The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-21
RELIANCE WAS
FAR IN THE LEAD
First Race For the Americas
Cup Declared of.
WIND FAILED The SAILORS
LIFToN SEEMS DOOMED TO BE
AGAIN DEFEATED.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-One Of the
~ biggest crowds Of sightseers and
yachtsmen that ever sailed down
Sandy Hook to witness an attempt o.
a foreign cup hunter TO wrest from
America the yachting supremacy o.
the world returned to New York to-
night disappointed because the sea had
refused a field Of combat TO the racers
Nevertheless the crowd was jubilant in
the conviction that Sir Thomas Lip
toms latest challenger, like the two
Shamrocks which had preceded her.
was doomed 10 return to England
empty handed. OF course the race to-
day was not absolutely conclusive, oW-
ing TO The light and shifting character
of the air. but in a fifteen-mile beat 10
windward, a portion of which was
sailed in a driving rain, the cup de-
fender Reliance showed her heels to
the Shamrock III in commanding
style. and that, too. in weather con-
ditions which were supposed 10 be to
the particular liking of the challenger.
Sixteen Minutes Behind.
Flies latest creation has been her
aided as a wonder in light breeZes IN
windward work. and especially with
jumpy sea on, while the Reliance on
her trials has done her best reaching
and running in a wholesale wind. Yet
today. with breeze varying from one
10 twelve knots, and against long
ground swell. the defender Outfooted
and outpOinted the Shamrock III The
Shamrock did not turn the outer mark.
and there is. therefore, no way OF
knowing absolutely how badly she was
beaten. but il was estimated that she
was more than. a mile astern, or about
sixteen minutes. i'm the existing
strength of the wind, when the Reli-
anCe rounded.
believe that. blow high or blow low,
the Reliance will win this, the thir-
teenth series for the Americas cup.
A Miserable Day.
The day was a miserable one. a
mist lay over the city and bay in the
morning. and when the great fleet or
excursion steamers, steam yachts, tugs
and sailing vessels reached the starting
line where the racers were already
jOckeying for position, threatening
clouds were gathering over the Jersey
highlands. The breeze was not over
six knots.
The course was set fifteen miles
southwest. straight down the Jersey
coast and return. At the start Cap
tain Barr cleverly outgeneraled Cap
tain Wringe. sending the Reliance over
the line thirty three seconds behind
the challenger. but in the windward
berth In the first twenty minutes Of
sailing the defender showed her wind
ward qualities, drawing up on even
terms with the challenger besides be-
ing about 200 yards to windward. Then
the storm broke, and for thirty minutes
the rain came down in torrents. the
wind meanwhile increasing to twelve
knots.
Could Not Be Headed.
When the storm had passed the de-
fender was seen TO be firmly estab-
Iished on the weather bow Of the
Shamrock III, and she was never after
ward headed.
During the last two hours or the
race the Reliance steadily increased her
lead. rounding the turn a mile ahead
of the Shamrock. Heading back for
home close hauled, she had just
reached the Shamrock, still outward
bound when it became apparent that
the race could not be finished in the
time allowance, and the regatta COM
mittee boat at 3:45 fired the signal
which declared the race Off.
The work of the patrol fleet was per
feet. Moving at right angles. line
ahead and line abreast. the revenue
cutters kept the yachts in the hollow
of a moving angle, as free from inter
ference as if they had been sailing in
midOcean.
Under the rules the first race, fifteen
miles TO leeward or windward and re-
turn. is now postponed until Saturday.