July 13, 1901.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Newport Y. R. A. 
Constitution, Columbia and Independence. 
As this is the first year that any Boston yachtsman has 
built a boat for the purpose of defending the America Cup 
since the season that Jubilee and Pilgrim came out, natu- 
rally great interest was centered on the performances of 
Independence against the two Herreshoff boats, Constitu- 
tion and Columbia. The races given by the Newport Y. 
R. A. are the first time that all three of the boats have 
met. Yachtsmen had been able to get a slight line on 
Constitution's wonderful speed in the races she sailed 
against Columbia on July i and 3, while Independence 
was still an unknown quantity. The first two races re- 
sulted in an unqualified victory for Constitution, proving 
that she was from ten to thirty minutes faster than Co- 
lumbia over a thirty-mile course in a light breeze, and a 
most disappointing showing by Independence, which boat 
was outclassed by both Columbia and Constitution. 
Saturday, July 6. 
Com. Gerry's steam yacht Electra acted as the com- 
mittee boat, and the course laid out was fifteen miles to 
windward and return. At the start the wind was light 
and from the east, the tide ebb and a choppy sea with a 
noticeably long swell underneath. Before the boats had 
reached the outer mark the wind hauled a little to the 
north, which allowed the boats to make it on a close 
reach on the port tack. When about half the run home 
had been covered, the wind hauled again into the south- 
east, making it a reach to the finish. The preparatory 
signal was given at noon, and the starting gun at 12 :io. 
Capt. Rhoads sent Constitution over the line a couple of 
seconds after the gun. Columbia was., some seconds be- 
hind, but a little to the weather. Independence crossed 
iSs. after the 2m. handicap gun had been fired. All the 
boats crossed on the starboard tack, .and shortly after 
crossing Columbia came about, and in a minute Constitu- 
tion did the same. Columbia and Constitution were soon 
back on the starboard tack. The two Herreshoff boats 
were close together, Columbia behind, but to windward, 
while Independence was some distance to leeward and 
malcing poor weather of it in the lumpy sea, and as the 
wind was so light each roll of the sea seemed to throw 
the wind out of her mainsail. Constitution and Columbia 
continued to draw away fast from the Boston boat, and 
Constitution pulled slowly away from Columbia on each 
tack. About 3:15 the breeze that had dropped perceptibly 
began to freshen, and both the leading boats were moving 
very fast. Independence was way behind and apparently 
out of the race. Constitution took in her jib topsail be- 
fore rounding the mark. Constitution beat Columbia on 
the windward work im. 583., and Independence 50m. 42s. 
Columbia beat Independence 48m. 44s. The times at the 
outer mark: 
Start. Turn. Elapsed. 
Constitution 12 10 02 3 43 35 3 33 33 
Columbia 12 10 17 3 45 48 3 51 31 
Independence .12 12 00 4 46 15 4 24 15 
After rounding,. Constitution jibed over and set her bal- 
looner. Columbia set her spinaker after round- 
ing and shortly set her balloon jib topsail. Constitu- 
tion had her spinaker boom dropped and the sail sent out 
in stops, but she did not use it. Independence seemed to 
have struck soft spots and was miles behind. On the run 
home the ballooner on Constitution was kept drawing, and 
she traveled apparently faster than did Columbia. At one 
time Constitution lost the breeze and Columbia, which 
still held it, bid fair to pass her. Constitution set her 
large and then a smaller spinaker, but finally took the 
latter in and jibed over. Finding that ballooner s might 
not draw, both boats put on jibs and fore staysails, as the 
v/ind was about abeam. On the run home Constitution 
beat Columbia 9m. 8s. The times : 
. Turn. Finish. Elapsed. 
Constitution 3 43 35 5 48 08 2 04 33 
Columbia .3 45 48 5 59 29 2 13 41 
The complete table follows; 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Constitution 12 10 02 5 48 08 5 38 06 5 38 06 
Columbia 12 10 17 5 59 29 5 49 12 5 47 55 
Independence 12 12 00 Not timed. 
Constitution beat Columbia gm. 49s. Over the whole 
course Constitution beat Columbia iim. 6s., actual time. 
She had to allow the older boat im. and 17s., so that she 
won the race by 9m. and 49s. 
At the finish Independence could just be seen in the 
mist, and as she did not finish within the time limit she 
was not timed. 
Monday, July 8. 
Mr. Alexander Van Rensselaer's steam yacht May acted 
as the committee boat, and the start of the race was from 
a point about five miles E.S.E. of Brenton's Reef Light- 
ship. At the start the wind was very light from the S.W., 
and the tide ebb. The course laid out was a triangular, 
the first leg being S.W., the second E. by S. and the third 
N.N.W. This gave the boats a beat to windward on the 
first leg by a reach on the second leg and a reach on the 
third leg. 
