The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-26
RELIANCE WINS AGAIN
In Shamrock Weather on a
Shamrock Course.
ONLY l MIN. ~ SEC. TO SPARE
And the Shamrock Lost the 10
Seconds at the Start.

For Once, the Experts Say, He Out
generated Barr--But the Reliance
Spread Too Much Wing for Him--Race
Sailed In Light Wind and Calm Sea.
Shamrock III. found herself" yesterday
in the triangular race off Sandy Hook, the
second Of the series, with the Cup defender
Reliance. In sea that did not disturb the
daintiest amateur in gilt-fronted cap, and
with just the sort OF wind the Briton' .
admirers say she has been longing for,
she was defeated, but not ingloriously, by
the unapproachable Yankee yacht.
The time Of the defeat might have been
reduced to mere seconds if bad seaman
ship aboard the challenger at the beginning
OF the contest had not resulted in a handi-
cap of nineteen seconds for her As it WAS,
Reliance won by 8 minutes and 10 seconds,
elapsed time Cor boat for boat, and min
ute and 10 seconds corrected time, the Re-
lance allowing minute and 81 seconds
to Shamrock III.
ALMOST RECORD TIME
withstanding that the breeze blew
with force varying from only six to twelve
miles, the Reliance's time over the course
g hours IA minutes 54 seconds) was only
minute and 80 seconds slower than
that made by Columbia when she defeated
Shamrock III. on Oct 8, 1901, in a piping
Northwestern through choppy sens, estab-
fishing II record for sin ge-stickers in Cup
race.
Considering the lightness Of the breeze
the time of the racers is remarkable. 1t
can be accounted for by the phenomenal
slipperiness and the wonderful sail spread
OF the powerful ships.
Reiance's gain on the first. or windward,
leg Of the course was minute and seconds
deducting the handicap of Shamrock Ill.
at the start, the actual gain Of the defender
was only 40 seconds. On the second leg
Of the course, with the wind over the star
board quarter, the Reliance gained minute
and 20 seconds. In the reach for home,
during which the breeze shifted somewhat
to westward, Reliance gained As seconds.
Both shippers, according to the point of
view of sharps following the towering fight
ers, made errors of judgment in handling
sail. The general feeling of the experts
was that the English commander made fewer
errors than Capt. Barr.
CUP SEEMS SAFE.
1t is also the opinion Of the sharps, doubt
less shared by the veriest landubbers
afoat yesterday, that the Cup Ia in no danger
and that in the windward and leeward race
tomorrow the feet Herreshohr model will
go, blow high or low, much too fast for Mr..
Flies handsome flyer.
Nearly as many pleasure and excursion
craft were out at the battle ground as
stirred up the froth on Saturday, but there
were not 80 many folks aboard, and the en-
thusasm had lost it's edge. 1t seemed to
be a question purely Of how much Of a
licking Shamrock III. was going to get.
A zephyr from the south scooped little,
sun FURNISHED hollows in the sea, which
WASH higher than the North River In a mod
crate gale The shellbacks, after their i'm
memorial habit, lilkened the smoothness
to duck pond" No bilge keels were
necessary. even on the slimmest Of The pro-
pellers
Three strings Of alphabetical bunting
flying from the committee tug Navigator
told tho rival shippers the course they were
to sail. The first leg was ten miles to the
south, almost parallel with the Jersey coast:
the second leg ten miles northeast by east
one-half east; the third leg ten miles north
west by west, one-half west
When the preparatory gun was fired
the giants were maneuvring north Of the
line drawn between Sandy Hook light
ship on the east and the tug Navigator,
anchored about a quarter Of mile away to
he west. They carried mainsails, club
topsails, forestaysails and jibs, with hand
kerohief jb topsails in stops ready to break
out.
A diversion was created among the
watchers afioat by the apparition of a Ger
man oil tank, apparently heading for the
line Whistles sounded discordant warn
ing. but the tank, deeply laden, bound for
Europe, went serenely on her course. She
didn't cross the line, however, but passed
to the north of it, without interfering with
/ he yachts.
THE START.
just before the starting gun barked
Shamrock III. and Reliance were south of
the line. In the handwriting for the wind
ward berth the honors were with Capt.
Barr. He crossed to the north of the line,
sailing with the wind on the port quarter,
then whirling into the wind he came up
on the starboard tack. filling away swiftly
and prettily and crossing the line near the
lightship 30 seconds after the sounding of
the starting gun.
Capt. Wringe headed to the westward,
hoping 10 get good grip to the weather of
the defender on her quarter He stood too
far north OF the line He gybed the chal-
lenger and, coming up into the wind,
crossed the line on the starboard tack,
luffing almost Immediately and going away
on the port tack. The handicap gun had
sounded and the English skipper was 10
seconds to the bad.
Az Shamrock III. went on the port tack
Reliance did likewise, putting the Briton
ON her lee They held the inshore tack
about forty minutes, came about on the
starboard off Seabright and headed seaward
The breeze had freshcned bit and there
were faint traces of white caps. Observers