The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-26

NEW YORK. Aug. 25.-1n the glor-
N ious WHOLESALE breeze over
triangular course ten miles to
a leg. the neet-footed cup de-
fender, Reliance, again today showed
her heels TO Sir Thongs Lip
tons challenger, taking the second
race of the cup series of 1903 by the
narrow margin of one minute. nineteen
seconds. It was as pretty and hard
fought contest as has ever been saiied
or Sandy Hook and had the wind not
fallen during the last ten minutes the
record for the course, three hours,
twelve minutes and fifteen seconds,
made by the Columbia two years ago,
in her memorable race against the
Shamrock II. would have been broken.
As II was the Reliance sailed the thirty
miles within two minutes and thirty
nine seconds of the record. which
speaks wonderfully Of her speed in the
wind that was blowing. The Reliance
victory. narrow as il was. would have
been smaller had not Captain Wringe,
the skipper of the British ship, bungled
the start, sending his craft over the line
nineteen seconds after the last gun and
handicapping her to that extent. At
every point of sailing the defender
superiority was demonstrated. She
gained one minute. tifty-fve seconds in
windward work forty seconds on the
run TO the second mark and forty-five
seconds On the close reach for home.
The Cup Safe.
Based on the magnificent showing she
has made I'm the two races already
sailed. il is the belief OF many experts
that the cup is safe and that it win
take something better than Flies latest
creation even 10 bulge IL.
An aSSenblage of excursion vessels
almost as large as that of last Sat
urday poured down through the mar
rows and out into the broad Atlantic
to6ay to witness the vanishing glory Of
the challenger. The early morning had
held out little hope of a race. a smoky
haze hung over the sea, and the wind
was very -Tht from the south. But as
the day wore on the curtain lifted
slightly. the wind blew strong and
clean out of the south, and the dancing
swell sparkled under the radiance OF
an August sun. OFF TO the west and
north the low ramparts Of the Jersey
and Long Island shores could just be
disCened through the thinning cur
tain.
The excursion fleet, like a floating
city built on the floor Of the ocean.
circle to witness the start. the course,
81 beat due south into the wind for ten
miles. then a broad reach or run, as
. the case might be, off toward the
ChOtera banks. and thence home again
To the old red-hulled lghtship, had
been SET
Intense Interest.
The spectators watched the jockeyinS
for the start with eager interest T.
was hair raising to see what close COM
pany the giant single stickers kept. Il
seemed momentarily as if the spars
and hulls would clash. but they wheeled
and circled like gulls lacking. gybinS
and putting about with wonderful ease
and grace. At last when they bounded
across the line, close hauled. for the
thresh to windward. il was seen that
the American skipper. by his extremely
clever work. had again outgeneraled
his rival and secured the weather
gauge. Not only was the challenger
captain defeated i'm his effort to secure
the windward berth. but he actually
failed TO cross in time to save a handi-
cap. an almost objectionable offense H.
q cup contest. Barr never relinquished
his advantage after the start, holcSIg
the challenger under his lee all the way
TO the first mark.
As the clcan-limbed racers got farther