Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-26
COURSE TRIANGULAR.
This Was the Programme For the
Second Race.
LED BY THE RELIANCE
The American Yacht For the Secoud
Time Victor, This Time, How.
ever, by One Minute and
Nineteen Seconds.

New York. Aug 25-Prospccts Tor an
other good contest between the Reliance
and Shamrock Ill Tuesday were en-
courag.us 40 9 o'clock a hue seven.
knot breeze WAS blowing out 90 me
r1uthelr.. The srl was fairly su0oth
ana the horizon clear for many miles.
giving Gao yachts. especially tue SHANE
rock. every opportunity to prove their
worth over thiry-mla triangular course. .
which. according 90 thc programme.
bad Co bc called Boo the second contest
between thr loats The crews OF the
two cont. aHA won't out early and he.
fore breakfast were taking covers OK
maiH sails and raised l.bs uul stay
aHs H. stops After uraAastus tho.
shamrochs crcH started 40 once 60
work oa the ucw main 500. appreciate
ing that 10 would take more t.me TO get
o. proper f.t to 10 than if using the old
one. The Shamrock got her new main
1 Sail Boo place and to those ashore 10 look
ed very much ana Improvement over the
old one. II did not lap the boom and
was set up wei to meet the club top
SAIL There Is only one quicker Ia IL
and that .s about thirty icet from the
boom. As the wind caught 10 belled
+. close Co the mast ana there Was "a broad
\ curve ou the leach.
n The Reliance only used one sail and
\ that Jib which SEE little Halter than
the old lib. This. too. was considered
au advantage Co that boat on the reach.
| The Reliance began TO raise her main
sail az $50. and by that time captain
/ Wruge got the shamrocks starting
point under own sail.
AZ O'Clock thc wind was southeast
about seven knots. The sky was some
what cloudy. but the ulr clear and sea
fairly smooth
The Reliance dropped her mornings
Just before Q o'clock and was under
main sail and deep top sail ready TO
start. As she went out passengers on
the Kaiser Wilhelm dc Crosse. which
was coming from Cherbourg. gave her
cheer The Shamrock at o'clock
took line from the cruiser und was
towed out with her main sail SCI
At DO O'Clock both yachts arrived at
the ughtsh.p and east ou their lows.
Al Do 20 the committee s.sualled the
triangular course.
At 1880 course signals were hoisted
for the triangular course, the regatta
committee on the tug Navigator COM
INK 10 anchor about "a half mile TO the
westward of the nrhtship. Course sig
nails were holstcd from shore. first lex
south. giving boats beat down Jersey
shore. next north asst by east one-half
east. next lex northwest by west TO
finish at llshtship.
Al iO.g5 course Fgnalied south FOR
first leg. At 1870 two other legs north
BY east. one-half east. and northwest
by east. Preparatory signal gun was
fired az il04i.
At n O'Clock starting gun was Tired,
Reliance crossing line first UnothciM
starting time. Reliance, il.oo--'' sham
I rock. 10000 At 1895 the Reliance
lead onc-ouarter ~ mile. Al Has
] Reliance increased her lead 20 hnit "a
mile AZ Il 40 the Reliance crossed the
line one minute and tweuiy-four see
onds ahead OF the Shamrock. To win
the race she had 90 lead the Shamrock
/ al the finish 90 least three minutes ana
twenty-onc seconds. a 1905 both boats
turned tho FIRST mark and sot their spin-
makers f0r che run to the second.
Roth yachts crossed the finish line.
Reliance won hy one minute ana nlne-
teen seconds
The Shamrock gained iu the run for
the finish line because she WAS thr
roar boat ana as tho wind was on
sforo .ha r8.ned by pointing hIghrI and I
cleaner Tho wind shifted during lh.|
race from south hy east to almost que
west