The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
SUPERIORITY IS SHOWN
American Beat 0utsails Brlt-
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 ibts--Raee was Not fsn- 'ihhsd in Time Limit.

New York. Aug. D.--one of the b!ggest crowds of sightseers and yacntsmen tna. ever sailed down Sandy HOOK 70 WltHsss wrest from America the yachting snpre- macy of the world returned to New xoFn tonisht disappointed because the sea nao refused field of combat to the races, put nevertheless jubilant in the convlctlon that Sir Thomas Lipton's latest cnaiehe CT. like the two Shamrocks which nao preceded her, was doomed to return ~ Eneland empty handed. Of course tne race yoday was not absolutely conclusive ewing to the light and shifting character of the airs, but in a fifteen mile peat u windward. a portion of which was sal.eo In a driving rain. the cup deIenoer; Nance. showed its heels to Shamrock III in commanding style and in weather con Vaitions which were supposed to be to the particular liking of the challenger.
 Challenger outfooted.
 Fife's latest creation has been heralded ns A yeritable wizard in light breezes m windward work. especially with 1umpy sea on, while the Reliance Tn us 'rIaie had demonstrated best reaching ana run ming in a whole sail wind. Yet today' with a breeze varying from one to tweive knots and against long ground sweil. xhe defender outfooted and outpointeo Shamrock. The Shamrock did not turn the outer mark. and there Is no way or knowing absolutely how much It was heaten. but it was estimated that Sham rock was more than mile astern, or ,about sixteen minutes in the existing strength of the wind when the Reliance rounded As result of the trial experts believed, blow high. blow low that the Reliance will win this, the thirteenth se- ries for the Americas cup The day was a miserable ,one. A mist lay over the pay fin the morning and when the great heet of excursion steamers, steam yaents, tugs and sailing vessels reached the sstartlns line where the racing yachts were alreaoy Sockeying for a position. black, threaten fnR clouds were gathering over the Jersey highIands The dark water renectep no shadow and the mist all about shortened the observation. The breeze was not over six knots and the mercury waves epilieo no froth from their crests.
 Wringe outgeneralled.
 The course was set fifteen miles scuth- west, straight down the Jersey coast and return At the very start Captain Barr cIeverlv outgeneraled Captain Wrtnge. sending the Reliance over the line sS sec onds behind the challenger, but In the Windward berth. In the first twenty mn Stes of sailing the defender showed its windward qualities, drawing up on even terms with the challenger besides being about 200 yards to windward. Then the cloud broke and for thirty minutes the rain, came down in torrents, the "lhu meanwhile increased to twelve knots
 When the storm had passed the de- Render was seen to be firmly established pn the weather bow of Shamrock III, and lt was never afterwards headed.
 During the last two hours of the race Reliance steadily increased it's lead, rounding the turn a mile ahead of sham rock Heading back for home ciosehaul- Hd Reliance had just reached Shamrock still outward bound. when, it being ap- parent that the race could not be hn- lshed in the time allowance. the regatta committee boat at 3:45 fired the signal which declared the race off.
 The Official Time.
 The work of the patrol fleet was per feet. Moving at right angles, line ahead and line abreast, the revenue cutters kept the yachts in the hollow of nov ing angle as free from interference as though they had been sailing in mid ocean. .
 Under the rules. the first race. fifteen miles to leeward or windward and return is now postponed until Saturday
 The official starting time was:
 Shamrock III, 11:0!:H.
 : Reliance, 11:01:E.
 Roth boats sailed seaward for an hour and twenty minutes. The wind dropped 1 fo about four knots soon after the start. Within twenty-five minutes after start ! ing Reliance had overhauled Shamrock III. and was abeam of it and POO yards i 4o windward Reliance had not only footed faster. but pointed higher than the challenger, and was showing that. under | conditions supposed to be the most un- ! favorable, she was better boat. Half an hour after the start, when the i boats were about four miles from the starting line a rain shower swept across | the course and obscured the yachts. The shower brought a shift of wind to the i westward. which enabled the racers to ! lay a course direct to the mark. This | robbed Reliance of most of the advant- age of her windward position and put { the boats on almost even terms They held that relative position until thex had sailed eight miles. when the wind back ed to south by west, again making 1t dead beat to the mark and restoring to Reliance the former advantage in being { to the windward of Shamrock III.
 Shamrock Picks Uu.
 When they made their first tack at 1920 Shamrock was to Ieeward and astern few hundred yards. The shower had passed. Then for the first time the British challenger gave the admirers of fhe defender a scare Without apparent effort 1t began to foot faster than Re Iiance passed to leeward of her and drew away ahead but still to leeward. It looked for a moment as though the English boat was going to show her heels to the craft which was carrying the hopes of all Americans but when it came about and the two boats met, the admirers of Reliance discovered that while the challenger had been outfooting it, the American craft had been outpoint- ing the challenger and had even increas- ed the lead. The boats were nine miles from the starting line and Reliance had a lead of a quarter of a mile. In a drop ping wind the British boat twice repeat ed the performance of slipping past Re- Iiance to leeward, but it was losing ground in the windward thrash by reason of Reliance sailing close to the wind.
 When foIr miles from the turning mark at I:25 p. m.. they started on long leg