The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-12
DEFENDER IS
 LEFT BEHIND Constitution is Beaten by
 the Columbia. |LAWSON'S BOAT IS SPEEDY The Independence Shows to
 : Good Advantages. Captain Haff Displayed All H2s old- Time Cunning in His 1dand- ling of the Crownin- shield Yacht.
LAWSON'S BOAT IS SPEEDY

: Newport, R. l., July 1i.-COlumbia won today's race in fine shape with the Constitution second and the IrIde-1 pendence a remarkable good third. The Boston boat sailed Au excellent race with the two Hereshoffs and led the. Constitution at the outer mark. only to be beaten by her a little over two minutes on the run to the finish hefore the wind.
 The breeze today was much stronger than on previous days. The result of todays race leaves the question of au-s premacy of the three s0- footers unccr- tain. the Independence being not 70 slow after all, while the Constitution has yet to prove her unquestioned su- periortty to the other two yachts in anything except very light airs. The hopes of the Boston contingent have therefore gone upuward with bound. and tonight the experts are trying fQ figure what the Independence will do when 1t blows still a little harder.
 The race itself was very exciting es- pecially when a little less than an hour after the start the Independence by keeping near the Narragansstt shore, forced the Constitution about and for a few minutes was the leading boat in the race. From that poin: to the turning buoy the fight between the two yachts was one of the closest con- tests seen here for many years
 With the mark about eight miles dead to windward, the two flyers bat~ tied for the lead. Three times did the bow of the Crowninshieid boat, only to be beaten back and forced about.
 Captain Half kept the Constitution right under his lee. and was able to maintain that commanding position through the speed and pointing ability of the Boston boat. even with less sal. the Hereshoff boat carrying as usual her baby jib top sail.
 While they battled, however, Captain Barr Of the Columbia. saw his chance and took advantage of this contest be- tween the other two yachts to slip on to -windward and he thus reached the mark nearly four minutes ahead.
 Astern of him were the Independ- ence and Constitution, each striving for the buoy, the Boston boat giving blow for blow and luff for luff In every case and finally swinging around with the Constitutions bowsprit right over her taffrail. Two seconds afterwards the Constitution also turned.
 Last Saturday the Constitution beat the Independence nearly an hour to the outer mark. Monday the Heresnom yacht was forty minutes ahead in the ten mile beat to the windward. On the run home both the Herreshoff boats pulled away from the Independence. but the gain was comparatively small and not at all discouraging to the fol- lowers of the Boston yacht. !
 Shrouded in a dense fog the Columbia swept across the finish line three min utes and forty-two seconds ahead of the Constitution and right astern by less than half mile. sailed the In- dependence, defeated, but not humih. ated. The three crews cheered each other, the IndependencA's tars being particularly demonstrative.
 Columbia, on corrected time, beat the Constitution four minutes and thirty. seven seconds. and Independence six minutes and fifty-two seconds.
 Constitution beat Independence over the same course two minutes and fif. teen seconds corrected time.