Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-20
THE AMERICAS CUP.
Shamrock III Will Make a Bid
for Trophy, Today.
Remeasurement Gives Her Time Al
lowance Of | Minute, 81 Seconds.
In Spite Of All Betting Is Two to ons
on Reliance.

New York. Aug. 19.-Over the ocean
race course outside of Sandy Hook, Sir
| Thomas Lipton's third challenger.
shamrock III, will, tomorrow, try con-
| illusions with the new defender of the
Americas cup, the Reliance. 1t is ex-
pected that one of the largest crowds
/ which ever witnessed an international
cup race will go out to see the initial
contest. Again, this year, as in the
two preceding series, the government
will police the course with revenue
| cutters, and the most stringent rules
have been laid down to prevent inter-
ference by the excursion fleet with the
big single stickers.
Like greyhounds in leash, the big
| racers are moored, tonight, inside
Sandy Hook ready for the fray. Both
yachts were given their final trial spins,
today. Despite the big time allowance
which the defender must concede to the
challenger, the friends of the Reliance
are extremely confident that Sir Thorn
as is again doomed to defeat and this
confidence in the American boat is re-
Elected in the betting, the odds being
two to one on the Reliance. The
friends of the British boat, on the other
hand, profess the greatest faith in the
ability of Flies latest creation to life
the cup
According to the rules, the first race
will be Is nautical miles to windward or
leeward and return, depending upon the
direction of the wind. After that, each
alternate race will be over a triangular
course. 10 miles to the leg. The next race
will be sailed, Saturday and the third,
next Tuesday, and thereafter every other
day until the series is completed The
winner of three out of five will be the VIC
tor. According to the rules, if the course
is not covered within the time allowance,
52 hours, it is no race.
The weather prediction for tomorrow Is
not alluring. the forecaster promising a
breeze of from to knots. A 7-knot
breeze will be necessary to carry the
boats over the course in the allotted time.
New York, Ang. 19.-It was announ-
ced at the New York Yacht Club late,
tonight, that G. D. Mower, the official
measurer, had remeaSured Sir Thomas
Lipton's cup challenger, Shamrock III
off Sandy Hook, today, and that as d
consequence, the challenger will be in
receipt of an additional allowance of
l. seconds in the races, making total
time allowance of l minute and 81 Sec
onds, against the previous estimate of
l minute, 40 seconds.
The new measurement revealed the
fact that a mistake had been made in
measuring the length of the topmast.
When Mr.. Mower ran his tape over the
vessel again. today, he found that the
ho I'd
lower down than his figures of yester-
day showed. This made the length of
the topmast greater by three feet, re-
ducing the size of the mainsail and
thus decreasing the sail area. The
new measurement brings the racing
length of the Shamrock III down to
1914 instead of 104.77, equal to a time
allowance of IL seconds.
The re-measurement was made at the
request of Sir Thomas Upton. When
secretary George A. Cormack was ask
ed, tonight, if the re-measuring was
the result of any dissatisfaction on
the part of Sir Thomas Upton, he
said: Not at all. Sir Themes altered
his boat by lowering the throat hal
yard block, then asked for a re-meas-
urement and got it. That's ALL
For the first time the challenger and
today sailed in company OFF
Sandy Hook, when both boats were taken
out for final trial spins Except when
passing going in opposite directions, the
two yachts were never nearer than three
miles to each other. so that there was no
opportunity to compare them, although
some observers thought that Shamrock
heeled little more and seemed to carry
a larger stern wave.
The Reliance was first to get away
from her moorirgs within the Horseshoe,
and passed out by the Point of the Hook
at 10 A. NJ. There was a fine 10-knot
breeze from south-southeast and sailing
she went out through the
main ship channel and Gedney's channel
to the Sandy Hook lightship, eight miles,
at a fast clip. Shamrock III left Sandy
Hook Is minutes later and followed the
defender cut through the channel to the
lightship The Reliance turned at the
liGhtship and ran back toward the chan
mel meeting Shamrock III on the way
out.
Shamrock III proceeded as far as the
lightship, hove to and awaited the ar
rival of the Oceanic bound in, and then
followed the big liEer in under mainsafl
and jibr The Earl and Countess OF
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