The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-04
RELIANCE WINS THIRD AND De
CISlVE RACE WITH LiPTON,S
SHAMROCK ~.
FINISHES TWO NILES IN THE LEAD
CONTEST ENDS IN a DENSE FOG
YACHTS BEING INVISIBLE
FROM SHORE.

New York. Sept 4.-Reliance wol
the third and decisive contest In tbs
international yacht J, race defeating
Shamrock Ill. by two miles. The fin
ish occurred In a dense fog and wa:
invisible from shore. This ends Sil
Thomas Liptons third attempt tC
lift" the Americas cup.
The starting gun was fired at
O'Clock. Both boats went over the
line on the starboard tack. but moved
very slowly. They had sheets wei
fiattened for the beat to windward
Immediately after crossing the line
the yachts apparently went about or
the port tack and headed for the Jer
sey shore.
With the light air and a perfectly
calm sea Reliance had exactly the
conditions In which she Is admittedly
unapproachable and Immediately she
began to open a lead. pointing out
steadily to windward As they held in
on the port tack the wind freshened
and the yachts began to move at a
fair rate. After sailing about thirty
five minutes Reliance took In her baby
jib topsail and set smaller one.
The change was made to enable her to
point higher. The yachts had not
sailed many minutes before the wind
began to strengthen. Reliance con-
tinued to gain, eating out to wind
ward OF Shamrock, although the latter
seemed to foot almost as fast. AT 1872
both yachts were about four miles off
the Jersey shore.
Yachts Making Good Time.
The yachts made fine smart sailing
In the fresher wind. travelling well
and looking. high to windWard. The
port tack. which was taken soon after
the yachts started, was held until
they had reached point mile north
east Of Long Branch and about the
same distance off shore Reliance
had outsailed her adversary on this
board, so that when Shamrock went
about on the starboard tack at 2:08,
a move which Reliance duplicated five
seconds later. the latter was more
than half a mile in the lead and al
most as far dead to windward
Shamrock held this starboard tack
for just twenty-three minutes, when
she went about on the port tack, a
maneuver which Reliance followed
thirty five seconds later. During this
tack in the stronger air Shamrock
held the American boat much longer
than she had at any previous time in
the race, but still she was not capable
of holding her absolutely, for Reliance
continued slowly to better her lead
and her windward position. At q 46
Shamrock changed her baby jib top
sail, setting a smaller one, but in so
doing she lost considerable and Reli-
ance, at 2: 55. was leading by nearly
mile
At 1902 Reliance made a short
hitch. going over to the starboard tack
for three minutes only, when she re-
turned to port Shamrock meanwhile
had continued on the port tack, which
both OF the yachts held until 3:14,
when they went again on the star
board tack. AT this hour Reliance Yves
fast approaching the outer turn and
was leading by a full mile.
Reliance Leads by Ten Minutes.
Reliance turned the outer mark at
3:41:45 and Shamrock at :51:45,
Figuring from official time Reliance
covered the fifteen miles beat to wind
ward in 2 hours, 80 minutes and 80
seconds Shamrock hours, 49 min
utes and 45 seconds. Reliance thus
beat Shamrock to the outer mark 10
minutes and 6 seconds, or deducting
] minute and 81 seconds time allow
ance, minutes and 8 seconds.
Immediately after turning the mark
Shamrock broke out larger running
head sails and set her spinnaker to
starboard. When both boats were
headed towards the finish line 1t was
seen that Reliance was fully mile
and half in the van.
About five miles after making the
turn Relianse split her spinnaker, but
this did not materially reduce her
speed At that time she was nearly
two miles In the lead.
At 4:5O p. M, when Reliance was
less than five miles from the finish, a
heavy fog set In and both boats were
hidden from view for the remainder
of the race.
The finish was in a dense fog, in
visible for even nearby boats, Reliance
crossing the line two miles ahead of
Shamrock III