The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-08-26
RELIANCE WINS SECOND ACE
FOR AMERICAS CUP AFTER
EXCITING CONTES-
Leo FROM START To FINISH
CROSSES LINE SEVERAL .aHNUTES
AHEAD BUT HER HANDICAP
CUTS THIS DOWN.

New York, Aug. 26-The American
yacht Reliance won the second race
for the Americas cup by narrow
margin after most exciting contest
Reliance got away in the lead and hele
1t to the finish, but at no time was
Shamrock ILL., out OF the contest. Re
lance crossed the finish nearly five
minutes ahead. winning Dy one minute
and nineteen seconds, corrected time
The preliminary signal was fired al
10 as and Immediately after the fight
for position began. When the warm
ing signal was fired at 10: 55 the Sham
rock was close to the committee boat
She Immediately headed along the
line on the starboard tack and Reli
ance, coming down from the windward
attempted to blanket her. Both boats
four minutes before the start, were
holding across the line on the star
board tack. with Reliance on Sham
rocks weather quarter. Contrary to
his usual custom Captain Wringe kept
away and was 200 or 800 yards to the
westward of the committee boat when
Reliance. coming underneath the stern
of the committee boat. crossed the line
at 11:00:27 Captain Wringe held
away too long before coming about
and heading for the line with the re-
suit that he was under the stern of
the committee boat when the handicap
gun was fired, two minutes after the
start. He ran up to the line on the
starboard tack and then came about
and headed for the Jersey shore on the
Oh - a. haJ Loot
about twenty-five seconds by slowness
in reaching the line. Both boats broke
out baby jib topsails just before the
start
Reliance Maintains the Lead.
Ten minutes after the start they
were heading for the Jersey shore on
the port tack, Reliance in the lead,
but apparently not gaming very much
on Shamrock in the light air. The
wind had dl lopped to about five knots
and thick haze began to set in from
sea.
On getting nearer the shore the
breeze seemed to be trifie stronger
and Reliance began to gain. At H.: 40
she had pulled out until she was from
three-eighths to half a mile ahead OF
Shamrock, being a quarter of mile
to the windward and the same dis
tance out ahead of the challenger. The
boats sailed very slowly. scarcely more
than four or five miles an hour.
At 11:42:30 Reliance. being about
three miles off Seabright, tackled to
starboard having held the port tack
for forty minutes. Shamrock held on
until she got well to weather of the
Reliances wake, when she also tackled.
At HAS both boats were heading
of shore on the starboard tack, Rell-
ance in the lead. but the Shamrock
pointing fully as high.
At 1905 the wind had cleared
around little west of south, enabling
the racing yachts to fetch the turning
mark easily. Evidently those on board
the English vessel made out the flash.
ing mark first, for she was eased
trifie and the yacht bore away some.
Nearing the Turning Mark.
At 1910 Reliance felt the shift Of
wind and Captain Barr made out the
turning mark through the haze. He
bore away at once. Reliance fairly
tearing through the water, but Sham
rock had cut down her lead greatly
through the favorable shift of wind
sail was taken In by the bowsprit mer
on Reliance.
At 1920 Shamrock's crew lowered
their jib topsail and ran up the balloon
lib In stops. Reliance made the mark
very quickly and wore around 1t with
q run at 1921 Sheets were eased to
port for the reach to the second corner
of the triangle. For some reason that
l~.tA l. 1Nn fh0 ha1 vU "a
not broken out Immediately after turn
ing. There was no unnecessary delay
In breaking out the ballooner on Sham
rock and she gained perceptibly. The
English yacht was timed as turning at
12:23:30.
The ibis and forestay sails on both
yachts were lowered and the balloon
ers had been broken out. Balloon fore
stay sails were broken out TO take
their places, but few minutes after
wards the wind took another sharp
shift to the west of south so that the
kers for q short time on the second leg.
Around the Second Turn.
At 1925 the wind had worked back
into the south and sheets had to be
trimmed well aft to hold the course
for the second mark. The wind ap-
peared to have dropped on this leg.
but the racers made fairly fast time
in covering the stretch of ten miles.
Reliance gained considerably on the
reach. She gybed prettily around the
mark Mt lit The balloon jib was set,
but Reliances men found she couldn't
carry the sail. so 1t was hastily taken
In.
The challenger had lost but ! min
ute and 80 seconds In covering the
first ten miles of the course. She was
timed a. gibing around the second
mark at 1:21, or four minutes behind
the American yacht.
Il seemed as II Shamrock was hold
Ing her own on the last leg. Unless
she could make considerable OF gain
on Reliance II was .cOnceded at this