Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-25

attempted to blanket hen Both toats,
four minutes before the start, were
holding across the line on the stirDoard
tack with Reliance on ShamlockS S
wea ther quarter. Then they both wore
back with Shamrock and came for the
eastern end of the line on the port tack.
Reliance, however, kept right afte' her.
In the meantime a great tank boat
came plunging between the yacht; ard
Reliance was forced to hold away. She
She went to the stern of the commit
tee boat and swinging around headed
for the line on the starboard tack. Con-
trary to his usual custom. Captain
Wringle kept away and was two or
three hundred yards to the westward of
the committee boat when Reliance
coming underneath the stern OF the
COMMITTEES boat crossed the line al IL: :
0o:27. Captain Wringle held away too
long before coming about and heading
for the lire, with the result that he was
under the stern of the committee boat
when the handicap gun was fired, two
minutes after the start.
Shamrock's Slow Start.
He ran up to the line on the STAR
board tack, and then came abou- and
headed fer the Jersey shore on the port
tack. 1t looked as If he had lost about
25 seconds by the slowness in reaching
the line. Both boats broke out baby
jib top sails just before starting. Ten
minutes after the start they headed for
the Jersey shore, on the port tack. the
Reliance in the lead, but appa cently
not gaining very much on Shamrock
in the light air. The wind dropped to
about fve knots and thick haze be-
gan to set in from the sea.
The tack in shore was a lonts one.
both shippers evidently feeling that
they could get better slant of the wini
along the Jersey shore than farther out
to sea From the highlands 1t ooked
as If Shamrock was making a better
aeh. than ever before and wait vel,
holding Reliance. On getting near the
shore the breeze seemed to he a triile
stronger and Reliance began 10 gain.
At 40 she pulled out until she was
from three eighths to half mile
ahead of Shamrock, being qua ter of
a mile to windward and the sane dis
tance ahead of the challenger, The
boats sailed very slowly scarcely more
than four or five miles an hour.
At1I:42;30, the Reliance, being about
three miles off Seabright, tackled to
starboard. having held the port tack
for forty minutes. Shamrock held on
until she got we'll TO weather of Re-
liance's wake, when she also tackled.
AT 1l:.i5 both boats We're heading off
shore on the starboard tack, Reliance
in the lead, but Shamrock pointing full
lv as high. The wind began TO shift to
the west of south and 1t looked as tho
the boats would be able to turn the
first mark without another tack
This tack proved TO be fully us long
as the first one and the race is develop
ing into an exciting contest. lSeither
boat seemed able to seure any decided
advantage, although Reliance was lead
ing, Shamrock held the windward po-
sition.
AT l2:21o5 Reliance went about on
the port tack and headed in shore.
Shamrock followed at l2:23:@5. AT
this time the weather was thick and II
was difficult TO discern the yachts in
the haze.
Shamrock gained in the run for the
finish line because she was .sthe rear
boat. and as the wind was off shore she
gained 10y point higher and clearer.
The wind shifted during the race from
south by east to almost due west.
Reliance wins by minute and nine
teen seconds.
official time Of finish:
Reliance: 1880.
Shamrock; 2o:1 10.
Reliance's elapsed time, 3:14:54.
Shamrocks elapsed time, 3:lS:1o.