The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-22

HISTORICAL: '"There was no second"
carry out your wishes by remeasuring on
Monday with the anchor and chain aboard.
II your committee has any more sugges-
tons we will meet them with pleasure.
q Crawford"
C. D. Mower, the official measurer Of
the New York Yacht club, notified MIR.
Crawford that he would measure the yacht
at Erie basin Monday morning with
representative of the Reliance on board.
Nobody aboard either yacht would discuss
the measurement of the Shamrock with
her anchar and chain aboard. ..n.-
Sir Thomas Upton said, however: ut
was all an oversight and the yacht club
representatives were only made cog
infant of our being measured without
them when we told them. Neither their
representative nor ours present at the
measuring noticed the error at the time.
It won't make any difference. -T...
When Shamrock III. was first measured
the matches had to be removed and two
lightweight men substituted for two
heavier ones in the crew to keep the water
line inside Of 80 feet. This brought her
up to 1881 feet.
The anchor and chain weigh as much
as two men and 1t IS thought that when
the yacht shall be measured there VIII pc
some difficulty in getting inside the water
line measurement. A few seconds differ
ence in the race to-day might make the
result dependent on the re-measurement.
Reliance HOSTS Sail.
Reliance started up her, malnsail at $3.50
and five minutes before o'clock took
line from her tender and with jib and
staysail in stops and mainsal set, left
for the start The Shamrock followed her
a few minutes later. She did not take a
line from the cruiser but broke out her;
lib and staysan and with her mainsail
set sailed out Of the harbor, very
pretty sight After Reliance had rounded
4, the hook she set her club topsaf Re
liance chung to her tender until $3.50, when
she dropped the tow and started down the
coast. 49,.
Reliance seemed to have trouble In set
ting her club topsaiI and a sailor was in
e. her shrouds trying to remove the Difficult
{ty% She signalled her tender and was
again taken In tow, which she did not
drop until she had arrived at the light
ship. -
H. Both Yachts Ready. :
BY 10 o'clock both the yachts had ar
rived in the vicinity of the starting line
and had set all the sails which they in
tended to carry across the line. By, this
hour the first of the excursion fleet had
began to appear. The wind steadily in
creased and the wind cages showed that
the yachts would have a whole sail breeze
of about 10 knots an hour to start with.
Owing to the direction Of the wind. the
committee found 1t difficult OF decide on
the starting point as it, was apparent
that beat to windward Of fifteen miles
from the flagship was practicable. 1t
was finally concluded to make the start
several miles to the eastward This
change necessitated a delay from the hour
set. ,.t. ...-... ~.
The weather continues beautiful and the
prospects for finished race are bright.
fact wy, a6 for
the race was not quite as large as that Of
Thursday. r. ~ ....
The committee hoisted signal showing
the course to be beat of fifteen miles to
windward and return and the stake boat
set off in the direction Of Long Branch.
The committee boat, followed by the
racers and the excursion fleet, set out for
the new starting point, which was sc
fixed that course could be laid fifteen
miles to windward and return. The Navi-
gator finally anchored at a point about
six miles due east of the lightship and
about eight miles from the Long Island
shore. ,.. -. ~ ...
The Preparatory Gun.
At 1850 the preparatory gun was fired
and Immediately the two yachts began
maneuvering for positions. AS they sailed
back and forth in this preliminary strug-
gle both boats showed a good deal Of
weather side as they laid over, dipping
the lee rail. Reliance made a long reach
to eastward followed by Shamrock quite
distance astern.
About mile from the mark Reliance
came about, Shamrock soon following
At 11:40 when the warming gun wa.
fired, both boats were to the westward
Of the line, standing in shore.
s6 Both stood about quarter Of a mile
to the westward of the line, then started
and ran down the wind for fifteen sec.
onds, when Shamrock gybed, Reliance
following with the same naneuver. Botf
boats were on the starboard tack, head
Ing for the line, and crossed it holding
about south, Shamrock about two lengths
ahead Of Reliance, which went over the
line at the weather end. Some minute:
after crossing both yachts broke GU
baby lib topsails. 1t looked as If Reli
ance had purposely held back from cross
Ing the line in order to cut down what
ever time allowance there might be IL
case she finished first.
All Conditions Favorable.
Ten minutes after the start the yachts
were still holding toward the south OF
the starboard tack and from shore
looked as If Reliance was gaining trifle
The wind which early in the day wa
from the west southwest, seemed to b.
getting more to the southwark, and tn,
boats had every opportunity to shov
r what they could do in beat to wind
Il ward in comparatively smooth sea AM
Sa15-knot breeze.
The contest Immediately developed int
SS close and exciting one, for, while Re
< lance seemed to pick up and to be t
s. windward Of Shamrock, she was unable t