The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-09-02
CHEATED OF VICTORY.
Time Limit Again Intervened
In Yacht Race.
Shamrock Was 2Na Miles Astern Whet
the Gun Was Fired Announcing
That the Race Was OH-Wrinqe
Captured Windward Berth-Worsi
Beating of Five Trials.

New York, Sept. Again on Mon
day the beautiful cup defender Reli
ance failed to register. her third vic
tory over Lipton's challenger because
the wind died to nothing and the time
limit of five and a half hours expired
before she could reach the finish line
Her margin was approximately the
same as on Thursday last. She was
less than half a mile from the finish
when the gun sounded. Shamrock
was fully two and a half miles astern
Reliance's failure to score the race was
the more exasperating because her
ultimate triumph is now conceded even
by Sir Thomas himself to be simply
a formality.
The waning interest in the cup
races was strikingly illustrated by the
size of the observation feet, If the
ships which went down to the ocean
race course could be dignifed by such
a title. Outside of the revenue cut.
ters, which patrolled the course, II
consisted of a half a dozen side wheel.
ers with almost empty decks, a few
seagoing tugs and a score of steam
yachts.
The easterly wind and rain Sunday
night had served to knock down the
sea somewhat, although it vas quite
rough enough during the first two
hours of the race. But as the day wore
on the wind fell to a mere zephyr,
hardly strong enough to round out
the enormous anvas of the sloops.
Captain Wringe's Clever Maneuverlng.
The race was spiritless from the
beginning. 1t was laid Is miles to
windward up the Long Island shore
and return. Its saving feature was
the start, in which Captain Wringe,
by a pretty piece of maneuvering,
neatly turned the tables on the Yankee
skipper and captured the windward
berth.
Even so the yachts crossed the line
abreast like a harnessed team of
horses. But within Is minutes the de.
fender was showing her heels to the
challenger and when the float at the
outer mark was reached she rounded
IT, 20 minutes and 20 seconds ahead
of her rival.
In the five times the boats have met
this was by far the worst beating
Shamrock III has had in wipdward
manned after that was as to whether
Reliance would be able to reach the
finish line in time to score the ace.
Until five minutes before the start,
Captain Barr held the windward berth.
Then both ran away from the line, the
Shamrock leading. Two minutes be-
fore the starting gun the Shamrock
headed up into the wind, tackled, forced
Reliance to do the same and both ran
for tho line, Reliance leading. They
reached it before the starting gun and
Reliance had to. run along the lee side
of it to await the gun. Shamrock
reached the line as the gun sounded
and not having to sheer off, secured
the weather position. 1t was a trick
which Captain Barr had worked often
but never with better fnesse or more
satisfactory results than Captain
Wringe.. The official starting time of
both yachts was 11:45.26.
The first tack, five minutes after
crossing the line, put Shamrock III
ahead but under the lee bow of Reli-
ance, Captain Wringe gave his boat
a good full and the way she began to
walk away from the defender made
it look as though she had found her
self at last.
But this was for only a few minutes.
When he began to pinch her into the
wind 1t was apparent that Reliance
was outpointing the challenger and al
together making better work of 1t.
In an hour the defender had worked
up to windward a good quarter Of a
mile. Soon after this a shift of the
wind placed the American boat about
a mile dead to windward, not half Of
which she had actually earned. From
that time Reliance gained steadily.
Reliance outpointed Challenger.
When off Long Beach at LAS the de-
fender was two miles ahead, having
added the second mile by literally out
pointing the challenger and at the
same time maintaining equal speed.
The mark was then In plain view and
the wind was softening. The challen-
gers cause was absolutely hopeless
when the defender rounded the mark.
The British boat was more than two
miles alec and coming slowly. The
time at the outer mark was: Reli-
ance, 3:O0:37; Shamrock III. 3:21:00.
Reliance led by 20 minutes 20 seconds,
barring time allowance.
Reliance at first reached homeward
under balloon jlbtopsail and then car
ried her spinnaker for a mile, only to
resort to the ballooner again. With
the wind aft Of the beam she made
good time and drew away from the
challenger until the wind softened
when the speed Of both slackened.
Shamrock III caught a freshening wind
first n cut down R~eliance's lead half
a mile before the leader felt 1t. Then
Reliance steadily gained until she
had made good her two mile lead and
added another half mile 10 It.
In trying to hold the wind in their
jibtopsails beth yachts had run off
their course, but at 4:3O both set spin
makers and headed straight for the
finish. The wind was dying away and
the %spinnakers drew poorly.