Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-10
CONSTITUTION OUT AGAIN.
The Cup Defenders Had a Trial
 To-Day.

The Race Was Off Bateman's Point
 and Was Started at Columbia
 Took the Lead at the Start-Later |
 the Constitution Passed the Old |
 Boat-At Last Accounts the Colum-
 bia Was Gaining Rapidly on Her
 Rival.
 Bateman's Point, R. l., Aug 10.-It was almost too thick for safe naviga-- tion in Narragansett bay this morn ing and. much too foggy for yacht rae ing. It was certainly the worst morn ing for a contest of the big yachts seen here this year, for it was just as thick inside the horbor as it was out at the lightship.
 The direction of the wind did not promise an improvement, but at times it looked as if the wind mght burn through the mist
 The yachtsmen were early at the yacht club station discussing the weather with their naphtha launches ready to run out ill case the sky cleared. The committee came down and tried to take q view over the har- bor butlthe fog shut in everything, so it was decided to wait awhile before going out to the start
 At 10:40 the regatta committee started out to the judges boat, John Jacob Astor's Nourmahal, as the weather appeared to be clearing and there was some prospect of race. At 11:25 a. m. the weather was clearing rapidly and the sun was burning up the fog. None of the yachts had arrived out of the harbor, but all were making preparations to l get under way.
 The warning gun was sounded at 12:55, with the Columbia near tine l lightship and the Constitution some l distance to windward. The wind at l this time was increasing rapidly and l was blowing at ten knots an hour. | The yachts had their No ? cIubtopsals | set and were making a grand beat to | the outer mark At 1:03 the yachts l started, with the Columbia leading and on the Constitutions weather bow. I The time of the start as seen from the l shore was as follows: Columbia, | 1:O1:1O; Constitution, 1:O1 20 The l | | lumbia, as she came down and took up her position to the weather of the l Constitution. Both yachts were on the I starboard tack and were going very l fast. Immediately after crossing the l line the Columbia seemed to point up | better than the Constitution and to l sail just as fast. At 1 :19 some acci- l dent apparently happened to- the Go | lumbia, as she came up in the wind and seemed to be Tapping around l without apparent object. At this time l she was q little distance ahead of the l Constitution, which was fast closing up. At 1:22 the Constitution crossed I the Columbia's bow, which was mak- l ing no apparent effort to follow her. I The Constitution came up in the wind l and her clubtopsail was shaking. At 1 1 :24 the Columbia was off again after l the Constitution and apparently the accident, if there was one took place, had been remedied. The Columbia was about five minutes headed into
 the wind with no apparent headway. She was rapidly drawing up on the l Constitution the next minute. At 1:29 the Columbia had almost overtaken the Constitution and within the next min ute appeared to be passing her.
 At ? o'clock it looked as if the Co., lumbia had pulled away from the Con- stitution in the last half hour of sail- ing, but as they were some distance
 to leeward it was impossible to say
 which boat was ahead.
 | New York, Aug 10.-Marine experts
 who have carefully watched the winds
 and tides for the past two weeks pre-
 dict that Shamrock II will arrive at I this port within the next 24 hours. Reports from all incoming steamers
 show that the boat has been favored
 by following winds, which should
 have materially helped her since she
 left the Azores to August ?.
 The Shamrock left Gourock on the
 Clyde July 27.
 David Barrie, Sir Thomas Lipton s
 representative in this city, put to sea
 to-day to meet the Shamrock He will
 not return to port until he has found
 her, and will then accompany her up
 the harbOr to temporary anchorage off
 Tompkinsville $. I. Upon the arrival
 of the Shamrock her racing rig, which
 has already arrived, will be set up without delay The yacht, it is said, will be put into dry dock at Erie ba- sin for a thorough cleaning and over
 hauling.
 Newport, R. l., Aug 1O.-Before leav-
 ing for to-day's yacht races, w. Butler
 Duncan, manager of the Constitution,
 asked why he had refused to enter his
 boat in the Indian Harbor race of
 August 24, in which the Independence
 was entered said: Simply because
 the Constitution has already been en- tered in a race of the Seawanhaka
 Yacht club on that date.'
 MT Duncan then stated that he had : number of dates for racing in Long } Island Sound and that the Constitution would leave for the westward as soon as the present series here were finish ed
 These dates were ascertained later
 There will be races by the Larchmon1
 Yacht club for the Constitution and
 Columbia on August 16 IT and 19 Or l the 21st the New York Yacht club vii l give race for the two yachts off Gler 5 Cove. and on the 22d and 24th the , Seawanhaka Yacht club will complete l the second series by races off the cluI