Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-08-21
FIRST TRIAL A FLOKE
A Light Wind Prevented Fin
ish in the Time
Limit.
RACE OFFICIALLY DECLARED OFF
Cup Defender Reliance Shows He.
Heels TO Shamrock Ill. in Com
handing style-Rain Fails to Mar
Enthusiasm of Spectators.

| New York, Aug. 21.-One of the big
gest crowds of sightseers and yacht
men that ever sailed down Sandy
Hook to witness an attempt of for
| eign cup hunter to wrest from Amer
| lea the yachting supremacy OF the
world returned to New York disap-
pointed because the sea had refused
field of combat to the racers, but
nevertheless jubilant in the convic-
ton that Sir Thomas Lipton's lates-
challenger, like the two Shamrocks
which had preceded her was doomed
| to return to England empty handed
| OF course the race was not absolutely
conclusive, owing to the light and
shifting character of the airs, but in
15-mile beat to windward, a portion
of which was sailed in driving rain,
the cup defender Reliance showed her
heels to Shamrock III. in commanding
style and in weather conditions which
were supposed to be to the particular
liking of the challenger.
Did Not Turn Outer Mark.
Flies latest creation has been her.
dluCu DIS NtlibdDlt N1AdlQ III ilShh
breezes in windward work. especially
with jumpy sea on, while the Reli-
ance in her trials had demonstrated
best reaching and running in a whole
sail wind Yet with a breeze varying
from IL to " knots and against long
ground swell the defender outfooted
and outpointed her The Shamrock
IL i IL
there is, therefore, no way of know
ing absolutely how badly she was
beaten, but it was estimated that she
was more than a mile astern, or about
] 6 minutes in the existing strength of
the wind when the Reliance rounded
AS a result of the trial the experts
believe, blow high or low, that the
Reliance will win this the thirteenth
series for the Americas cup.
Weather Was DisagreeabIe.
The day was a miserable one for
those who went down to the ocean
race course off Sandy Hook A mist
lay over the city and bay in the morn
ing and when the great fleet of excur-
sion steamers, steam yachts, tugs and
sailing vessels reached the starting
line where the big single stickers were
already jockeying for a position
black, threatening clouds were gath
ering over the Jersey highlands. The
dark water reflected no shadow and
the mist all about shortened the OBJ
servation. The breeze was not over
six knots and the murky waves spilled
no white froth from their crests.
The course was set Is miles south
west, straight down the Jersey coast
and return. At the very start Cap
tain Barr cleverly outgeneraled Cap
tain Wringe, sending the Reliance
over the line 33 seconds behind the
In the first 20 minutes of sailing the
defender showed her windward quail
ties, drawing up on even terms with
the challenger, besides being about
200 yards to windward Then the
storm broke and for 80 minutes the
rain came down in torrents, the wind
now increasing to II knots.
Reliance Maintains Lead.
When the storm had passed the de-
Tender was seen to be firmly eStab-
lished on the weather bow Of Sham
rock III. and she was never afterward
headed.
During the last two hours of the
race the Reliance steadily increased
her lead, rounding the turn a mile
ahead Of Shamrock. Heading back
for home closely hauled, she had just
reached the Shamrock, still outward
bound, when. it being apparent that
the race could not be finished in the
ttmo allowance, the regatta committee
boat at AS fired the signal which de-
olared the race off.
The work of the patrol fleet was
perfect. Moving at right angles. limo
ahead and line abreast, the revenue
cutters kept the yachts in the hollow
OF moving angle, as free from inter
ference as if they had been sailing in
midocean
Uuder the rules the first race, Is
miles to leeward or windward and re-
turn Is now DOstponed until Saturday