The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
RELIANCE
SHOWS HER
METTLE
New Boat Left Others at
Every Point.
PROVED HER
SUPERIORITY
Officially. However. the Race
Was No Contest.
THE CONSTITUTION
SHOWED UP WELL
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The Belmont Boat Kept Her Pace Very
Even With the Old Defender. and
Might Have Bested Her Had
She Herself Been Handled
With More Skill.
Gossip.
Officially. However, the Race
Was No Contest.
THE CONSTITUTION
SHOWED UP WELL
Boat Kept Her Pace Very
(By Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, May 23.-In a wind tia.
ranged from n mere zephyr to an eight
knot breeze. the Reliance clearly proved
ho- superiority over the Columbia and
Cons ttution III the race on Long Island
Sound this aft,rnoon. Though officially
the race was no cJutest. ewing to the
failure OF the boats to flaish before G:SJ
o'clock enough was revealed 20 prove
that In his latest creation u e.igper Her
reschoff has wrought his master piece.
In all points of sailing, AS .he3 were
brought out In the triangular course the
new boat clearly cutclassel her rivals.
Whenever conditions We're 1t nll equal
she scurried away from the old yachts
with ease.
The tests 10 which the boats were sub
;ected were mainly confinel 10 lneasur-
Ing their respective merits over reaches,
close and broad. little opportunity being
afforded OF showing what they may be
capable OF In working tn wIdwdrd or
running to leeward. In What littlo chance
there was to form an estimate OF the
bots in these two latter respects the new
boat demonstrated her superiority.
WAS INDECISIVB.
| SO much for the Reliance. AS for the
! Columbia and Constitution. the contest
| was indecisIve, though when the time
limit had expired and tho boats stood
| about to make their moorlnSs, the CO.
| lumbia had slight advantage oYe: the
| Belmont boat Whether this would have
been the case had the Constitution been
handled with nor. skill seems to be an
open question amsng the yach.sninn WHO
saw the race.
In the preliminary jockeying for posi-
ton, Captain Bar, Of tn. Itciance had
the best Of 1t. ,oklng the lonS hjwsriit
OF tho new beat ova; the line r're sec
ft,, o,5, of a Constitution md
one minute and forty seconds berhrs tho
Columbia. The Reliance be:sttr 10 pull
away at once Will. almost incredible
swiftness, considering that tie Wird was
barely sufficient to bulge out her Dig
head sail.
went off TO leeward for fayoring wind
and tide currents. Hero the Columbia
gained rapidly on the Belmont boat and
about midway In the lee. oyerhauled her.
Then the Reliance became becalmed, and
the other two boats began to lessen the
distance that separated them from the
leader.
Just as the boats were finishing the first
leg, the wind freshened, and as the Re-
lance came about like needle on a
pivot and spread her sails for the second
mark. she sped away with a fine burst Of
speed Gradually she crept away from
the Columbia, which was being overhaul
ed by the Constitution. Steadily the wind
increased and steadily the Rel!ones In
creased her lead The second leg. close
reach, was negotiated in about 1s min
utes by the Reliance, the turns being
made as follows: Reliance. b:39:5o; Co.
Iumbia. 543:40: Constitution. 5:46:1o.
1t was after the Reliance had started
for home with her lee rail awash that
she proved to the thousands who were
watching her ashore and afloat what n
racer she is. She simply flew away from
the Columbia and the Constitution, and
IN about ten minutes had opened up a
lead of over two miles, which was being
rapidly increased when the committee
sgnaled postponement Of the race.