The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-03

the lightshlp. Tie Regatta Ccmmit,ee,
Messrs. i. NICHOLSON Kane, Chester Grs,
void and NewhsrTy ID. Iawtcn were ~,
guests 81 r. W. Vanderbilt ON the steanieI
Conqueror. Tbs steam yacht Column
owned by p. q Bourne, had on foerd Com,
members Of the Challenge Committee.
E1-Commodore J. rierpont Morgan watchei
tho rAco from tho derk OF the steam yacht
Cor~aiI. Other yachts noticed were X
&. Smiths Catania. John II. Herreslon :
fueenia. Harrison y Moore's Nara, Z.
Benedict's Oneida, Henry Walters Narsda,
Perry R,lmont's Saianelh, Col. Alexander
! Van Rens-elaer's MAY. Robert u B,llant yne'S
I Tus1arura, Joseph Stickney's Su-quehannA,
| Cornelius V~anderbilt's Mirage. Hert-ft "
I Howe's PolyRnthus, X. Hall 'tornick's
Rspidan. Edward Browning's Iagonda.
Henry Darllngion's II Reba. and the Aida
Cohuna. Montcieir. Pocahontas. iathnIel.
C1crrnont, Arrebo and many others. la
and out among these we're about q hundred
craft of all sorts and sizes, The members
Of the club who were not fortunate enough
Ca receive Invitations 10 see the rscc from
a yacht went On hoard the tug tnldur AMI
the steamer n :. taswell was run as a public
excursion and was most uncom'ortably
crowded
Sir Thomas Upton watched the .rscc
from the bridge OF the steam ysch. Erin.
and as usual the popular Irish knight was
KEEP, busy all dsy. acknowledging ssluie-
With him on the Erin were Mr.. and Mr.
George keppel, Archibald Denny. w l..
STOW. Commodore j.. b. Hilitard. Mrs
Ilonalds. ". p Morgan. benjamin Nichol.
Mr.. and Mrs William g. Jameson, Geog"
J. Watson. Thomas Rat-ey, David barrie.
Dr Reed Mckay and Capt Sycamore.
On the Corsair were er-tommodore
J Pierpobt Morgan. who watched ~"
Yachts from TIE time th~v crossed "
starting line until the time limit he'd eS-
pired. Mr. and Mrs I. II Robin~on. juitCd
States Senator Channcey vi Dep~w. MrS
G. Oliver l-ein, Capt, Woodbury. Name
and George Pollock
were Capt. tlvR Walker. {. VI Otlrichs,
A. LhnfCar Nofric. Elisha Dyer, Jr, AMI
NJ Jones.
On the ConIueror. guests Of = " Van
d~rbilt. In addition 10 the Regatta Commit
te', Wei. Louis Lorillard. George y. ls-Fof-
est and John Whipple Mr. and Mr. Perry
Belmont. on the SatRnells. entertained MIR
Peter Lynch. Miss Lynch aud Ralph Ptili'-
zcr.
When the usual signal To postpone the
start was hoistod on the spring-tay un the
~Conlueror. the t~o racing yachts sailed
around the hghtship and there Wal a gO'sl
chance TO hook NJ their sails The mainssil
Of the Constitution since II wa first u-ct
In the race rsilei IN Oyster Bay las
strtschef considerably and 1t wrinkle.
along the head and at he clew. IL could
le trimmed ~ that Il would ait much hettet
u WAS noticed that The Coneituti"n's bonni
lifted much higher than that Of the Colum-
hia Whether this hurt her sailing ahil-
tiles there - a difference OF oIinIon. The
lift II probably caused by The increc-Sl
length 81 the mainmast. Thr-- q n l9f
feet were added TO this In order TO give u"
Iesk halliards q better lead and keep Ia"
gsn from swinging out board In hauling
The gaf by this additional purchase The
boom has been hfted While sailing about
II was abs noticed that the Constitution
made a bigger following wave aud there
Was moro drag under her stern than with
the Columbia. The water dipped at her
point OF greatest beam and then drew up
uIsler tie stern. II was not very noticeable
to-day a. the water was smooth and both
yachts wero calling fast considering tie
llghtns-s Of the Wind.
Al i2S the breeze seemed 20 have set
tied down and was coming from the cast
hy south. The COMMITTEES signalled the
triangular courss and In a few minutes
gave the compass signals. h first leg.
which was To windward, was east by south,
the second leg southwest half west, and
the third beg north by west hall west
Zach leg was ten miIes In length and the
Ns.ls Olsen, started on To log the course
and lay the marks. The Conqueror an
chored north Of tho lishtship. making
lHf STARTING lft anu Nf TiflRA Fk
nal wa fired at II 50 O'Clock. The wind
Was not more Than five knots, strength
and the tide was running To tn" west and
they had to buck Il to get To the hrSt marx
When the preparatory signal Wa made
baby lib top~ail- we're sent mp IN stops
on each yacht. The Columbia was 90 ia.
southeast Of the line on tho starboard tack
The Constitution was on the port tack
and she was heading toward the Column
Iva She passed To wndward OF I'll" Co.
lumbla and then the older boat wore round
aud gybed and stood southeast on the
port tack
They kept % and on for some few min
utss, the Conatit at ion still keeping To weather
of the Columbia When the warning signal
was fired they broke out the hapy Jih
top~ails The Columbia was leading and
was on the starboard tack, che stood to-
ward the lightship end 81 the line and then
she loafed whic those on board watched
To sae what tho Constitution would do
~ far Capt. Rhodes had the t-tter 81 the
m-anauy1ins They Were b., both on ,ne
ton drew near the Columbia both headed
toward the light vessel. They borc of a
LITTLE and then hauled on the wind and
reached with sheets trimmed In. Tho Con
sti,ution had the better way on and icing
TO wind rapidly drew up on even terms
with the Columbia.
Each skipper had judged the time bcau,i-
fully aud a. the gun was fired, NJ ! o'clock.
they hauled OF the wind and crossed On
the starboard tack on exactly cvcn terms
They were timed 10y the committee At
10000. The Copstitution was In the better
position and Il was hoped that she would
at once begin IN improve and draw away
from tho Columbia They wcrr heading
In toward tho Rhode Island shore and the
Columbia. having the wind clear, drcw
ahead and began O f~orcrcach on IN"
Constitution Capt. Rhodes could not
make tho new Yacht point with th"
older one. Seeing that the Columbia was
forercaching on the Constitution Capt
Rhodes put the Constitution on the port
tack at iO2 IS and the Columbia wa tackled
twenty seconds later. This gave tho Co
lumhia the weather position and In n few
minutes she was worked mp on even terms
with the Constitution and was pinching
further and further out 20 ~windwart. They
were heading southeast by south Both
yachts w-rr t-ing pinched and their Jill
topsails futtercd when they got too close
on tho wind
Then the wind hauled two points more
to the south. and tho Columbia, l-ang the
leading boat. got a slight lift. This shift
headed the yachts "a their course 80 that
th,v poipt..I s,nth nv Ne.f The Iplnmhta