The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-05
HIalorIe Yaeht. Paaa on.

 ] Hi5torio Yaohte Pane On.
 Tho passing of tho year 1914 saw
 the end of two yachta built for Amer
 ica's cup honors. One made Q re-
 markable record the other, built as
 a possible defender. was. a failure The i better known Of the two is Columbia,
 which successfully defended the cup
 in 1899 against the Shamrock T., and again in 1901 In the latter year she defeated tho coHstltution in the trial and preliminary races and defended
 the cup. by defeating the Shamrock
 H This was after Che closest ser
 ies of races over sailed for tho cup.
 The other yacht to be broken up is
 the Defiance, built last Spring by the
 Bath Iron Works for @ syndicate of
 yachtsmen representing New York, Philadelphia and Boston, and for that reason generally called the Tri-City
 yacht
 These two yachts have been sold for old metal The Columbia. which has
 been at City Island since the trial races of 1903, has 90 tons of lead on her keel and Is plated with bronze
 on steel web Cranes 30 that she isI worth fair price for metal. Lead
 sells at $50 a ton when in lump as on the keel Of Q yacht The Iate J Pierpont Morgan was one Of the syn- dicate to build the Columbia, and at ter she had defeated the Shamrock ], Mir Morgan became her sole own err c. Oliver Iselin had charge of he Columbia in her first year and " Butler Duncan, Jrs had charge Of thei Defender which was tho trial boat In 1901 when the the Shamrock IT,, ] came here, somer Commodore B. ID. l Morgan had charge of the columbia and Charles Barr wss her sailing mas ter. w Butler Duncan had chargel Of the new yacht the Constitution, l built for a syndicate headed by Au-I gust Belmont, and Urias Rhodesl was her skipper These two yachts werol evenly matched and as tho Columbia made more consistent record she was selected Co defend the cup.
 The first race for the cup wos won by the Columbia by minute and 20l seconds. the second race over thel triangular course by Columbia by 8l minutes and S5 seconds, and the third race In which Shamrock II. finiahed first, was won by Columbia by 4l sec onds, as Shamrock had Go allow 4S seconds in thirty miles.
 The Columbia was used as trial yacht when the Reliance was bullt | and In the races that year she showed | again that she wal bettee yacht than the Consultation, but the Reliance far surpassed both ol them
 The Defiance was failure from the start She had the easiest form Of the three defenders built iast year tho smallest lateral space, and yet her designer tried to make her cagry the largegt sail spread She was 30 much over canvassed that before she had taken part in p race her sail plan had to be cut down Later this was atill further reduced. She was ten. der and weak SO that those in charge were afraid of her Finally t was announced that her mast step had 90 weakened that ehe might lose her mast at any time, and she was with drawn from the races. D. Walter Clark, Of Phiuadelphia, was the iarg. est subscriber at $15,O00, and at the end of tho season he purchased the other interests ip the yacht After a thorough examination it was decided that nothing couid bo done to the ves sell which was structuraliy weak an6 she was soid for junk Some Of the spara and iitangs are to Do used oo the Isthalena which is now being re- modoled into schooner and tho lead win be cut up and sold. Tho hun Is worthless, except lor tho iitee valuo Of the steel lrames and tho thin ma logany yeneora used as pianking. She had seventy tons Of lead.
 Tine Defiance cost S65,0o0 Co buiid. Her two suits Of cells coat about poo eacb and wher rlged she would 'robably eost the syndicata about s75 poo. 1gnteuancs during Che yeaT n creased the cost to about S1o0.ooo and iho haa been sold for ahout tn p