Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-25
The Upton Boat Put Up Great
 Fight However.
BEATEN LESS THAN A MINUTE.

lime, the American Ya:at Getting
 Over Line First-Wriase Erred in
 His Jockeying Tactics And Lest
 Nearly a Minute-Oniy For This
 Mishap the Shamrock Would Prob
 ably Have Won To-Day's Race. A
 New York, Aug 25.-The prospects Tor another good contest between 1teli- ance and Shamrock III to-day were en- couraging at [ o'clock. A fine seven or eight-knot breeze was blowing out of the southeast, the sea was fairly smooth and the horizon clear for many miles,
 Four hours before the time set for the start there was every indication that the wind would hold throughout the day, giving the yachts and espe- cially the Shamrock, every opportunity to prove their worth over the thirty mile triangular course, which, accord ing to the program, must be sailed in the second contest between the boats.
 With the wind from the south south east it looked some hours before. the time set for the start as if the commit j. tee would send the boats on ten mile beat to windward from Sandy Hook, followed by a reach of another ten miles about northeast, and another reach of ten miles little north of west : to the lightship.
 As the morning progressed numerous little fishing boats came sailing up the coast from the south at fairly good gait. They rolled and dipped trif1e, but the sea was much smoother than flast week. In fact, there was compara- lively little surf along the shore. The air was wonderfully clear and some of , the incoming European vessels could be sighted twenty-five or thirty miles off shore.
 In fact, it was the clearest morning { Of any of the racing days. Although the wind was nearer to the southeast along the Jersey shore off at sea near CT to the lightship it looked to be three or four points nearer to the southward as several pilot boats seemed to be able to hold a course very nearly parallel to the shore.
 The crews of the two contestants were out early and before breakfasting had taken the covers off their main sails and raised their Jibs and staysails in stops, sArter breaktasting at o'clock Shamrock's crew started at once to work on the new inAinsail, ap- pfeclafing that it would take more time to get a proper set to it than if using the old one. At 7:45 they had 1t well under way, while Reliance at the same hour began to raise hers.
 The breeze was increasing and the flags at headquarters and on the yachts began to stand out from the masts, against which they had idly Tapped since sunrise
 The Shamrock got her new mainSail in place, and to those ashore it looked very much of an improvement over the old one It did not lap the boom and set up we'll to meet the club -topsail. There was only one quicker in 1t and that about thirty feet from the boom. As the wind caught it it bellied close to the mast, and there was broad curve on the leach. This should prove of great advantage on the reach, so the yachtsmen said.
 Reliance was only using one new sail and that jib, which set little fiatter than her old jib, and this, too, is considered of advantage to that boat on the reach. MT Iselin went aboard Reliance while his crew was at break fast or the tender Sir Thomas, on the deck of the Erin, was inclined to be less communicative than usual. He finally said: "I think we will get a good nace to-day. and I hope our sail may be a saccess"
 Mr Iselin was in excellent humor, and to query said: Tt looks like good racing weather, and it looks like Reliance weather also.'
 Reliance began to raise her mafnsail at 8ge0 and by that timo Captain Wringe had got Shamrock's sail to his liking after having sent two men to pull it taut at the boom end so as to draw out the wrinkles from along the gaf It wrinkled then only where it w1s liable to catch the full force of tho winl on the reach and hold it.
 Reliance's mainsail showed hardly n 1 wrinkle and looked half as big again as that of Shamrock's.
 Captain XFringe was evidently in good spirits after his sail was fitted. He paced the deck with the New York Yacht clubs representative smiling and joking.
 Reliance's sail was got up quickly | and at S:30 both boats were taking | aboard the days provisions for the | crews. Reliance raised her club-topsail at S:32 and after the trimming of yes terday 1t fitted perfectly.
 Mir Herreshoff. the builder of Reli- | ance, who passed the night on his l steam yacht Roamer, which was an- chored in Sandy Hook bay, went | aboard Reliance, taking with him an extra topsail.
 Reliance dropped her moorings just | before o'clock and under mainsail | and club-topsail, was ready to go to the start.
 She started on the port tack, broke out her staysail and iib and caught the breeze beautifully, rounding the Hook like a great white bird.
 Shamrock at o'clock took q line from her tender. and was lowed out with her mainsail set. At this time tho wind was blowing seven miles m hour from the south and blowing very steadily It was not, however, in- creasing in velocity as much as the yachtsmen wished
 The American yacht left her moor