Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-25
RELIANCE WINS THE SECOND RACE.

TOUT or live revenue cutterSf1n the leau.
 An hour and quarter before the
 time set for the start, the sky, al-
 though partially cloudy, gave little in diactions of any disagreeable weather
 during the day.
 The wind, which had been about
 south southeast during the early morn
 ing, hauled point or two to the southwark, blowing a point or two east of south It still continued,
 however. at about a seven-knot gait and these conditions seemed to pre-
 vail over a wide stretch of water, so that there was at this time every pros pect that the race would not only be
 started on time. but~ that the boats would be able to cover the course
 within the time limit of 55s hours,
 Soon after 10 o'clock both yachts had arrived at the Hghtship and cast off their toWs. Nearly an hour re- mained before the starting gun was to be fired and the yachts sailed back and forth about the liglltship which the committee boat did not reach un- til some time later When Shamrock dropped her tow she immediately
 broke out her jib, and holding away
 rom the lightship on the port tack. sent up her largest club topsail The crew worked smartly and inside of dO minutes all the large sails were placed. The fopsail Reliance set while Inside the Hook proved somewhat smaller than the weather conf1i- lions warranted, Captain Barr 1ndinp t1e sea smooth and the wind comuara- lively light, decided to change to n still larger one, and this was done. Tn the meantime the regatta committee on board the tug Navigator had arrived at the start and the comrnittee was busy for some minutes planning out the course
 At 1925 the signal was hoisted for triangular course. the tug Navigator coming to anchor about half a mile to the westward of the lightship. At lO:3O the course signals were hoisted. Five minutes after the regatta commit tee had set the signal for a triangular race the three sets of flags were broken out on the triatic stay, denoting the direction sof the three legs. As read from shore the first leg was south. giv- ing the boats beat down the Jersey shore. The next was northeast by east one-half east, which under the conditions of the wind prevailing at the time would give the yachts broad reach from the first to the second mark on the staTboard tack. The next leg was northwest by west to the finish at the lightship, another broad reach on the port tack.
 The preliminary signal was fired at ! Iels45 and ill1Tned lately after the fight forspositi ion began. As usual Reliance followed Shamrock in her various ma neuvers about the line, neither boat going very far from the starting point When the preliminary gun was fired both were to the eastward of the light ship.
 When the preliminary gun was fired both were to the eastward of the light ship bit, but returned and began sailing LID and down the line When the warning signal was fired at 10:55 tie Shamrock was close to the com mittee boat. She immediately head 1 ed along the line on the starboard tack and Reliance coming down from the windward attempted to blanket her. Both boats four minutes before the start were holding across the line Oh the starboard tack with Reliance on Shamrock's weather quarter. Then they both wore back with Shamrock | in the lead and came for the eastern end of the line on the port tack. Re liance, however, kept right after her. In the meantime great tank boat came pluussding between the yachts and Reliance was forced to hold away. | She went to the stern of the commit f tee boat and swinging around, headed for the line on the starboard tack fy, Wringe kept away and was two or three hundred yards to lnc westward E of the committee boat when Reliance, coimng underneath the stern of the committee boat. crossed the Hue at Ii 0027 (ilnodfcian. Captain Wringe held aWsy too long before coming about und headfng for ths line with the result that ae was unxfer the stern of the committee boat when fhe handi- cap gun was fired two minutes after the start. He ran up onto the line on the starboard tack and then came about and headed for the Jersey shore1 on tho port tack. 1t looked as if he had lost about 9 seconds by slownessI in reaching tho line Both boats broke out baby jbgotopsafls just before the start
 Ten minutes after the start they were heading for the Jersey shore on the port tack. the Reliance In the lead. but apparently not gaining very much on the Shamrock in the light air. The wind had dropped to about five knots and thick haze began to set in from sea.
 After l2 minutes sailing it seemed as 1T Shamrock was holalng just as high and footing nearly as fast as Re lance Reliance was still leading by quarter of a mile.
 At 11:42 the Reliance tackled to star. board, having held the port tack since shortly after II. One minute later the Shamrock went about on tho star board tack, getting to the weather of Reliance's wake. The Shamrock gained slightly on the Reliance by this and shortly after 12 o'clock vent to windward of the Reliance. IT ooked, however, as though the Rei- lnce was still leading by quarter of ! mile. The Shamrock still appeared 0 be pointing higher than the Reliance