Evening journal., 1901-07-12
COLUMBIA WINS
THIRD RACE
Was Most Interesting Contest
Of The Series
CONSTITUTION WAS SECOND
Bat independence Gave Her a Neck
tO-ACck Battle From Start 10
Finish

Newport. r l.. July 12-TAo Co
lumhia won yesterdays race in fine
shape with the Constitution second
and the Independence a remarkably
good third. The Boston boat sailed
an exciting race with the two HERES
hod yachts and led the Constitution
al the outer mark, only to be beaten
by little over two minutes OF
the run 20 the finish before the wind.
The breeze was much stronger than
on previous days aud tho lnds9end-
ence sailed the Is miles 20 windward
without her jib topsail and seemed 20
hold higher. az the same time footing
just as fast,
Tho result of yc-tcrday's race leaves
the question OF the supremacy OF the
three 90footors uncertain. the Indc-
pendence being not SO slow after ALL
while the Constitution hos yet to prove
her unqucstionod superiority TO the
other two yachts IN anything except
vcry light airs. Tho hopes Of tfo
Boston contingent have therefore gone
upward with "a bound and last night
the experts tried 20 hgure what tho
Independence wor!d do n l. blow a
little harder Tho race itsclf was very
exciting, especially whom little less
than cn hour after the start tho lEdo-
pendencc. by feopiug near too Maria
gal7ctt shore. forced the Con titution
aboat crd fcr few rilJtcn was the
lgading beat IN the race From that
point to The turning buoy The fight be-
tween tie two new yachts was one of
tho Clo-esf contests soon here for
many s. ars.
On c01 ON r1Y-d ihe rivals. the hull
Of Che Indcpcnd nee being always on
The sr1rr riCe of tha BiGlCl yacht
While they bnitlcd, hcwerer Captain
! ncrr OF the Col1rHie saw his chanc,
end tool, advantage o. this contest be
tween the other two yachts TO slip on
TO wiEdward. and he thus reached tho
mars nearly four minutes ahead.
kstern of him were the lndepend
enCc and Constitution, each striving
for the buoy. tho Boston boat giving
blow for blow and luI for lun in evorl
case and finally swinging round wifi
the Constitutions howsprit right ovel
her ta6rail Two brief seconds aftel
the Constitution also turned.
Last Saturday the Constitution bea
the independence nearly an hour e
the outer mark on Monday the Her
reshof yacht was 40 minutes ahead ir
the ten mile beat to the windwart
mark On the run home both th.
Herreshoff boats pulled away from
the Independence. but the gain wal
comparatively small and not az al
discouraging to the followers Of the
Boston yacht.
Shrouded in a dense canopy Of fo'
the Columbia swept across the fnisl
line Three minutes forty-two .secondl
after came the Constitution. and righ
astern. by less than half a mile. sale,
the Independence, defeated but no
Inundated. The three crews chocre.
each other. the Independence tars be
ing particularly demonstratiye
There was almost the Joy Of victorl
on the latter boat last night The re
markable Improvement in the spec,
qualities of the boat has givon al
hands new hope. Captain Haff Wit
has never lost confidence, said tha
after the Independence had been prom
erly tuned Up she can heat either O
the other boats I'm any kind Of a breeze
He further said that she has not Sc
been thoroughly tried cut in equal con
dltions.