The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-03
new BOAT is BEATEN
CONSTITUTION AGAIN OUTsAILED
BY HER TWO-YEAR-OLD PRE-
DECESSOR COLUMBIA
RACERS FAILED TO FINISH
Wind Died Away, So the Contest
Counts Neither Way, as the
SIoOps Were Outside
the Time Limit.

NEWPORT, r. l., Sept. 2-The second
ofncial trial race of the Columbia and
the Constitution today practically had no
result. The yachts, for lack of wind,
were unable to finish within the time
limit of five and one-half hours
AT $50 this evening the contest came to
an 1nglorious conclusion, two miles to
the eastward of Brenton's reef Hghtship
AT that time the Columbia led by a good
quarter of a mile. The course was TRAN
guar ten nautical miles to a leg, the
hrst being beat to windward, east by
south; the second a reach with the wind
about abeam, and the third run before
the wind which hauled to make It another
stretch, with the wind abeam, until the
race was declared off.
After crossing the line at exactly the
same moment six seconds after gunfire
With the Constitution in the windward
perth, the Columbia worked out and
getting her wind free, forged ahead. The
Constitution tackled off shore and short
ly after the Columbia followed, going I'D
to windward and passing her From
then on to the windward mark it was
nothing but steady gain for the boat
and when both had rounded il was
found that the Columbia had gained four
minutes and fifty-dve seconds, the worst
beating the Constitution had yet received
On the second leg the wind fell very light
and the Constitution brought up with her
again slightly. After rounding the sec
ond mark, four minutes and thirty Sec
onds behind and starting for home, the
Constitution carried about all the wind
there was and passed her rival Then
the breeze came UP again and the Column
Ola once more shot ahead. Shortly after
the race was called off with the Column
bia well in the lead 1t win be re-
sailed tomorrow afternoon
Sir Thomas Upton, with George I.
Watson, the designer of the Shamrock
H., William Jameson. the famous En-
ghsh yachting amateur, Ratsey, the sail
maker, and Capt. Sycamore, of the sham
rock IL, watched today's race with eager
interest from the bridge of the steam
yacht Erin. Nothing noteworthy occur
red in the race until the second mark was
rounded by the Columbia at 4:50:40 and
by the Constitution at 4:55:lO the differ
ence between the t NO being four minutes
thirty seconds. Almost flat calm pre-
vailed for nearly twenty minutes the
constitution here showing marvellous abil-
ity as drffter The Columbia set her
spinnaker, but the wind hauling, took
1t in again after a few minutes The
Constitution lowered her spinnaker pole.
put did not set the sail. Under hep ball
loon Jib topsail she crawled up very Slow
ly and at 5:3S:0O she passed the Comm
ola. The wind came a little fresher and
the Constitution increased her lead. IT
freshened still more when the Columbia
luffed out and passed the Constitution
with singular rapidity and was a quarter
OF a mile in the lead when the time
limit was up.
WILL KEEP COURSE CLEAR
Capt. Thomas D. Walker, who is to
command the fleet patroling the interns-
tlonaI yacht race course during the races
between the Shamrock and the Ameri-
can can cup defender, tells of his plans IN
There will be no torpedo boats int
year he says.
THE revenue boats will do the work
of the navy guardboats in 1899 and from
the mast of each viii iy the ''- rev tIUin
service nag, with its white field with
pIue stars and red and white stripes in
stead cad of the navy guard pennant
There will be twelve or thirteen yes
sells in the patrol fieet-five or six revt-
nue. cutters and five or six steam yachte
shall offer the right of line in the di
VISION composed of steam yachts to Sir
THOMAS Lfpton'S Erin, a COURTESY ex-
tended two years ago, and one which is
his due. -
There IS great deal of lawful au-
tnor1ty that goes with the revenue serv-
clally respect. In order that a steam
yacht may fly it, it will be necessary
for me to designate an officer of the rev.
ehue marine to go aboard and take
charge of the vessels patrol work dur
ing the races. We will not interfere with
the handling of the yacht, which will be
left to her own officers
In addition, the Gresham. the revenue
cutter from New York, will carry tho
senior officers pennant to indicate that
her signals are to be obeyed These are
arranged especially for the occasion, but
the one most frequently used will be the
speed signal, the black one. which indi-
Gates by it's position ON the mast wAeth-
er the vessel is going full speed, half
speed, ahead or astern. The main pilr-
pose of the signals will be to keep the
excursion fleet half mile to leeward and
astern of the racing yachts
There will be two divisions Of the pa
troll fleet and two great fleets of steam.
boats
Captains who do not hear signals will
be vigorously dealt with. If boat en-
croaches and does not heed a waring
gun, 1t will be ordered home In charge Of
q revenue officer"