The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07
NEW BOAT BEST
CONSTITUTION SHOWS HER sUPE-
RIORITY OVER HER BIG RI
Walls AT NEWPORT
RACE WAS A FAIR CONTEST
Columbia Was Handled Every WhIt
rs Well AS the New Defender,
but Lost by Minutes
I'D Seconds.
INDEPENDENCE A BAD LAST

INDEPENDENCE a BAD LAST
NEWPORT. K. /, July 6.-An unqual-
ined victory for the Constitut .ou, an
overwhelming defeat for the Independ-
ence, most comnendable showing for
the old champion, the Columbia, is the
record Of the first days contest Of the
big sloops in the Newport Yacht Racing
associations series. From the firing OF
the starting gun which sent the yachts
off to windward in a light easterly
breeze the Constitution held her rivals.
At the turning buoy she was a little
more than two minutes In advance OF
the Columbia, while the Independence
was hull down to leeward. But 1t was
on the home run that the new Herreshom
| yacht showed her greatest strength beat
| ing Columbia over eight minutes in the
| fifteen miles down the wind, and when
! the new champion of the Americas cup
! swept across the line the Boston yacht
| was over seven miles astern. Owing TO
| the Nghtness Of the wind there was no
| brilliant or dramatic scene to chronicle.
! The race lacked the charm that attends
| a scupper breeze, bot It was neverthe-
| less full OF interesting If not exciting,
| events. The chief incident of the con-
| test was, of course, the failure OF tho
| independence to meet the expectations
| a
| in the weather conditions which prevailed
today cannot be gainsaid AT no time
! during the contest to wlndward did she
| show any weatherly qualities whatever
! She did not point as high as her op-
| ponents, nor did she even for a brief
! interval demonstrate that she possessed
| fraction of that speed which she
seemed to have shown when sailing by
| herself. That she may be vastly inn
proved is possible, but that she pro-
foundly disappointed her friends today
| cannot be concealed, for In light winds
her excellence was chiefly supposed TO
rest. When she got fairly out into tho
| open sea she pounded heavily in the
| southwest swell, and the more She
| pounded the more she seemed to lose
headway.
NEW BOAT THE BEST ONE.
SO far as the Constitutions success
was concerned It was no more than was
! expected Of her by those who have
watched her keenly since her launch.
| Handled splendidly and with rare judg-
ment, but not in the least better than
Columbia, her superior size and bigger
sail plainly told the boasts OF some OK
perts that Nat Herreshoff had reached
his limit when he designed the Colum-
bla are not justified by today'5 race.
| Whether the Columbia will beat the
| Constitution In hard weather remains
to be proved. The Columbia was sailed
I'm n most mertorious manner from start
to finish. All the arts Of the professional
| sea jockey were practlced by Barr, the
| sailing master, and IL. -. Morgan, tho
| manager, to overcome their vastly ADLER
opponent That they should have kept
the inferior boat SO close to her superior
antagonist in the race TO the outer mark
was a wonderful piece OF work. That
the Constitution Is by far the better all
round boat, let it blow high or low is
hardly to be doubted after her showing
today.
The following table shows the records
Of the race in figures:
THE OFFICIAL TIME.
Elapsed Cor.
Start Finish Time. Time.
Constitution .12:l0:O1 5:48:0} 5.38:06 5:$75
Columbia ....121O:l7 5:59:29 5:4912 5:iI:Ij
Independence l2:l2UO (dtd not finish WIN
Thus. on corrected time. Constitution
beats Columbia by minutes 40 seconds
over the whole course
on the first leg Of the course the beat
to WindWard Constitution beat Columbia
/ minute IS seconds. On the run nome
Constitution beats Columbia minutes
seconds. Constitution won by II minutes
seconds on elapsed time.
Constitution allows Independence u
seconds and Columbia n seconds.
Time at the outer mark:
Constitution :ti52::23
Columbia ........................-.. .tJ.J3
SECOND RACE MONDAY.
Mr.. Duncan the manager Of the Con-
stitution came ashore at the yacht club
in his launch just before O'Clock this
evening When asked II he had any
thing to say about the victory Of his
boat, he simply stated that all on board
were thoroughly satisfied with her p5--
formance Everything worked 70 perfec-
ton from the starting until the finish,
and all hands were well pleased with TIA
victory. The Constitution is all ready Tor
the second race on Monday. She VII
probably remain at her moorings tomor-
row and her crew viii be given a rest.
The Independence arrived back in tho
harbor about 8 o'clock, nearly an hOuc
after the other two yachts had caught
their moorings. Mr. Crowninshield left tho
yacht, at that time being taken ashore
I'm a launch. Soon after the Independeu ,s
was moored, Mr.. Lawson went aboard
from the Decatur and had chat with
CAPT Haff No one on the Boston boG-
would talk for publication. Mr.. Chao-
man, private secretary for Mr.. Lawson,
said that no one aboard had any COM
ment to make. He added that the IN
dependence would be ready for another
race on Monday. No one on board the
yacht seemed particularly depressed ovcr
the poor showing Of the yacht, treating
the matter as the result Of hard luck