The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-26
Upton STILL HOPEFUL
THINKS HIS YACHT MAY WIN THE
THIRD CONTEST.
Victory Of Reliance Mainly Que to
the Superior Science Of Her
SkiIIfuI Captain.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25-In a glorious
whole sail breeze, over a triangular course.
ten miles to a leg, the feet-footed cup de-
heels TO Sir Thomas Liptons challenger,
taking the second of the cup series
of = by the narrow margin of l minute
and 10 seconds 1t was pretty and
as hard fought contest as has ever been
sailed off Sandy Hook and had the wind
not fallen during the last ten minutes. the
minutes and fifteen seconds, made oy Col
umbia two years ago in her memorable
race against Shamrock III, would have been
broken. AS ii was. Reliance sailed the
nine seconds of the record. which speaks
wonders for her speed in the wind that
was blowing.
Reliance's victory. narrow as It was.
would have been even smaller had not Capt.
Wringe. the skipper of the British ship.
sbungled the start. sending his craft over
the line nineteen seconds after the last gun
and handicapping her to that extent. At
every point of sailing the defenders super
iority was demonstrated. She gained one
minute and fifty-one seconds in windward
work, forty seconds on the run 20 the sec
ond mark. and forty-five seconds an the
close reach for home.
Based upon the magnificent showing she
has made I'm the two races already sailed,
# is the belief of many experts that the
cup is safe and that it will take something
better than Fife's latest creation to even
bulge Ii.
THE EXCURSION FLEET.
An assemblage of excursion vessels
almost as large as that of last Saturday
poured down through the narrows and out
into the broad Atlantic to-day to witness
the vanishing glory of the challenger.
The excursion fleet, like a floating city
built upon the floor of the ocean, lined up
rail to rail in great semi-circle to wit
ness the start. The course, a beat due
south into the wind for ten miles, then
q broad reach or run as the case might be
of toward the Cholera banks and thence
home again to the old red-hulled lightship,
had been set.
The spectators watched the jockeying for
the start with eager interest. To the un-
initiated it was hair-raising to see what
close company the giants single stickers
kept. IL seemed momentarily as IL the
spars and hulls would clash, but they
wheeled and circled like gulls. tacking.
sybing and putting about with wonderful
ease and grace. At last when they bound
ed across the line close-hauled for the
thresh to windward IL was that the
American skipper by his extremely clever
work had again outgeneraled his rival and
secured the weather guage. Not only was
the challenger's captain defeated in his eff
fort TO secure the windward berth, but he
actually failed to cross in time 10 save a
handicap, an almost objectionable sin in a
cup contest Barr never relinqushed his
advantage after the start. holding the chal-
1enger Iuder his lee all the way 10 the first
mark.
A PRETTY SCENE
AS the ssrs got farther out the weight of
the wind steadily increased. and the waves
began to spill froth from their green crests.
Both boats. with every stitch of canvas set,
smashed into the seas. heeling down i'm the
puffs under the press of thousands of yards
Of light canvas until their lee rails were
awash- Their crews. piled up To weather,
were repeatedly deluged with showers of
spray Slowly but surely the thousands
aboard the observation fleet saw that ReIi-
ance was gaining. opening a wider and wider
stretch OF water between her and the chal-
lenger. The yachts were bowling along at
q terrific pace when they turned the second
mark Reliance sailed this leg of ten miles
In ifty-six minutes and twenty seconds.
The last leg was also covered at roaring
speed Reliance still increasing her lead.
The guideboat sent ahead to show the course
was too slow. and Reliance passed her be-
fore the line reached. All the ocean,
going tugs and many of the steam yachts
were left astern.
Just before the finish the wind died down.
but Reliance went across in ample time TO
win. having covered the ten miles in So
minutes 10 seconds. There followed the
usual riot OF whistles. OF bells shouts of
patriots and booming of cannon. Sham-
rcck was about mile astern and crossed
four minutes and forty seconds later. to a
repetition OF the riot which had welcomed
Reliance to victory.
back To New York at top speed. but before
half the fleet had reached the upper bay a
fquaI est OF the northwest struck the feet.
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