The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-01
FAST SAILING TO WINDWARD.
ruE RELIANCE AGAIN A WINNER
OFF NEWPORT.
MANI Yacht Makes Best Time Vet for 1S
MILES OF Windward WOrk-Beats Com
stStution by . Minutes Seconds and
columbia by Minutes I second.


MILES OF Windward WOrk--Beats Com
stitutIon by Minutes Seconds and
columbia by 3 Minutes I second.
NrwpoRT, june 30.-The yachts had an
,th,r rafting good race to-day, and the
pal,ance, over a course fifteen miles to
,vindward and return, added another win
ming flag TO her string. She beat the Con-
stitution 7 minutes seconds and the Co
hmbia minutes 4 second.
The wind was from the southwest and
blew about twelve miles an hour. 1t was
high water when the yachts started and
soon began to run to the east.
The sea was choppy, and all three yachts
were bothered considerably, but the Con-
stitution was not nearly SO much at home
IN the tumblinG waves as the Reliance and
Columbia. Turning to windward she
would not point high, and when Capt.
Rhodes gave her hard full to let her foot
she did not travel through the water any
faster than the Columbia.
The yachts made pretty start. The
Reliance got over the line first, with the
Columbia on her weather quarter The
Constitution ranged across the line before
roing over, and was SIS seconds behind
the Reliance when they stood in toward
the Narragansett shore, where they got
slack water, and ii was nip and tuck between
the Reliance and Columbia until they got
to Point Judith.
Then the Reliance pulled ahead, and at
the windward mark she was minutes II
,econds ahead of the Columbia and minutes
seconds ahead Of the Constitution. The
Rance had sailed the fifteen miles to
winward in hour AZ minutes 81 seconds.
In. is the fastest time made. In the
Cup rae between the Vigiant and Valkyrie
IN 1898 he Valkyrie got to the weather
mark IN 'hours minutes. The Reliance
beat tfA' oNe in the race on Monday, when
her time tuAing to windward was 1 hour
IS minutes II econds, and to-day she beat
her record MAJ on Monday.
There was INCH more sea on Monday
which bothered te yachts more than it did
to-day.
The best time lade for fifteen miles
before the wind wasny the Colonia in one
Of the trial races in is3. That yacht ran
fifteen miles in hour 4 minutes To-day
the Reliance ran fiftee. miles in / hour
20 minutes A seconds, ad beat the Con-
stitution 2 minutes sectds and the CO.
lumbia minutes "A seconds
1t was learned to-day tina. the Reliance
has to allow the Columbia sminutes az
seconds over thirty-mile col.se so that
the margin in yesterdays rao was even
closer than was at first thought.
The Constitution was unable tohold the
~.
to windward yesterday and to-da, and
yachtsmen are at a loss to account tr her
change OF form, except that she is her
worst in a sea, and that instead of the Re-
lance being hurt by tumbling sea, 81, Ia
Just as much at home there as she is in
smooth water, as compared with the otter
yachts.
The Constitution is having suit OF sails
made by Wilson & Silsbee of Boston, and
1t IL expected they will be used this week.
The sails are ready.
1t was much pleasanter to-day. The
sun enone and it was warm. When the
yachtsmen went out to the Brenton's Rect
iightship this morning nice sailing breeze
from the southwest cheered everybody.
The committee on board the steam Yacht
Riviera was at the starting line when
the racing yachts reached there and atonce
signalled that the course would be to wind
ward and return, and then a string of flags
run up on the stay announced that the
compass course was southwest.
The tug Unique started TO log the course
and at i1:30 o'clock the preparatory signal
was sounded. The yachts carried medium
sized club topsails, and preparations were
made on each boat for the beat on the first
leg Of the course. The warning signal
xloln 4 N.ln N'p 4
along the line until the starting signal
sounded at 1145 o'clock, and then shot
the Reliance arcoss the line at 11:45Oe
The Columbia was next, three seconds
later, and she was on the weather quarter
Of the Reliance. They were on the star
board tack. The Constitution headed
toward the committee boat end of the line
and she crossed at 1l48:0l, and as she went
over she went about on the starboard tack
and sheets were flattened down.
Capt Rhodes had placed his yacht well
up at the windward end. The Columbia
when she crossed was being baokwinded
by the Reliance, and she took the port
tack, and the Reliance tackled a few sec
onds later.
All were heading toward the Nara
gansett shore; the Reliance was beating
out TO windward the Constitution sag
ging 10 leeward, while the Columbia was
holding a course between the two and
was footing very fast.
The water was smoother in near the
shore, the tide slack and the wind, hauling
off the land. was fresh, and favoring the
yachts somewhat when on the starboard
tack The Constitution was the first to
take the starboard tack, Capt Rhodes
threw her about at l2O2:25. The Columbia
tackled five seconds later. The Reliance
held on until 1903 40, and then she tackled
The Columbia was very clos to the
Reliance when the new yacht tackled, and
Mr. Morgan at once made another port
hitch in toward the shore, AID the Consti-
tuition tackled with the Columbia. The
Constitution was far enough astern TO be