONSTITUTION In FRONT.
The Independence Second in tie
Newport Yacht Race.
HcrreShoG Boats Unable to shake
OF the Boston Competitor - The
Fog ThiCkcuinE and Likely TO Re
suit in Another POStpOncmcut.

suit in Another PostpOncmcnt. ]
NEWPORT, R. I. July 1.-THE three |
big single-stickers. Constitution, Colum- !
bia. and Independence. weighed anchor /
about 10 o'clock this morning and left the |
harbor to sail the third race in the New |
the one that was postponed from yester-
day after the fog had spoiled it
The wind. which had been practically
dead. freshened to four knots from the
south at 10 o'clock and the sun was max
ing thin haze of what had been dense
mists-
The warning signal was blown at 12:15
and the preparatory signal at I2-2o-
The yachts will sail a 15-mile windward
and Ieeward race, the course being south
southwest with the turning mark near
Block Island The wind was south-south-
west. blowing a good smart eight-knot
breeze at the start The yachts crossed
the line as follows; the time being unoffi-
ciaI
independence, I2:25:5O. u.. ..,.
Columbia I2:26.o0
Constitution, 12:26:15-
Immediately after crossing the line the
Constitution tackled to port, all the
yachts having crossed on the starboard
tack She was followed at once by the
Columbia.
/ Two minutes after the Constitution
tackled to port the Independence followed
/ W hile both Herreshon boats started with
all sails set. including baby jib topsails.
! the Boston beat sailed along under three
lower sails and club topsails. The new
boat seemed to be leading the Columbia
although a little to leeward, while the
( Columbia had a lead on the Boston boat
/ OF about a quarter Of a mile. the new
/ Cup defender being ahead Of the Colum-
bia about the same distance
All three yachts headed for the Nara
gansett shore on the port tack While
the weather inshore looked quite clear
! there was stiIl a big bank of fog to the
/ south which threatened to envelope the
I yachts at any moment.
( At I2:55 d NJ the Boston boat crossed
! the CoIumbia's bow but had to come
I under Constitution stern This showed
. that the Constitution still led but that
/ Independence was then ahead Of Column
bia Constitution and Columbia We're
both on the starboard tack and Independ-
. ence on the port tack
! At I:I5 the yachts were well out by
Point Judith. and it looked from here as
if the Constitution had pulled out a bit
on the Boston boat but that the Boston
/ boat was trife ahead of the Columbia.
Z The fog was quite thick and II was al
. most impossible to identify Constitution
I and Columbia. II is fact. however. that
the Boston boat today has done far bet
ter than at any time since she began to
/ race and that the HerreshOff boats can
/ not shake her of.
At I-t5 the independence tackled to star
board right under Point Judith, and met
the Constitution coming down on the
port tack From this point, some six
( miles away. it seemed as if the Boston
boat had forced the Constitution about
She was certainly very close TO the Her
reshoT boats, and during the first half
hour showed none of the poor qualities
displayed in her two previous races This
improvement appeared TO be due 10 her
sailing without her jib topsail and also
the Increasing breeze.
As the new defender was the last over
{ the line she has the best OF the race. but,
as the Boston boat was first over the line
a
| il may be that Mr- Lswsons boat is
merely holding her own, which. in view
Of her fascos in the first two races, Is d
/ great surprise to yachtsmen here The
haze gradually 0bscured the yachts and
IL began TO look as though the day would
be ended in fog and the race be a repeti-
ton Of yesterdays
For q time this morning il seemed that
/ there would be no race The fog which
4 set IN yesterday had thickened and il
/ was Impossible TO see objects in the Wa
ter ten feet from shore. IN the harbor
: nothing was moving and those who were
aboard yachts lying at anchor made no
attempt to come in The wind was all
but dead and the New York Yacht Club
station was deserted Hoping for better
conditions however, the Regatta Com
fnittee Of the Newport Yacht Racing As
| sociatior decided TO wait before annOunc-
ing another postponement.
Early this morning the unfinished race
| Of yesterday was the topic of discussion
and in almost all quarters it was pro-
nounced a farce Light banks Of fog
could be seen on the horizon before the
| start and there were many who thought
that-the contest would not be held. The
attempt was made. however. the wind
Al the start being about five knots. and
| the Yachts made as pretty beginning Of
the race as one could wish to see. They
/ crossed the line very nearly abreast, with
/ the Constitution 10 wIndward. - As usual,
| the Independence was footing badly,
| broadsiue to- working further TO leeward
| all the time. The Constitution Was lead
ing
Then the fog came up First. the tow
| eriue club sails of the racers disappeared
| and then they were suddenly blurred from
| view The shippers that did not turn
| honeward with yachts and excursion
boats when the fog appeared, fingered at
the stern of Charley Bars barge, for
| he has no equal as a navigator in these
! waters and it was reckoned that if any
/ one could find the wirdwaTd mark he
could He did find it. There We're two
yachts and the stake tug at the mark
7 all blowing their lOudest to guide the
wandering racers on their turn The IN
! dependence came UP twenty-seyen min
utes later Then the wind died out and
! the fog thickened-
Yachts which had gone down with the
racers mad a hard time feeling their way
back to the lightship. from which point
/ they were TO get their bearings for New
! port The independence. in tow of the
Wrestler, got IN at $40 O'Clock. and the
| Columbia At $40 o'clock one steam yacht
with a bad compass got lost inside Of
J Brenton's $ Reef and just escaped Beaver
! Tail Rocks by 100 feet The breakers