The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-07
NEW YACHT
 SHOWS SPEED Constitution Wins an Un- rr qualified Victory. H ssPENDEScE IS BEATEN La son's Boat Did Not Finish
 Within Time Limit. New Defender Proves Herself the Finest Vessel of Her Class Ever
 Turned Out by the Won-
 derful Herreshoff.
3 5PENDENCE IS BEATEN

Newport R. l., July 6.-An unquall- fled victory for the Constitutions; an overwhelming defeat for the Independ- ence; a most commendable 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 wtndward ir a light easterly breeze, the Consti- tuition led her rivals. At the turn ing buoy she was a little more than two minutes in advance of Columbia. while the Independence was hull down to leeward. But 1t was on the run home that the Herreshon yacht showed her greatest strength, beating Colum- bia over eight minutes in three 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. The race lacked the charm that attends a scup- per breeze, but it was nevertheless full of interesting, if not exciting events. The chief incident of the coitest was, of course, the failure or the Independence to meet the expec- tatfons of her adherents. That she was A. failure in the weather conditions that prevailed today cannot be gainsaid. At no time during the contest 10 windward did she show any weatherly qualities whatever. Sin edid not point as high as her opponents nor did she even for a brief interval demonstrate that she possessed a fraction Of that speed which she seemed to have shown while sailing by herself. That she may be vastly improved is possible. but that she profoundly disappointed her friends today cannot be concealed fer 1t was m light winds that her exceilency- was chiefly supposed to rest. When she got fairly out into the open sea she poupd- ed heavily in the southwest swell. and the more she pounded. the more she seemed to lose headway. ..,
 whether the Columbia will beat the Constitution in hard weather remains to be proven. The Columbia was sailed in a most meritorious manner from start to finish. All the arts of the pro- fessional sea jockey were practiced oy Barr. the sailing master, and Ed Nor gan, the manager, to overcome their abler opponent. That they should have kept the inferior boat so plain to her to her superior antagonist to the outer mark, was a wonderful piece of work. That the Constitution is by far the DeILcT dI-dIOuHu uOott lNI Ab DASF high or low, is hardly to be doubted after her showing today. The follow ing table shows the race in figures.
 The start, finish, elapsed and correct ed time of the boats Is as follows:
 Constitution-12:10: 5:4S:0S; 5:3S:O6; 5:3S:06.
 Columbia-12:1O:17; 5:5s:2s; 6:4s:12; 5:H:55.
 Independence7-12:OO, (did not finish within the time limit.)
 Thus on the corrected time, the Con- stitution beat the Columbia by min utes, 49 seconds over the whole course.
 On the first leg of the course, the beat to windward the Constitution beat the Columbia 1 minute. 6S seconds. On the hom erun, the Constitution beat the Columbia g minutes, 8 seconds. Constitution won by II minutes, sec onds on elapsed time.
 Constitution allows Independence 43 seconds and Columbia 27 seconds.
 Time at the outer mark: Constitution, 3:43:35; Columbia 3:45:58