The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
AMERICAN BOAT ALWAYS IN LEAD
SHAMROCK NEVER IN IT.
Llpton's skipper outgeneraIed-Laek
Of Wind Robs Reliance Of Victory
In Fourth Race.

Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock III.
and the defender Reliance met at the
old red lightship off Sandy Hook,
Thursday morning at the usual hour
of IL o'clock. The wind was light,
but was growing, and the sea was so
smooth that the sharps confidently
believed that the 1903 series of races
for the Americas cup was to be end.
ed forthwith. AS the seconds passed
just before the first starting gun was
fired Reliance was leading in a reach
around the lightship for the line.
Shamrock might have held on and
crossed the windward end of the line
soon after the gun, but instead OF do
ing that, Mr.. Fife turned her around
to eastward She was then on Re.
liance's weather quarter-a very de-
sirable position II both had been
heading for the line. The difference
In time OF crossing was clear gain for
the defender. When once they were
off 1t need only be said that Reliance
gained just trlne over 46 seconds
for every mile In the windward leg
In the run home she gained more than
80 seconds a mile. with Reliance less
than a third of a mile from the finish
and Shamrock III. hull down on the
horizon. fully two miles astern of the
gallant defender, the fourth race of the
present series for the Americas cup
was declared off because of the expira-
tion of the time limit of five and one
half hours. as happened on Thursday
last Although officially 1t was no
race, the defeat administered to the
challenger was so ignominious that
whatever lingering hope remained in
the breasts of the friends of Sir
| Thomas's boat vanished into thin air.
( Reliance's victory was in every way
more decisive than that of last Satur-
day. Outsailed, outpointed and out
footed. 1t was a procession from start
to finish. The Herreshoff wonder beat
the Shamrock hopeless in the Is miles
out OF windward work, rounding the
outer mark 12 minutes and 80 Sec
onds ahead of her, gain in actual
time of IL minutes and 29 seconds, and
down the wind she steadily increased
her lead
In glorious WHOLESALE breeze, over
a triangular course, 10 miles to leg,
the Reliance again, August 25 showed
hti hONio W OIL IlptOh CHAR
lenger, taking the second race of the
cup series of 1903 by the narrow mar
gin of 1 minute and 19 seconds. 1t
was as pretty contest as has ever
been sailed off Sandy Hook, and had
the wind not fallen during the last 10
minutes, the record for the course, 3
hours IL minutes and 15 seconds,
made by Columbia two years ago in
her memorable race against Sham
rock H., would have been broken. AS
1t was, Reliance sailed the 80 miles
within minutes and 80 seconds of the
record which speaks wonders for her
speed in the wind that was blowing.
In splendid IL to Is knot breeze.
over windward and leeward course
of 80 miles. the sloop Reliance, Satur-
day, August 20, beat Shamrock III. in
commanding style by exactly nine
minutes actual time, or seven minutes
and three seconds after deduc.ing the
1 minute and 81 seconds wrlcn the
defender comedies to Sir Thomas Lip
tons third challenger on account of
her large sailing plan as at present
measured. The Reliance beat the Brit
ish boat minutes and "a seconds In
the thresh to wlndward and min
utes and SO seconds in the run down
the wind.