The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-28

shamrock, however, continual 49,.
.nlnutes longer. At 1852 IT looked ~ y
.ne american defender had sncnaa u =
- ge.tihg the upper hand Of the cbalu
.n,se que was on the starboard tac,,
ronE .ssane 70 the weather of shan
|tbs anu slowly but surely o%utfootinp
stin ha1s Al l2:45 both boats were
hoard otan ne TO the south on the star
IN q lead by a short dists aplafen mhy
y yann at that time had sai,ad
more than half way to the nan ).
M .ne yachts sailed, both nl,,nr-
lnE and smashing in Plu'l5-
Toiing sea. When the wind soft Tasty %
1teliance would forge ahead, bnt ,et,eu
q LaIuer puff came Shamrocls ,,nnia
mold her nicely. woulo
sha ,.sr getting into a good position off
~ n,i,a bow, Reliance at Ina
shan u 70 port and headed insbore
ohaIarock continued on the ST. rhnon
TACK until a trifle to windwa,d an u9a ~
lt%ellallce,s wake, when she alsa 49, -
nDout: The second tack offshora .nr
st q tnlrd&which the boats had made in
we race. was not more than 20 min
utes iong., In that time Pe,ianao
gained recommending position to Wind
WARD n ahead Of her opponent ao
suoH as she went to the weather OF
ona!nrock, Reliance tackled inshore
asaih, ana when Shamrock, holding on
de- wv crossed her opponents wake.
49,, ~ tacked, II looked as if Reliance
and teauing by fully a quarter mile.
anu after sailing on this leg for aho,,t
10 minutes it appeared as If Re,ianoa
!iaa drawn still further away At 1:25
we yachts We're within five miles of
outer mark. 1t had taken Reliance
qulte a time to overhaul and draw claar
OF shamrock, but once in the lead tho
american set a pace which the chal-
ienBef was unable to equal, and slowly
put continuously she heightened the
distance between herself and the chal-
lenger., ~ eiiai-
The. wind l%tghtened as thew best for
me weather mark and Reliance seemed
TO IKE the weather better and increased
her advantage with every mile sailed.
ltellance turned the mark at 1:55.14
and Immediately set her TO
port, and k a huge bird headed
straight for the finish. ~
shamrock turned the mark at 1880
setting her spinnaker to port. She
tried to hoist her balloon jib, but 1t
seemed to jam half way up, and she
substituted the balloon ~staysail. The
alli,cuity was overcome a moment later
and Shamrock succeeded in getting IN
her balloon jib, but after the yachts
had sailed a short distance the balloon,
jibs were taken in.
The feetfooted Reliance gained con-
ant and at 2:30 had increased her
lead to a mile and a half. In face the
race was a procession. Reliance. with
ner greater sail spread, drawing fur
ther and further away from Shamrock,
the run home being made very fast be-
tore a II to 14-knot breeze. At 2:35,
when the boats We're timed passing tbs
point, the Reliance seemed to be a full
five minutes ahead.
The steamers Of the excursion fleet
werehard pushed to keep pace with the
pig racers as the latter drove home be-
fore the wind.
There a however. a big fleet gath
cred at the finishing line to greet the
victorious defender. Reliance con-
tinued safely to hold the lead to the
finish line, which she crossed 8 min
utes, SO seconds ahead Of Shamrock.
Immediately after crossing the line
both yachts headed toward Sandy
Hook.