The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-09
OVER A MEASURED COURSE
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Continued from First Page) Shamrock III, putting her down to lee ward and behind as they luffed for the Shambles, the Shamrock I. leading round the lightship. The times were: Shamrock I................ 10:45:O2 Shamrock H.. .IO:4S:zo
 Sheets were all home as they came on the wind, and the challenger, gaining fast and sailing a little freer, went through the older boats lee before they had gone mile to windward. Alter holding this tack for twenty minutes the Shamrock III. came about, passed wide across the bows of the Shamrock l., and, taking up a position ahead and wide to windward, pointed higher and sailed faster, gaining on every mile. The freshening wind knocked up some sea as the boats beat back, but the challenger stood up we'll and took the seas easily. She again crossed the bows of the Shamrock I. as they beat into the bay. The times as the yachts turned the Erin at the finish of the first round were:
 Shamrock ........1 .1l:4o'l4 shamrock 1...... ......'.'.-''.'' 'AA'7''''
 The challenger gained, therefore, ex- actly two minutes on seven-mile run to leeward and return.
 As the two yachts rounded the Erin spinnakers were set for the second run to the Shambles; smarter work on board the Shamrock I. enabled her 10 make up twenty seconds of lost ground. They made fairly level racing down the wind, the challenger not gaining appreciably in the first couple of miles. The wind held fresh and fairly steady, allowing an honest trial of speed. Both boats were equally served by | the wind and, sailing practically in the same water, it took a little over fifty minutes to run the seven miles. The boats turned the Shambles on the sec ond round as follows:
 | Shamrock I .....................l .l2:44:5f Sheets were trimmed home for close reach as the boats headed for the | Erin, looking as though with the breeze more westerly they might fetch Through. The challenger gradually in- creased the gap. The yachts lay as close as they could to the wind, which was strong and true, and made short work of the journey. They showed a speed of about twelve knots, with the new boat gaining steadily, and finished as follows:
 Shamrock III .....................l ....l:2S:3o | SnamfOck 'I'o0 .oo
 On this reach the new boat gained 1 fully three minutes. After short rest to enable G. L. Watson to land from the Shamrock H.. the yachts were sent off on another spinnaker run out to sea.
 The Shamrock TIL, which had short lead In starting, widened the gap, but the wind changed again about mile from the Shambles, the spinnakers were taken in. and the two boats reached for the mark, which was turn ed on the third round. with the new boats about a minute ahead, as fol- lows:
 Shamrock III ..........!..........2: ..2:29:05 Shamrock I ....................... .2:S0:l7
 A couple of long tacks brought them home. Jibtopsails were set, and the challenger rapidly opened out long lead, seemingly being we'll suited by the freshening wind. The times at the finish of the days work were:
 Shamrock III. II..................... 3:2S:10 shamrock ..........".-........ 5:S5: LS
 The new boat had thus beaten the Shamrock four minutes over the last seven miles turn to windward, and one minute eight seconds to leeward, or five minutes and eight seconds in all for the fourteen miles.
 The trials were reparde hy aynerts as showing that Shamrock III is markedly superior to the old boat in fresher weather and more open water. In run ming off the wind in light breeze, the Shamrock I was only some seconds a mile slower but on the wind the chal- lenger quite outclassed her