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vinced the American Yacht Is tne
Superior SaiIer.
LITTLE INTEREST IN THE RACE
OBSERVATION FLEET WAS SMALL
AND SPECTATORS VERY FEW.
Movement tc Present N silver Service
to the Owner OF the Cup ChaIIen-
ger-A Subscription Affair.

NEW YORK. Aug. si.-Again to-day the
beautiful cup defender Reliance failed to
register her third victory over Lipton's chal-
lenger because the wind died to nothing and
the time limit of five and one-half hours
pired before she could reach the finish line.
Her margin was approximately the same as
on Thursday last She was less than half
mile from the finish when the gun sounded.
Shamrock III a faint blur on the hori-
zen, fully two and half miles astern.
Reliance's failure TO score the race was
the more exasperating because her ultimate
triumph is now conceded. even by Sir Thom-
as himself, to be simply a formality The
superiority of the Herreshofs boat In any
kind of weather is acknowledged by the
yachting critics on both sides Of the At
lantic. and to-day's fiuke only prolongs the
agony of the contest that has already been
decided
The waning interest in the cup races was
strikingly illustrated by the size of the OBJ
servation fleet of ships which went down to
the ocean race course to-day. IL il could be
dignifed by such a title. Outside of the
revenue cutters, which patrolled the course.
it consisted of half dozen side wheelers
with almost empty decks. a few seagoing
tugs and a score of steam yachts. The
easterly wind and rain last night had served
to knock down the sea somewhat although
il was rough enough the first two hours OF
the race to make the excursion boats tumble
about good deal and the yachts to plunge
and stagger on their way 10 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 enor-
NOUS canvases of the sloops. and the sea
subsided 10 smooth surface.
SPIRITLESS RACE.
The race was spiritless from the begin
ming II was laid fifteen miles TO windward
up the Long island shore and return. Its
saving feature was the start. in which Cap
tain wringe, by pretty piece of maneuver-
ing, neatly turned the tables on the Yankee
skipper and captured the windward berth.
Even so the yachts crossed the line abreast.
like harnessed team of horses. But within
fifteen minutes the defender showing
her heels to the challenger, and when the
float at the outer mark was reached she
rounded ii twenty minutes and twenty-three
seconds ahead of her rival In the i've
times the boats have met this by far
the worst beating Shamrock III has had
in windward work The only interest which
remained after that to whether Reli-
ance would be able To reach the finish line
in time TO score the race.
The racers waited ABOUT Sandy Hook
lghtship until 10:45 when the Navigator
signaled that the starting line would be
| shifted and the race postponed until later
in the dey. After running five miles south
from the iightship the Navigator signaled
d windward and leeward course, east
northeast from which direction a 5-krct
wind was blowing. The easterly gale nad
left a long, heavy sea running and as the
yachts jockeyed about the starting line they
lifted their long bows high out of the
water on top OF the swell and pounded tie
sea into a froth.
For the first time in the series Captain
Wringe. of Shamrock III, clevcrly outgen-
eralec the redoubtable Captain Barr IN
the preliminary jockeying- Until five min-
utes before the start Captain Barr held
the windwsrd berth. Then both ran away
from the line. the Shamrock leading. Two
minutes before the starting gun the sham
rock headed up into the wind. tackled.
forced Reliance TO do the same. and both
ran for the line. Reliance leading. They
reached il before the starting gun and Re-
lance had TO run along TO lee side OF IL
to await the gun. Shamrock reached the
line as the gun sounded and. nothing 10
sheer off. secured the weather position. lt
was a trick which Captain Barr had
worked often, but never with better fine
ness or more satisfactory results The Of
fetal starting time of both yachts was
1l45:26.
LED FOR A FEW MINUTES. :
The first tack. five minutes after crossing
the line. put Shamrock III ahead. but under
the lee bow of Reliance. Captain Wrinee
gave his boat a good full and the way she
began to walk away from the defender
made il look as though she had found her
self at last. But shis was for only a few
minutes When he began 10 pinch her into
the wind 1t was apparent that Reliance was
outpointing the challenger and altogether
making better work OF n. They lay on
one tack east-southeast for nearly an hou-.
During that time the defender worked up )
TO v-indward good quarter OF mile
When the Reliance tackled the Shamrock
III refused TO follow. 80 Barr put his aft
ON the port tack again. This placed the
Reliance "A mile north of Shamrock III.
Fifteen minutes later the wind suddenly
shifted TO the northeast and placed the
American boat that distance dead TO wind
ward. not half OF which she had actually
earned. From that time the Reliance
gained steadily The yachts could head
within two points OF their course. They
held the tack for twenty minutes and then
made short bitches. in which the Reliance
steadily got the better of IL.
When of Long Beach at las the de.
fender was two miles ahead. having added
the second mile by literally outpointing the
challenger and at the same time maintain
ing equal speed The mark was then in
plain view and the wind softening.
After long board of shore Reliance made
several short bitches. which brought her TO
the turn.
hopeless when the defender rounded the
mark. The British boat was more than
two miles alec and coming slowly. The time
at the outer mark was:
Reliance ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .3.oo:37
Shamrock III ............-.......3 .3:2i 90
Reliance led by ~ minutes % seconds.
barring time allowance.
WIND DIED AWAY.
Reliance at first reached homeward under
balloon jib topsail. and then carried her spin
maker boom for mile only 10 resort 10 the
baIlooner again With the wind aft OF the
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