Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-29
Committee Decided Not to Wait
Until Tuesday.
TOO MUCH WIND TODAY.

There Was a Regular Gale Blowing
Over the Yacht Course-It Was
Deemed Advisable Not to Send Out
the Racers To-Day - Londoners
Want to Try Race With the Crews
Exchanged They Will Foot the
Bills.
New York, Aug 29.-The committee
of the New York Yacht club named
Monday as the day for tne next racepe-
tween the Reliance and the Shamrock
III. 1t was also decided to hold races
every day thereafter until the interna-
Slonal contest was decided.
New York, Aug 29.-For the first
time In the history of the America $
cup contest a race has been postponed
because of too much wind To-day the
third of the present series of races was
to have been sailed. Following the
futile attempt OF Thursday, when there
was not enough wind to complete the
race within the time limit, 1t was earn
estly hoped by yachtsmen that to-day's
contest would he decisive and the Sc
gies completed Ten hours after Thurs
Gays drifting failure storm broke
over the cup course and ragged about
Sandy Hook. The water tumbled into
waves that troubled even an ocean
liner. The course presented a stormy
scene The wind blew with a velocity
estimated between forty and fifty
miles, and the rain driven before 1t
obscured the vision beyond q mile or
two.
Within the Sheltering bend of Sandy
Hook, where the two racing yachts
rode at their moorings the water was
comparatively quiet, while across the
sandy peninsula on the ocean side the
surf doomed as it broke upon the
beach. Throughout the night steam
was kept up on the tug Guiding Star,
which has towed Reliance when neces-
sary. AT o'clock the regatta commit
tee met at the New York Yacht club
house and decided to postpone the race
for the day. The meeting was then
adjourned until / 2. m, when a dacis-
ion as to a race being sailed Monday
will be reached In the meantime o
tug was sent to Sandy Hook to secure
the feeling of. Mr., Iseain and Sir Thorn
as tn the matter and upon the return
OF the tug definite action will be taken.
"A prominent member of the yacht
club said this morning that he was in
favor of q race Monday, and now that
Sir Thomas has openly expressed him-
self upon the abilities of both boats,
and acknowledged himself defeated, 1t
was thought advisable by many Of the
members OF the yacht club that the
race be sailed Monday, and the series
completed as soon as possible.
London, Aug pa cable dispatch
was sent to Sir Thomas Lpton to-day
offering to guarantee the expenses II
he viii arrange for a series OF five
races between the Reliance and the
Shamrock III with their crews ex'
changed.
In approving of Sir Thomas's report
ed determination not to challenge again
for the Americas cup, the Globe this
afternoon voices the despair which
marks all the comment on the cup rae
ing, saying: There comes a time
when constant and inevitable defeat
wearies even the most enthusiastic
and Sir Thomas is well advised to re
ainquish the struggle while his nluck
is so generally recognized and before
his failures have become a jest. While
the American yacht builders are so su
perior to their English rivals we are
not likely to regain the cup"