The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-28
MUST SAIL AGAIN.
Shamrock Far Astern In An
other Fluke.
WASONLY A RACE AGAINST Time
Reliance Lost to the Clock, Not to
Her Rival.

4 Second Behind at the POst--Gains
Twelve Minutes I'm Beating 10 the
Outer Mark--Defcnder Six and q Half
Minutes Too Late Across the Finish
Lima Picture In white and Gray.
Again the elusive Reliance demonstrated
her superiority over Sir Thomas Lpton's
Shamrock Ill. in light breezes and through
untroubled seas. II was not race to
finish, but il was splendid trial Of the mild
weather abilities Of the rival yachts
The only real contest was that OF the YAM
kee clipper against the time limit Of 81
hours. She lost by o minutes and 80 Sec
onds
Just before she crossed the finish line
an enthusiast aboard big sidewheeler
shouted, turn back the clockl" and
multitude of folks who heard him gave
vent to cheers of approval, for the defeat
of the plucky Baronet's yacht was 80 de-
csive that it seemed pity that it was not
officially a victory. But for the impeding
tide the Reliance would have won, possibly
with several minutes to spare.
BEATEN BOTH WAYS.
In the beat to the fifteen-mile mark south
east Of Sandy Fl I hghtship, in breeze
varying, according to the Sandy Hook
| thermometer, from TO 10 miles, Sham
rock Ill. was beaten by II minutes and 81
seconds. In the run home, under pyramids
of sail and against n strong outiowing
tide, the Reliance gained minutes on her
comparatively sluggish rival
| It was estimated that Shamrock was
more than a mile and half astern Of the
| Yankee, blurred vision Of yacht in tie
| hazy air.
A frowning horizon and n murky sea gave
sullen greet ing to the racers as they stood
out toward the red lightship. Their creamy
sails were projected in cameo fashion
! against the blackboard of the sky.
| The white-huled revenue cutters led the
excursion fleet, somewhat depleted since tho
previous race, out to the scene of conflict,
| turning from their ram-like bows wave
wings tipped with feathers of spray. The
foam of the fleet, cont rasted with the dull
ness allow and aloft, seemed preterna.urally
white.
A burst of sunshine, merely momen-
tary, gave decetful promise Of clearing
| sky. Thereafter it was symphony IN
gray afloat. No rift appeared in the leaden
blanket pinned across the bowl of blue.
A LAZY BREEZE.
What wind there was drifted lazily in
from the southeast, or whereabouts, Opin-
ion az to its force was divided; the con-
scnsus was that it didn't exceed six miles.
J The regatta committee aboard the tug
Navigator set three bits of bunting flying
perpendicularly from a stay telling those
who had the flag code before them that the
course would be southeast, or into the
wind, and the tug Scully romped away
to log it,
| In the man9uvring after the booming
of the warning gun the apparent object OF
| the skipper of the Shamrock was to start
astern of the Yankee boat, and, possibly,
to windward. Capt. Barr objected TO this
arrangement, preferring, doubtless, to have
the boat receiving allowance from hin.
! to be ON something like even terms in the
beginning of the race
The result Of the jockeying was that
at the starting gun the yachts were in
front, or to the southeast Of the line, drawn
bet ween the Navigator and the lightship
They had two minutes in which to cross
the line, and they consumed every second
| CT the time.
The Reliance was abeam and to wind
| ward OF the Briton when the handicap gun
sounded. She crossed Shamrock's bows
and, rounding under the stern Of the light
ship, came up on the port tack and gded
across the line with a handicap OF Al
| seconds.
Capt. Wringe was not only thwarted in
his design, but also lost to his nimbler
rival minute and l second Of the chal-
| lengers time allowance OF minute and 81
seconds He crossed the line at 1i:03A2
Officially both yachts we're timed as start
ing at 1l:O2.
| wRIN0E oUTMANGUvRED.
The honors OF the start were with Capt.
Barr. Admirers Of the English skipper
groaned when they noted that he had
by his bunging start reduced his time
allowance TO SO seconds.
After the start neither yacht was favored
above the other appreciably by luck. They
lounged, gently slanting through the placid
sea, Reliance gradually getting further
out on her rivals weather and outfooting
her slowly but handsomely They held
the port tack several minutes and then,
shifting to starboard, headed off shore, II
was a short board and Shamrock then went
about on the port, followed in half a minute
by the Reliance. They held this inshore
| leg more than an hour.
The Reliance then whrled about on the
starboaId. crossing Shamrock's bows more
than awhile to windward. Four minutes
later the Briton tackled. After a series Of
short lacks by both ships, in which Re-
lance increased her advantage, the wrath
| like Yankee stood for the weather marks
on the starboard tack
1t was thought at first by some Of tho
sharps that she would have to make a short
hitch to fetch, but she kept on her course.
and by pnching ard lufllnE n Bit she
rounded at l55I5, dropping her spinnaker
boom to port, and started hom"ward buck
ing the cbbing tide, carrying balloon jib
topsai and sprinkler
MET TIE oN-CoMTwG SHAMROCK.
The lonesome Brifon on the starboard
tack passed under the stern oE the lofty
defender just after noon, taking the zephyr
spend week at Charming Cape May.
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