The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-19
Reliance Will Allow Shamrock III.
! Minute and IS Seconds in
Thirty Miles.
Adherents Of the Challenger Are Ju.
bilant- Official Measurements
Of Cup Yachts.

New York, Aug. 1s.-The Shamrock III.
and the Reliance are now Juggling at their
moorings in Sandy Hook bay, both ready
for the contest which Is to begin Thurs
day. They have been thoroly groomed
and yesterday after the finishing touches
were put on their underbodies they were
floated and then the measurer, Charles
D. Mower of the New York Yacht club,
put his tape over the two boats to find out
how much time the Reliance has to allow
in the races. The amount had been fig
ured from a minute and a half to two
minutes, but as the exact length Of the
water lines Of the two boats could not
be ascertained, this was largely guess
work. When all the work had been done
1t was officially announced that the Re-
lance allows one minute forty-hve sec
onds time to the Shamrock III. in each
race. This is large allowance, more
than many of the admirers of the Re
lance thought she would give, and those
who believe in the ability Of the Sham
rock to win are very much pleased.
Measuring the two boats was a long
job, but patient crowd stood around
them all day long. Early In the morning
Erie basin began to fill up, and by 10
o'clock there was no standing room
around the dry docks in which were the
two boats. The Reliance looked big and
powerful, while the Shamrock is small,
delicate and dainty She is a big little
boat and more than one in the basin COM
mented on the fact that she looked very
much like the Defender.
In 1895 when the Defender was built,
the Englishmen called her a big little
boat The Valkyrie that year was the
brute. She was bigger in every way that
the Defender but the Defender won. This
year things are just the opposite. She
has shown in her trials that she is fast
She has beaten the Shamrock I. by, large
margins and she is to receive a large al
lowance from the Reliance.
Sir Thomas Upton and c. Oliver Iselin
were early in the basin looking over the
two boats. AS usual Sir Thomas was the
center of an admiring crowd. He was be-
sieged by all and had to shake hands
with many, until he got tired and took
refuge on the Shamrock, where he; had a
long talk with Captain Wringe and Will
liam Fife.
Later in the morning he met Mr.: Iselin
on the dock and the two yachtsmen
chatted for a time. While they were talk
ing a young woman approached Sir
Thomas, shook his hand and said:
eve all hope you will win the cup, Sir
Thomas
Sir Thomas laughed and thanked her.
but Mr.. Iselin said:
"Oh, no, we don't, and we are not going
TO let MIN WIN II we can help 1t.
In Wall street yesterday H. G. Heming
bet Jacob Field $4,000 against $1,000 that
Reliance would beat Shamrock in the in
ternational yacht races. Mr.. fleming also
made another bet of 5000 to $500 on Re-
lance. F. H. Brooks announced that the
balance Of the money that he had COM
missioned to bet on Reliance at odds of 2
to / had been Withdrawn and that he was
taking the Shamrock end at those odds,
having placed bet with Dick Bros. &
Co., of $1,250 to $4,000. r. S.. Winsmore,
at the office of Dick Bros. & Co., said that
he had been commissioned to place 1000
Of Shamrock money at odds of: 1 to ~,
and that he could get more Shamrock
money at the same odds if Reliance money
WA q fOrthcomjng