The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-02
INDEPEN DENCE DEFEATED
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 allow the Columbia thirty-one seconds over a thirty mile course instead of the forty three seconds she was penallzed With in her previous races The offi- cial time of the race was as follows:
 Name Finish Elapsed, Corrected. Columbia .3:22:57 3:42;57 $;42;26 $i2 36 Independence ..3:27 40 BAT 40 3:47:4o
 Ninety-Foot Yawls.
 Nlgilant ....... .3.2S'Z3 3:43:ZS o'4o '52 Navahoe .'}:29:OI 3:44:Ol 3'43:-9 Ailsa ...,....., .3;37 ;lG 3:52;l6 5;oo'ol
 Seventy y-Five-Foot Schooners. -. Elmina ........ }:30:52 3:55:o2 5:oo:o2 Quissetta .....4:03:39 4;10:3o 4:lO:39
 Colonel John Jacob Astors steam yacht Nourama! acted as committee boat and arrived at Brenton's Reef lightship at half-past ten o'clock. There was a light southwestern blowing, the sea was smooth and oily, and long roll was setting in from the southWard. The Independence was lowed out, but the Columbia, the two competing schooners Quissetta and Elmina and the three yaWls Navahoe, Vigilant and Ailsa same out of the harbor under sail The four imported English cut ters Isolde, Hester Senta and Eelln dld not put in an appearance at the line, although they had entered. At lO:55 the committee boat signalled that the start was postponed, the wind at that time being very light. At 1l:15 the breeze began to pipe up a little, and then the courses were signalled as fol- lows
 First leg, southwest by south ter miles, a beat to windward; second leg, east ten miles, broad reach with the wind on the starbOard quarter; third leg. northwest ten miles, reach with the wind slightly forward of the port beam.
 At 1130 the warning whistle was blown and five minutes later the pre- paratory signal was given. It was one-g gun start, and at 11:4O the big sloops were sent off on their course The Columbia had the Independence under her lee as they crossed, like one boat, on the starboard tack, forty-seVen seconds after the signal.
 The wind had about a five-knot strength in it and the Columbia went through the water at a fair rate, While the Independence seemed very sluggish in movement. Soon the Columbia ac- ouired a good lead, while the Indepen- dence dropped astern and to leeWard The signal for the yawls to start was made at 11:45. Navahoe was the first across five seconds after the signal with Ailsa next fifty seconds after the signal, and Vigilant one minute and eleven seconds behind the whistle
 At 11:50 the signal for class H was given but not one of the 70-foorers was out. The schooners started at 11:55, Ouesetta getting the better Of Elnina and crossing twenty-two seconds after the signal while the Elnira was forty one seconds after. The schooners also tackled in shore and there then ensued a very pretty battle along the beach The Elmna at 12:35 had worked out from under the lee of her rival and had a long lead.
 The Navahoe was the first of the yaWls, with Ailsa second and Vigilant last.
 At 12:55 Independence went about on the port tack and Columbia came after her at 12:57:30. These two were now standing for the windWard mark on the port tack. while the yawls were ap- preaching it on the starboard tack. It soon became evident that the yawls would fetch the mark first, The breeze had more weight to it and it was sur prising to see how the Independence picked up on the Columbia There was at one time nearly half a mile gap be- tween them, The yawls went around the mark as follows: Navahoe 1:26:16; Ailsa 1:23:31: Vigilant, 1:29:l2.
 Ailsa was the first to set, her spin maker to starboard and Navahoe and Vigilant set spinnakers later.
 The sloops approached the mark on the port tack and tackled round 1t. Their times were: Columbia, 1:31:44 Independence, 1:32 53 showing a gain by the Columbia of one minute and nine seconds.
 Elmina rounded at 1:41;5S and Quis- Setta a 1:50:02. The Columbia set balloon jibtopsa1l and went off at a fast rate. The h. dependence did not show any speed down the wind, as she had trouble with her spinnaker The ten mile disc was soon covered. The times follow: Co., lun1bia, 2.35 03; Independence, 2:4l l:35; :; showing a gain of five minutes and twenty three seconds for Columbia. The others were timed thus: Vigilant, 2:38:o1; Ailsa, 2:45:23; Navahoe, 2:37:07; Flmina, 2:52:15; Quissetta, 3:o9:o0 The yachts gybed round the second mark and with the wind about on the port beam and stronger than it had been all day, steered for the finish line, the Columbia set a No jibtopsail. l Then it was that Independence did her finest work She overhauled the Co., lumbia to quite an extent, but the gap was too big for her to close up. The Columbia finished at 3:22:57 and re- ceived the usual complimentary salutes. The Independence finished at 3:27:40, thus being beaten four minutes and forty-three seconds She pulled up on the Columbia in the last leg one minute and forty mine seconds. Her sails set spiendidly. far better than Columbia's s, whose clubtopsail was in bad shape.