The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-27
THIRD RACE FOR
AMERICAS CUP
Weather Report Says the Day
Will Be Cloudy.
SIR THOMAS SILL HAS HOPE
YACHTS WERE NOT DAMAGED
IN TUESDAYS STORM

NEW YORK. Aug. 2s.-The local
~ weather bureau is in receipt OF the
following special forecast on the
weather for Thursdays yacht race
from Washington:
TO Observer, New York: The wind
over the international Yacht course
Thursday viii be light to fresh north
east, shifting II the afternoon to east
and southeast, with probably cloudy
weather.
(SigneO "FRANKENFELD."
The wind at Sandy Hook at midnight
at southeast about three miles an hour.
The sky is cloudy and the prospects for
a race tomorrow appear poor.
An alleged wireless report from the
yacht Erin, which is equipped with
the De Forest wireless system. pub
hshed in morning paper, to the ef-
feet that the Shamrock III was seri-
ously damaged during yesterdays
storm and that there was a possibil-
ity of Sir Thomas asking for a post
pOnement. caused considerable excite
ment in yachting circles Investiga-
ton proved that the, statement was.
without foundation. Shamrock III rode
out yesterdays squall, without the
slightest damage, though the big an
Choir was dropped as an additional pre-
caution.
Il iAFaN " do fAV lfcLA AlN UlCL ~ lilN4AIC dL
Sandy Hook today OF last nights blow
except the broken bowsprit of the Gil.
ralda-
Held Long Conference.
c. O. Iseling aboard the Sunbeam. the
defenders tender, said that as far as
he knew there was no material dam
age done to any boat. Mr.. Iselin. Cap
tain Barr and Designer HSrreshoff Of
Reliance, had a long conference today,
T,rr+ --Ts
thing for publication as to its char
acter.
Herbert G. Leeds today said that G.
D. Mower. ueasurer of the New NOrif
Yacht club. was expected later in the
day, but il was not anticipated that
any change in the sailing length OF
the Reliance would be found. The time
allowance under which Reliance. Con-
stitUtiOn and Columbia have sailed in
the preliminary races this year was
made known today. Those times have
been kept secret. Reliance allowed
Constitution one minute and forty six
seconds and Columbia two minutes
and fOrty-One seconds in all races.
BY these times il is figured that Con-
stitution won two races from Reliance,
but Columbia failed to score. Reli-
ance sustained no damage whatever in
yesterdays sQUau
Sir Thomas Upton refuses to give up
hope. He was very much surprised to-
day 10 learn for the first tire that
Shamrock III was Handicapped nine
teen seconds at the start OF yesterdays
race.
That's very bad. he said but made
no other criticism.
Has Not Lost Hope.
Sir Thomas said this afternoon in
response TO a telegram hoping that he
would win tomorrow
II have not lost hope and / shall
fight and die hard. II 1 cannot win.
viii take defeat in the proper spirit"
Sir Thomas said, in response to a.
query as to whether he had asked TO
have -cornered race between the
Shamrock III, Reliance, Columbia and
Constitution, that he had not made any
such suggestion, but that il such a
proposition should be made he would
undoubtedly consider il. He did not
care to have it understood that he was
taking the initiative.
The Shamrock III put up her main
sail and her club topsail this after
noon. but did not leave her anchor
/ age to go out She stretched and dried
them
One the Reliance there was not a
move and Mr. Mower. the club meas
urer, simply put the tape to the new
gaff and declared it the same length
as the old. so that here measurement
was the same as before.