Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-03
CHALLENGER VICTOR AGAIN
Third Days Trials Prove Shamrock III
Speedy in Windward Work.
oUTsAlLS ITS OPPONENT ON ALL POINTS
New Boats spinnaker IL Largest Ever
Made, Measuring One Hundred
and Forty by Seventy
Eight Feet.

GoURoCK. April The third series Of
trials for Shamrock III was held today
under conditions similar to those yester-
day. The wind had rather less strength
but It was fresh and squally at times. This
was welcomed, as yesterdays display Of
the challenger for the Americas cup left a
suspicion among some yachtsmen that there
might be conditions under which Sham
rock l could almost. II not quite, hold the
new boat. The %latter's gear. which was
stretched under yesterdays strain, was set
up afresh yesterday evening.
The boats started on the first trial today
from of Toward point. The sails we're
trimmed and they remained in close com
pany until abeam of Skelmorlie, where
they luffed to windward to Rothesay. three
miles. In cross lacking the challenger
showed the greatest ability on that i'm
portant point Of sailing and went further
ahead and further to ~windward on every
tack, and in a half hours sailing beat
Shamrock l by four minutes
The next trial was a spinnaker run down
the wind. The breeze was steady and Of a
moderate strength. Shamrock l was given
a lead OF exactly one minute, but in a
twenty minute run the challenger closed
the gap. overlapped, and ten minutes later
had drawn clear ahead. the distance COW
cred being between four and five miles.
Although the challenger proved faster in
this run before the wind it hardly demon
strated the superiority expected.
After starting on another turn to wind
ward. from Largs to Rothesay, about six
miles, Shamrock III again outfooted its
opponent on every tack. The wind fresh
ened, but the fresher 1t became the better
it seemed to suit the new boat which fn-
ishd this beat to windward half a mile
ahead.
On turning the yachts set their spin
makers for another trial down the wind.
Shamrock III was about three minutes
astern at the start, but with a better wind
from the bay it shortened the gap until it
was barely two minute behind.
These positions we're maintained to the
end of the run. Starting on another beat
across the Firth Shamrock III excelled all
previous performances on this point oil
sailing and gained considerably over a
mile on a beat Of FIVE miles, and when they
squared away for the run home 1t led by a
mile and a half.
On the broad, easy reach up channel
Shamrock l had the advantage Of a big
reaching jib topsail against a small sim
liar sail on Shamrock III. Neverthe.
less the former was not able to hold the
challenger, which forged rapidly ahead.
Today's trials were planped on the prin.
ciple OF the majority of the Americas cur
races. the yachts going to windward and tc
%leeward. and were chiefly remarkable fol
the first appearance OF the challenger under
its %spinnaker which contains more cloth
than any ever made. 1t hoists 40 feet, is
IS feet across the foot and is exceptionally
full belted.
This finished the trials on the Clyde
They will be resumed off Weymouth early
next week, with set races over measured
courses. Shamrock I leaves here tonight
in tow for Weymouth,
The challenger Rn64Erin leave Gourocl
on Saturday. 1t is expected that the two
yachts will race on Tuesday.