The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-23
Shamrock Badly Beaten and Crosses Line Nine \ flutes
 Behind the Defender
SIR THOMAS DISAPPOINTED
 BUT DOESN'T GIVE UP HOPE
When Boats Rounded the Turn Reli- ance's Immense Sails Caught the Wind and Sped Away Like
 Frightened Deer.

| New York, August 22.-In a splendid l2 to b knot breeze over 8 windward and leeward course of thirty miles. the Reli- ance today defeated the Shamrock III. in commanding style by exactly nine minutes actual time. or : minutes and seconds after deducting the 1 minute and 57 seconds which the defender conceded to Sir Thomas Lipton's third challenger on account of it's largest sail, as at pres ent measured.
 It was royal water fight for the an- ] cient trophy which carries with it the yachting supremacy of the world and by coincidence the first victory in the cup series of 1903 occurred on the flfty-seeond anniversary of the day on which the old schooner America captured the cup in the race around the Isle of Wight. The Reliance beat the British boat 8 minutes and nlir.esas and 9s seconds in the run down ,s. wind.
 The nautical. sharps, who had already insae up tleir minds on Thursday thas the RrIiance could take the measure of tho champion In any kind of weather, re- gard today's test as conclusive, although they hardly anticipated so great a victo- ry. The race even dampened the ardor of Sir Thomas, who insisted, after Thurs days fiuke, that his confidence In the 1 beautiful craft designed by Fife was greater than ever.
 Upton Does Not Give Up. l Still. like true sportsman. he does not acknowledge defeat and hopes for better luck next time. The single criticism he and his friends make of today's race is that a shift of the wind which occurred. l was to the advantage of the defending yacht. As this shift of the wind occurred l on the windward beat, even granting that it accounted for the Reliance's lead ar l the turn, the time the defender gained on .iie run home was more than ample to have given 1t the race.
 It must be conceded. however, that 1 Shamrock showed herself a wonderful boat in beating to windward. perhaps the ablest craft in this respect ever sent ] across the Atlantic cup hunting For | twelve miles the great yachts raced like | a team of horses, and during that por- tion of the run, the patriots made no at | tempt to conceal their nervousness. The racing conditions today were ideal, a thin haze hung over the Jersey shore ob- structing the view of the spectators gathered there, but out on the ocean ! race course the sea was flooded with sunshine from a vault of feckless blue A long ocean swell heaved up from the south and a twelve knot breeze, fresh and strengthening, blew out from the southwest throwing up heecing white caps. The marine picture was superb.
 Record Breaking Crowd.
 The size of the enormous excursion fleet and the number of sight-seers | aboard, in the estimation of those who have witnessed many contests. made | record for an International cup race. | As the direction of the wind would have | carried windward course from Sandy Hook llghtship into the Jersey shore, the | committee was obliged to set the mark seven miles further out This delayed | the start about three-quarters of hour. The course carried the yachts directly into the eye of the wind. The honors of the start. as on Thursday. were captured by the American skipper. Captain l Wringe timed his approach to the line | with the Shamrock badly. Barr, as usual | went over in the windward berth four
 
 | close hauled on the starboard tack 1t was magnificent sight they plunged } seaward in the twelve knot breeze pounding fountains of spray from their l bows and leaning to 1t until the water squirted and bubbed along their lee rails. The crews were piled up along the weather side to hold the great racing | machines up.
 Both were footing like mad. They | showed yards of their underbodies and shipped a good deal of spray, and some solid water forward. But after fifteen minutes of sailing their positions had not | varied perceptibly, and there was alarm among the experts. Shamrock hung on | with bulldog tenacity and tack after tack 1t seemed to be holding its own. Reliance Steadily Increased Lead.
 For thirteen miles challenger and chal- | lenged fought out the race After slight | shift of the wind Reliance steadily in- 1 creased its short lead in the windward work until it was three quarters of a mile ahead. As Reliance rounded the outer mark whistles, screams. bands and voices of the un-numbered thousands on the excursion fleet. swelled into vast chorus Turning for home the spinnaker boom, poised along the mast like a lance | in rest. fell to port. and the big sail burst out like a cloud. while at the same mment the enormous balloon jib top sail belched out forward. The smart work of the Yankees was cheered by the crowds. but moment afterward there l was dismay when the guy which held the