The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-09

LIPTON'S NEW BOAT FIVE MN
UTES AHEAD AT THE FINISH.
Even Match Until New Boat Stretched Out
on . Free Reach-To BE Overhauled
Prior 10 the Trial Races I'm the solent
Southampton Yachtsmen skepticai.

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Prior 10 the Trial Races In the so'cn'
Southampton Hachtsmen skepticai.
Special Cable Ds'pdiehes to The Sun
WEYMOUTH. April s.-The trials here be-
tween Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger, the
Shamrock H., and the Shamrock I. opened
this morning. The weather was fine afsd
there was'a good northerly breeze.
The yachts started at Gao o'clock. Both
turned out with jibheaded topsails In
breeze starting S on s.sys 10
o'clock the challenger was In the lead o ~,
made a slight gain. Then the challenger
gathered away with her spinnaker and began
to open out, gradually increasing her lead
was well ahead.
mnen the oos" gov IN, hhso tne open c S
o'eeAr 'a.e'eo anu 'o 49, %s.a
out the chahehser Kept soms ane
couple OF miles from the Shamples the wmu
backed to westerly and freshened. The
Shamrock l. steering a more weatherly
course. was well served by the change. and
on dropping spinnaker ana shees LOT .urn-
ing the lightship the old boat was ahead.
The shamrock /. turned at iOAsOs and the
The yachts laid on together on the por.
ss rhs oTee1s was good ana ,Sis point
- aa;,,n,. - .h.,,n t,a,, On. .,.,t of the
VI , ass was Vas, ''o nd sno Inn W. ,hrough the
mile,
In less tbon twenty minutes inter the chal-
~ "ns ''ah '"'n's "',''' ",e .I 80
Fhger hau eoht INTO s'a.s anu sea'"' ~
snv po1. 'a'n a,e w oso So, dozen lenrtbs
ahead. The challenger put about 70 port
again The Shamrock ] kept on an I'M
broken tack for thirty-hve minutes. Mnsn
s sd nnay Went EN-, S n n,ays Ie boWs again
by twenty lengths, and then came around
on top OF her; the shamrock HAVING 70
clear her wind. In the long starboard leg
into the bay the yachts had u strong tide
ssninst them On the Teathsd5 b9 TSev ~ were
closer toeethsr as they came OF the Sothe.
the challenger sailing on the wlnu anu h t IAN,
they fetched the Erin and stayed around
ns.n 30 .o' ~, .. ,,,.sas
shamrock i.,.',, -, -, -. 81. s n,s'%
run mt to y1 'Se sSameie. The challenger va;
IN no nuiIf WIZ hy anna ho,b had a good
heel on the closing fetch, but the challenger
stood mn bette than the old boat With
the sailing to the west IL was almost dead
straight course TO the llghtship ana inc
boats sailed on fairly equal terms. -,
The wind. while keeping iTesh' Mas odchfSs
Ing ana NerTlng, so InH' WIEN abVut ho,'
the d stance had been covered Ine yarf,n,s
were forced to jibe and iun before settnng
steadily. About noon, when the Doats were
about two miles OF the Shambies, the email
lenger's gain was hardly perceptiDle. on
the run the old boat had been hoidlne yer
own 80 Wen that the tinlhes a'e. u es mnu
iibed and hauled ON the vino AZ the Turn
were.
Shamrock IT.. i2t?N
Shamrock l2'its'
The wind then changed so that the yachts
were able 10 law their course for home close
hauled without their jibtopsais. The chal-
ienger gradually secured n better advantage,
In the afternoon the shamrock Ill landed
d.signer n l.. Wntson who wanted to take
n train for tho norta The yachts then re-
sumed the trials with a fresh start for n run
TO the Shambles, the challenger having a
lend of fifteen seconds. IL was mn even
match until the backing OF the wind brought
the spinnakers in and the challenger stretched
our on "A free reach. The times turning
the Shambles we're:
s,,r,,o.r m Observation-Disclosures. 2:2a0s
SShamroc, ..',..,. 2:3017
- a., ,o,,har,, s,reaL
The boats beat home IN a., TSe gap be-
ol vino WIN JlDtolsaus, SEA- shsurnck I
tween the ShaInrock IL, ,b anu s.iledi plnng
Mtdened pefSptpIy ~ az ,hs nav in n rattle
Of " wi Mann finishing as follows:
Shamrock observation-disclosures. s sss,o
To-dav's match as witnessed from Sir
Thomas Iipton's steam yacht Erin. which
| foIIowej he racers, is regarded az a distinct