The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-27
Wins Her Second Victory Over the Columbia and Her First Over the
 Constitution.
OLD DEFENDER OUTCLASSED
NEVER FOR 4 MOMENT IN THE
 RAGE.

ConstItutIon, However, shows Unex- pected swiftnsss and Shares the Hon. ors with the Victor-Only Beaten by Two Min utes and Forty cone Seconds Actually OutsaiIed the New Boat on TwoL Legs Thus Restoring Her Prestige
 New York, May 26.-In gamely con- tested race the Reliance again to-day led the way to the finish line winning her second victory over the Columbia and her first over the Constitution. Two minutes and fifty-one seconds later when the Constitution swept across the line the crew of the new boat gave her the cheer that she deserved. The Con- stitution sailed a pIucky race and had right to share in the honors. From the start to the finish she had fought every bit of the way over the thirty mile course and on two of. its legs had actual ly outsailed the new boat a perform ance which restores her prestige. im- perrilled in her disappointing showing in the drifting match last Saturday, and makes her a factor to be reckoned with in the selection of 9 cup defender.
 The Columbia was never for Q mo- ment in the race. While the Reliance and Constitution were having it out be- tween themselves all the way around the course the erstwhile cup defender was dragging along miles astern of them and when the Reliance sailed across the finish line she was more than two miles almost dead to leeward.' The Reliance beat her by fifteen minutes and fifty-one seconds, actual sailing time. There is no way to account for it other than that she did not have the speed. The wind held true from the south TO east at nine to twelve knots during the race and favored none of the racers. The conditions for a fair test of the three boats were ideal and devoid @cf the drifting features, which marred the two earlier races
 The course was twice around fif- teen mile triangle: from the starting line at Matinicock Point, six miles east ward to Lloyds Point, 1-2 miles north wess across the sound to Captains Isl- and, and t-2 miles southwesterly to the starting line.
 A twelve knot breeze was snapping the bunting of the yachts at the start ing line when the three sleek races gathered there and jockeyed about just before the starting signal. The Co., lumbia was dressed in a new suit of sails that set like glove and had bat tens in the staysail, jib and club topsail. The Reliance's staysail also carried one batten. Coming across the sound the Reliance had caught some stiff puffs that turned her polished bronze bilge up to the sun and there was great promise of a splendid race.
 The start at 12:15 D. m. was all but faultless. Reliance and Columbia went across the line side by side with Consti- tuition trailing half minute, but to windward. Barr had again got the weather gllage on the Columbia. Per- haps the leading boats were a few sec- onds ahead of the actual time for the start, but teh committee ignored it. The first leg was a reach. with the wind about abeaIn and coming out of the Long Island bays in strong puffs.
 All the boats carried small club top sails and jib topsails.
 Five minutes after the start the Con- stitution was not more than a length astern and to windward of the Re liance and the splendid battle between them was on. The Columbia began slowly to drop astern and to leeward but the Constitution held on like bull dog. All the boats were going better than a 12 knot clip. More than either the Constitution or Columbia the Re- 1iance's tall reaches of canvas heeled her over to the streaky black puffs that came down off the Long Island shore. It was "clear that when Heere- shoff had designed the hard, powerful bilges, he had chosen sail plan to fit it. If any one of the boats were tender the Reliance was the one.
 The Reliance had almost the whole of her long overhang down into the boiling white father along her lee rail and was not acting prettily about it. When a hard puff tsruck her she luffed to 1t as though carrying too hard weather helm while the other boats held evenly to their courses. When Captain Barr had set a baby jib top sail in place of the larger one she acted better. Notwithstanding this, the Re- Iiance was showing her heels to the other boats and fifteen minutes after the start, when half the first leg had been sailed, the Columbia was 400 yards on her lee quarter and the Constitu- ton 100 yards astern and to windward.
 Steadily till the first turn the Reli- ance heightened her lead. The botas turned the first mark as follows:
 Reliance. ....................... 12:43:35 Constitution .................... 12:43:35 Columbia ........................ 12:45:08
 The Reliance had beaten the Colum- bia by more than two minutes in sail ing six miles in 2s minutes and 19 sec- onds. The Constitution had held her own. tr,
 Once around the mark the Reliance and the Constitution set balloon jib topsails for the run across the sound carrying the wind over their quarters.
 
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