The preparatory signal was given at 1 1 -.45, and Consti- 
tution crossed 26s. after the starting gun, which was given 
at II :55. Columbia, well up to the windward end of 
' the line, was next over, with Independence under her 
le?. All crossed on the starboard tack. Rhoads put Con- 
st=lution about on the port tack and crossed the bows of 
the other boats. Constitution went to windward like a 
witch aiid soon worked away from her opponents. After 
ha'.f an hour's sailing Constitution was well over half a 
mile ahead of Columbia. Independence was some distance 
under Constitution's lee, footing very fast, but not point- 
ing as high as the others. The breeze was so light that 
the crew on Independence were kept to leeward to bring 
the boat far enough down to keep the sea from rolling the 
wind out of her .sails. 
All the way to the first mark Constitution continued to 
open up the distance between her contestants. About i 
o'clock all three boats were on the same tack, Columbia 
almost a half mile behind Constitution and Independence 
about the spne distance astern of Columbia. Constitu- 
tion roijnded the first mark at 2:15:51. She had beaten 
Columbia lom. 37s., and Independence 39m. 23s. in the 
beat of ten miles. The times for all three boats at the 
first mark follow : 
. Start. Turn. Elapsed. 
Constitution 11 55 26 2 15 51 2 20 25 
Columbia 11 56 07 3 27 09 2 31 02 
Independence , 11 5S 22 2 56 10 2 59 48 
After rounding. Constitution eased her boom off to 
port, and working jib topsail and balloon fore staysail 
were set for the reach. Columbia had set her balloon 
jib topsail in stops before rounding, and broke it out soon 
after going around the mark. Independence, who was 
far behind, set her ballooner after rounding. On this 
leg the wind hauled more to the W. and Columbia and 
Independence set their spinakers. Later Constitution, 
after jibing her boom over to port, set her spinaker, but 
lowered it soon after, Columbia taking her spinaker in 
at the same time. In the reach to the second mark Con- 
stitution beat Independence 6m-. 17s. and Columbia 8m. 
42s. Independence bfeat Columbia 2m. 30s. on this leg. 
The times at the second mark: 
1st Turn, 2d Turn. Elapsed. 
Constitution 2 15 51 4 04 44 1 48 53 
Columbia 2 27 09 4 24 44 1 57 35 
Independence 2 56 10 4 51 20 1 55 10 
On the reach to the home mark Constitution footed so 
fast that it was thought that she would finish before In- 
dependence rounded the second mark. With everything 
drawing, she sailed at a wonderful clip, keeping the twelve- 
knot steam yachts busy to keep pace with her. The times 
to the home mark: 
2d Turn. Finish. Elapsed. 
Constitution 4 04 44 4 54 30 0 49 46 
Columbia 4 24 44 5 24 :M! 0 59 52 
Independence 4 51 20 6 14 40 1 23 20 
Constitution beat Columbia on elapsed time over the 
course 29m. 25s., and 28m. 8s. on corrected time. She 
beat Independence on elapsed time ih. 19m. and 14s., and 
on corrected time ih. i8m. and 31s. The table of the race 
follows : 
Start. Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. 
Constitution 11 55 26 4 54 30 4 59 04 4 59 04 
Columbia 11 56 07 5 24 36 5 23 29 5 27 12 
independence 11 56 22 6 14 40 6 18 18 6 17 35 
New Yotfc Y. C 
NEWPORT, R. I. 
Wednesday, July 3. 
The second race of the series given by the New York 
Y. C. for Constitution and Columbia was brought to a 
sudden end shortly after the start by Columbia meeting 
with another mishap. 
Both boats were on hand early, and they looked to be in 
fine shape for the race. The boom that buckled up in the 
race on Monday had been replaced by another. Co- 
lumbia's canvas was in better shape than Constitution's, 
the latter's topsail looking badly. 
The starting line was made five miles east of Brenton's 
Reef Lightship, and the committee set the signals for the 
course. The legs were ten miles each ; the first was 
W.S.W., the second SE. by E. and the third N. E. 
After the preparatory signal and just before the start 
there was some nice jockeying done by the skippers on 
the two boats. Columbia was sent across the line just as 
the starting gun was given at 12 :25, close to the stake- 
boat, and Constitution kept off and crossed a few seconds 
behind and to leeward. After crossing, both came about 
and stood away on the port tack. The breeze was fresh 
and both boats were heeled well down and sailing at a very 
fast rate. 
