The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-04
INDEP ENDENCE CLOSE UP
BEATEN BY COLUMBIA L NJ. IL SEC.
CORRECTED TIME
Boston SIOOp Gained ON the 1890
Defender on All Except the
Windward Leg of the Thir-
ty-MiIe Course.

NEWPORT. r. l., Aug. 3.-The indie
pendence today sailed the greatest race
of her career. In q stiff Southwestern,
which raised a rather heavy sea, she was
beaten forty seconds over a triangular
course of thirty miles by the Columbia
AS she allowed the Columbia thirty-o one
seconds over that distance, she was de-
feated minute II seconds corrected time.
This is a better showing than the Con-
stitution has made against the Columbia
under similar conditions of wind and
weather.
In the first leg Of the triangle, which
was a beat to windward, the Columbia
gained more than three minutes. No Of
fetal time was taken at either the first
or the second mark, so these figures are
only approximately correct. The regatta
committee estimate that on the second
leg Of the course, which was a broad
reach with the wind abaft the starboard
beam, the independence gained minute
10 seconds on her opponent, while on the
last leg of the course, which was sailed
with the wind on the port beam, she
gained thirty-fve seconds.
The last leg was the most exciting The
breeze was puffy and at times had great
weight in it. Being about abeam the
yachts felt its full strength. Sometimes
the lee rail of the Independence was COM
pletely submerged and the water On
deck rushed off in a torrent over the
taffrail. Never before had she heeled to
such a pronounced extent in a public per-
Torrance 1t was noticed that when the
squalls were the heaviest, the Independ-
ence steered very wild, and that two men
at the wheel could not keep her steady
on her course. The yawing about was
so pronounced that she would come up
into the wind until the huff of the iib
topsail qutvered as though she were close
hauled and sailing a fisherman's huff A
minute or two later she would be run
nlng wide Off her course and covering an
ample stretch of the ocean, leaving be-
hind her serpentine wake This was
of course, great detriment to successful
achievement. While the independence was
performing this zigzag work, the Co.
lumbla was going through the water
straight, attending strictly to business
and heading for Brentons Reef Light
ship.
So far as sails were concerned, the In
dependence had the worst of it, She was
handicapped by working gaff topsail
"hlch IN the ten-mile stretch to wind
ward was more or less a backsail and
Whlch IN the two reaches that followed
mad very little pulling or propelling
power Another sail that prevented her
rom making better record was the
medium sized Jib topsail which she set
after passing the first mark This sail
contributed largely to her Wild syeering,
and when it was taken in she felt the
benefits of its balance. Mr.. Lawson, her
owner, observed her behavior from his
steam yacht Dreamer.
With regard to the performance Of the
Columbia, she was sailed admirably. The
only mishap that befell her was the foul
ing of the jib sheet when off Point Judith
In the windward leg. This necessitated
snort tack so that it might be cleared.
put she lost littlebby it.s7 While the In
dependence was encountering the series
OF squalls in the homeward leg, the Co
lumola by no means escaped scot free.
The masts Of both of them buckled con-
siderably, and the Columbia heeled over
at times as much as the Boston boat.
Also she steered on two or three occa-
sions almost as wildly as the Independ-
ence, but she was got under control and
steadied on her course far more quickly.
The th1rty-mile course, ten miles or
Wnlch was dead In the winds eve. was
covered IN hours 81 minutes As seconds
by the Columbia, making it one of the
fastest races on record