The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-30
OLD BOAT WINS AGAIN
CONSTITUTION NOT UP TO COLLIN
BIA IN A FRESH BREEZE
Managing Owner Duncan Sends the
Cup Defender to Bristol to
Have Her Rigging
Altered

NEWPORT. r. l., July 29.-The Column
bia today defeated the Constitution. boat
for boat, in a splendid race by two min
utes and tifty-four seconds, and won the
$1,000 cup presented by Col John Jacob
Aston. Her victory was decisive and
convincing. The behavior of the Consti-
tuition, on the other hand, was disap-
pointing in the extreme, and this evening
Mr.. Duncan announced that his boat
would not take part in further races I'M
Ill her rig was altered. He declared
that the Constitution is not doing her
self justice; that she Is not going well
and there Is no use in racing her f,lr
Their until she is put in proper shape.
The Constitution will not participate
in the Newport yacht racing events of
Thursday and Saturday of this week as
a competitor of the Independence. The
Columbia, however, has been entered for
these races. and win sail against the
Boston boat. The Constitution will go
TO Bristol at once to have the aItera-
lions made. II this change in the plans
OF the Constitution does not prevent the
next race in which she will start will
take place over the Newport court on
Aug. y and IA The regatta will be
under the auspices of the New York
yacht club
III OilS VI THESE races the cup offered
by Sir Thomas Iipton will be sailed for
The regular trial race for the purpose
of sci Getting the defender of the Ameri.
ca s cup will be held here on Aug. 81 and
Sept and 3.
The wind today never exceeded thir-
teen knots. and although there was
long roll setting In from the southwest.
the water was by no means rough In
fact Newport cat boats took Il quite
kindly with single reef in their main
sails. The course was a total distance
of thtrty-eight nautical miles The wind
was north by east at the start, and north
northeast at the finish. 1t started with
fierce of about nine knots when the
preparatory gun was fired, and freshen-
ing gradually as the race progressed It
attained. a strength of thirteen knots
when Columbia was greeted as the Win
ner NV
the Constitution to make plausible ex-
cuses for her defeat. She was beaten
falrly and squarely on her merits Run
ming almost dead before the wind on the
nrSt leg or the course, she at first OPEN
ed out quite gap of clear water be-
tween herself and the Columbia. and it
looked as though she would have a long
lead in the run down the wind. SO
long as the wind continued light she had
1t all her own way, but when it freshen-
ed the Columbia slowly but surely over
hauled her, and when they got to the
first mark was half a length astern.
mark, and the Constitution had the
weather berth. She did not keep it
long. Instead Of a beat to the, windward
the beat to the second mark resolved IT.
self into a very long leg on the port
tack, with couple OF short bitches on
the starboard tack 'r-1
The Columbia covered this long leg
three minutes and nineteen seconds fast
er than the new boat. This settled the
race, for the Constitution was unable to
cut the lead on the short runs.
In the private class for slOops and
yawls in which there was an extra prize
for the yawls that sailed. given by the
single stickers and for the sloops. pre-
scented by the owners of the yawIs, the
entries were the yawl Navahoe and the
sioops in class I-Hebier, Eolin, Isolde
and Senta. OF these Eolin was the vic
tor
The schooners all in one class were
represented by the flagship Corona, the
Quisetta and the Eluiina. The Elmna
won the $500 cup for Ischooners, beating
the Corona on time allowance.
The Boston boat Independence, started
over the course, about a mile ahead Of
the racers. She tackled them to leeward
off Block Island But at no time did she
show any great speed. The summary
for the leaders fpllOJ5y-