The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-09-03
FAILED ONCE MORE
Fourth Race Of International Cup
Contest Declared off on Limitation
NEITHER BOAT REACHED THE LINE
The Reliance. However Had q Long
Lead on the Shamrock. and Came
Near Winning Three S;raghis.

The series Of international cup races
was continued on Thursday, with The
usual result. except that officially IL
was no race at all. The sea was calm
and the wind light. so that neither
boat was able TO cross the line II the
time limit allowed by the rules. The
series so far Stands two failures and
two straight victories for the defender.
The Thursday event is given in detail
as follows:
New York, Special.-With Reliance
less than mile from the finish and
Shamrock Ill, hull down on the hori-
1on. fully two miles astern OF the gal
liant defender. the fourth race OF the
present series for the Americas cup
was declared of because of the expira-
ton OF the time limit OF five and one
half hours, rs happened on Thurs
Cay last. It was no race officially. The
defeat administered TO the challenger
was SO igpominous that whatever lin
gering hope remained in the breasts of
the friends OF Sir Thomas boat van
ished into thin air. Reliance's victory
was in every way more decisive than
that Of last Saturday. Outsailed, out
| pointed and outfooted, il was a pro-
cessiOn from start to finish.
The Herreschoff wonder beat the
Shamrock hOpelessly in the l5 miles
Of windward work, rounding the outer
| mark in y minutes and 80 seconds
| ahead OF her, gain III actual time OF
| ii minutes and 20 seconds, and down
the wind she steadily increased her
lead. The real race of the day was
not against the Shamrock, but it was
seen in the exciting struggle of Re
lance in the last half-hour to reach
| the finish line before the regatta COM
mittee fired the gun which should an
nOunce the expiration of the time limit
| Had the wind freshened 20 minutes
earlier than it did, the cup series would
have ended with three straight wins
for the defender, and Flies famous
light weather boat would have saile1
back to Albion's shores one OF the
most disastrously worsted challengers
in the history OF the cup contests.
Fully as discouraging as the sail.
ing qualities displayed by the chal-
lenger was the atrocious manner in
which she was handled. The Yankee
skipper not only outmanoeuvred his
rival in the spectacular battle for posi-
ton at the start. IS he has done every
time they have met, but worse still for
the downhearted supporters Of Sham
rock, Captain Wringe repeated his
blunder of Tuesday. He crossed the
line in the wake OF Reliance with a
handicap Of 81 Of the precious seconds
for which Fife had sacrificed so much
in said spread for time alowince. Both
boats, it is true, went over after the
handicap gun, but it is only the stern
most craft which actually suffers.
1t was not a pleasant day on the
water and the observation fleet which
put out to sea to witness the race was
hardly more than half as large as or
the preceding days. The dark water oi
the ocean was as smooth as a fool
and light breeze of about four knots
blew out Of the southwest. The course
was laid Is miles dead into the vino
and return.
At the end Of the first hour Sham
rock was beaten and the Interest
waned After rounding. the float FOL
the run home and setting big balloon
ers. the wind, which had strengthened
to six or seven knots on the beat die(
down and the towering clouds o
canvas was drifted lazily down al
ocean lane. a mile wide, between tn,
: two divisions Of the excursion feet.
Even in the light air it was aston
ishing how the defender Slipped
through the placed seas. With tn
gentle breeze distending the surface
: OF her pure white sails and her sterl
! crowded with tars to hold her head VI
she moved along as serenely an
peacefully as il in a dreamless slee
Yet the gap between her and the cha
: lenger steady widened until two mile
; separated them. Half an hour from
home. when the spectators had abar
doned any idea that the finish lin
could be reached IN time. the win
suddenly freshened and Reliance cam
3 bowling down at merry clip. But tn
wind had come too late and when sti
hundred yards from home the gu
on the tug Navigator hcomed acros
: the water. The excursion boats hel
2 On until she crossed the line to Civ
her a rousing welcome and the
scampered fer New York. Sir Thoma
: who. heretofore. has always followe
d his champion into the Hook, sent hi
n steam yacht. the Erin ahead at fu
speed as il to drown out the memor
of the inglorious licking he got.