The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-18
CONSTITUTION THE WINNER
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 the meantime the Columbia came up
 behind and swung round the cornmit- tee boat, being the first yacht over, few seconds after the handicap gun
 was fred The Reliance was thirty
 seconds after the handicap and the
 Constitution fifty three seconds. All
 the boats went over on the starboard
 tack with ballooners set. During the first ten minutes the Reliance and Con-s stitution, being nearer the Long Island
 shore, pulled by the Columbia very rap idly but fifteen minutes after the wind fell almost fiat and in the drift the Reliance again showed her splendid
 powers in light fannning airs, and at 12:l5 was half a mile ahead of the Constitution and a quarter of mile ahead of the Columbia, the latter hav- ing pulled up bit. During the next hour there was a fine tussle between the Reliance and the Columbia and at one time the latter succeeded iii getting out ahead to the extent of about q
 quarter of mile, while the Constitu-
 ton dropped back until she was more
 than mile astern of the Reliance. The teNEI Stllb forth from the southwest to the south until about ? o'clock. when off NorWa1k it finally came out of the southeast. The big headsails were all taken in and sheets f1attened for close fetch down the sound. The Reliance, by this time. had succeeded in pulling by the Co., Iunbia and twenty miles from the start the Constitution also went by the old cup defender to leeWard. Ten miles from the finish the Reliance was lead- ing the Constitution by nearly three quarters of a mile and apparently had the race safe provided the wind held. But the breeze proved ficlsle and when it dropped it left the Reliance first so that the Constitution was able to draw up on her, but could not quite catch her. Then the breeze sprung up again and once more the Reliance pulled | away, only to be left a few minutes after with almost Tapping sails. The yachts however, had worked along until they were we'll by Stratford light when the wind hauled back into the south and came up with some degree of strength. Again the ballooners were set for broad reach of five miles to the finish. This was made in quick time and as the breeze strengthened astern the Constitution gained rapidly
 on the Reliance. Two miles from the finish she vas only a quarter of mile astern and mile away from the line she had cut down the Reliance lead to two or three hundred yards. The new
 boat broke out her spinnaker quickly l in the hope of pulling away but the Constitution followed suit and was all
 most blanketing the Reliance, as they neared the finish line.
 It was then seen that the Constitution was within her time allowance and while the Reliance managed to cross in the lead the Belmont boat was one sec- ond less than a minute astern, both
 boats flying under great press of sail. The Columbia iin the meantime
 had been dropped quite rapidly and was more than a mile astern when the other boats were finishing.
 The Reliance, however, was not the l leading boat of the fleet, for the sehoon-
 CT Elmina. owned by MT. Brewster of New Haven, by hugging the Connecti- k cut SIlUIG %IllTOuS llUuG GIlG Qdy, uIlSlGu about five minutes ahead of the Re- l liance and had the honor of leading, ! the fleet of sailing vessels into the har- l Dor. s f 5% a+. l The Wetamoe was the first of the small sloops while the new Ingimar led I the large schooners, Nearly all the l fleet was in the harbor before sunset so that the run ended more satisfactorily than was anticipated at the beginning. The fleet will proceed tomorrow to New London, where it will be joined by | the squadron of the Eastern Yacht club
 | The official times in the ninety ,footer | class were as follows. e.. l Elapsed ] Start. Finish. Time Constitution .....11.3200 5.14.1s 5.42.13 I Reliance ....... 1.32.00 513.14 5.41.14 Columbia .......... .1132.00 5.2035 5.4S.55 l The Reliance beat the Constitution in l elapsed time by 59 second and the Co., lumbia by minuntes and 21. Consti- tuition beat the Columbia minutes
 and p seconds ANCHORED AT MORRIS COVE. / l Big Fleet Arrived in the Early Evening