The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-28

committee boat which announced that II
was no race, the Reliance continued on
her course, and she crossed between the
Navigator and the lightship six and halt
minutes afterward. AT that time the
Shamrock was, az nearly as could be figured
about mile and a half astern.
While maneuvring for the start the
Shamrock made a better fight for the
position than she had in any Of the previous
races Capt. Wringe tried hard to get the
starboard tack, and so be able to force the
Reliance, but his boat seemed to be dead
she wouldn't handle well, and the Reliance
wae on top Of her all the time, After the
handicap gun had been fired Capt. Wringe
made the mistake of not wearing round
and going for the line, and getting there
first. Instead, he tackled his ship under the
lee beam Of the Reliance, and the American
boat at once pulled away, leaving the chal-
lenger dead in the water.
The Reliance was handicapped forty
one seconds at the start and the Shamrock
was handicapped minute and forty-two
seconds. Then they had the fifteen-mile
turn to windward in light breeze, the wind
sometimes backing and hauling point,
favoring one bout and then the other.
Capt. Barr delicately nursed the Reliance
from one puff to another, 80 that she gradu-
ally drew away from the Shamrock, and
turned the weather mark with lead Of
twelve minutes and thirty-one seconds,
or, In distance, about a mile.
With spinnakerss and balloons they ran
home, the wind holding true, In handling
light sails the men on the Shamrock showed
much smartness, and the spinnaker was
broken out twenty-four seconds after she
turned tho mark.
Some fault was found with Capt. Wringe
for not trying to do something on the
run home. He might have hauled up more
down to the mark. This trick Of making
"two lacks to leeward" was tried two years
ago by the Constitution against the CO.
lumbia, and the Constitution beat the older
boat by more than half an hour.
The Shamrock light sails were too large.
Large sails are Of service when there is
sufficient wind to fill them and make them
draw well, but in light weather small can
vas, according 10 the American yachtsman' 8
idea, IL more beneficial. Reliance's bal
loon and spinnaker were trimmed better
than those Of the Shamrock The spin
maker on the American boat was spilling
wind into the balloon, and the sheet of the
balloon was flowed 80 that the air could get
out freely, while on the Shamrock it was
pinned In too fiat.
Coming back the Yachts had to butt a
head tide but up near the lightship this
tide set TO the eastward, and when about
abreast Of the Highlands Reliance's spin
maker was taken in and she hauled more to
the west ward, and then, setting her spin
maker again, sailed on before the wind,
while the current set her down toward the
line. This showed good judgment on the
part of those in charge Of the Reliance, and
it was unfortunate that in spite Of the skill
full way in which she was sailed she did
not reach the finishing line in time to make
1t a race.
Yachtsnen who have watched the Sham
rock in the races that have been sailed so
far for tho Americas Cup think that Mr.,
Fife has made the mistake Of putting too
much ballast in and making her water line
nearly up to the 9orfoot limit. The yacht
has been beaten nov in a fresh breeze, IN
light steady breeze and at drifting. Mr..
Fife might at least take a chance. and 1t IL
possible that if he had ballast taken out Of
his boat, she might do better under the
conditions that usually prevail OF Sandy
Hook at this time of the year. She GER
tainly could not do much worse than she
has done
According to the thermometer on the
point of Sandy Hook, the wind at II o'clock
yesterday was blowing go miles an hour;
at IL 80 it had increased to seven miles an
hour, and then up till 2;3O o'clock It blew
ten miles an hour. At 8 o'clock, il was
blowing twelve miles an hour, and after
that IL dropped to six miles. 1t was much
lighter than this of shore.