Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-29

AS Inc Reliance CTOSSeU lie lille :
minute and "a seconds ahead of the
Shamrock, she had to lead the chal-
lenger at the finish at least minutes
and 81 seconds to win the race.
The unofficial time at the first mark
was:
Reliance, 12:21:O0.
Shamrock, IL: 1880.
The unofficial time at the second
mark:
Reliance, ILL.
Shamrock, 1:21.
The official time at the finish was:
Reliance, 2:15:30.
Shamrock, 2:20:10.
Elapsed time of Reliance, 3:14:54.
Shamrock's elapsed time, 3:18:10.
Early Prospects Good.
The prospects for another good con-
test between Reliance and Shamrock
III. Tuesday were encouraging at seven
o'clock. A fine seven knots breeze
was blowing out of the southeast, the
sea was fairly smooth and the horizon
clear for many miles. Contrary to the
predictions of some Of the other wealth
er prophets alongshore, the easterly
breeze which blew nearly all day Mon
day and which shifted toward the south
at night did not drop away completely,
but continued throughout the night
and was still blowing at a five or six
knots gait at dawn Tuesday morning.
-Four hours before the time set for the
start it had increased to about seven or
eight knots and there was every indica-
ton that it would hold throughout the
day, giving the yachts, and especially
the Shamrock, every opportunity to
prove their worth over the 80 miles tri-
angular course
! All Ready for Race.
Soon after ten o'clock both yachts had
arrived at the lightship and cast off their
lows. Nearly an hour remained before
the starting gun was to be fired, and
the yachts sailed back and forth about
the lightship, which the committee boat
did not reach until some time later.
When Shamrock dropped her tow she
Immediately broke out her jib and hold
ing away from the lightship on the port
tack, sent up her largest club topsail.
The crew worked smartly, and inside Of
ten minutes all the large sails were
placed. The topsail of Reliance, set
while inside the Hook. proved somewhat
smaller than the weather conditions
warranted, and Capt Barr, finding the
sea smooth and the wind comparatively
light, decided to change for still larger
one.
The tug therefore kept her head up
into the wind while the sail was sent
down and the bigger one substituted,
This work consumed about Is minutes.
At 1925 the signal was hoisted for a
triangular course, the regatta tug Navi-
gator coming to anchor about half a
mile to the westward of the lightship.
At 10: 80 the course signals were hoisted.
Five minutes after the regatta commit
tee had set the signal for a triangular
race the three sets Of flags were broken
out on the triatic stay, denoting the d.
rection of the three legs. AS read from
shore the first leg was south, giving the
boats beat down the Jersey shore. The
next was northeast by east one-half
east which, under the conditions of the
wind prevailing at the time, would give
the yachts broad reach from the first
to the second mark on the starboard
tack. The next leg was northwest by
west to the finish at the lightship, an
other broad reach on the port tack.
The Start
Capt Barr out-generaled his rival.
Capt. Wringe, at the outset. He sent the
Reliance across the starting line one
minute and "a seconds ahead of Sham
rock III. More than that, the American
was full quarter Of mile to the wind
ward of the British boat The start of
the race accordingly lacked all of the
thrilling features which made the be-
ginning of Saturdays contest sight
long to be remembered. A few minutes
before the starting gun was fired Sham
rock III. seemed to go awry. For the
moment it appeared that something had
gone wrong aboard. She overran the
committee boat at the leeward end of
the line and when the starting signal
was fired the Upton boat was away to
leeward of the line and the handicap
gun doomed as the cup-hunter bore down
across the line and got away Experts
said it was amateurish. At all events,
the American was off under decidedly
encouraging conditions. The official
time of the start was:
Reliance, 11:00:36.
Shamrock Ill, II: 02:0O r.
The wind at this time was puffy from
the south southeast, and had not ex-
.ceeded four miles, It hauled around
more to southeast and half an hour later
had freshened to six knots. The excur-
sion fleet was hardly as large as on Sat-
urday, but the spectacle was impressive.
&.. Tennis Finals Postponed.
Newport, r. 1, Aug. 26.-Rain has
caused a postponement OF the national
tennis finals until Wednesday