Eighteen minutes after the start, when both boats had 
settled down to work and Columbia was doing splendidly, 
having a slight advantage over Constitution, she was 
suddenly brought up into the Avind. Capt. Rhoads, think- 
ing that Capt. Barr was coming about, followed suit in 
Constitution, but when he saw headsails being hurriedly 
lowered on Columbia 'he realized that an accident had 
happened. The older boat's bowsprit was cocked up in 
the air, and closer examination showed that the martin- 
gale had buckled up in the form of a letter J. The bow- 
sprit was foimd to be sprung, but further than that no 
damage had been done. A nasty accident (that might 
have been a repetition of Shamrock II.'s) was avoided by 
an observing crew and a skillful helmsman. Had the 
broken martingale not been discovered as soon as it 
buckled and the boat brought immediately into the wind, 
the bowsprit would undoubtedly have gone and the mast 
would probably have followed. 
Httll— Massachusetts Y. C 
HULL, MASS. 
Saturday, July 6. 
The weather conditions for the regatta of the Hull- 
Massachusetts Y. C, sailed on Saturday, July 6, over the 
club course off Hull, were not very favorable, the wind 
being light from the S.E. 
Two classes competed. The course for both was from 
the flag boat off the club house to buoy off Peddocks Is- 
land, to buoy off Strawberry Hill, to Sheep Island, to 
Peddocks and repeat, finishing off club house. 
The two classes were sent away together. Bonito, which 
has been winning prizes in every regatta, sailed under 
the auspices of the club, immediately jumped into the 
lead, and it became the imperative duty of her skipper to 
find the marks for the other yachts. 
Bonito was the first to cross the finish line, her lead 
over Aspinquid being an even 5m. The winner lost con- 
siderable time hunting for the buoys. 
Aspinquid beat out Malillian for second place by less 
than a minute, while Ayaya finished fourth and Barbara 
fifth._ Ayaya and Barbara had a good battle, Barbara 
causing no little surprise by her excellent work. 
In the handicap class, C. A. Coleman's Mildred had 
things her own way from the start, winning by more than 
22m. on corrected time'. Dabster was unable to finish 
within the time limit. The summary : 
Class T— 18-Footers. 
Bonito. G. H. Wightman 2 31 45 
Aspinquid. W. A. Comey 2 36 45 
Malillian. B. S. Permar 2 37 40 
Ayaya, W. P. Keyes ..2 40 08 
Barbara, A. I,. Hayden 2 4] 26 
Bacchante, Humphrey & Lauriat 2 43 28 
Nethla, C. W. Cole 2 47 28 
Handicap Class. 
Finish. Corrected. 
Mildred, C. A. Coleman 2 32 05 2 32 05 
Hollie II., W. M. Ware 2 57 23 2 54 23 
Dabster, George Keith ...Time not taken. 
Mosquito Fleet Y. 
CITY POINT' — BOSTON kARBOE. 
Saturday, July 6. 
Ttie open Y. R. A. regatta of the Mosquito Fleet Y. C 
of South Boston on Saturday, July 6, was the most suc- 
cessful held this season under the auspices of the Dor- 
chester Bay clubs. There were six classes for Y. R. A, 
yachts, the only one failing to fill being class I, i8ft. knock- 
abouts. 
Flirt won her second victory of the week in class D, de- 
feating Calypso more than a minute. Little Peter came 
out with a new mainsail, but it set very un.satisfactorily 
and will be discarded for the old one. 
Mildred II. added to the interest in the class S honor 
hunt by taking first place over Opitsah III., Zaza and 
Eaglet in that order. Zaza was right after the craft of the- 
Indian name at the finish, and the Burgess boat was far 
astern. 
Hostess made her first appearance in the 25ft. open 
class, but withdrew before completing the course. Thor- 
dis won by several minutes. 
The Dorchester Y. C. dories, the Savin Hill Y, C. one- 
design tenders and the open tenders had their usual close 
contests. The summary: 
Class D— 25ft. Cabin. 
Flirt, F. W. Fabyan and McKee 1 40 09 
Calypso, A. W. Chesterton 1 41 50 
Early Dawn, Jos. E. Doherty 1 42 41 
Little Peter, G. B. Doane..... 1 45 55 
Chewink, Frank G. Macomber, Jl* Withdrew. 
Class C— 25ft. Open. 
Thordis, W. U. Foster 1 46 45 
Theodora, Frank Burgess 1 50 42 
Hustler, Whittemore & Robbins 1 54 05 
Carrie M.. N. C. Robinson 2 01 05 
Hostess, Henry M. Faxon Withdrew. 
