Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
CONTESTANTS FOR THE CUP.

revived despairing hopes The regatta
committee waived until the last moment
to send the boats away at l o'clock. Sig
mails were displayed to indicate wind
ward and leeward course of thirty miles,
south and back
The duel between the shippers began
at the sound of the preparatory gun and
continued through a series of maneuvers
in which Captain Barr of the Reliance
again proved his seamanship by outgen-
eraling Captain Wringe until the boats
went across the line
Barr Shows His Superiority.
During the fifteen minutes before the
starting gun Captain Barr held the Brit
ish boat under his lee and for most of
the time blanketed. He never relinquish-
ed the windward position which the Re
lance held when the preparatory gun
was fired.
The official starting time was:
Shamrock III. ............... 10000
The Shamrock actually crossed the
line in 1:02:03 and suffered a handicap
of 3 seconds.
Both were heading seaward. but as
Shamrock was backwinding her head
sails, the Shamrock whirled about and
headeI. down the Jersey coast. The Reli-
ance held on for a minute an zen fol
lowed The maneuver placed the Reli-
ance to windward, but astern of the chal-
langer. Barr pinched the Reliance close
to the wind and cleverly nursed the
yacht toward the turning mark. The
Shamrock III. at first footed faster. but
the Reliance more than made it good by
outpointing.
When the boats tackled off Seabright,
heading seward, the American boat had
gained a quarter of a mile straight to
windward of the British craft. On this
new tack Captain Wringe again gave
his boat a good full and she cut through
the Reliance's lead at an alarming gait,
but all to no purpose. The Shamrock
was a long mile astern when the Reli-
ance whirled about the mark. The boats
were timed at the turn as follows:
Reliance 3:4O 80
Shamrock III. ................ 3:51:4o
Reliance Splits Sail.
AS the boats started the run home
ward under spinnakers and balloon jib
topsails a split about three feet long
appeared in the foot of the Reliance's
spinnaker, but as it drew well Captain
Barr continued to carry it. For three
quarters of an hour the only variation
was a slow gain by the leading bost
Then at APO, with almost half the course
yet to be sailed, thick bank of fog came
rolling in before southeast wind and
enveloped the Shamrock. The Reliance
ran along for FIVE minutes longer until
the fog bank reached her, then she felt
a heavier wind from the southeast,
smothered her spinnaker and sped for
ward toward final victory. When she
finished the whistles of every craft in
the feet opened wide in recognition of
her achievement The American yachts
men danced about the deck of ]. p. Nor
gan's yacht, the Coraaif, and congratu-
lated one another
May Challenge Again.
Sir Thomas Upton has not yet aban-
doned hope of lifting" the cup. After
witnessing the inglorious defeat of Sham
rock III. he gathered his friends about
him on Erin and said that under certain
conditions he might challenge again. If
he does so his boat will be named Sham
rock ". Sir Thomas had nothing but
praise for Reliance and words of graft
tude for the courtesy he had received
at the hands of the cup committee and
the American public.