The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-12
RELIANCE WINS FINE RAGE
DEFEATS CONSTITUTION AFTER
 4 GREAT STRUGGLE.
CoIumbta Shows Good Form but is Un-
 able toe Keep Pace With Her Rivals Over the America's Cup Course the New Boat Rests the Constitution by Six Minutes Lacking n Few Seconds.


 by Six Minutes Lacking Few Seconds.
 New York, June 11.-That she has no equal in American waters in a smooth sea and light wind the Reliance em- phasized to-day by another victory over both the Constitution and the Columbia; but the new craft has yet to denon- strate her superiority in rought water and strong winds.
 After sharp brush, which continued for nearly an hour, the Reliance got the lead over the Constitution and held it to the finish, defeating her by five min- utes, fifty-two seconds. The Columbia lost five minutes by shift of wind which placed her to leeward of the oth- CTS. The Reliance beat her by twelve minutes fifty-four seconds. The race was sailed over the Americas cup course, fifteen miles from Sandy Hook around.
 It was a faultless start. the three boats crossing the line almost side by side. but Captain Rhodes had once more placed the Constitution in a posi- tion to blanket the Reliance, while the Columbia was in the lee of both. All carried club topsails and baby jibtop- sails.
 At the start the Columbia gave evil dence for the first time this season of the sailing qualities that had made her a cup defender. In surprising fashion she drew out from under the reliance's lee, dropping the new boat astern but to windward. For few minutes it looked as If the faithful defender had recover ed her form of two years ago, but the first tack had placed her to windward of the other boats. Then she began to drop astern though holding her wind ward position and, after half an hours sailing, tackled and stood away to the eastward, while Reliance and Constitu- tion kept on their tack southward. Meanwhile the contest between the Re liance and Constitution was close and spirited.
 In the first five minutes the Reliance began to outfoot the Constitution and to work out from her position under the lee bow of the older boat so that when the Constitution tackled at 12:21 the Re- liance had got the coveted windward berth. By splendid seamanship and pinching his boat into, the wind until her jib topsail fluttered, Captain Barr had worked the Reliance 400 yards to windward of his rival. Failing to work out of a position in the lee of the Reli- ance, the Constitution went about and, when the Reliance promptly followed, tackled again, only to fall into line with the leader, but farther astern than be- fore. She lost minute in the effort, but was no longer in danger of being blanketed by the Reliance.
 Captain. Barr then resumed his tactics of pinching his boat into the wind and the splendid racer responded to his sea- manship. Inch by inch she worked up to windward, until after little more than an hour from the start, and half way to the stern, the Constitution was in the wake of the new boat and hun dreds of yards astern.
 The wind had freshened to seven knots and suddenly hauled of the southeast to south by east. The Reli- ance and Constitution could fetch the turn in one long slant, but the Colum- bia suffered severely by making her early turn. She was three miles off to the eastward of the others and could not fetch better than two miles leeward of the turn. It looked like big handi- cap, but was more apparent than real.
 Under a growing wind the Reliance was footing fast, with occasional spurts of froth flying from under her bow, and adding length by length to her lead over the Constitution. Approaching the turn, she was nearly half mile ahead.
 Fifteen minutes before the Reliance reached the mark the Columbia came about and headed for the turn. The boats made it in this order, unofficial time:
 Reliance .'................... 2:24:uO ConSututloh ..''.........'..'. Z:S5'lO IOlulI1Dld &,oo.lS The Reliance had beaten the Consti- tuition five minutes twenty-seven sec onds and the Columbia eleven minutes one second.
 Turning the mark all the boats broke out balloon jib topsails and spinnakers, and pretty spectacle they made of it, with their tall triangles of billowing canvas towering above their lean hulls and long bows, the Reliance leading the procession to the finish line a mile ahead of the Columbia and half mile ahead of the Constitution.
 On the way home the wind hauled more to the south and spinnakers were taken in. The Columbia carried hers longest and lost by it, but the Consti- tution's fine reaching qualities almost held her place, although the Reliance gained slightly on her and nearly two minutes on Columbia on the run home. The official time:
 Finish. Elapsed time Reliance ...... ..... 4:06:01 3:49:43 Constitution .... .... 4:11:36 3:55:35 Columbia ..... ...... 4:19:09 4:02:37 Members of the regatta committee announced tonight that there would be no race until Monday, when they 1 will race for the Glen Cove cups of i Glen Cove.
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