The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28
SHAMROCK SHOWS HER PAGES
IN LIGHT WEATHER SHE HAS
HER FIRST TRIAL HERE.
Easily Outsails Shamrock I.--1urning IN
Windward the Challenger Gains . Min.
utes In About Ten MIIes-.IIreeze vevy
Lght All Day for Sir Thomas Boats


Light All nay for Sir Thomas Boats
The Cup challenger Shamrock III
sailed her first trial in these waters with
the Shamrock I. yesterday. The two boats
started from Scotland liehtship, and In
a very light southerly wind beat ten miles
Then they had close reach Of about five
miles and ran back to the lightship.
The run was about fifteen miles. Tbs
challenger showed that she IL vastly SUI
perior to the older boat under the condi-
tions on all points Of sailing. and those who
watched the trial are satisfied that the
coming races for the Americas Cup will
be the closest and most interesting that
have yet been sailed. There were sGne
watching the trial who insisted that the
Shamrock III. is q faster boat than the
|, Reliance. and 1t was Reliance day.
just how it il possible to say how one
boat will sail with another when they are
tried on different days they did not explain.
and 1t is pretty safe to say that II the Re-
lance were watched one day and the Sham
rock III. the next no one would be able
to tell OF the relative merits Of the two
boats until they meet In their first contest.
which is scheduled for Aug. ~. That Is,
provided the Reliance Is selected to defend
the Cup.
Sir Thomas Upton and his friends and
the shippers Of the two yachts say that
Shamrock l. is a better boat than Sham
rock H., and that the frat challenger sent
here by Sir Thomas Upton is now able
to beat the Columbia. II Is said that In
the first trials sailed two years ago between
the first two Shamrocks the older boat
was held back in order to let the Sham
rock III. have a good record. This may
be true. II 1t is. then the Shamrock III.
has an excellent chance, because she has
shown that she is many minutes faster
than the Shamrock I. 'u' '.a"'',"
The two boats were not sent over any
measured course yesterday. but they iwers
followed by the steam yacht Erin and the
press boat Dewitt c. wins. and II was pos
sible to figure out with some degree OF &C.
curacy just how far they sailed on each leg
There was a very light air at the start
from the south, and the two boats started
out with working topsails and baby jib top
sails set over lower sails. The Shamrock
1. was allowed to take the weather position
at the start. the new boat being about 70O
yards OF her lee bow. -,
southwest, and in just sixteen minute s-sier
they started the new yacht had pulled
across the older boats bow and was quar-
ter Of mile dead to windward. After they
had been sailing for half an hour they
luffet into the wind and sent clubtopsails
aloft and then went on again They were
hours and 30 minutes beating. and
then the Shamrock 1. bore of and waited
while the new yacht ran back to her. Il
took her just eight minutes to cover the
distance that she had gained in turning to
windward.
After few minutes loafing they started
of on close port reach, the Shamrock ]
again taking the better position. the chal
lenger starting about 200 yards astern and
to leeward. She quickly pulled through
the Shamrock LIS lee, and after 10 minutes
sailing on this leg she had lead Of nearly
a milo. They had covered about five mikes
Then the Shamrock III bore OF and started
back for the lightship. The Shamrock |.
with started sheets, reached down on tn
new yacht. and when about two boa,
lengths astcrn Of the challenger she Dor,
of. and both get spinnakers. They had n
run of about fifteen miles. At first the
Shamrock I. was in position to break
the wind Tor the challenger but IN spile
Of this the new yacht steadily pulled ahead
and when they passed the Scotland liph,
shin there was inst ten minutes betwaen
Up
'ne wv" 'oa'e,
Altogether the yachts sailed about thirty
miles. 1t took the challenger hours and
IS minutes to 60 that distance. She los,
several minutes waiting for the older boat
ana hah"iR '"o 'rteh 5'a.,s, 90 'ha' 'f~r'
IL no doubt that she could have covered
the Cup course OF fifteen miles to wind
ward and r,tlrn within IN, tim n nit OF
f,,a and j.. hoH how.
Nv -, "",' :" '''' , , y,
lhene was more sea oNNslue Tie hoos
Yesterday than when the Reliance, Con
stitution and Columbia raced there on juno
4, and there WINS not so much wind That
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""s .ne VIM "I" "'S.'' 'uie' "' VIC s'd''
ana II increased 10 hitren miles an hour
lseiore the race was cndea. Tue feilancc's
time was hours ~ minutes - seconds,
ana she ea, mo 2stIn.'on minutes ~
seconds and the Columbia u minutes =
seconds ~ took the heEance hours
ana ~ seconds TO oea' ft'een miles,
and hour ~ minutes % SECONDS to run
home.
one tling ina, was particularly impres-
sive m the tf,ai Yesterday WINS mo easy
way IN wh'ch me Snmrock III. went
through the wafer Size mace Just Q utfh