The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-26

out. the weight Of the wind steadily in
creased and the waves began TO .spltl
boats. with every stitch of canvas set.
smashed into the seas, heelng down IN
the puffs under the press of thousands OF
yards Of light canvas until thelr lee TaliS
were awash in the foaming brine. Jhelf
crews niled up to weat her, were repeat
edlr deluged with the showers of spray
sent aIoft by the shark-like bOWsA
Reliance Gaining.
Slowly but surely the thousands aboard
the observation fleet saw that the Rc-
lance was gaining opening "lGeI
stretch of water between her and the
challenger The excursion fleet does not
20 to this mark. in obedience to the reg
ulations laid down 10 govern It's move
ments As soon as the Reliance round
ed the patrol floUlla blew its whistles
and changing bells i'm the engine rooms
sent the whole fleet at run speed 10 Zee
ward of the last leg of the course. Ihere
the vast concourse of steam craft lay
wall0wing in the trough Of the sea until
the yachts. bowling along at terIltlc
pace. turned the second mark The Re-
lance sailed this leg Of ten miles IN titty-
six minutes. twenty seconds Inen the
fleet started for the finish line, steaming
a course parallel with that of the flying
yachts. This last leg was also covered
al roaring speed the Reliance stil m
creasiug her lead. her wake streaming
alec, q path of dancing white on the deep
blue bosom OF the sea. Just before lhe
finish the wind died down, but the Re
lance went across in ample time to win.
having covered the ten miles in fifty
seven minutes forty seconds
Joyous Welcome. L
There followed the usual riot Of whis-
ties mingled with the wall Of sirens. the
clang OF bells and the exultant shouts OF
patriots and the booming Of cannon. ne
Shamrock was about mile astern ahu
. crossed four minutes and forty seconds
later to a repetition of the riot which
had welcomed the Reliance's victory.
Then the great observation fleet head
ed back to New York at top speed. not
waiting 20 follow the racers And il WAS
we'll ihat it was so. Before half the fleet
had reached the upper bay green-gray
squan out Of the northwest. raising cur
tain of spray as il came, struck the lIeet;
bringing grief TO many eXcusionslsts ana
carrying away yacht and steamer avn
inEs and top hampers generally.
1t was hard day for the overworked
newspaper reporters The experience OF
two years ago demonstrated the uncer-
taiutv of all wireless teIegraphy- DuI no
one was prepared for the utter collOpse
of the system which occurred today
I There were fOur competing systems, three
/ of which We're most active. Ihe Amos
: phere above the triangular course was
I beaten into a hopeless confusion so that
/ the MarcOni system. with oil its careful
preparation. was available Tor out SIN
4 gle message throughout the entire day
] III would not have been so eXasDerating
| If the rival companies had been honestly
/ striving to send their own bulletins Du'
/ much or the interference WIS oDE IOu'iS
| malicious. The wireless telegraph syS-
! TEN. the fleet OF small boats carrying
! the news from the course 70 the shore
/ and a line OF shore observers along the
! Jersey and Long island coasts were used
! to carry news OF the race, but all three
/ systems proved a failure.
A Bogus Bulletin.
] Before the yachts had reached the first
: turn, a thick haze overspread the course
| and shut them entirely from the view OF
the shore observe Then some INDUCED
/ in a guessing match and one Of Marconi'S
oTuonent companies DrOfeSsed to have re-
ceived Message giving the hour. minute
/ and second at which each boat turned
The first mark This was well enough
/ until the official time was obtained from
/ the committee boat and then il was dis
/ closed that this so-called wireless com
Dauv was publishing bulletins from shore
observations and wild guesses that had
not been transmitted by wireless teleg
! raphy at all.