Romance, Lormg Sears VVithdrew. 
Class S— 21ft. Cabin. 
Mildred IT., S. P. Moses 1 48 30 
Opitsah nr., Sumner H. Foster 1 49 40 
Zaza, G. P. Shute, et al 1 49 49 
Eaglet, W. Stanley Burgess..,.,... 1 56 03 
Class T— 18ft. Open. 
Circe II., Fred L. Pigeon 1 27 03 
Fantasy, William Allerton 1 31 50 
Flip, J. H. Farrell Withdrew. 
Class X — 15ft. Open. 
Vitesse, W. .T. Coombs. 1 34 06 
Toss, j. B. Stearns 1 35 40 
Elsa, Walter Kelly 137 15 
Dorchester Yacht Club Dories. 
Boomerang, C. A. W. Bartlett 1 59 10 
Lurline II., J. P. Meade ' ..159 11 
Amitra, F. W. Cutter 1 59 
Vera, H. Lundberg 2 00 10 
Hobo, T. W. King Withdrew. 
Boast, Eben Dunton Withdrew. 
Savin Hill Y. C— One Design Tenders. 
H. Skinner 1 06 11 
A. B. Howland ....107 10 
A. Mclnnis 1 07 30 
T. Turner '. . '. '. '. '.1 07 48 
T. E. Robmson 1 09 30 
W. F. Scott ..1 09 41 
Charles Leach ; 1 10 15 
C. A. J. Smith .'.'.1 10 31 
Dr. Temple i n 20 
?• ,?5f,P^" 1 12 04 
J- Wills 1 14 15 
Open Tender Class. 
H. L. Stickney 1 01 50 
L. L. Jvlcmll 1 04 25 
L. F. Trotman '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.['.1 08 29 
W. 1'. Prench i 09 33 
R. S. Landers 1 jo 15 
Bttfgfess Y. C. 
MARBI.EHEAD, MASS. 
Saturday, July 6, 
The Burgess Y. C. sailed its fifty-sixth regatta in a 
light N.E. wind on Saturday, Jtily 6. There were only 
two classes, the raceabouts and i6-footers. 
The raceabouts Avcre sent to Bowditch Ledge, then to 
Goosebery Ledge buoy and tiien home. It was a hard 
fought battle all over the course. Runaway Girl appearing 
to have the best of it imtil, just off Point Neck, when 
she was passed by Indian. Runaway Girl took in her 
spmaker here and dropped to third place, Indian getting 
first and Pompilia second. 
In the i6ft. class there were six starters. Kalitan took 
the lead at the start and was never headed, beating Rac- 
coon by 2m. 9s. This is Kalitan' s first wm. Raccoon and 
Ugly Ducklmg put up a great fight all over the course 
for second place. Raccoon finally winning by Ss. 
While Ugly Duckling and Raccoon were having a 
luffing match in under the neck Gee Whiz and Cyclone 
were making for the line, and it looked as if one of them 
woiild land second money, but the other two kept off just 
m tune to win by a few seconds. The summary : 
Raceabouts. 
Indian J. Laurence 1 13 53 
Pompiha, R. Robbms 1 14 22 
Runaway Girl, H. Tweed ] 114 40 
Darthea, E. B. Lambert 115 35 
Sally v., L. F. Percival . . .1 20 lO 
16-Footers. 
Kalitan, D. H. Follett 112 58 
Raccoon, J. D. Irving 1 15 07 
Ugly Duckling, C. F. Lyman 115 12 
Gee Whiz,. F. G. Macomber , . . . . . . 115 55 
Cyclone, R. Wiggin 1 IQ 07 
Moccasin, J. D. Irving !l 21 03 
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Cohasset Y. C* 
COHASSET, MASS. " ' " ' 
Saturday, July 6, 
The Cohasset Y. C. sailed a regular club race on Satur- 
day, July 6, over course A. Only two classes started, the 
handicap class not filling. The wind was light and 
flukv, shifting from the N.E. to "the S.E. A thick fog 
hung over the course at the start, and Fly in the special 
knockabout class got mixed up with the regular knock- 
about class., losing A^aluable time and the race. Harelda 
proved to be a light-air boat, defeating the other starters 
in the knockabout class by a minute. The summary : 
Knockabout Class. 
Harelda A S. Bigelow, Jr ,„.,...,.. g 50 30 
Delta, R. B. Wilnams 2 51 35 
Remora, G. G. Crocker..., 2 51 43 
Eleanor, Frank Moors. 2 51 55 
Special Knockabout Class. 
Fly, C. W. Barron ? 40 35 
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