The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-28


The Shamrock was closer to the wind,
and il was evidently Capt. Bars idea TO
, kill her way. The Shamrock, however,
pulled on through the Reliance's lee and
they held on again to the south, with the
Shamrock leading the Reliance on her
weather quarter.
The Shamrock then took the starboard
tack, but before she went about capt
Wringe hauled her in the wind, and sthe
Reliance drew across her bow. Both were
on the starboard tack headed to the east
ward and then they bore of and ran back
to the line This was just as the prelim-
mary gun sounded,
The Reliance drew off by the Shamrock
70 windward, and both were then south OF
the committee boat about one-eighth OF
mile. In going back they had the wind
over their starboard quarters with sheets
pinned down pretty fiat
FINE WORK.
With three minutes to- 60 the Reliance
hauled more on the wind and let Shamrock
draw nearer to her. Then, bearing OF again.
she chased the Shamrock in toward the
line The man9uvring was the closest
that had been seen in the contest for the
Cup, and at times the boats were very
close together
Capt. Wringe killed way on the Sham
rock by hauling and bearing away. and let
Reliance get up to him to windward. Then
both hauled on the wind when there was
Just two minutes to wait for the gun and
reached down toward the lightship or
mort hwpstern end of the line,
The Reliance was leading and the Sham
rock was under her lee quarter. They
were of the wind, and the Reliance easily
drew away from the Shamrock. With
just minute to go the Reliance passed
to tho eastward OF the lightship and
tackled, still keeping the Shamrock. which
also tackled, under her lee
As the starting gun was fred, both were
to the northeast of the lightship. the Sham
rock being northeast OF that mark and the
Reliance on her weather. They headed
down toward the south and the Reliance
on the weather quarter drew clear OF the
challenging yacht, and then both bore
of to fetch back to the line. They were on
the port tack.
BoTU HANDICAPPED.
The Reliance reached across the Sham
rocks bow, and Shamrock followed close
astern Of her The Reliance passed again
to the northeast Of the lightshlp as the
handicap gun was fred, with the Shamrock
about length astern. Clearing the light
ship, the Reliance was hauled close on the
wind and she crossed the line on the port
tack at the lightship end, at 1l02Al.
The Shamrock followed her. but didn't
handle in the light air quite MS quickly
as the Reliance, and was handicapped
much more than the defending yacht
She crossed the line on the port tack at
1i.O3:42, and both yachts were heading then
to the south.
In the manpuvring. Capt. Wringe had
tried to get the starboard tack on the Re-
lance, but for some reason or other his
boat would not handle as she haG o previous
days She was logy and had no life at all,
while the Reliance handled like n catboat
and moved off easily in the faintest XII d
of breeze. In every move that Capt.
Wringe made Barr was equal to him and
checked him.
The port tack on which they crossed the
line was only a short one. and at II O6 Sham
rock took the starboard tack heauing to
the st Twenty seconds later the Re-
liaLce tackled, quite a distance to weather
of the challena & yacht. In the few min
utes that they had held the port tack the
Reliance materially improved her position,
and she had a longer lead when they went
on the starboard tack than when they
went across the line.
Capt Barr, with the skill that has made
him famous on both sides OF the ocean,
nursed the Reliance so that she took adj
vantage of every little puff of air. and foot
by foot she was ripping out further and
further to windward Of the challenging
yacht.
Capt. Wringe was sailing his boat very
steadily. He was keeping her head sails
drawing we'll, and while she was footing
fairly fast she was not heading nearly
as high as the American boat. The Sham
rock was slightly in the lead In the direc-
ton in which they were sailing, which was
to the eastward, but the Reliance was con-
siAerablv to wintiwart
The air was very light, and after they
had been on this tack for about eight min
utes il hauled to the ca,t-southeast shift
ina about two points. This shift in the wind
favored the Shamrock at first, and let her
head up considerably higher than she had
been earlier in the contest, but it was less
than minute before the Reliance got the
change, and then she, too was favored by it
This wind last ed only n few minutes,
and then backed TO it's original quarter,
heading both boats of at about the same
time.
BUcKINo THE TIDE.
The tide was still flooding. and out at the
lightshi or furt her TO the east II rushed
strongly to the west, so that on this tack
the boats were heading right into the full
strength OF the current. Ihis considerably
ret ardnd their progtess.
! The wind was shivering, too, hauling
and backing about point, and it took
all the skill of the two shippers to nurse their
/ boats into these favoring shifts. The wind
| finally settled down TO the southeast, and at
| 1920 the Shamrock took the port tack
( heading toward the south,
The Reliance, after having crossed the
Shamrock bow about an eighth of mile
ahead, took the part tack. too On this
| tack they had the currents on the weather
beam, setting them in toward the jersey
coast, so that while they were looking high
they did not fetch as they were pointing.
| Then the sunshine broke through, and
once more it looked az though it would
| clear away and be pleasant. But the clouds
conquered once more and all was gloomy.
BY noon the Reliance was a third OF q
| mile to windward of the Shamrock, and
a few minutes after noon she was headed
of in a slight puff which had come more
from the south, but her lead WAS such a
long one that 1t did not affect her very
| seriously.
! This port tack was long. The Reliance
held it for one hour and two minutes, and
at 1880 she swung around on tho starboard
tack again. After making short hitch
| OF three minutes she again took the port
tack. The Shamrock held on until 1894 40
having been on the port tack for an houl
| and seven minutes, and then she took the
starboard tack. Fifty seconds later tie
Reliance tackled. too, and both were head