New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-05
MEETS THE COLUMBIA.
Reliance Out AgQin-Race Er-
pected To-day.

Mistress or the Sound for four hours yesterday
was the Cup yacht Reliance. She paraded up and
down and across it's western end full view Of
hundreds of admirers both shores. showing her
PAGES and her sails like a pretty woman in
Fifth-ave. airing her Easter finery. And fine
showing she made. this giant sloop. with her sky
reaching clubtopsail. her baby jotopsail. and
finally with her great yellow sDinnaker-that trf-
angular sail that has always been source of
wonder 10 the landsman-fung far out TO port.
catching every breath of wind that blew, she
swept majestically &c the westward.
On Saturday the Reliance met one of her rivals
the Constitution-out sailing; yesterday. just as
she was ending her spin. he met her other foe
the famous Columbia. but there attempt at
a trial of speed. The Columbia. cloSehauied
the starboard tack and flying the private signal
of her manager Edwin D. Morgan, at her truck.
had come out from her anchorage at City Island.
She met the Reliance running before the wind in
the opposite direction. heading for her mooring
buoy at NewRochee. They were within hailing
distance Of each other, and, the Columbia
passed. her ensign was dipped from the peak in
salute. The newest Herrestoff boat acknowledged
the salute in kind. and passed on to her mooring-
The Columbia, tackirg soon after, made her way
into Glen Cove Harbor. where she anchored for
the night.
An interesting light weather trial spin the
tours hours of sailing that the Reliance did yes
terday At 0 a M she came across the Sound
from Glen Cove where she went Sunday to get
away from the heavy eastecly that was max
ing her ride uneasily in New-Rochelle Harbor.
Her sails were thoroughly dried out in the fore
noon a new mainsail bent. and the largest
clubtopsaiI she has yet worn was sent aloft while
she laid at her moorings off New-Rochelle.
Soon after 10 o'clock c. Oliver Iselin. Woodbury.
Kane and DR.. Monahan went board, and at
2 D. m the yachts nooring was slipped, and she
started across the Sound closehauled on the port
tack the wind being light from about east by
north. The new mainsail set fairly well. except
for a slack spot in the leach and few wrinkles
down near the tack AT 2:05 the baby jibtopsaiI
was set and two minutes later Captain Barr let
the big sloop come about slowly to the starboard |
tack. He let her go for a few minutes on a reach
to the northWard, with the wind abeam, then |
hauling her up trimmed sheets fiat aft She |
moved along at lively clip in the light wind for
six roinutes when she was put on the opposite /
tack for five minutes
Seventeen minutes on the starboard tack and |
Reliance to point about miles east of Matini-
cock Point: then, at 2:59 Captain Barr kept her |
off, easing sheets to starbCard. The spinnaker /
was smartfy broken out to port at once. and the /
sail only set for five minutes. TO give the
drilling quick handling Of that piece of
The balloon jubtopsai, which had been set for the
first time, was also taken in, and 3:22 sheets /
were trimmed she went off again the port
tack. When close to the schoolship St. Marys. !
wing in Hampstead Bay. the Reliance came about /
utes until a 402 she mile east Of /
Point. Barr then kept her of and /
gybed her main boom to Starboard In jify the /
spinnaker was again set to port, and the yacht
speed. Twenty-Five minutes later the Columbia
The Reliance made fast to her mooring at $50.
and the Columbia anchored q few minutes later
over at Glen Cove, near the Constitution, which /
mad been at anchor all day It is understood that
all three GOATS viii be out to-day for a race.