The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-28
RELIANCE WILL DEFEND CUP
NO MORE OFFICIAL TRIALS TO
 BE HELD.

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 Challenge Committee of New York Yacht Club Makes the Choice After Yesterdays Race-Mr. Morgan of the columbia and 1r. Belmont of the constitutIon Perfectly satisned-Re- Iianeo Defeats older Boats by Good Margin.
 Newport, R. l., July 27.-After to- days race between the Reliance, Con- stitution and Columbia, in which the former boat again demonstrated her su- periority over the other two, the chal- lenge committee of the New York Yacht club selected the Reliance as the de- fender of the Americas cup. It was also decided to discontinue the trial races, as the committee did not feel that more were necessary. There were present at the meeting Commodore Bourne and Messrs. Forbes, Cormack and Robinson, of the cup committee. as well as c. Oliver Iselin, managing own, CT of the Reliance; E. D. Morgan, of the Columbia, and August Belmont, of, the Constitution.
 Messrs Morgan and Belmont were perfectly satisfied with the choice of the committee. They are both of the opinion that the Reliance, Is the fastest of the trio, and after the committee had announced it's selection they heartily congratulated MT. Iselin and wished him the best of luck. When MT. Bel mont came ashore he said: T guess the agony is alIover.
 From the showing of the three boats during the season there was no doubt, it being the general opinion that the Reliance was fairly entitled to be the defending vessel. In every race she has crossed the finish line ahead and has lost but few events on time allowance. It is probable that the defender will proceed to Bristol for a thorough over hauling and then go to New Rochelle. What will be done with the Constitu- tion and Columbia could not be learned ' this evening.
 The three yachts were sent over a lee ward and windward course to-day. There was a puffy northwestern blowing of about fifteen miles strength when the starting signal was given at 11.30 All three boats carried their smallest club topsaiis, and the Reliance wore the Inainsail that she carried in the early races along the sound. It was a poor fitting piece of canvas.
 The Reliance was first ocross the line. She broke out small ballooner as the gun was fired and had a boom out wide to starboard. A small spin maker was broken out to port at once, but it did not draw. The Constitution crossed soon after and the Columbia 5 followed, a couple of seconds behind the handicap gun, at 11:32. The Column bia and Constitution gybed their main { sails over to port as they crossed, and broke out spinnakers to starboard For once, better judgment was used on the Constitution and Columbia in carrying spinnakers to starboard, for they drew beautifully and the ballooners also pull ed the yachts along. The Reliance seemed to be lying still, so swiftly did the Constitution pull up by her, and the Columbia also gained steadily, although starting almost two minutes behind her. The Constitution ran by the Reli- ance very quickly after the start, and at 11.40, when the Columbia was almost on even terms with her, the Reliance took in her spinnaker and, gybing her nlainsail over to port, set the spinnaker flying on the starboard hand The new boat felt the effect immediately and pulled up ahead of the Columbia and slowly regained the stretch of water that separated her from the Constitu- ton. A mile from the turn the Reli- ance got by the Constitution and turned the mark just ahead of her Meantime the Columbia had fallen away in the rear. The yachts turned the outer mark as follows:
 Constitution ............ .s...... i:10:31 Columbia ...s..............-.... l:l4:3S
 Hauling sheets around the mark, the Reliance stood to the westward in the starboard tack, with the Constitution on her weather. The Columbia came about immediately and split tacks with the other two. The Reliance began eat ing out to the weather of the Constitu- ton as soon as she got fairly going. They went about on the port tack about 2:10, and after that the new boat drew ahead and to windward steadily. The Columbia sailed fast race to wind- ward, and by fortunate slant of wind close under the Newport shore hauled up so much on the Constitution that the latter barely beat her across the finish line. <
 The summaries:
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 Name. Start. Finish. Time. Reliance ...... !. 11:30:26 3:04:09 3:3S:4s Columbia .......11:32:00 3:10:11 S:3S:11 1 on.o7 Q .fc o.o or