Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
THE dLUMBIA WON.
Old Cup 1fender Outsails the.
 New

New
 NEWPORT, !. l., July 12.-The Co., lumbia won yestday's race in fine shape, with the Constiltion second and, to the amazement of yachtsmen, the Inde- pendence remkably good third. The. Boston boat sail an exciting race with the two HerresM yachts and actually. led the ConstitJbn at the outer mark, only to be beateIby her a little over two minutes on the n to the finish before the wind. Thebreeze, however, was much stronger i'm on previous days, which apparentllaccounts for the fine showing of the IISon yacht, and again the IndependencSailed the 15 miles to windward witho her jib topsail and seemed to hold liner, at the same time footing just as i'd.
 The result of Il race leaves the ques- ton of the suprsacy of the three 90 footers delightful uncertain, the Inde-. pendence being | so slow after all, while the Constltlon has yet to prove her unquestioned beriority to the other two yachts in anytng except very light airs. The hopes ofe Boston contingent have therefore ge upward with bound, and now thxperts are trying to figure what the "sd" boat will do when 1t blows still littharder. The race it. self was very excits, especially when little less than an hr after the start the Independence, by kbing near the Narra- gansett shore, fo4l the Constitution about and for r minutes was the leading boat in theIce
 From that pointS the turning buoy the fight between e two new yachts was one of the hott contests seen for many years.
 With the mark att eight miles dead to windward, the fiiers battled for the lead. Three tinAdid the Herreshoff yacht attempt to cs the bow of the Crowninshield boatInly to be beaten back and forced abd
 Captain Half kel the Constitution right under his lee,hd to every ones amazement was abto maintain this commanding positioIhrough the speed and pointing ability the Boston boat, even with one less T, the Herreshoff boat carrying, as usqher baby jib top sail.
 On and on sailed tlivals, ,ne leaden hull of the lndependa being always on the sunny side of thfilk white Bristol yacht. Whiie they bald, however, Cap tain Barr of the Coluta saw his chance and took advantage Ithis contest be- tween the other two hts to slip out to windward, thus reachlt the mark nearly four minutes ahead.
 Astern of him werhe Independence and Constitution, ea9triying for the buoy, the Boston bogiving blow for | blow and Huff for luff every case and | finally swinging rounEith the Consti- tution's bowsprit riglIyer her taffrail. Two brief seconds afthe Constitution | also turned.
 On last Saturday thpnstitution beat the Independence nealan hour to the outer mark. On Mond the Herreshoff l yacht was 40 minuteAead in the ten mile beat to the windW mark. Tester | day the Constitution the last boat round. On the run ho1both the Herre- shoff boats pulled awtrom the Inde- | pendence, but the gain comparatively small and not at all duraging to the | followers of the Bostoicht. l Shrouded in dense opy of fog, the | Columbia swept acrodhe finish line. l Three minutes and Az ands after came l the Constitution, and ht astern. not nine miles or even seJ but less than
 half mile, sailed the ependence. de- feated but not humiliatlLittle wonder. l after such race, thale three crews
 cheered each other aIhat the Inde- pendenee tars nearly spheir throats.
 Columbia beat ConsIion I'm. 15s.
 and Independence Pm.