The sun., 1903-07-02
RELIANCE BREAKS HER RECORD
SAILS THIRTY MILES IN 3 HOURS
Il MINUTES "a SECONDS.
New Yacht fHandily Defeats the COnstitu-
ti0n ana Columbia In Race to wind-
ward and Retnrn-Time Much Faster
Than That of Previous Cup Defenders I.

tiOn ana Columbia In Race to Wind-
ward and Retnrn--Time Much Faster
Than That of Previous Cup Defenders Z.
NEWPORT, r. l., July Another record
was broken to-day by the Reliance. She
aailed Is miles to windward and return in
3 hours minutes 81 seconds, beating the
reeord she made on Monday over similar
course by minutes 20 seconds. It
was a glorious contest from start to finish
end the Reliance beat the Constitution by
s minutes 30 seconds elapsed time and
the Columbia by minutes 40 seconds.
The fastest race for the Americas Cup
that has been sailed over thirty mile
windward and leeward course was in is0s
when the Vigilant made the time hours
~ minutes "a seconds and this time
stood az a record until last Monday.
Then the Reliance sailed the course in )
hours minutes So seconds. She made her
great gain in to-day's race running homo.
She sailed the fifteen miles before the wind
h hour IL minutes seconds. averaging
t9.o6 miles an hour The best previous
porformance down the wind W was made
b. the Colonia In one Of the trial races in
1893. The Colonia's time was | hour IA
minutes.
Sir Thomas Upton watched the race
to-day from the Erin, and as soon as the race
was over the Erin started back for Sandy
Hook, 80 that no one knows what the Irish
BAronet thinks OF the Reliance OF Of his
chances of success. While the race was
. very fast one, the Reliance did not draw
very far away from the two other boats.
Turning to windward the Columbia was
only beaten by ? minutes IA seconds, and
on the run home the Constitution was
beaten by mnut 25 seconds.
In the Reliance, Herreshoff has turned
out an all-around boat, one that is good
In light weather or in a hard blow, and
ohe that can turn to windward. run or reach
equally well. BY beating the Columbia three
times in what was considered Columba's 3
best weather the new boat has immensely
pleased her admirers.
They raced to-day in n smoky south
wester. At the start it was blowing about
twelve miles an hour. and it freshened
considerably before the race was ended.
There was "A lively dance kept up all the
time by the waves, which were dotted
with foam. There was haze over the
water, but toward the end of the after
noon the sun shone brightly
EARLY in the morning tho Constitution
went to Bristol to got a new n,ainsai and
left the one she had yesterday to be recut.
This necessitated postponing the start.
The committee on board the Riviera went
out to the ightship early in the morning
and, finding that windward course could
not be laid from that point shifted the start
ing line three miles to the east.
The Reliance and Columbia followed,
and then there was long wait for the
B. Constitution. During that wait Sir Thomas
Upton and some Of his friends on the Erin
went over to the Riviera and had chat
with Col. Thompson and the members of
the regatta committee. When the Con-
sttution was sighted at about 1890 o'clock
the wind was from the southwest by west
and preparations We're made to start the
race The Unique started of to log the
course, the compass was signallsd to the
yachts, and Mt l o'clock the preparatory
signal was made.
The man9uvrinx for position was tame.
The Constitution kept by herself and the
Reliance and Columbia, while keeping
near each other, just sailed on and of the
wind. When the starting gun sounded at
1;l5 the Constitution, which had ranged
along the line crossed on the starboard
tack, being timed at l:l5l5. The Reliance
was then under the lee Of the commit tee
boat and she crossed on the port tack, and
as she crossed the Constitution took the
port tack keeping on the Reliance's weather,
The Columbia crossed at the end of the time
and was handicapped two seconds. She
was on the starbOard tack and held that
tack for two minutes and then took the
port tack. The thBee were then headed
in toward the Nara gansett shore. II was
smoother in near the land and the yachts
got into slack water there.
This tack was the longess made in the
race The Reliance at first appeared TO be
sagging, but she soon drew up with the
Constitution and at 1923 she was back
winding the Constitution, so that Capt.
Rhodes tackled and a minute and half
later after crossing the Columbia's bow
took the port tack again. The Reliance
took the starboard tack at l:54,o and q
minute later crossed the Constitutions
bow and then took the port tack again,
standing inshore. 1t had taken the Reli-
ance 3S minutes to draw out from under the
Constitution lee into the leading position
The yachts then worked along the shore
In short tacks, the Reliance steadily
drawing away from the other two and the
Columbia closing up on tho Constitution
When clear Of Point Judith, they had the
tide to buck. II was running east and set
ting them to leeward Ii was fresher and
they heeled much more then they had so
far in the race. The Columbia took in her
lib topsail and did better as soon az that
sail was down. To reach the weather
mark which was under the Block Island
shore the Reliance made eleven tacks, the
Columbia fourteen and the Constitution
twenty.
The Reliance turned the mark at 3;0935,
She eased her boom to starboard, set her
npinnaker to port, and soon afterward broke
out balloon 'jib topsail Then she seemed
TO almost fly through the water. The Con
stitution rounded at 31243. She made a
wide turn, and the Columbia, which had
fetched very close to the mark, made
sharp turn at 3l3:O7. She turned inside the
Constitution and almost fouled that yacht;
but Mr.. Morgan luffed sharply in order TO
clear the Constitution, and the end OF the
Columbia's boom caught the bright cone
on top of the mark and wrecked it.
The Columbia broke out her balloon
jib topsail as she turned and the spinnaker
followed later. II was glorious run
home. All three yachts made very fast
time, and those yachts that had not started
for the finishing line before the Reliance
turned tho mark had no chance to see
the finish of the race. The Reliance
crossed the line at A:2o:39. She had run
home at the rate of 1898 miles an hour,
or averaging mile in minutes As seconds,
The Constitution finished at 4:25i2 and
the Columbia finished AT i:27:l8. The times
over each leg of the course and the gains
are shown in the following:
FIRST LEO, is MIrzs 20 wINDwARD.
EnpSed
start. Turn, rtms.
Yacht. n. MS. n, MS. Nm 3.
Reliance e,.,,,.,.,,,....,,.l: .l:l6l2 s00g5 lSa:23
Columbia a...,....,,.,,.,.. l:l700 al3o1 1907