New-York tribune., 1901-07-02

freer, careenng the craft TO their rails. nearly
so. the crews on both boats piled out to wind
ward under the rail. fiat white bags OF
meal Both vessels We're travelling at about
eight and half knots gauged by the tug
Storm King alongside. Captain Howe and Mate
Eldridge had just come around from Boston with
the Independence. and sailed with her all day
yesterday TO New-London. They both said that
they were certain from the driving of their own
tug that the Independence would beat both
these boats knot an hour more. They
pointed 10 the Columbia, and said: In wind
like this. lighter, this tug could not hold
the Independence at all. She went away from
US when we were steaming twelve knots hour
The Independence was in the same way. close
jammed the wind. I would give s. TO have
the Boston boat here now. When the Inde-
pendence is done with these boats they viii
think they have been racing"
These two officers and every in employ
on the tug certain about this and the
news may be important, and is IN any case the
first opportunity announced in which the Inde-
pendence has been gauged by a known speed
which could be compared with that Of the two
Herreshof racers. These men say that Mr.. Law
is certain of victory, barring accidents, and
their story, here published for the first time
sharpens the outlook. They also said. The In
dependence is not so stiff the Columbia but
she is two knots faster in the hour"
While this talk going the Constitution
carried away her jib sheets, apparently the
cringle being pulled out. as both sheets dropped
Rhodes luffed UP TO get sail smothered down.
which had been set flying, and proved refrac-
tory. Another jib up. 1t was
thought by Mr.. Sands and his friends that this
cost the Constitution fully minute. The Co
lumbla was now ahead, and at 1:15 o'clock
tackled to starboard across the CONSTITUTIONS
bows, this boat following into the same tack
a minute later. But Barr soon turned again.
and made the fifteen mile windward mark the
next tack II was now blowing fresher
and times it was clear case OF Juggling
lie
and headsails being the half shake a great
part Of the time. The Columbia rounded the
windward mark ahead. at 124 30 where she
gybed beautifully, her boom going over TO port
easily, while her spinnaker boom dropped out to
starboard at the same time. The master hand
was SHOWN mere, Bars splnnaker beng tul! ana
drawing two minutes and twenty seconds after
rounding. The Constitution turned at 1:26:53.
and il was over five minutes after rounding
that the rather unframed crew got the spin
maker working. Barr set his balloon jib soon
the spinnaker filled out, and then he had
a pair of balloons bellying out in front and
pulling like twin elephants. The Rhodes crew
did not set the balloOnjib until 1:41, but the
new boat showed an enormous cloud OF san
when il was all in place. and as this was at
least one region in the run home where the
Columbia ran into lighter wind the Constitu-
ton had all the usual benefits Of the following
and she came down the wind fast and gained
perceptibly when near the finish 1t was about
this time that Mr.. Sands said: 1T looks as II
the Constitution was faster down the wind, but
II the Columbia were behind she would get the
same advantage and would proba bly, come down
on the Constitution in the same way.
There nothing to tell of the fifteen mile
run home, except that the sea rose higher all
the time, and the boats in the last half were
rolling the wind out OF their big balloons al
most all the time. In fact, the Constitution
took in her balloon jb about ten minutes be-
fore the finish The Columbia finished at
80 3S, and the Constitution followed at 2353 %
After crossing the line and taking in her spinna-
ker the Columbia gybed her main boom 10
starboard- Apparently some one let the main
sheet go. and the steel boom doubled tamely
over the starboard backstay. She has another
boom ready for Wednesdays race The sail
was not torn, and the breakage was devoid of
sensational features. Her tender the Park
City took her in tow and held her head to the
wind while the canvas was lowered. The follow
ing table shows the whole result
Racing First Elapsed
Start mark Finish.
Constitution ..LO476 I1:40:37 1855 2:33:29 2:5252
Columbia ....- Il:4O:34 1:2455 2:32-3s 25204
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