Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-11

on plans for a yacht for the emperor
Of Germany.
ut would be a violation Of profes-
sional etiquette for me to say anything
regarding the merits Of the two boats
he said.
A prominent naval architect of New
York city, d member of large CON-
structing firm. said the other night to
reporter of the New York Herald that
the challenge committee in selecting
the Columbia as the Americas cup de-
fender had probably come to the con-
clusion that she was safer and more
reliable boat than the Constitution.
I The architect, who did not care to have
his name mentioned, added that the Co
lumbia had won the majority of her
races with the Constitution and that
under the circumstances 1t was fair to
presume that the Constitutions defeat
was not due to the poor sails, but to the
fact that she was inherently an infe-
riOr boat.
The Constitution had three main-
sails and three complete sets of other
sails, while the Columbia had but one
set, and certainly one Of the Constitu-
tion's, three should be as good as the
Columbia's one. The challenge COM
mittee, in reviewing the records Of the
two yachts, had probably been infu-
enced by certain facts which did not
admit of~dispute. The Columbia had
,,,roN b.,c x,tor b,,11 <hov, bor rival and
had proved herself to be sound and
solid. AS much could not be said for
the Constitution. So far as known, 1t
had not been necessary to make any re-
pairs on the Columbia's hull. Repairs
had, on the other hand, been found
necessary on her rival, although the
latter had only been in one seaway.
The Constitution had lost her main
mast, and 1t had had to be replaced.
The Columbia had gone through one
entire season with but single mishap.
and that had not occurred during a
race. The construction of the COnsti-
tuition. moreover, had been In the ma
ture of an experiment although 1t was
true that she did not differ radically
from the Columbia. The Constitution
finally had not been thoroughly tested
in heavy weather and in bad sea, and.
Oh the whole the Columbia had prob
, ably seemed the safer boat Of the two.
The naval architect said that he did
not care to discuss the relative merits
Of the CoiUIl.)ia and the Shamrock IL.
and explained that indeed it was i'm
possible to do so, there being no data
by which the two could be compared.
Any attempt to forecast the result of
the cup races would also be futile, and
he believed it was but empty talk to
say that the races would he close. No
one could say what the yachting future
held in store.
| Incidentally the nautical expert OBJ
served that it would be interesting to
know just what had been done about
the Columbia's new mainsail. Now
! that she had been chosen to defend the
cup a new sail had to be forthcoming.
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