The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-26
Defeated the Challenger In
Glorious Breeze and De-
monstrated Her Sup,e';.a
riority in a Master
/ %lYAF Fashion.

INV Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, ! i Aug. 2255 .---7In - V a glorious I
whole sail breeze, M over q triangular
course. ten miles to a. leg, the fee footed 4
cup defender, r Reliance. angaln " to-day
showed her heels to Sir Thomas Upton, 3
challenger, taking the second race OF tho J
cup series Of 1908 by, the narrow margin
Of one minute and nineteen seconds 1t n
was as pretty and as hard q fought con-
test as has ever been sailed off Sandy
Hook, and had the wind not fallen during
the last ten minutes, the record for the
course, three hours. twelve minutes and
fifteen seconds, made by the Columbia Z
two years ago in her memorable RAGS
against Shamrock II, would have been
broken. AS 1t was. Reliance sailed ths
thirty miles within two minutes and
thirty-nine seconds OF the record, which
speaks wonders for her speed in the wind j
that was blowing. ii X Ia & E e &
:. VA Made a Bungle. ~
Reliance's victory, s:narro as It was.
would have been even smaller had not
Captain Wrlnge, the skipper OF the Brit
ish / ship, II bungled lat the start. sending
4 his craft over the line 19 seconds after
the last gun and thandicapping her to
that extent At every point OF sailing
the B defenders superorltyftwas demons
strated She gained ont minute and fifty
ono seconds in wlndward work. forty sec
onds on the run to the second mark, ana a
forty-f.ve seconds on the close reac p 2 1os
homo.
An assem blage Of excursion vessels, J.
almost as large ms that OF last Saturday.
poured down through the Narrows and
out into the broad Atlantic to-day to Z,
witness the vanishing glory OF the chal- i
$lenger. The early morning had held out
but little hope OF a race. A smokey hazs
hung over the sea, and the wind was very
light from tho south. but as the day wore
on the curtain lifted slightly and the wind I
blew strong and clear out OF the south.
Like Huge GulIs. y
K The spectators watched Y the 5ockeytnS Z
from the start with eager Interest To
the unlnitiated, 1t was Embarrassing to see
what close company the giant single
stckers kept. It seemed momentarlly as
II their spars and lhuls would caash. but
they wheeled and circled like gulls tacK-
Ing, gyhlng and putting about with won-
derful ease and grace. At last, Wnon
they bounded across the line, close nauled. <
for the thresh to windward. It was seen
that the American skipper hy ms eN-
tremely7 clever work nau Hsd'i ou'6OA-as
eraled his rival and secured tho ather
gauge Not only was tho challenger's
'captain defeated In his effort to secure ~
the wIndward berth. but he actually tailed
to cross In time to save a handicap. an
almost unpardonable sin in cup con-
test. Barr never rellnqulshed his adyar- y
tape after the start, holding the chal-
Ienrer under his leo all the way to the Y
first mark.
slowly hut surely the thousa nds aboard
the observation feet saw the Reliance
was gaining. opning n wider and wider Z
stretch l4SSwater between her and the
CHALLENGER, The excursion fleet did not 40 *
to this mark In obedience to the regula-
tions to govern its movements. As soon u
as tho Reliance rounded. patrool fleet blew
their whistles, and amid changing bells
In the engine rooms. sent the whole feet
at full speed to leeward OF the last leg \
Of the course. There the vast concoursa
of steam craft lay wallowing In the
trough OF the sea until the yachts, bow!-
ing along at a terrific pace. turned ths
second mark
For Finish Line.
Reliance sailed this leg Of ten niles In +
b6 minutes and 20 seconds, Then the
fleet started for the finish line. steamng
a>course parallel With. that OF tho dying
yachts This last IegS&as also covered at AZ
roaring speed. Reliance still increasing
her lead. her wake, streaming alec path
OF dancing white on the sparkling sea-,
The aiLds boat. sent ahead 70 sho& The M