Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-30
WITH THE BIG YACHTS
Second Race of This Series
in Good Breeze.
COLUMBIA LED AWAY
BEAUTIFUL SAILING BY THE
RIVAL NINETY -FooTERs.
Perfect Weather Marked the Day and
Work Was Watched From
Many Points.
COLUMBIA LED AWAY

BATEMANS POINT, r. l., June 30.-The
second of the present series OF races for
the cup yachts was started off Brentons
Reef lightship today in what promised to
be duplicate of yesterdays fine racing
weather. The early morning conditions as
on yesterday, were anything but propitious,
but about 10 o'clock a fine breeze sprang
up which soon attained a strength of seven
or eight knots. Instead of a triangular
course, as ives expected, the course was
the same yesterday's-a beat to wind
ward of fifteen miles and a run to the
finish line, thirty miles in all.
The preparatory gun was fired at 11:3O.
with all three yachts at the line.
Sharp Fight for Places.
Ten minutes before the start the warning
signal was fired with the boats at the west
ward end of the line, maneuvering to get in
position, so as to fetch the lightship on the
starboard tack. During the next five min
utes the fight for place was sharp and in
teresting
The Columbia, however. had by far the
best of the start, both she and Reliance
crossing on the starboard tack the older
boat being in a good place on the Reli-
ance's weather quarter. The Constitution,
which was to the leeward OF the other two
boats apparently let her rivals cross nearly
minute ahead of her and then swung
round and headed for the line on the pert
tack. The starting times, as seen from
shore were as follows:
Soiumpla ...................... IL u:4o:2J
IL 40 -5d
Seven-Knot Breeze.
AS usual. the uneasy conditions early in
the morning soon gave way to good rae
ing weather. The wind shifted round to
the southwest, the sky cleared consider
ably, and at half-past 10, an hour before
the time set for the start. the prospects OF
a fine race were fully as good as on yes
terday.
The wind at this time was blowing seven
or eight knots and seemed to be increas-
ing every minute, while the sea had still
fully as much roll as yesterday, so that
everything pointed to another good day for
the old cup defender, Columbia.
The regatta committee on the Riviera ar
rived off the Brenton Reef lightship at IL
o'clock, and the three yachts followed soon
after.
Columbia Leading.
The wind increased to about twelve knots.
and half an hour after the start II looked
as If the Columbia was still holding her
lead on the Reliance, with the Constitution
a short distance astern.
The feature of the race up to this time
was the Columbias repetition of her able
work in beating to windward, and the In
ability OF the Reliance to pull away from
her. The Constitution also sailed better
than yesterday.
Reliance Gained on Tack.
In splitting tacks on the beat down to
the windward mark the Reliance seemed to
gain on the Columbia. All three Of the
yachts made frequent short legs, and when
the turn was reached the Reliance appeared
from here to have established herself in
the leading place
AS seen from shore they appeared to
make the turn follows:
Reliance, 1:31.00
Columbia, 1:4030.
Constitution, 90.
Reliance crossed the finish line at
3:OO47, more than a mile ahead of the
other boats, which were apparently sailing
side by side.