New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
Goes OUer Thirteen Knots an Hour
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ers sixteen sloops and two yawls raced from the
New Haven breakwater to this port in the sec
ond days squadron run of the NewYork Yacht
Clubs cruise, and it of the fastest runs
ever made for the distance-thirty- nautical
miles. The Reliance covered the in
hours Is minutes and 2S seconds. She was the
first yacht to cross the finish line. and won
easily in her class. defeating the Constitution
by minutes and 20 seconds, and the Columbia
by 16 minutes and "A seconds, wlue the Con-
stitution outsaiIed the Columbia oy minutes
and 55 seconds.
The elapsed time of the Reliance shows that
her average speed from start to finish was at
the rate of 11.S1 knots per hour 1t is fact,
however, that both the Reliance and the Consti-
tuition travelled for more than half the distance
at the rate of about 1926 knots an hour For
the first hour there only wind enough to
drive them at the rate of six to eight knots.
Then the breeze backing gradually from S.S.E.
to S.S.W.. freshened until it was blowing fully
fifteen miles hour. The press tug, Edgar
Luckenbach timed between Cornield and Bart
let's Reef lightships. 12A miles. covered the
distance in % minutes. which is at the rate Of
1886 knots an hour, and. while she passed many
steam yachts with alleged regulations for speed.
she only able TO gain slowly on the Reliance.
TO-day's race has again demonstrated that
the Reliance is very fast in smooth water. with
strong breeze abeam. when she can carry her
largest reaching jibtopsail. balooner, and if
she covers any of the Americas Cup course
under conditions similar to those Of to-day she
will undoubtedly break all records for the dis
tance-thirty miles
THE INGOMAR WINS AGAIN.
Morton F Plants new Herreshof schooner In
gomar won for the second time and by hand
some margin, beating some of the former flyers
IN the class. The famous old Cup defender
Vigiant set hot pace for the newer nineties
She started ahead of them. and the Reliance
never caught her until after she had passed
Cornfeld Lightship-about two-thirds of the dis
tance from the start. Although there was only
four knot breeze when the starting signal was
given, it came from the south-southeast. and
there was considerable weight in it, the sky
being overcast and the air full of moisture. so
much so that it looked like rain every moment.
From New-Haven and from Morris Cove
launches soops. sharpes ana catboats, each
with its quota of pretty girls came off shore
early and gathered outside the breakwater near
the mark boats, where they could the Re
lance. the Constitution and the Columbia play
for places at the start. 1t chance.
for many of them had never seen a Cup de-
fender with her great spread of canvas.
On the starboard tack. with the wind hardly
point free, the small classes got away in fine
shape at 9:45
MIMOsA LEADS FLEET
Trenor L. Parks little soop Mimosa II led
the big fleet. Close astern of her came the
Hanan sloop Aspirant then the famous cutter
Queen Nab, with the little Effort to the wind
ward of her and F. NJ. Hoyt's Isolde under her
lee. The cutters Eelin and Senta, the sloops
Challenge and Isolita, Seymour J. Hyde's cut
ter Khama, George Pynchon's sloop Nicola, the
clio oil
in the order named.
Then came the schooners. at 900, led by F
F. Brewsters Elmina, with the Valmore the
Katrina and the Quissetta close together, the
Latona, the Esperanza and the Seneca finishing
the first division. The larger boats. the Ariel,
the Ingomar. the Emerald. the Quickstep the
Chanticleer, the Corona and the Hildegarde got
away in that order, just the preparatory sig
nal for the 9O-footers was given.
All three of the giant sloops had their biggest
clubtopsails aloft When there minute
left before the starting gun the Columbia, stand
ing to the westward on the port tack. wore sharp
around her heel. until she was heading for
the line. At the same moment Captain Barr,
having the Reliance already the starboard
tack luffed her until she had overlap of half
her length n the lee side of the Columbia, and
so close that biscuit might have been tossed
aboard. Then he Strengthened her for the line
crossing it twenty seconds after gunfire and hf-
teen seconds ahead of Columbia. for in that brief
period she had gone through the older boats lee.
THE RELIANCE GETS BEST START.
In one minute she had her wind clear and in
less than five minutes there was more than a
length of open water between them. The Consti-
tuition crossed a few seconds after the handicap
gun. The ,cial time was:
HM.Sj HMS
Reliance 1913 30 Constitution ZOO
Columbia .....-.-. .10:l545!
Baby Ibtopsails set at once and the
course shaped east-southeast for FauIkner's
Island. They just able to lay their
courses, although some of the small sIoops had
TO make a tack to clear Branford Beacon The
tide was still running to the eastward but
turned against them in hour
Like a startled fawn. the Reliance sprang
away from the others, catching the first Of the
freshening breeze. which also began to free A
little at IL o'clock. The time taken as tbev
passed Faulkner's Island shows what a gain the
Reliance had made in the first hour It was.
HMSi Inns
Constitution -..---- -ll:2O:O0i
HAVE A SPLENDID RACE
From here TO Cornield Shoal I.ightship II uas