The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-03
ENDS THE SERIES.
Reliance Will Win TOday's Race
Very Handily.
Spanking Breeze Sends the
Boats Swiftly Along.
SHAMROCK is BEHIND.
LiptOn's Yacht Did Best Work
at the Start
But the American Soon Cut Out
the Pace.
Was a Mile Ahead at the Turn
ing Point.
is BEHIND.

New York. Sept. 3.-12.30 p. m-Con-
ditions constantly improving Wind
now blowing Z miles an hour and fog
almost dissipated
12:40 p. m.-Yachts have dropped their
tows and are standing about the start
ing line. Both yachts have up large top
sails and three lower sails
AS the yachts can be dimly seen
maneuvering about the lightship it is
evident that start will be made at l
o'clock The course will be Is miles to
windward and return.
1856 p m.-Both yachts after stand
ing for line on starboard tack were
round and head back for the lightship.
They were close together.
Starting time, unofficial: Reliance
1:O1:10; Shamrock, LOLA
1:14 p. m.-Reliance in the first quar-
ter hour worked into a position an
eighth of a mile TO windward.
1:21 p. nL-The yachts are still hold
ing for the Jersey shore. Reliance
seems to be making her usual gains.
Wind very light and they have sailed
scarcely a mile of the course.
1:25 p. m.-The wind seems to be in
creasing off shore and the yachts are
beginning to increase their speed.
Reliance has a lead of half a mile
and is we'll to windward-
1:44-Wind has freshened to about 8
knots and has worked around until it
is little east of south.
Z.UO p. ny dCnlS nave covered HdlI
the distance to the outer mark. Wind
has freshened to nine miles. Reliance
maintains her lead. and is outpointing
Shamrock.
New YorB-2:1o p. Unofficial time
Of start: Reliance, 1:01:56; Shamrock.
10000.
Ply p. m.-Reliance is still increasing
her lead and is outpointing Shamrock
by three-quarters of point. Both
yachts heeling we'll over to the. freshen-
ing breeze.
2:3O p. m-Reliance is slowly eating
her way to windward and now leads by
fully three-quaEters of a mile.
2:40 p. m.-Course being sailed is due
south. IS miles andareturn a.,
patch says that when the boats were
half way to the outer mark Reliance
was half a mile dead to windward and
gaining.
BY Marconi.-Off Long Branch Re
lance is leading by one mile.
New York, Sept 3.-Both boats have
turned the outer mark
New York Sept with a fog heavier
than on any previous morning, and but Il
five mile wind from the northward, the
conditions this morning for the fourth
attempt this week to sail the third of
the series of the international yacht
races were far from ideal.
The wind at S:35 was reported Off
cially at Sandy Hook at five miles. The
sun, too. began to break through the
mist and it then began to clear rapidly.
Soon it was possible to see half a mile
or more blue skies were in evidence
and the prospects of a race were more
encouraging than on any previous day
this week.
At $50 Reliance started for the light
ship in tow. AT that time the wind,
according to the official observer, had
dropped to three miles an hour from
the northeast. Eight minutes later
Shamrock left also in tow.
When the yachts reached the lightship
the wind had hauled around to the
southeast and was blowing about five
miles an hour. 1t was clearing gradu-
ally but the fog was still so heavy that
at 1926 the committee boat Navigation
signalled a postponement of the start
until later in the day.
The preparatory gun was fired at 12:45
and the warning gun 10 minutes later.
The American boat crossed about min
ute after the starting gun was fired, fol-
lowed four seconds later by Shamrock.
The yachts had not sailed many minutes
before the wind began to strengthen.
The yachts made smart sailing in the
fresher wind travelling well and looking
high to windward. Reliance had out
sailed her adversary on the port tack
and when Shamrock went about on star
hoard tack at 2.US, a move Wn1cn 1eil-
ance duplicated five seconds later, the
latter was more than half mile in the
lead and almost as far dead to wind
ward.
At half past ? the indications were
that the yachts would turn the
outer mark within another hour.
which would give them three hours
within which to make the run home.
New York. Sept (by tug).-The
start was a pretty one, four seconds
only separating the boats as they
crossed the line Reliance ahead and
Shamrock to windward.
The official time was: Reliance.
:01 :56: Shamrock. 1:02.
The honoTs of the start were with
Captain Wringe the skipper of the
challenger He not only took the wind
ward berth. but he gauged the time
to "A nicety. and crossed the line ca
actly at the expiration of the two min
utes allowed before the handicap gun.
Then after crossing the line the Brit
isher exercised good judgment and split
tacks from port to starboard and before
five minutes of the race had been sailed,
he was in the lead as well as to the
windward. Shamrock's advantage. how
ever. was not long lived, for Reliance
pointing higher. passed the Upton boat
and took the lead.