The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-25
Won By RELIANCE
AMERICAS CUP DEFENDER ESS-
lily oUTSAiLs LlPToN's
SHAMROCK.
WINS BY OVER SEVEN MINUTES
FIRST RACE OF TIE SERIES WAS
a PRETTY EXHIBITION OF
SAILING.
WINS BY OVER SEVEN MINUTES
llPIoN's ARpoR IS DAM9fNfD

BUT LIKE A TRUE SPORTSMAN
HE DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE
DEFEAT.
New York, Aug. 25.-In a splendid
twelve to fifteen-knot breeze over a
windward and leeward course of thlr-
ty miles, the gallant sloop Reliance
Saturday beat Shamrock iii. in COM
handing style by exactly nine min
utes actual time, or seven minutes and
three seconds after deducting the one
minute and fifty.seven seconds which
the defender comedies to Sir Thomas
Lipton's third challenger on account
of her larger sailing plan as at present
measured
tt was a royal water fight for the
ancient trophy which carries with it
the yachting supremacy of the world,
and by
u A Strange Coincidence
the first victory in the cup series OF
1903 occurred on the fifty-second an
niversary OF the day on which the old
schooner America captured 1T IN her
famous race around the Isle OF Wight.
Reliance beat the British BOAT three
minutes and tifty-four seconds in the
in inf nC
and thirty-six seconds in the run down
the wind.
The nautical sharps who had al
ready made up their minds on Thurs
day that Reliance could take the
measure of the challenger in any kind
of weather, regard Saturdays test as
conclusive, although they ha4 lily an
ticipated so Overwhelming victory.
The race even dampened the ardor
of Sir Thomas, who insisted after
Thursdays fuke that
His Confidence
in the Beautiful craft designed by Fife
was greater than ever Slill. like a
true sportsman, he does not acknowl-
edge defeat, and hopes for better luck
next time. The single criticism he
and his friends make Of the race was
that the only shift Of the wind which
occurred was to the advantage of the
defending yacht AS this shift oc-
Cured on the windward beat, even
granting that it accounted for Reli-
ance's lead at the turn. the time the
defender gained on the run home was
more than ample to have given her
the race. 1t must be conceded, how
ever, that Shamrock showed herself
A Wonderful Boat
in the beat to windward, perhaps the
ablest craft in this respect ever sent
across the Atlantic on cup-hunting
expedition. For twelve miles the
great single-stickers raced like team
of horses, and during that portion of
the duel the patriots made no attempt
to conceal their nervousness.
The racing conditions were ideal.
The size of the enormous excursion.
fleet and the number of siglltseers
aboard in the estimation of those who
have witnessed many contests, made
q record for an international cup race
The honors of the start, as on
Thursday, were captured by the
American Skipper,
Capt Winge badly timed his approach
to the line with Shamrock, and in an
effort to keep off until the gun doomed
he almost lost his bowsprit as he
luffea up to cross Barr, as usual
went over in the windward berth, four
seconds behind his rival For thirteen
miles challenger and challenged
fought out the magnificent duel. Sud-
denly the wind dropoed and yeered a
tride to westward This caused the
yachts to head up their work at the
turn, with Reliance little in the lead.
1t had been a closely sailed race up to
this. But from this on Reliance
steadily increased her lead The scene
at the finish was soul-stirring.
Pandemonfum Breaks Loose.
Under her towering cloud of canvas,
rolling rythmically in the sway, Re-
lance bounded across the viewless
finish line. Excursion boats gathered
there fairly awakened the echoes with
the terrific din which they let loose.
Such pandelnonium- can only be heard
when an American yacht is victorious
in a cup race Then the immense con-
course of vessels waited until Sham
rock, majestic even III defeat, swept
by between the stahaboats. The recep-
ton she received was, if anything,
more hearty than that accorded to her
successful rival