The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
VERY LITTLE INTEREST
 IS TAKEN IN THE RACE
Contest Was SpiritIess From the Be- ginning and the Unfortunate FIuke Prolongs the Aeony-Wrinee
 Shows Improvement.

New York, August 9i.--Again today ths beautiful cup dcfendei Reliance failed lo register her third victory over Liptonfs challenger because the wind died to ngth- ing and the time limit of five and a half hours expired before she could reach tho finish line. Her margin was approximate ly the same as that of Thursday last. She was less than half a mile from the finish when the gun sounded The sham rock III was a faint blur on tre forlz fully two and half miles astern Relianee's failure to score the race Y the more exasperating because her 1. mate triumph is now conceded even by Sir Thomas himself, to be simply a for maity. The superiority of the Herreschon , boat in any kind of weather is acknowl- edged by the yachting critics on both sides of the Atlantic and today's huke on- 1 ly ppolongs the agony of the contest that has already been decided.
 Interest Is Waning.
 The waning interest In the cup race was strikingly Illustrated by the size the observation fleet if the number , shlps5whlch went down ''e ockan ra, cour'e such | title. 6dtsrI ptte which patroled the cons~ sleo ! of half dozen side wheelers with imos empty decks, a few sea going tugs and score of steam yachts. The eastei4 win. and rain last night had served tq knock down the sea somewhat As the day wore on the wind hauled to the north and fell to mere zephyr
 The race was sniritess from the begin- ming. It wAs laid fifteen miles ta w'ra. ward up the Long Island sho. turn. It's saving feature was t
 in which Captain Wringe, by ! piece of maneuvering, neatly turne, tables on the Yankee and captured windward berth. Even so, the yachts crossed the line abreast like d harnessed team of horses
 Defender Shows Her Heels. But within fifteen minutes the defeni CT was showing her heels to the challe. ger and when the fleet at the out mark was reached she rounded it 20;23 ahead of her rival. In the five times the boats have met, this was by far the worst beat- ing the Shamrock has had in windward work. The only interest which remained after that was as to whether the Reliance would be able to reach the finish line in time to score the race.
 The navigator signalled windward and
 
 which direction a five-knot wind was blowing. The easterly gale had left long, heavy running. The official starting time Of both boats WE u:45:26.
 The first tack. five minutes after oross- ing the line put the Shamrock III. ahead. but under the lee bow of the Reliance. Captain Wringe gave his boat as good full wind and the way she began to walk away from the defender made 1t look 1s though she had found herself at lastly But this for only a few minutes~Y When he began to pinch her into ths&xwnd it was apparent that the Reliance Qutpoint- ing the challenger and altog aking better work of 1t.
 Reliance Gets the
 They sailed one tack eas
 nearly an hour. During th.
 fender worked up to wind
 quarter of a mile. When
 tackled Shamrock III. refu
 so Barr put his craft on tn. again. This placed the Relianc north of Shamrock TIL Fiftee- later the wind suddenly e northeast and placed t'
 that distance dead
 of which she td
 that time