The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-30
CONSTITUTION WELL BEATEN
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rough. In fact Newport catboats took
it quite kindly with a single reef IL
their mainsais The course was from
Brentons Reef lightship to stake
boat two miles southwest by west OF
West Island and thence back to Bren"
toms reef lightship, the total distance
being thirty eight nautical miles The
wind was north by east at the start
and north-northeast at the finish. II
started with a force of about nine
knots when the preparatory gun was
fired and freshening gradually as the
race progressed it attained a strength
of thirteen or fourteen knots when Co
lumbia heeling over until her lee rail
almost kissed the water, was greeted
as the winner with triumphant toots of
whistles and the walls of steam sirens.
1t is not easy for the best friend of
the Constitution to make plausible eX-
cuses for her most palpable defeat. She
was beaten fairly and squarely on her
merits, Running almost dead before
| the wind on the first leg of the course
toward Block Island she at first opened
out quite a gap of clear water between
| herself and the Columbia and it looked
as though she would have long lead
| in the run down the wind. So long as
the wind continued light she had it all
her own way, but when off Point Ju-
dith there came a stronger hand at the
bellows, the Columbia slowly but sure
ly overhauled her and when they got to
the first mark the Columbia was only
"a few lengths astern. AS the 80 foot
ers rounded the Block Island mark the
Constitution had the weather berth.
She did not keep it long. Instead of a
beat to windward the beat to the sec
ond mark resolved itself into very
long leg on the port tack with couple
of short bitches on the starboard
stretch.
The Columbia covered this long leg
three minutes and nineteen seconds
faster than the new boat This settled
the race for the Constitution was UNI
able to ever cut down the lead on the
short run home and so the yachts fin
ished.
The Constitution will probably be
hauled out at Herreshoffs' by Thurs
day and after it has been determined
that there is nothing wrong with her
plates the riggers will begin work on
lHe DOdl. I1el Suppol lelS arc ,oIilluCiiI
that when the alterations are completed
there will be a different story to tell of
the Columbia Constitution contests to
come.
Meanwhile it is only just to say that
the Columbia's club top sail in the
windward work of to-day was neither
useful nor ornamental. Its after-leech
tapped like a towel on a clothesline in
half a gale of wind. If the Columbia |
had only been favored with a club top |
sail that fitted as closely and was as
we'll cut as that of the Constitution her |
victory would have been even greater.
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-
sented by the owners of the yawls the
entries were the the yawl Navahoe and |
The sloops in class Hester, Eelin,
Isolde and Senta.
OF these Eelin was the victor.
The schooners all in one class were
represented by the flagship Corona, the
Quissetta and the Elmina. The Ell
Nina owned by r. F. Brewster, of New
Haven. Ct, won the $500 cup for
;chooners beating the Corona on time
allowance.
The Boston boat Independence start
ID over the course about a mile ahead
If the racers. She tackled them to lee
ward of the Block Island mark and did
vindward work similar to that of the
acers. But at no time did she show any
,reat speed.
thpra was a |
rood breeze blowing until the Yachts
allied out to the starting line. 1t was
bout north by east and it's force nine
nots an hour. The sky was cloudy and |
he atmosphere hazy when the commit
ee steam yacht Nourmahal owned |
" John Jacob Astor, the donor of the
ups for which the yachts were racing,
he preparatory gun was fired at ii
(. M All the yachts in the starting |
eet carried club topsails and all had
ID topsails sent up in stops when the
ignal for the start sent the yachts on
heir way. The signal had been given
hem to sail with the wind on the star
GARD quarter, bringing spinnakers out
, starboard and thus they set out The :
lipper of the Columbia knew better r
nan to be caught first with the wind +
cad aft. And thus it came to pass I;
nat the Constitution passed the line +
rst. She broke out her balloon jib top
all and her spinnaker and while the
reeze was easy, seemed to forge
head. But presently it gained
.rength and as it freshened the Co
imbia got the best of it and over I
auled the Constitution foot by foot.
etter and more genuine grew the
,eeze. Off Point Judith the Constitu- d
on led the squadron with the Colum" 5
a second and the Navahoe third Of
e single stickers Hester was easily in
e lead with Eelin and Isolde next in
der. OF the schooners Corona led |
it'll Elmina second and Quissetta W
ird. IB
First to round the Block Island mark tt
12:39:45 was the Constitution. But +
1se on her heels, only nine seconds
tern was the Columbia, the old de- II
nder having gained thirtytwo sec M
dis on the run down the wind Both | n
ats had taken in light sails, gybed
er and stood for the buoy with n
oms to starboard. The Navahoe was | G.
e third at the buoy and the Hester Sc
urth. OF the schoners, the Corona V
unded over three minutes ahead of n,
nina with the Quissetta in third ii
ace.
Shortly after rounding, the Columbia