The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-26
STORY OF SHAMROCK'S
SECOND FAILURE

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-When the
yachts reached the starting line Short
ly after 10 a. m. the wind was south
southeast and blowing about four knots
not enough to send them over the
course within the time limit, but there
were indications that there would be
enough of it later.
The preparatory signal was fired at
10:45, the warning gun at 1885 and
the starting gun at IL. Navigator
signaled that the race would be over
a triangular course, ten miles to leg,
the first leg south, the second northeast
by east half east, the third northwest
time was due south and had begun to
freshen.
In the preliminary jockeying Capt.
Barr, of Reliance, got the windward
position, blanketing Shamrock Ill, and
chung to it through various maneu-
vers, until, the; warning gun had been
fred. when Capt Wringer had got clear
Of Reliance. .fitia>4sa4 IDo sHihs'
At the sound of the gun Shamrock
III. bore of. to ,leeward and away from
. Reliance, while Capt. Barr tackled I'M
der the stern of Navigator as the
starting gun was fired and crossed the
line only thirty-sixs seconds behind the
gun. Shamrock III. kept away from
the line almost until the handicap
gun. then tackled and. crossed 1t handi-
capped by nineteen seconds, for which
no allowance was made to her, The
nineteen seconds was dead loss.
seconds was dead loss.
The official starting time:
Reliance ........... III :o0:36
shamrock I'f.y;.i,ri .11:o2:oo
The actual starting time Of Sham
rock was 11:02:19.
Both went across the fine on the
starboard tack but held that tack for
not more than minute and then head
ed Tor the Jersey coast
Once fairly away, Capt. Wringe, of
Shamrock Ill, resumed his tactics of
the previous race, gave his boat a good
rap full and sailed through ReIiance's
lee and got under her lee bow, while
Capt. Barr pfnched Reliance close into
the wind and began to cover the dis
lance to the windward mark.
Capt. Wringe's maneuvers gave
him wind clear of interference and
when once satisfied that Reliance
could not blanket his boat, he fattened
in his sheets and began to point closer
to the wind. Capt. Barr, however, was
nursing Reliance up to WindWard in
mastery fashion.
Half an hour after the start the gap
between the two boats had widened
materially, ReI1ance pointing higher
and the Shamrock footing faster. They
were half mile apart when they
tackled off Highland Beach at 11:42.
Reliance was the. first to go about
When both yachts filled away it was
clear that Reliance was gaining. Sham
rock III. was far astern and very little
to windward of Reliance's course
Meantime the wind had been increasing
and was now blowing at the rate of
seven knots.
Carrying a hard full, Shamrock III.
was heeling prettily, moving at a fast
clip and making considerably more fuss
under her bows than the American
boat. Capt. Barr was pinching Reli-
ance into the wind until her little baby
jib topsail fiuttered.
The race was being fought out on
the same lines as the previous one.
Reliance sought to make her gain by
outpointing the British boat while the
latter endeavored to make UP for what
she lost in pointing by footing faster
with a rap full.
At noon the wind had increased to
ten knots and hauled about a point to
westward, so much that the yachts
could lay a straight course for the
turning mark not more than two miles
away. They were heeling hard and
dragging their lee rails through a lather
of foam and sending it squirting from
under their bows in a fashion that in
dicated that they were making at least
twelve knots, and that there was little