Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-03
ANOTHER TRIAL FOR CUP
The Big Yachts Got Away About
 One O'clock 4

Heavy Fog During the Forenoon Made
 It Necessary to Postpone Starting
 Hour-Good Breeze Was Blowing
 When the Start Was Made and Re
 liance Quickly Took the Lead.
 New York, Sept 3.-With a fog heavier than on any previous morning, and but five or siX-mile wind from the northWard, the conditions this morning for the fourth attempt this week to sail the third Of the series of the international yacht races were far from ideal. Withal, however, there was more wind than on the three pre- vious days, when all attempts at a race were futile, and there were hopes that the fog would lift, and the wind would increase in velocity, as it blew from a favoEfble quarter.
 At I o'clock the fog could not be penetrated beyond 100 feet, but in less than two hours there were indications Of it's lifting The wind still held true and at S:35 was reported officially at Sandy Hook at five miles. The sun, too, began to break through the mist, and it then began to clear rapidly. Soon it was possible to see half mile or more, blue skies were in evidence, and the prospects of race were more encouraging than on any previous day this week.
 At S:45 o'clock Captain Wringe and Captain Barr gave orders not to make sail until the dropping fog lifted fur ther. Captain Barr said there would be a great clearance of the fog before he would think of riskfng Reliance out side of the Hook.
 At E9:15, however, Reliance's crew began pulling up their staysail and iib in stops and Shamrock followed shortly after
 At 9:30 Reliance started for the 1ightship in tow, raising her mainsa1l as she went. At that time the wind, according to the official observer, had dropped to three miles an hour from the northeast.
 Sir Thomas Lipton's guests arrived about 9:30 on the Fletcher and for th9 first time saw Shamrock III making preparations to leave. Shamrock left in tow at 9:8S with only her foresails in, stops
 When the yachts reached the light ship the wind had hauled around to the southeast and was blowing about live miles an hour. It was clearing gradu- ally, but the fog was still so heavy that at 1O:35 the committee boat Navi- gator signa1led a postponement of the start until later in the day.
 AS the weather was gradually growing clearer the committee decided to wait until o'clock before starting the race At that hour the wind had increased to seven knots and the course was marked out as fifteen miles of a beat and then run home for fif- teen miles. The starting gun was fired at 1 o'clock. The official time of the start was: Reliance 1:O1 :56; Sham rock I 1:02:OO.
 The yachts went over on the star board tack. but moved slowly. AS they held in on the port tack the yachts began to move at a fair rate, producing little feather of foam un- der their bows as they moved through the water. At o'clock the yachts had covered one-half the distance to the outer mark. The wind at this time was blowing nine knots. The Reliance maintained her lead and out pointed the Shamrock. At POS the Shamrock endeavored to catch up with her rival by going on the star board tack. but the Reliance followed that tack five seconds later.
 The yachts had not sailed many minutes before the wind began to freshen and the Reliance continued to gain, going to windward. of the sham rock, although the latter boat seemed to foot as fast as the Reliance. The yachts made fine sailing in the fresh ening wind, tacking we'll and pointing high to windward. The port tack, which was begun after the yachts started, was held until they reached a peint a mile north of Long Branch and about the same distance from shore. The Reliance had outsailed the Sham rock on this tack so that when the challenger, went about on the star board tack at POS she was followed a few seconds later by the Reliance. The latter at this time had a lead of one-haR mile.
 At 2:3O the indications were that the yachts would reach the outer mark within the next hour and that would give them three hours for the sail home.