The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-02
SUPERB WORK BY RELIANCE
LOVERS HER oWN RECORD FOR
 NEWPORT CUP COURSE.
Defeat. cons,i,utlon in Ano,her Thirty nile Raoo to Hindward and Return by Five Minutes and a Half and the Columbia by Five Minutes and Forty- nine Seconds Speed Of Most sieamboats.-Lipton Watches Race.


steamDoats.-Ltpton Matcnes hace.
 Newport, R. T., July 1.-The three American cup yachts raced again to- day over thirty-mile windward and leeward course, and once more the Re- liance demonstrated her superiority over the Constitution and Columbia. The 1903 boat defeated the Constitution by 5ve minutes thirty seconds and the Columbia by five minutes forty-nine seconds. The latter was beaten nine teen seconds by MT. Belmont's craft. but is an easy winner over her on time allowance.
 me time of three hours four minutes tWenty-seven seconds made by the Re- liance betters the Newport cup course record of 3:O9:53 made on Monday by the new boat. The Constitution to-day came within four seconds of the time made Monday and the old defender was but twenty-three seconds behind it.
 Not only was the beat to windward made in remarkably fast time by all the contestants but on the run home, with spinnakers and ballooners pulling like mad, the three sloops fairly flew. The. Reliance again excelled the Constitu-. tion at this kind of sailing. covering the fifteen miles'in one hour eleven minutes four seconds better speed than most steamboats can make. The Constitu- ton outran the Columbia but very It. tie.
 Sir Thomas Lipton watched the race; closely from the Erin. He kept his glass on the Reliance every minute and when the boats finished started back for Sandy Hook.
 Barring slight haze, the conditions for racing were perfect at the start and steadily improved as the afternoon wore on. The wind had about eight miles strength in it at the start, but be- fore the windward mark was reached 1t was blowing at from fifteen to eighteen miles an hour and held thus until after the boats finished When the race be- gan there was a long. easy swell, but with the increase of wind off Point Ju- dith the yachts had to beat through a smashing chop. The Reliance made fully as good weather in the short waves as did the other two riding them easily and without having the wind knocked out of her sails. The new boat also carried her sail better. hanging on to her baby jibtopsail until the weather mark was rounded. while the Constitu- ton and Columbia lowered theirs soon, after passing Point Judith whistling. buoy.
 The Constitution got the start on the others to-day. Captain Barr went after the Columbia when the preparatory gun was fired, at o'clock, and paid no attention to the movements Q fthe other sloop. The result was that the Consti- tuition went over the line fifteen sec-. onds after gunfire. and at that time the Reliance and Columbia were running down to the line from up to windward of the committee boat. The Columbia did not get away until several seconds after the handicap gun at 1.17.
 Captain Rhodes berthed his charge on the weather bow of the Reliance. and held that position nearly over to the Narragansett shore. In the lee of the land smoother water was found and the Reliance quickly pulled through the lee of her rival. The Constitution then tackled to starboard and. getting the Columbia under her lee. kept her there until well out beyond Point Judith The three yachts made short hitches down the shore, the Columbia trying hard to get out from under the Constitution and the Reliance coming about every time the latter did to keep her nearest rival bothered.
 Once clear of Point Judith, the Reli- ance sailed away from the others in splendid style, while the Columbia, get ting her wind clear by taking long hitch to the westward. gained consid- erably on the Constitution before the weather mark was rounded Both the Reliance and the Constitution had to take a short hitch to port to reach the mark when abreast of it, but the Co., lunbia luffed around prettily. Sum mary:
 Elapsed
 Name. Start. Finish. Time. Reliance ........1:16:12 4:2O:3s S:O4:27 Constitution .1:15:15 4:25.12 3:O957 Columbia .....1 1:17:00 4:27:16 3:10:16
 The Reliance beat the Constitution 6x,p ,,,i,a,1tees thirty aaoonda. fha Rnli.