The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
RELIANCE AN EASY WINNER,
DEFEATS COLOMBIA AND CONSTi-
TUITION TURNING 70 WINDWARD.

Proves . wonder In the Light Ar-WiMi
P1uky. and After New Yacht Finishes
the Others Arc ecalmeti-Const'tu'
ton and Columbia Make Protests'
The Reliance again finished first in the
race sailed on the Sound yesterday u was
! the last of the Glen Cove series, and proved
| 70 ba the most unsatisfactory race OF the
! lot The Reliance managed 10 carry nti'e
breeze with her until abe crossed the finish
ing line, but before the Constitution was
F.! able to get to the line there was almost
| fat calm The Columbia was stu more
| ur,lucky She managed &c get within "U
| yards Of the committee boat, and was more
than an hour trying to make that distance.
Early in the morning there was nice
sailing breeze and it was confidently ex-
| pected that the race would prove to be an
exciting one. The wind was coming In
from the east too. and this would make
the first leg OF the course beat TO wind
| ward. In expectation Of such raro treat
there was a large feet Of steam yachts to
follow the racers around the course and
there seemed to he hundreds OF small sail
ing craft
The yachts left their moorings about
II o'clock and reached down to the start
ing line The regatta committee on board
the steam yacht Privateer signalled the
course shortly before the preparatory
signal was made 1t was the same As the
one over which the yachts sailed on Thurs
day The first leg was eleven miles east
by north, a quarter north: the second.
three miles north northwest, and the third
eleven miles southwest by west half west.
Promptly at II O'Clock the preparatory
signal was made. The wind then was
east half north The tide was running
west, but the wind had dropped consider
ably and was only blowing about six or
seven miles an hour, The yachts began
to manpuvre for position, and Capts. Barr
and Rhodes had pretty fight that lasted
for fifteen minutes.
Shortly after the preparatory. signal
| Capt. Rhodes succeeded In placing the
! and he kept her there until the yachts
went over the line After about seven
minutes had elapsed all three Of the boats
were at the southern end Of the line. heading
| to the northwest on the starboard tack.
| The Columbia was In the lead and the Consti-
tuition had the Reliance under her lee.
The Columbia took the port tack and
headed back again over the course she had
! Just sailed and forced the Reliance and
| Constitution to bear away to avoid fouiing
| her These two yachts under the rule had
! the right of way
The Constitution and Reliance then
reached along the line, passe to the west
| ward Of the committee boat. wit h the Con-
| minutes were left before the starting gun
was to fire the Reliance took the port tack
and Constitution tackled Immediately after
| ward. This put the Reliance In the lead,
but the Constitution shot up on her quarter!
, established an overlap as they passed
astern of the committee boat and seemed
| to have gained the coveted position
Both yachts were too soon at the line
Capt Barr bore off with the Reliance, but
, before Capt Rhodes realized that the line
was 80 near he had the Constitution over
and she was recalled by the committee.
As soon as the gun was fred the Reliance
hauled her wind and stood on the port
| tack toward the Lon & Island shore. Con,
and gybed. and as she crossed the line on
the port tack the Columbia was crossing
on the starboard tack at the other end.
The two yachts quickly, drew together,
Columbia having right OF way,
Capt. Rhodes. however, held his course
and just when it seemed as though they
4! must foul Columbia gave way and took the
port tack. A protest flag was flown In
Cohmbia's rigging few minutes later:
that three s S sasd h ss s n Ha Than out
the other two yachts. II was tiny little
sail, but it helped her wonderfully in going
to windward When well in toward the
Long Island shore they took the starboard
tack The Reliance had stood in further
than the other two, and when they came
of shore Capt Barr gave an exhibition Of
the skill in working beat TO windward in
light weather which has won him fame on
both sides OF the Atlantic He held the
Reliance 40 that she got the focd tide under
her lee bow and was being set up all the time.
On the Constitution and Columbia the
larger iib topsails were knocking the yachts
OF little, so that they took the tide on the
weather bow, ard II was net long before
! there was a wide gap between the three
| boats. The wind was dropping every min
| ute, and as they drew near Gunter Island
| Point it backed to northeast by east and
| then a little later it hauled to east-north-
! east. The yachts tackled in toward Oys-
| ter Bay and then worked out by lloyd's
Neck. The wind became very fully and
much lighter but one boat did not seem to
| be worse served than another.
In the little bit of sea that the eastern
wind had made the Reliance appeared %
| rock good deal, and she pounded con-
| siderably more than the other boats, but
the pounding did not seem to interfere
with her sailing. The Reliance passed the
! first mark at 1858, the Constitution at
| 2O2:24 and the Columbia at 20s:l0. The
gains for this eleven mile beat are shown
| in the following:
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