The sun., 1903-06-20
CLOSE RACE BY CUP YACHTS.
RELIANCE BEATS CONSTITUTION
ny I MINUTE 80 SECONDS.
Constitution sticks TO the Nc" beat ana
Leads BY seconds st the Wea'heF
Mark-SecOnd Leg Sailed In FIuky
Winds aud Rain--C constitution Prot ests.


Mark-SecOnd Leg Sailed In F'uky
Winds and Rain--C OnstitNtien Prot ests.
! The Reliance and the Constitution fought a
| tough battle In the race Of the Indian haroor
| Yacht Club yesterday, and the Consttutioh
showed that she is improving ana that tnose
| in charge Of her are lear their boat iaSt
| The first leg of the course was ten miles
10 windward. The wind varied In strength
| from four TO seven miles an hour, ana on
| this leg the Constitution beat the henah'e
by eight seconds. The Constitution had farten
after the Reliance and turned the outer marx
| first The next leg of the course WAS very
nuky one; the wind shifted and the ram iei'
The boats were 80 close together that one
was not favored more than the other Inc
| Reliance took the lead on this leg. which was
n run for part OF the way and broad reach
F.! for the other
| Then they had a close reach home OF ten
| miles and on this ley the Reliance beat the
| Constitution by 20 seconds. The wind on
| this leg at one time blew about II or !? miles
, an hour but ltghtene1 as they neared the
! finish Over the whole course the Reliance
| beat the Constitution minute 30 SECONDS
| and she beat the Columbia by /? minutes
| 81 seconds.
When the Indian Harbor yachtsmen went
out in the Sound early In the morning there
was little prospect OF there being race
1t had stopped raining. but rain clouds hung
everywhere. There was a nat calm The
three yachts, Reliance. Constitution ana
Columbia. had been towel up to the starting
line and then drifted about waiting for
breeze. shortly aftar u o'clock light AIR
from the east gave little encoura cement
to the yachtSmen ana at IL 10 thc course
was signalled
This was ten miles east by south quarter
south. five miles north. then ten miles west
by south threc-eights south. The prepara-
tory signal was made at 1890. and the start
ing line, which was near the western end OF
Great Captain Island. was almost at right
angles to the first leg of the course. The first
leg was n turn to windward.
When the preparatory signal was given
the Columbia was to the west OF the line.
heading north on the starboard tack; the
Reliance was heading about northwest a
little further to the eastward. and the Con-
stitution WAS running in from the east with
her boom eased off to port. She was a long
way from the line. The Columbia took the
the Reliance followed her. working out on the
Columbias weather quarter. Baby jib top
snils had been broken out on these two boats
and shortly after the Columbia and RELIANCE
sybed and headed back to the line on ,hs the
meantime. had worked up near the com
mittee boat Her jib topsal was sent up
and broGn out a xsra h
mark boat at the souther end Of the line
They we're on the staTboard tack. The Con.
and Columbia with the wind abean.
The Constitution hauled on on the WIND as y,
she grned the tS sance sha ler wod h,ys
iuii in ed I across the stern OF CONSTITUTION, and
establishing an overlap was able to call tor
The Constitution had to keep, Of and Re-,
nnssd m"yns hs "s y"1y ," Paeo
right under the Reliances lee quarter. crossed
at l2aelo. and the rolumba AT loaG:s?. The
was over the line and headed across the Sound.
The other two on the starboard tack held on
,Ss por, II" tack H0n" at shSrS %
minute later. The tide was running to the
west
tt frat the Reliance seemed to draw away
from the Constitution, but when we'll out IN
the Sound some attention was paid to the htaa ,h,
tine tine h, had BE been triinmed pretty nat and she
began to point n little higher than the new
s h the S SSi M e
and the two yachts were drawing together
1t was question In the minds Of those
tack had the right Of way. !, ~ o'clock
went about Reliance went of aRain on the
por, tack. The Reliance was in the lead.
b ' IN G1dsr not !" sH has
only made a short hitch and then she took
tho port, tack. beading in toward lLoyd,s
lance took the starboard tack and crossed
the constitutions bow; They worked We'll
under The beach in sh"r, %sn sHki al "a sna Hs was
CONSTITUTION stuck TO Reliance until l;6i:a';
then both were standing on, the starboard
pulled by the Reliance to ~indward. The
snail lib :opsnil on the Reliance WIS changed
hs @pen pen omT and Mas w. eSs, % by NO north SHORTY
inter o clock the wind went to the northeast
BY east and both boats tackled and were able
the wind hauled and headed them OF and they
Huntington Bay was favored, by breeze
drswns out of hn ha5SHT ths ths
and they were almost on even terms. when
they reached the weather mark. The consti-
| ahead OF the Reliance. and the Columbia
was 2? minutes astern.
The sps soS sTGs: q: Ss ar eaS9n msG
and with the wind then southeast It was
sr9ad reach toward the neMi marx The
auss.sh hing su S % ,ep.aIi and bore down on the
iRe Reliance pulled ahead and Constitution
o m,s .ma and sa an h!. .Yesd e n hen: r.:
bow to get the windWard p9si,on i. Thsn .g
1t came in again from the south and spin
makers were set to port,
When about mile from the second mark
| the spinnakers were taken In Aand booms
gybed gain The Constltution's balloon iib
iopsail had to be lowered to get It over the
pcE ssE up on NS SSn Reanee ,ese big s top.a
on the Reliance was taken In and, a light
| ballooner set in its place, 1t WAS dry sail
| than The constitutions wet one. Constitution
continued to pick up and when near the mark
! took IN their balloons. AZ the second ma rk
| the Reliance had lea Of minute 81 seconds
| The Columbia had carried fresher breeze
| all the way across the Sound and made big
gain, but she was sill a long way behind
It was close fetch to the, hnish., the
wind as they turned the second mark being
| about solith-southwest II freshened con
| siderably and the Reliance made the ten
miles in few seconds less than an hour: