New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
RELIANCE IS BEATEN.
CONSTITUTION WINNER.
Ne10 Yacht First to Finish, but
Loses on Time AUoUance.
TBY IT, EeRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.


New-Haven Conn, June 17.-Making a strik-
ing picture as she swept majestically across the
finish line this afternoon with her great main
sail swung broad off to port and the foot of her
spinnaker almost sweeping the water to star
board the big cup yacht Reliance led the fleet
OF twenty-six yachts in the first days OF the
cruise of the New-York Yacht Club from Glen
Cove to this harbor Although the Reliance fin
ished first. 1t by an exceedingly narrow
margin, for right in her wake, only so seconds
away came her rival, the Constitution. The
latter was the winner of the race on time allow
ance.
For thirty-seven miles these two and the Co.
lumbia had raced from start to finish in breezes
that had never exceeded eight knots in strength
but which had been free enough to allow them
to lay their courses without making tack
The luck of the Reliance in holding the wind
had not been quite good as the others in
portion of the day, and when within couple
of miles of the finish, when she had a lead of
perhaps half mile on the Constitution, the
latter got the first of freshening southwest
erly breeze. Bringing it up with her. she was
able to gain the Reliance and blanket her
to some extent during the last half mile of the
course.
THE INGOMAR WINS EASILY.
The new schooner Ingomar. owned by Morton
F. Plant made q good showing winning easily
in her class. feet of some fifty steam yachts
accompanied the racing crafts on the
When the captains agreed at the meeting on
Thursday to make start at $50 this morning
their intentions good, but at that hour
there was not wind enough to I'LL the sails of
any of the yachts.
Colonel Thompson's steam yacht the Riviera.
flying the regatta committees flag. took up her
position soon after o'clock off Matinicock
Point. establishing the starting line. The 90
footers Reliance, Constitution and Columbia
had set large clubtopsails, and made their way
out of the harbor by 1920. BY this time there
was slight breeze from the southwest, which
gave promise of holding, fifteen minutes
later the preparatory signal for the small classes
of sloops given
First across the line after the starting signal
for her class at 11:55 F. NJ. Smiths sloop
Effort. She crossed with spinnaker to starboard
and balloon jibtopsau to port. Henry F. Lip
pitts Weetamoe, under the same sail. crossed
next; then the cutter Senta the Aspirant,
yawl and the sloop Neola. in the order named
At 11:05. when the gun for schooners was
fired the VaImore the Katrina. the Elmina the
Emerald, the Chanticleer the Ingomar and the
IdIer crossed in that order. The Ingomar hav-
ing crossed before the gun, had to return and
recross the line.
THE NINETY-FOOTERS START
At 11:15. the cutter Eelin, belated by lack of
wind got away. She followed by the
schooners Ariel and Quisetta the cutter Isolde.
the schooner Crusader H. the yawl Vtgilant and
the cutters KhamG and Queen Nab.
The 11:15 gun also the signal for the
ninety -footers to get ready. All three sent bal
loon jibtopsas up in stops on the stays
Three minutes before the signal the Columbia
was standing to the northward on the port tack.
ed and tha
minute later and headed for the line approaching
it from the northwest. The Reliance and the Con-
stitution. both having their booms to port, ap-
preached it from the westward. and when there
were only fifteen seconds left before gunfre for
the start, the Constitution was slowly crossing
the bow of the committee boat which marked
the north end of the line.
Captain Barr had the Reliance in a good po-
sition on the weather bow of his rival, and then
they began a luffing match as they ran along
parallel to the line. In this way they used up
the two minutes allotted them in which to
cross allowing the Columbia to get away first,
but all three were handicapped by few sec
onds Their official start was timed 1872
The Reliance kept off first, and all three set
balooners they squared away on their
courses, making pretty picture. as with this
cloud of canvas allow and aloft they began their
chase after the fleet of yachts that had pre-
ceded them
ONLY SEVEN MILES IN TWO HOURS.
Some idea of the Ightness of the breeze may
be gained from the fact that il took the three
big sloops two hours TO travel seven miles to
the eastward The Reliance did not show her
drifting qualities quite well usual, for the
old Columbia. which started first, was in the
lead when she passed Lloyd's Point at l:1-.
The Reliance at that time was about one-eighth
of mile off her weather quarter, both having
the wind abeam TO port at this time. Both had
dropped the Constitution considerably. At l;43
the wind backed to the southeast. The big
sloops took their balloouers. set baby jibtop-
sails and trimmed sheets down fiat on the star
board tack
For an hour they travelled this way, heading
their courses and making about six knots an
hour, the Reliance gaining meanwhile on the
other two OF NorwalE Islands at 2:4T o'clock
she passed the Columbia close to windward
and for the first tiale since the start she took
the lead The Columbia crossed the wake OF