The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-25
ANOTHER TRIAL
FOR SHAMROCK
Today's Race Will Be 80 Miles
Over Triangu lar Course.
WEATHER CONDITIONS GOOD
TIME ALLOWANCE has NOT
BEEN CHANGED.

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New York, Aug. 24.-At mid
: night the wind at Sandy Hook was =
= blowing five miles an hour. The
= weather was clear.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2l.-The Shamrock
N III was remeasured at the
dry dock in Erie basin early
today after taking on board
her cable and anchor as required
by the rules affecting the meas
Urement of the cup yachts. Sir Thomas
Upton was on board. The measure
ment was taken by Charles D. Mower,
Official measurer Of he New York yacht
club. and watched by Mr.. Fife, repre-
senting Shamrock III and by SECRETARY
Carmack, representing the New YORK
yacht club. When The measurement
was concluded Sir Thomas LINTON said
that he had been informed by Mr.
Mower that Shamrock Ills racing
rank had not been effected and that il
would be unchanged. It is presumed
that sufficient weight was removed TO
equalize the weight Of the anchor snd
cable
The Reliance was taken out for a sail
at 10 o'clock this morning.
The cup is never won until the bet
ter boat has taken tEree races said
9. Oliver Iselin today, just before get
ting aboard the Reliance. Asked
whether ne thought the commencement
OF the Shamrock v1uld have any effect
on the future races. Re said:
Il know no more about that than you
do The fact is that attention was called
to the matter Of the absence Of the
anchor and chain not so much on &C
count Of its effect on any racing, as to
follow absolutely -he rules Sir Thomas
would have felt IL more keenly If the
issue had been raised after he had won
a race"
Mr.. Iselin would not discuss the race
Of Saturday or the criticism raised con-
corning the sailing Of the Shamrock
further than 70 say:
Both boats were we'll handled
The bay inside the hook was COM
paratively deserted today except for the
presence of the Reliance and her tender.
Tn wind was huky from north and east,
and not strong enough to get the boats
over the course in time had it been a.
race day. Reliance stood out beyond
the hook with her mainsail, club TOP
sail, jib and staysails set. She tacSed
out 10 windward evidently stretching
her sails. After she aad been out for
an hour a new jib was tried and it
was evident that the boat was out
for the purpose OF trying some new
sails.
In tomorrow race Shamrock III viii
carry a new malnsail The new sail
was bent on to the spsrs today after
the challenger had reached her anchor
age. The new sail IS Ratsey's, and Sir
Thomas Upton and Captain Wringe as
sert that the change is made not be-
I saFr nr OF frne I'll
inadequate. but that the new sail,
which has been tried before and found
a good one, may be better in the style
of racing to be followed than the other
one The new mailSail when fully
stretched is better than the old one.
To an Associated Press cOrrespon-
dent Sir Thomas Upton said;
The remeasurenaent was simply a
matter of form. so thNt every portion
of the conditions under which the race
IS made would be complied with 1t
was the simplest thing in the world to
add the anchor and chain and take out
! the same amount of our lead ballast,
| or to leave on the lead and remove the
anchor and chain. Tell me what differ
ence it is. viii you? Mind you, I'm not
| finding fault, but simply a query as TO
what was gained by the remeasure-
ment."
Then, with smile, and pointing to
a bunch Of kilograms on the table. he
! said.
I see I am accredited with being
| respondent and unhappy over Satur-
/ days race. Well, I'm neither I wish
we might win one it is true, but am
not at all willing to concede Reliance
/ Is winner. My boat will make a
J good showing yet. I also want it un-
derstOod that I have not criticised
| Captain Wringe's sailing Of the Sham
( rock II on Saturday"
The Shamrock III did not go out
after returning from New York. The
Reliance's crew watched with interest
the Shamrock's men at work on their
new sail. The Reliance will go out
/ tomorrow with q new jib, but other
/ wise in the same trim as the first
day.