New-York tribune., 1901-08-02
YACHTING.
THE COLUMBIA ADMINISTERS DE
CISIgE BEATING TO THE
INDEPENDENCE.
THE VIGILANT SQUEEZES HOME AHEAD
OF THE NATAHOE-THE ELMINA
DEFEATS THE QUTIsSETTA
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

rounded the windward mark few seconds over
minute ahead. The Columbia gained greatly I'm the
broad reach OF the second leg. and lost over TWO
minutes In the beam reach Of the third leg.
The Independence again showed that she is a
craft regarding which nobody is safe prophet. In
fact she did her best work to-day just where she
was not expected 10 do il. and she falieu Win Nie
Columbia lust where everybody supposed she wouid
be strong. Her performances. taken as "hoie'
may with some fairness be compared with those
horses which Of undouh;ed speed wheh theS
take the notion TO but cannot be counted On
as certainty owing TO their occasional inclination
40 sulk or bolt.
The hest race of the DAY was between the @-foot
zaHls The contest at first was very close between
all three and continued TO be exciting an the way
TO the finish between the Nigilant ana the NaNa-
.lhoe Mr. Carroll led fine race for twenty miles
"a she Utndward ten mile mark and through the
st -ond leg of miles 10 eeward. and then thre"
the race away in making bad turn at the sec
,ond mark.
Among the schooners II was the Elmna nearly al
she way the Qussetta being practically nowhere
sxcent at the start and for a couple of succeeding
tacks Even in these first tacks she was out
pointed while she the windward boat ana out
sailed all the way
sgHE INDEPENDENCE HAS BEEN IMPROVED
John Hyslop measured the independence thiS
.ornin1 and found that after and a half tons
s ,eaa were removed from the interior the ooae Is
shortened on her water line fourteen Inches SINCE
the last measurement. She now measures LOT Ia
,ng length lO2 70. her previous nguTes oelhs i'''
Her present water line is $685. and she VIII eNe
the Columbia thirty seconds less tine 'iia"
Fo,e The intention however, in Tightening the
stoat was not so much FOR the gain in time al
,oDance as 10 get the boat 10 her proper triin lo
sailing in moderate airs The Improvement IN rlls @
respect was very marked when ihe ooa' ~ ~
sen miles windward to-day
All Yesterday and early this morning the .ae''s
-,hich had gathered here the New-fork hacht
Club cruise and for the Newport fete were cropping
.Dut of the harbor by dozens, 10y scores ana 'heie
was nleuty OF room for anchorage when the race
FINISHED to-day. -, -.
The Columbia and the Independence both leIt
1heir moorings in about $50 o'clock al "hicn
time there was a calm. Colonel Astors NourihaliA4
WAS again used as the committee steamer aho 'Ho
traces were in charge Of Herman A Duryea, a Cass
.canfeld Woodbury. Kane. Reginald Brooks' "ii
,hrop Rutherfurd and II. Y. Dolan. They gave the
course signals for the thirtymile triangular course
st l:2s O'Clock there having been short postpone
1nent for want of wind The hags Teao IL l..
meaning that the yachts would sail southwest py
opth ten miles beat TO windward; ID c b.
meaning east ten miles for the second leg ID u n
northwest ten miles TO the finish.
START OF THE 9O-FOOTERS.
The preparatory gun was fred at II :S5 o'clock. and
as that was five minutes before me start oi 'ile
sO-footers these two began sparring for position.
Roth came down together TO the crossing line from
10 VindHard the Independence to leeward, going to
the lee side OF the anchored Nourmahal, and the
Columbia passng TO windward OF her Inc Ooiuin-
bia then bore down the Independence and banked
herself on the windward side of the Boston Doa''
while they both headed westerly close together
The Independence then gybed with surprising
relerity but Barr swung the Columbia round al the
same time and Tapped up again, after the gyoe on
HaHs weather side In this way they came 10 lhe
line the Columbia being 10 windwarl three seconds
ahead
There was official timing I'm to-days races ne
cause they were all gun starts. The lnde-
pendence then bore off little 20 get clear OF the
alanket but Barr bore away also. 10 keep up his
nindsplit on the leeward boat. This damaged the
Independence. it has already damaged the
Constitution. The Independence fell off good
deal under this treatment
At 1l:s5 o'clock the yawls got their start. The
Navahoe crossed first 10 leeward the Ahsa about
the middle of the line and the Vigilant nearer the
-3indward end Two minutes later the Ailsa went
into the port tack and headed over toward Nara
gansett Pier. the others soon following.
AT SO O'Clock the schooners were sent OF. IL
F. lappitt's Qussetta crossed first. Dennis brought
the Elmina sharp around the Nourmahal into the
port tack toward the land. Here the ElTnina.
which was five lengths leeward, was heading
higher than the oussetta and footing faster The
relative pointing Of the boats the first tack left
little doubt the final result. though il was
hardly expected that the Qussetta would get
beaten eight minutes and four seconds TO the hrst
sen mile windward mark.
VIGILANT CRAwLs AHEAD.
TIL. vawls came about together at 1910 of Mar
sagansett Pier, the Navahoe furthest out from the
shore. the Ailsa apparently fUrthest 20 windwara
and the yigilant last. In the next ten minutes the
Nigllant was crawling up on the Ailsa from lee
ward position, and the Navahoe was out ahead oi
che others The relative positions were detected
more clearly when they all went inshore at i2-2i
and then IL was seen that the NigIant was second
hoat The Elmina. which al first was under tht
See Of the Quisseita. here made a quick tack ano
,o, away from her the Lippitt boat not turning
orickly enough retain the blanket In three
minutes more the Einina had drawn OUT aheaa VI
her antagonist the same tack ana as iaf al
could be seen I'm the distance the N"iSae''" ~
in the race ended here
rha ,ugo eDfooters were in totally different part
nf the ocean IN their beat 10 the same "ind~aro
mark they remaining on the same starOoaio lach
nm which they started until they cona MAKE the
ten-nile mark in the distance IL seemed that "hh
tbe Independence got clear OF the Columbias blank
sting and when the wind increased she headed up
much better 90 the Columba's course and was per
reptibly closing up the gap. At l2:So O'CLOCK she
rame into the port tack and headed toward ihs
Columbia running for TWO minutes before the
Columbia went TO starboard at l2:5s o'clock. The
Columbia here crossed her bows and IL seen
that there was little difference between them They
we're more closely matched now, and the Boston boat
was holding the Columbia and pointing quite ar
well at l:G. They both passed in to close lee
ward OF the press yacht Wanda al ;2S O'Clock The
Independence was perhaps six lengths behind
Hank" Han seemed 10 have ht on his distance
first rate when he had come about 1886 TO fetch
the mark, and both boats were coming in al
about the right spot TO stay around it,.
A peculiarly here remarked-that all three
yawls, which had given the s-foot cutters over
five minutes start, were beating them TO the same
@isc@sra air o ha wosg sSt @ pet,ep hos starts
OF Point Judith, but ~ seemed il the three
,ese i nroduefion Of later years Peya Pbeins
carrolrs Nayahoe turned the mark first; al l2s:is