The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-04
SHAMROCKS IN TRIAL SPIN,
NEW YACHT HARDLY UP TO HER
 STANDARD.

Beats the 'Oid Cup Chaser by Only Four sIinuiss-CiubtopsaiI Pole of sham rock Breaks When She Has but Four Miles to saii-Lipton and Fife Watch from the Erin.
 New York, July S.-A sudden shift of wind to-day brought Sir Thomas Lip tons former challenger crippled and Iirnping across the finish line only four minutes behind the slippery new cup hunter, Shanrock III. after the latter had beaten her eight minutes and twenty seconds. in twenty-six miles of a sail stretching trial before the old boat was partly disabled
 The clubto9sail pole on Shamrock L. broke at the top mast head when she had four miles to sail. She was thir- teen minutes behind the new boat when the damage was repaired and the race resumed Before the accident the Shamrock III. beat the old boat four and a half minutes running to leeward fifteen miles. and nearly four minutes in sailing a long leg closehauled.
 The new cup seeker was hardly up to her standard to-day. Ordinarily in light wind such as prevailed she is ten minutes better than her namesake in fifteen mile run, but changes which had been made in her trim and reduc- her.
 For the first. time since arriving on this side of the Atlantic Sir Thomas and Designer Fife remained on board the Erin while the race was sailed to observe the new boats action at dis tance. More changes may be expected until Sir Thomas and Designer. Fife have tried her under great variety of conditions.
 The wind was west northwest at the start, shifting to west and then to south southwest, and varied from two knots to about seven. The coruse was thirty miles long, starting from the mouth of Gedney's Channel and running fifteen miles dead to leeward and back to Scot land Lightship.
 Breaking out spinnaker and balloon jibtopsails, the boats were sent away without the formality of a starting line in this order:
 Shamrock l. ........... Ill .04.24 Shamrock IT ..5.........s. Il. .05. A Never prettier craft rode the fret ted sea than Sir Thomas new cup seeker when, almost hidden under the biilowy folds of milky duck she slipped away after her companion. Quickly she overhauled the leader till at Sandy Hook Lightship, four miles after the start, she was but thirty seconds be- hind A mile further on, was leading. Drawing steadily away, the cup seeker had lead of nearly half a mile when half way out to the turning point Then her spinnaker drew badly, the foot dragging and frequently hanging slack, while Shamrock l. carried hers full and hard Captain Wringe took in his spin- maker and luffed the new boat across the bow of the older one. For the rest of the run, while he sailed her without a spfnnaker, the new boat did no more than hold her own.
 The two Shamrocks turned about the Cruizer, Sir Thomas tug, at the end of the run in this order:
 Shamrock III. .......... .1S.45 Shamrock I. ......1. 2155 The wind had shifted to west by south and the yachts could fetch in one long leg to within three miles of Sandy Hook lightship. Close hauled they sailed toward Rockaway.
 For nearly an hour and a half until abreast of Sandy Hook lightship Sham rock TIT outpointed and outfooted the other and when they tackled to beat to Scotland lightship she was mile to windward Of the old boat. The new boat was increasing her lead when the clubtopsail pole on Shamrock I. broke and the sail was taken in. The crip- pied boat lost six minutes by it.
 The Shamrock III. was two miles ahead of her trial horse and nearing the finish line when the wind shifted suddenlygto the south and freshened, } giving the Shamrock I. a broad reach to the lien from a position which few minutes before was dead to leeward.
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