The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-01
RACE PROVED FLUKE
TINE LIMIT EXPIRED WITH RE-
LANCE CLOSE TO LINE.
SHAMROCK AWAY ASTERN.
REIIANCE'S SUPERIORITY CAUSES
INTEREST TO WANE.

The Line Reliance Showed Her
Heels to Challenger and Beat Her
Around Outer Mark 20 Minutes
and 23 secOnds-Was Less Than
Half a Mile From Line When
Limit Expired.
New York, Aug. 31.-Again to-day the
beautiful cup defender Reliance failed
TO register her third victory over Lip
tons challenger because the wind died
to nothing, and the time limit to five
and half hours expired before she
could reach the finish line.
Her margin was approximately the
same as on Thursday last. She was
less than half a mile from the finish
when the gun sounded. The Sham
rock III. was a faint blur on the hori-
ION, fully two and a half miles astern.
Reliance's failure to score the race
was the more exasperating because
her ultimate triumph is now conceded,
even by Sir Thomas himself, to be sim
ply formality. The superiority of the
Herreshoff boat in any kind of wealth.
er is acknowledged by the yachting
critics of both sides of the Atlantic,
and to-day's fuke only prolongs the
agony of the contest that has already
been decided.
Interest Is Waning.
The waning interest in the cup races
was strikingly illustrated by the size
of the observation fleet, if the ships
which went down to the ocean race
course to-day could be digniied by
such a title. Outside of the revenue
cutters, which patrolled the course, it
consisted of a half dozen side-wheelers
with almost empty decks, a few sea-
going tugs and a score of steam yachts.
The easterly wind and rain last night
had served to knock down the sea
somewhat. although it was rough
enough during the first two
hours of the race to make
the excursion boats tumble
about a good deal and the yachts to
plunge and stagger on their way to the
outer mark But as the day wore on
the wind hauled to the north and fell
to a mere zephyr, hardly strong enough
to round out the enormous canvases
of the sloops, and the sea subsided to
a smooth surface.
Race without Spirit.
The race was sipiritess from the be-
ginning. 1t was laid fifteen miles to
winward up the Long Island shore
and return. Its saving feature was
the start, in which Capt. Wringe, by
a pretty piece of maneuvering, neatly
turned the tables on the Yankee snip
per and captured the windward berth
Even So the yachts crossed the llne
oh a haTnpSga6
horses.
But within fifteen minutes the de-
fender was showing her heels to the
challenger and when the float at the
outer mark was reached she rounded
it twenty minutes and twenty-three
seconds ahead of her rival. In the
five times the boats have met this was
by far the worst beating Shamrock
III has had in windward work. The
only interest which remained after
that was as to whether Reliance would
be able to reach the finish line in time
to score the race.
Yankee skipper Beaten.
For the first time in the series, Capt. |
Wrnge of Shamrock III cleverly out
generated the recognizable capt. Barr
in the preliminary jockeying. Until
five minutes before the start Capt Barr
held the windward berth. Then b(h
ran away from the line. the ShamroNH
leading. Two minutes before the start
ing gun, the Shamrock headed up into
the wind, tackea forced Reliance 10
do the same, and 10th ran for the line
Reliance leading. They reached it pc
fore the starting CUR, and Reliance had
to run along the lee ade of it to await
the gun. Shamrock veacned the line
as the gun sounded, aid zOt having to
sheer off, secured the wsather position
II was a trick which Capt Barr had
worked often, but never with better
fnesse or more satisfactory results
The official starting time of 10th yachts
was, 11:45:26.
The first tack, five minutes after
crossing the line, put Shamrock III
ahead, but under the lee bow Vt Reli-
ance. Capt. Wringe gave his 0oat
good full, and the way she began to
walk away from the defender male it
look as though she had found hetself
al last But this was only for lew
minutes When he began to pinch Ter
into the wind, it was apparent THAI
Reliance was outpointing the challengN
er, and altogether making better work.
of 1t.
They held one tack east-southeast
for nearly an hour. During that time
the defender worked UP TO windWard
good quarter of mile. When Reli-
ance tackled Shamrock refused to fol-
low SO Barr put his craft on the port
tack again. This placed Reliance a
mile north of Shamrock III. Fifteen
minutes later the wind suddenly shift
ed to the northeast and placed the
American boat that distance to wind
ward not half of which she had actual
Iy earned. From that time Reliance
gained steadily
Reliance Two Miles Ahead.
When off Long Beach at 1:45, the de-
render was two miles ahead, having
added the second mile by literally out
POINTING the challenger and at the same
Hne maintaining equal speed. Inc
,nallenger's cause was absolutely help
less, when the defender rounded the
mark. The British boat was more than
Two miles alec. and coming slowly. The
Iine at the outer mark was:
Reliance 3:00:3z
Shamrock 3:2t:00
Reliance led By 20 minutes, % seconds,
airing time allowance.
w IN the wind aft of the beam, main
F".'t wen In and ballooner he'lying, re-
.'nce made good time and drew away
rom The challenger until the wind SOFT
yea When the speed OF both slackened.
SAamrock III caught freshenlng wind
Hi't and cut down Relance's lead half
nile before the leader caught. Then
N'lance steadily gained until she had
'1' good her tWo-mile lead, and add
'' another half mile 10 A..
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