The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-05-22
CLEARLY A BETTER BOAT
New Boat Had Some Luck Mixed in
With Good Sailing, Beat Columbia
IA Minutes and Al Seconds.

New York, May 2t.-By a combination
of good luck and splendid sailing qualities
the new cup yacht Reliance today infected
such defeat upon the former cup defend
er, Columbia, as she had never before suf-
fered, leading her over the finish line of a
25 mile course, off Glen Cove, by IA min
utes and So seconds, official time.
Not all the glory Of that rosy victory
was fairly earned by the new boat II il
had been there would be no doubt that
the Reliance would be the next cup de-
fender. But, despite the Columhia's i'll
luck, the Reliance conyincingly showed
herself to be the better boat,
The race was an exasperating start and
flying finish. The course was triangu-
lar II miles to the eastward along the
Long Island shore to Eaton's Point, three
miles north northwest across the sound to
Green's Ledge light and II miles south
west by west to the finish line OFF Glen
Cove.
Fifteen minutes after crossing the line
the Reliance began to draw slowly away
from the Columbia and steadily increased
her lead during two hours and a half Her
sails seemed to catch every breath Of air.
Both boats changed their head sails to
stay sails and reaching lib topsail. They
were merely drifting. After sailing about
three miles the Reliance set balloon lib
topsail and thereafter gained more rapid
". When half Of this leg had been sailed
aud two hours after the start Reliance
caught light air and moved away quickly
while Columbia still drifted and gradually
dropped astern until Reliance was leading
lk1v 1sx
freshened and the Reliance r0mped away
for the first turn at an eight-knot clip, but
Columbia did not feel the increased wind
until alter Us minutes later. Then she be-
gan TO gain, and in half an hours sailing
had eut the Reliance's lead to a little more
than mile The wind had heaaed them
Slightly and balloon iib topsails had given
place TO smaller ones. Designer Nat Her
reshoff took the wheel on the Reliance as
the boat approached the first turn.
Reliance took the turn going like bird
Once filled away on the three mile run
across the sound she caught stin puff
from the southwest and put her rail down
into the smoother, rolled out her pol
ished bronze bilge and drove away for the
turn. -
Reliance was half way across TO next
turn before Columbia had eircled about the
first.
Columbia was dropping astern again.
not having carried so good wind on the
short leg. Reliance covered the three
miles in Is minutes and 50 seconds; the
Columbia in Is minutes and seconds,
having lost one minute and Is seconds in
the three miles.
Shortly after the turn the tack Of the
Columba's baby jib top sail parted and
the little sail went aloft in a bundle to the
topmast head and hung Tapping for thrf 3
minutes. Reliance was sailing at 10 knot
clip within three aud q half points Of the
wind. She fetched half mile to the lee
ward Of the finish line and after two short
tacks swept across 1t and through lane
Of welcoming steam yachts that greeted
her and acknowledged her victory with
ear splitting whistles.
Columbia was a good three miles to
leeward but hanging on gamely. She also
rec lived greeting from the assembled
fleet