Show i I I i BrT THE REliANCE 4 Old Cup Defender Started Star ed Astern of the New But Soon Drew DrewI Ahead and Led tl Boat by a Quarter Q ar ter of a Mile t I j j i r LEN COVE L I I r May Mar Ma 5 It re required G J just twenty minutes ml today for the peerless cup defender Co a to demonstrate that in a a light lightwind wind and beating to windward Jels is a better boat than the new ne cup yacht acht Reliance Starting from a position to leeward and slightly astern to the Reliance the Columbia sailed through the new boats boars lee let tacked across her bel bow and aBdin in the next leg ot oL ota ofa oLa a mile and a half increased her lead to 18 nearly a quarter of a mile The Reli Reliance Reliance I ance then th n withdrew When the Colum Columbia I bIll bia went through her ee ee the tb Reliance kept off ott and voluntarily gave ae v up the I advantage a of her wind position but she i was Ws none the lose less decisively eJ and alid a em emphatically emp p tl ny I This was the first brush between the I II rivals The sea was as smooth as a aI pond and both boats carried mainsail I staysail working jib and an d small topsail iI At the start of or the race the Reliance was a n little ahead and to windward of t I the Columbia The Reliance held her herI I position only a few minutes for tor as the bre za freshened the Columbia drew up upon I on opher her rival in astonishing fashion ran through her leeward and in ten minutes I was leading the new ne v boat by lengths The Columbia heeled easily while the Reliance stood up uJ much more stiffly though thou h carrying more more canvas The Columbia went treat ahead and stead steAdily ily fly drew d w away awa seeming to foot faster fast and und gall ahI Jl closer to the wind She was a quarter of a mile mUe ahead after twenty minutes rac race |