The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-08
CONSTITUTION WON RAGE.
COJUABEA 9 MINUTES AND 49 SEC-
 ONDS BEHIND.

Iudependencc Poorly Handled-NearIy
 Seven Miles Astern and Unable to Elm
 ish Within Time Limit.
 Newport, July 6.-Unless the Inde- pendence can do better than she did in the race Saturday against the Constitu- ton and Columbia, to quote her own CTS words, "the reason for Independ- ence no longer exists" In light wind from the east that blew from seven to ten knots an hour and with the sea rather rough, the Constitution beat the Independence, going fifteen miles to windward. 50 minutes and AZ seconds, and the Columbia beat the Independ- ence, going fifteen miles to WindWard, 50 minutes and 42 seconds, and the Co., lumbia beat the Independence AS min utes and 44 seconds. At the end the Constitution was Il minutes and sec onds ahead of the Columbia while the independence Qlu Hot HilsH OH llle beat out the Constitution beat the Co., lumbia 1 minute and 5S seconds, actual sailing time, and running home the new defender beat the champion min utes and 8 seconds of actual sailing.
 These times, while they show great differences between the yachts, hardly give the true form of the sailing abili- l AZ. G,,1yo ,,l errors made that were costly. The Constitution was sailed with rare good judgment from start to finish. On the run home the Columbia lost by an er- TOT in handling sails On the lnde- pendence a grave error of judgment put the yacht way behind early in the race, and she got all the worst of the flukes in the wind. She was nearly seven miles astern at the finish and unable to finish within the tmie limit
 The Independence pounded badly and slated the wind out of her sails. The seas seemed to stop her, while the Con- stitution and Columbia went along al- most as though the sea was mill pond. It was plain that the two Herreshoff boats were pointing higher than the h. dependence, anu IL lophcu, toot oAN though they were footing faster.
 Those who have watched tho 1nde- pendence in her tuning-up spins say that breeze about ten miles strength and a smooth sea is what she wants, and under those conditions she will do much better The race on Monday Will be over a triangular course. great deal of the time by which she was beaten to the outer mark to-day was due to errors in handling the yacht, and the great gain made by the Con- stitution over the Columbia on the run home must be credited to good judg- ment and not to superior speed. The yachts sailed back to their moorings in the barbor which were picked up shortly after o'clock.
 Captain Half was seen later in the evening and admitted that the 1nde- pendence was fairly and squarely beaten. He said that there could be no excuses Captain Half further said that the yacht finished the race, but found no mark boat. Judging by the whistles that greeted the Constitution he said that he thought the Independ- cree gained about nine minutes on the run home member of the crew said that Captain Half was not to blame for the way the yacht was sailed to wind ward, but that the responsibility rested with Charles Francis Adams, 2d, who has absolute charge of the yacht MT, Adams has only sailed twice on the boat since she was launched.
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