The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-29

tons laid down to govern its. move
meats. As soon as the Reliance
rounded. the patrol fotilIa blew
their whistles and Changing bells in
the engine rooms sent the whole
feet at full speed to leeward of the
last leg of the course.
There, the vast concourse of
steam, craft lay wallowing in the
trough Of the sea until the yechts,
bowling along at terrific pace.
turned the second mark. The Re-
lance sailed this leg of ten miles in
So minutes 20 seconds. Then the
feet started for the finish line,
STAINING course parallel with that
Of the flying yachts. This last leg
was covered at roaring speed, the
Reliance still increasing her lead
with her wake streaming alec, a
path of dancing white on the deep
blue bosom of the sea. Just before
the finish the wind died down but
the reliancs went across in ample
time to win, having covered the ten
miles in 81 mi6utes 40 seconds.
There followed the usual riot of
whistles, mingled with the wall of
sirens the clang Of bells and the
Eexultant shouts Of patriots and the
booming of cannon. The Sham
rock was abeut mile astern and
crossed 4 minutes and 40 seconds
later, to repetition of the noise,
which bad welcomed the Rsliance's
victory.
Though the Reliance had the
lead of three minutes and fifteen
seconds, she still lacked Elk seconds
of making up the time allowance
and the difference of one minute
and twenty-four seconds at the
start Officially, the Shamrock III
was still six seconds ahead of the
slippery Yankee craft, but it was
evident that the latter had won the
race, barring accident.
In breeze varying from ten to IL
knots an hour, she had made good
the time allowance in a.ten-mile
thresh to windward, and there was
=eSery reason to believe that, 10
reaching and running, which are
her two strongest points of Sailing,
she would quickly overcome that
official six seconds.
Both plains broke out balloon
jib topsails when they squared for
the second turn. The wind was 20
far aft that they quickly decided
that, inetead of being a broad reach
as intended, the course to the turn
was run. Spinnaker booms were
guyed out, and the great sails add
ed to the tall reaches of canvas.
Staysails were taken in and, with
spinneker booms guyed well for
ward the yachts ran away for turn.
Both were heading off their
course bit in order to make their
spinnakers draw well, and they ran
that way for halfan hour, when the
Reliance smothered her spinpaker
and began to set her staysail. Dur
ing that time she did no. appear to
have gained an inch, but immedi-
ately on laying her true course, she
began to draw away. Ten minutes
after the Reliar ce, the Shamrock
III also took in her spinnaker, set
her staysail, and headed for The
mark. With the wind over their
quarter, both yachts made fast time
of it, but it was apparent that the
Reliance was gaining.
The Reliance was leading by
three minutes and 55 seconds; hav-
ing gained 40 seconds in the run
across from the first to the
second mark. She bad overcome
the time allowance, made good the
difference at the start, and estab-
hshed a margin to her credit of "a
seconds.
The reliance whirled about the
mark, gybed over. trimmed in her
sheets, and romped away on close
reach toward Sandy Hook lightship
and the finish, line. She was three
quarters of a mile away before the
Shamrock III rounded the mark.
Both yachts were healing before
12-knot wind from south by west
and were sailing at least one mile
an hour faster than the wind was
blowing
When the Reliance was a quar-
ter of mile from the finish line,
the wind died away considerably, !
but the Shamrock III, came BOOM
ing along carrying a splendid
breeze, and fast overhauling the
leader. Il looked as though the
British boat was going to get with.
in her time limit, butthe finish line
was too close, and the Reliance
slipped across 1t with one minute
and 10 secnnds 10 snare The Sham.