The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22
LITTLE WIND FOR THE YACHTS,
rex A FACTORTN RUN FROM NEW
PORT no VINEYARD HAVEN.
rol,mb,a Gets a Favoring Breeze and
walks Away From Reliance and Com
stuutlon-Old Cup winner Nearly Half
Vile Ahead AT the Tine Limit.

COTTAGE CITY, July 2l.--The piping
,,o.ze which brought the racing fleets OF
,ho New York and Eastern Yacht clubs
,ror, New London to Newport on Saturday
=, Ella rate Of IL miles an hour deserted
hon, to-day on the run from Newport to
y;r.vard Haven, and a heavy fog which
,o,ne mn at half past 4 this afternoon kept
,bo leaders ont till long after shutdown,
while many Of the smaller yachts were
compelled to anchor for the night in Tar
paulin Cove,
After many shifts of wind, during which
,be three Yachts ran, beat and reached
on the same course, and long periods Of
colm. during which they remained notion
loss Columbia, near Vineyard Sound light
shin, picked up favoring southwest breeze
and nj 4 o'clock, after which no time was
taken, was leading by half an hour in time
and nearly a mile in distance. Reliance was
rex, and Constitution not far behind.
On account of the varying condition OF
rho wind the race had some interesting
features inasmuch as each took a turn at
lsadjne The course was thirty-seven mil es,
from Bronton's Reef lightship to West Chop
hoy. leaving Vineyard Sound lightship to
MORT and Iucan shoal and Middle Ground
to starboard.
The wind at the start, which was made
at 1880. was blowing about seven miles
An hour from south-southeast, which,
IL the breeze had held that direction, would
have made the race beat for seventeen
miles east-southeast to Vineyard Sound
Nghship and a reach for twenty miles
M Vineyard Sound to Vineyard Haven.
As It happened, however, the wind held
neither its strength nor its direction.
In less than an hour after the 9O-footers
hadsarted, the breeze died out fiat and tho
only motion Of the yachts was in response
10 the gentle heaving of the CLASSY sea.
Reliance got over the line first, followed
by Columbia next and Constitution last.
Al o'clock, or after half an hours wind
ward work, they were all on the port tack,
with Reliance half a mile ahead Of Con-
sitution and half a mile to windward
of her. Columbia was abreast Of Reliance,
but was mile to leeward. Reliance
gradually increased her lead for fifteen
minutes more until the wind, which had
backed to southeast, left them entirely
and 1t was anybody's race.
For an hour or more the three shippers
exhausted their ingenuity in trying to make
captive the faint and intermittent streaks
Of air that drifted over and around the
Yachts from all points Of the compass
They had started out carrying their
smallest baby club topsails, but from 80
until "a, they tried all their different
jib topsails of all sizes from baby to bal
loon and in all possible combinations
with and without jibs and staysails At
o'clock Reliance and Constitution had
West Island light abeam, having in two
hours and half covered only seven miles.
Then a little breeze came up, and the
Constitution passed the Reliance, and then,
RS if to show the vagaries of wind and
weather In yacht racing, the 49-footer
Aspirant passed them both.
With a freshening breeze now coming from
the westward before which the yachts ran
with booms broad of to starboard the
Reliance again assumed the lead.
Then the wind died out, then it pulled
out again from the west. again 1t fell away.
When next 10 breezed up it was south
easterIy and finally it settled down to
easterly and the fog began to gather thick
and rapidly. Columbia, which was we'll
of shore and far astern. caught favoring
start which was denied the others and she
sol, while Reliance was not able to get
around until twenty-five minutes later.
The fog thickened until the fact that
there was fleet Of steam yachts around,
could be distinguished only by the sound
Of their sirens. If all the yachts are at
the line in the morning the fleet will con-
clude the cruise with a run back to New
port.
The 90-footers started out about 1915
As they dropped tow lines the yachts found
an increasing breeze about southeast
This showed so much promise of strength
that No. / clubtopsais were taken in on the
sO-footers and the intermediate size sub
slituted;; The gun for the, start Of sloop
classes |. and X was fired at 1855. The
Vossack was the first Of this division to get
10 the starting line and the rest Of the yachts
we're we'll punched The second boat to
cross was the Aspirant, to windward, and
she was followed by the Eein. Mimosa
H., Mira, Queen Nab, Effort, Senta, Isolde
and Challenge.
At IL o'clock classes G and H were sent
away. The Vigilant was the only yacht in
her class The Nicola was put out of racing
commission by yesterdays accident, and
the Weetamoe was the only yacht in class II.
VI the two the Vigilant was the first to
cross to leeward Of Weetamoe. Schooner
classes c and ID made one Of the best starts
that Las been seen for years All went
ammed in so closely that il seemed as if
some of them would surely rub sides.
lever handling prevented this. The Mavis
was first TO cross, followed by the Quissetta,
tlmlna, Katrina, Nalmore, Puritan, Hope,
Leslie and Crusader III. All split tacks,
as did the sIoop classes Another fine start
was made in schooner classes A and B.
The Ariel crossed first and the Emerald,
wlfh great move on, went by the Ingomar
and hauled across the line in the weather
position
The 9O-footers were started at 1880
After much manRuvring for position the
Constitution held up, waiting for the Re-
nance 10 come up that the new boat might
he blanketed. But this is just what did
not happen, The Reliance saw q space
between the Constitution and the COM
'nittee boat and into this she went, going
Upon the Constitutions weather beam
Inc starting gun was fred. but the Re-
lance lance carried the Constitution along the
me under her lee, blanketing her until her
Roadway was checked and then hauled
across. In the meantime the Columbia
came up and crossed second at the wind
ward end Of the line.
r HE Constitution stood along down the
me taking her full two minutes and hauling
across lust before the handicap gun was
nred. she tackled az she crossed the line.
The Columbia and the Reliance went TO
Inc port tack when clear of the line and
STOOD to the southwark. In five minutes
IN" Columbia went to the starboard tack
10 force tn" Reliance, but the new boat
iah been travelling too fast and passed
me Nolunbia's bow. The Reliance went
20 starboard AT i2:39 to windward Of
.he Columbia, and minute later the Con-