New-York tribune., 1903-05-22
RELIANCE WINS RACE.
Continued from page ono.

on the stay she crossed the bow OF the COM
mittee boat just the time limit of two min
utes expired. A moment later. as Barr Kept her
off for the line, the balloon jib topsan was set
The staysail had also been broken out, and the
newest Herreshoff teauty gathered headway as
she pointed for the line, crossing It at l;oo
o'clock, with handicap of one minute
The Columbia crossed at 1:59:1O o'clock, one
minute and ten seconds after her rival her
balloon jib topsail was broken out ten SECONDS
before crossing E. D. Morgan, at the Column
bias wheel, had aimed to cross the wake OF the
Reliance. and so he held the ballooner in stops
until the last moment but he found the other
boat Slipping SO fast to the eastward that lie
kept her off and began the stern chase Ii was
a slow and unsatisfactory one at best, but ootn
had an equal share of the wind so far The TIDE
was fair for hour after they started put
there was so little wind that 1t took them two
hours to cover five miles.
By the careful trimming Of sheets and chang
ing of light sails the Reliance was nursed along
In the light airs by Captain Barr that by the
time she was passing Centre Island ouoy' nVe
miles from the start she had gained more than
a mile. Here she began to feel a new breeze
from the southeast which sent her along at an
eight knot clip. She was heading for the
first mark four miles away. The Columbia mad
by this time lost the breeze and was cropping
back every minute.
Captain Nat Herreshof was at the double
wheel of the Reliance now. At 40 the Reliance
passed the bell buoy off the point OF LIoyo
Neck. Immediately after passing II the Wlnd
began to back to the eastward. In came the
balloon in jffy. In less than two minutes an
intermediate jibtopsail was broken out aeellng
anew to the still freshening breeze the Reliance
went for the first mark at ten knot clip.
She rounded 1t in fine shape. gliding around IL
all standing, and trimming down sheets TO the
port tack for the three mile reacn across the
Sound She had the wind just forward OF the
beam. so she could carry her reaching jibtopsail.
The times taken at the mark were:
Yachts HMs aMSo fd5o
This shows that the Reliance gained min
utes 40 seconds the Columbia on this first
leg Of the course. The three mile reach across
the Sound made in remarkably fast time
by both boats. but the Reliance in that short
distance gained 1 minute 30 seconds on her
rival. Some of it may be accounted for by the
fact that the Columbia did not carry any jib on
the way over. nor did she set one until right up
within the second MARI, which was rounded as
follows:
Yachts HMS HNs
csamSi. eslt4RSs :.:::: S2SiS sSsS SS:i5fS SS5fS
Luff1ng sharp around the mark after having
taken in their reaching jibtdpsails. both boats
trimmed sheets fiat for the port tack. to begin
the only actual windward work in the race.
Any who doubted the ability of the Re
lance to point high and to foot" fast had that
delusion speedily dispelled, for prettier bit OF
pointing and footing never seen than that
eleven miles to the southeast, covered by the
Reliance in the surprising time OF 1 hour. min
uteS
At 5:36, when the Reliance had Captains ISL
and under her lee beam, she was lying over with
her starboard rail level with the water and her
deck amidships wet half way up to the matches.
She travelling at a twelve knot gait. From
then IL was a race between the committee
boat Privateer and the Reliance for the finish
The odds seemed to be in favor of sails against
steam until five minutes before the finish when
the Reliance had to make short tack at Gil.
and the steam The Privateer's anchor was
barely down. however, when the Reliance
dashed across the line on the port tack, finishing
in grand style She had gained minutes 43
seconds this leg Of the course The Colum-
bia crossed the line Ia minutes 10 seconds later
She was beaten by Just that time