The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-26
RELIANCE WINS SECOND RACE;
AMERICAS CUP SEEMS SAFE.

message throughout. the entire day. Il
would not have been so exaspera ting II the
rival companies had been honestly striving
to send their own bulletins. but much Of
the interference was obviously malicious.
Before the yachts had reached the nrst
turn thick ha1e ovefspread the course
and shit them entirely from the view Of the
shore Observers Then some INDUCED in a
guessing match. and one OF Narconfs opj
ponent companies proeessed to hsye re;
ceived message giving the hour, minute
and second ct which each boat stuthed the
first mark. This was well enough until the
Official time was obtained from the commit
tee boat. and then Il was disclosed. an had
been suspected from the beginning. that this
so-called wireless company was publishing
bulletins from shore observations and Wild
guesses that had NOT been transmitted by
wireless telegraphy at ali.
When the yachts reached the starting line
shortly after 10 a. m. the wind was south
southwest and blowing about four knots
not enough to send them over the courso
within the time limit. but there was indi-
cations that there would be enough Of Il
later.
The preparatory signal was fred at 1o:N
the warning gun at 1o:56. and the starting
gun at Hoo
COURSE A TRIANGLE.
The Navigator signaled that the. race
would be over triangular course; ten miles
to a leg, the first Lex south, the second
northeast by east, half east, the third
northwest by west. half west. The wind
at that time was due south ana had BEGUN
to freshen
In the preliminary jockeying Captain
Barr. Of the Reliance, got the wtndward
position. blanketing the Shamrock M. and
chung to It through various maneuyetS
until the warning gun had been fred. when
Captain wrinEe had got clear Of the Re.
lance
At the sound Of the gun, shamrock III
bore on to leeward and away from RE-
lance. while Captain Barr tackled under the
sten Of the Navigator as tie starting gun
was fired. and crossed the line only thirty.
six seconds behind the gun. The Shamrock
III kept away from the line almost until
the handicap gun, and then tackled and
crossed It, handicapped by nineteen seconds.s
for which no allowance was made to her.
The nineteen seconds was dead loss
The oficial starting time was:
Reliance. 11:0o:36
Shamrock III, u:ozNo
SHAMROCK SLOW.
The actual starting time Of Shamrock was
u:021s. Both went across the line ON the
starboard tack. but held that tack for not
more than minute and then headed for
the Jersey Coast
Once fairly away, Captain wringe OF
Shamrock III resumed his tactics Of the
previous race. gave his boat good rap
full and sailed through the Reliance's lee
and got under her lee bow while Captain
Barr pinched Reliance close into the wind
and began to cover the distance to the
windward mark. Captain Wrines's ma
newer gave him wind clear of interfer-
ence. and when once satisfied that Reliance
could not blanket his boat he dattned in
his sheets and began to point closer to the
wind. Captain Barr. however. was nursing
Reliance up to wfndWard In nnasterly
fashion.
Half an hour after the start the gan he
tween the two boats had widened ma
terially. Reliance pointing higher and
Shamrock footing FASTER. They were half:
a mile apart when they tackled on Highland
Beach at u:R The Reliance was the first;
to go about When both yachts were fiiled
away II was clear that the Reliance was
gaining. Shamrock III was far; astern and
very little to wfndwarde Of the Reliancess1
course. Meantime. the wind had been In
creasfng and was now blowing II the rate
o. seven knots. !. s "a,
Carrying hard full. shamrock m mss
healing prettily. moving through 1t fast
clip and making cuneidefably. more fnss
under her bows than the sAmsfican boat
Captain Barr was pinching tbs RsiiAnce ms
to the wind until her little babx ~ top
sail nuttefed