The sun., 1901-08-04

cleared and at noon shs went again on the
port tack and both were standing In to-
ward Point Judith. The tide at this part
Of the course vas running, TO westward.
tide. Standing In well toward the land In
| order TO get into smooth water, she picked
up somewhat on the white boat. She went
| on the starboafd tack ct 120s.i0, and. again
| shortly after this, the Columbia crossed
her. having lead Of about an eighth os
a mile.
Capt. Barr. a. soon n he put the Colum-
bia about, went on the starboard tack,
and having the same advantages as the
Independence the Columbia soon drew
ahead again. For rome reason, Capt:
HafY instead Of pinching his boat, a. he had
been in the early part Of the race gave a
hard full to her. The outer mark was
plainly in sight and this manpuvre en-
abled the Columbia to gain still more. At
1888 the Independence went on the port
tack and the Columbia swung around i'm
medistely. Four minutes later the Col
umbia went on the starboard tack to fetch
the mark and the Independence held ON
until i2:<320 when she made starboard
tack. As the Columbia approached the
mark a No. q jib topsail was sent up In
stops and at i2:42.J0 she was round the
mark and broke out the topsail minute
after. She had made the ten-mile beat
to windward in quite rough sea In hour
II minutes and 30 seconds. The lnde,
pendence also set up q No. jib topsail
8 minutes and 80 seconds on the leg.
II was broad reach to the next mark,
the wind coming over the starboard quarter.
Columbia's headsails pulled well, but her
sheet was trimmed In hAtter than that OF
the Independence. But the Independence
jib topsail was trimmed too hat and was not
doing the work Of that Of the Columbia.
t., - aha nod Tn n
little, and then for a few miles in breeze
that had softened somewhat the two boats
sailed along without any perceptible change
being made in the length Of open water
between them. Then the wind freshened
again and 1t blew stronger than ever. and
at once the 1ndependenoe began to crawl
up on the Columbia. When about seven
miles Of the leg had been sailed 1t was plainly
seen that the Independence was fast closing
up on the white boat and Capt Barr made
a sharp luff out to windward In order to hold
the Boston boat safe In case she should get
dangerously near.
The Columbia gybed her boom over the
starboard at l:2p45 and fifteen seconds
later she luffed ny the second mark The
Independence luffed at 1881 ;00 and at i:3i:i5
she, too passed the mark. II had taken
the Independence IS minutes and IS sec
onds to make the broad reach OF ten miles.
This Is travelling at the rate or about i3
KNOTS an nOuF anu Sne Rhtntu on TIE NOluin-
bia minute and 35 seconds.
/; was at this mark that the Indepen-
dence lost the rare. The last leg Of the
course was n close reach OF ten miles and
IN all her races the Independence has shown
that this is her best point OF sailing After
hauling by the mark Columbia's jibtop-
sail was taken down and she at once set
tied down on her course. The Indepen-
dence on the other band was wild.
She steered badly and those on board
seemed TO have no control over her. First
she lufYed up into the wind and got we'll
20 windward Of the Columbia and then sud-
denly bearing OF she stood in toward the
land and laid over 30 that 1t looked "a II
her boom would drag In the water. Tons
Of green water must have come over her
lee rail and IL must have reached pretty
nearly up to her mast Her Jibtopsat
was tapping in the wind and the crew was
making desperate efforts to get IL down
In spite OF this when she righted again
she shot up on the Columbia so fast that
for a moment or two II looked as though
she would draw right through her lee and
the Columbia bore on In order TO get her
wind. At 1890 the jibtopsail Of the In
dependence was lowered TO the bowsprit end
and she bore OF her course while the crew
got 1t down.
sent up again and this time il was trimmed
down as il should be Then the yacht
walked up on the Columbia again and a
small jibtopsai was sent up on the Herres-
hoff boat and broken at l:43:0O This
sail did some fine work and the Columbia
began to draw ahead again. lndepen-
dence's topsal was too big ard realizing
the mistake they had made it was taken
in at 1890 and the race was sailed to the
finish line without il. She held on To the
Columbia, but after that made no percepti-
BILE gain aud the Columbia crossed the finish
line a winner at 2lo4S. The lndepen-
dence finished al 2:i7;2S. The Boston boat
on the last leg of the course had sailed the
ten miles in 40 minutes l3 seconds. She
had beaten the Columbia IS seconds on the
leg and over the entire course the Columbia
had beaten the Independence just 10 seconds
elapsed time. She was in receipt of an
allowance Of 81 seconds for difference in
measurement, so that she won the race
on corrected time by minute and II sec
onds The entire course of thirty miles,
ten of which was to windward, was sailed
by the Columbia in hours 81 minutes and
- seconds. which Is said TO be the fastest
time ever made in race
The yawls were the next to be sent of,
after the 9O-footors had been started Tho
Vigiant worked to the lee end of the line
and crossed two seconds ahead of the sig
nal and a recall flag was hoisted on the
Nourmahal and she had 10 return and
cross again The Navahoe crossed on
the starboara tack at the lee end Of the
line She very nearly fouled the light
vessel and had to tack TO clear She was
handicapped n minute, the Ailsa a minute
and half. and the Vigilant three minutes.
The Navahoe and Ailsl went on the port
tack at once heading toward the Nara
gansett shore. and the Vigilant held on
the starboard tack until she had weathered
the wakes of the other two boats and then
she tackled They held well inshorc and
the Ailsa was the first to come of shore
again. She had passed the Navahoc and
was tho leading boat She then worked
along the shore as far as Point Judith,
making short bitches and then made a long
starboard tack out to the mark The
Ailsa had a big lead and she held il all over
the course, finishing at 3I028. The Vig-
LIANT finished at 3:l4;23 and the Navahoe at
3:l538.
The Quissetta and Elmina crossed at
$4,000, both on the port tack. They held this
offshore tack until able To fetch the mark.
The Elmina took the lead early in the race
and she crossed the line a winner at 35S29
The Quissetta finished al 403:O8. The cutters
were started at has O'Clock. the Hester,
Isolde and Senta being the order. These
boats worked along the shore and the
Hester led throughout the race. The Isolde,
however. was very close TO her AT the weather
mark and only lost a little on the reaches
The Hester finished NJ 357:48, the Isolde at
4.O2Oi and the Senta at 4:0s:5A The table
follows:
90 FOOT sLoOPs CLASS &.
ELAPSED Corrseisd
Start Finish. Time. TIM,
Yacht H Ms. INNS. H.Ms. INNS