The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-25
EIGHT TIMES WINNER
COLUMBIA AGAIN BEATS THE
 CONSTITUTION.
The Old Defender Received a Cordial Salute from the Erin Which Had Sir Thomas Ljpton
 on Board.

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 Oyster Bay, L.. l.. Aug. A.-The Co., lumhia gliced across the finish line at .iSht reiautcs past four this afternoon for the eighth time winner over the Constitution. And the most cordial salute that greeted the old champion came From the st sam yacht Erin. has- .nE on board Sir Thomas I-ipton. who had himself been beaten three times by the same boat. There was no sec- ond. for the Constitution had quit. Af- .er saihng once around the triangular ''nu.se Of the Seawanaawa Club with tie Columbia 47 seconds a winner. hav- hg gained on every leg. both boats ran .ato Q terrific rain squatl. They grOped .4Sour for some unc in the downpour .ai Ehi ting brte=es. hardly able to ser Gso lengths ahead. At last the weather ,i,ea.%d a bit. The Columbia picked uD me mark. which was the first of the second round and stood for 1t. Thv Constitution had already withdrawn. Having sent down her big topsati she Iumbia kept on finished the race ana .ak,,s the cup
 Today's race marks the finish of the preliminary or tuning up series be- tween the Columbia and Consultation. They now come to the trial races on Newport under the auspices 0f the New York Yacht Club. The boat win- ring two out of three of these races. provided there has been a fair contest If spc,d in average cup conditions. A,l undoubtedly be selected by the .Amerisa's Cup Committee to sail In he international races against sham
 eek II.
 Beginning on July the two cahdi- 4 or ha hnnnr of dnfcndinR the up have made nineteen starts, Out of these there have been sixteen finishes. an unusually large number. The Con- stitution has won eight and the Colum- bia eight. But these figures. taken alone. do not quite represent the re- spective merits of the two boats as shown by the contests already sailed. The results show that the Constitu- ton has shown superiority in light brezes and smooth seas only. The. Co., lumbia has never been beaten In any thing like a strong and true wind. with one exception. and that was on August 10. off Newport whe she suffered mis- hap in a hard hammer to windward in the strongest breeze of the whole series. When the accident occurred she was ahead of the Constitution in the weather berth and 1t is the general opinion that she would have beaten the new boat had she not been obliged to Huff into the wind for more than hve minutes. However. the performance of the Constitution on that day was . grand one The wind piped up to 2A knots at times and she took the heavy seas and hard puIfs. even with . club topsail aloft, in admirable style.
 Lipten and Duncan Talk.
 New York, Aug. M.-Sir Thomas Lip- ton, when seen by an Associated Press representative after the race said: 'The weather was bad for racing, and think the Constitution did the right thing in stopping when she did. In that thick weather, there was no use taking chances of an accident. either of collision or running aground. Our yachts on both sides of the water have had experiences enough Of that kind"
 Sir Thomas refra;ned from saying anything regarding the merits of either the Columbia or the Constitution. .i William Butler Duncan, the Consti- tution's manager. when asked why he quit, said:
 we hove-to when the weather got thick, and suppose the Columbia had slso quit I shall take the Constitution East tonight If the weather clears, and there will be no more races under the trial races"
 The Sewanka Club gave a dinner to- night fin honor of Sir Thomas Lipton and his party. MT. George l.. Watson. the designed of the Shamrock II; Hon. Charles Russell. MT. David Barrie and pr. Mackay. The other guests of honor were President Roosevelt, who is a member of the club, and MT. W. But Ter Duncan, Jr., managing owner of the Constitution. MT. k D. Morgan of the Columbia, was not able to attend.