Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-08-26
RELIANCE IS
TWICE WINNER
American Yacht Shows Complete
Superiority Over Shamrock in
Three Trials.
THE FIRST ONE WAS NO RACE
Yachts Failed to Come in Under the
Time Limit-Last Race Was
Close One.

New York, Aug 25.-The Reliance
won again today; race was over a tri
angular course in a five to seven knot
breeze.
Reliance won by S:16 elapsed time.
1:19 corrected time, allowance to the
Shamrock being 1857.
Next race will occur Thursday, Re-
lance now having won two, contest
being best three out of five.
New York, Aug. 22.-In a splendid
IL to 10 knot breeze over a windward
and leeward course of 80 miles. the
gallant sloop Reliance today beat the
shamrock Ill in commanding style by
exactly nine minutes actual time. or
seven minutes and three seconds af-
ter deducting the one minute and 81
seconds which the defender comedies
to Sir Thomas Lipton's third challeng-
er on account of her larger sailing
plan as measured. 1t was a royal wa
ter fight from the ancient trophy
which carries with it the yachting SUI
premacy of the world and by a
strange coincidence the first victory
in the cup series of 1903, occurred on
the fifty-second anniversary of the
day on which the old schooner Amer.
lea captured 1t in her famous race
around the Isle of Wight The Re.
lance beat the British boat three
minutes and "a seconds in the thresh
to windward and five minutes and 36
seconds in the run down the wind.
Nautical sharps, who had already
made up their mind on Thursday that
the Reliance could take the measure
of the challenger in any kind of wea-
ther, regard today's contest as con-
elusive. although they hardly antic.
ipated so overwhelming victory
The race even dampened the ardor
of Sir Thomas Upton, who insisted
after Thursdays fluke that his conf
dence in the beautiful craft designed
by Fife was greater than ever. Still,
like true sportsman. he does not ac-
knowledge defeat, and hopes for bet.
ter luck next time. The single crit
icism he and his friends make of to.
days race was that the only shift OF
the wind which occurred was to the
advantage of the defending yacht. AS
this shift of the wind occurred on the
windward beat, even allowing that 1t
accounted for the Reliance's lead at
the turn, the time the defender gain
ed on the home run was more than
ample to have given her the race. it
mustbe conceded, however, that the
Shamrock showed herself wonder
full boat in the beat to windward, per-
haps the ablest craft in this respect
ever sent across the Atlantic on cup
hunting expedition. For IL miles the
great single stickers raced like
team of horses and during that por-
ton of the duel patriots made no at
tempt to conceal their nervousness.
Racing conditions today were ideal.
A thin haze hung over the Jersey
shore obstructing the view OF the
spectators gathered there, but out on
the ocean race course the sea was
flooded with sunshine from vault OF
Reckless blue. A long ocean SVEN
swept up from the south and a l2-knot
breeze fresh and Strengthening blew
out of the southwest. throwing up
fleecy white caps on the sparkling DOS
ON of the old ocean. The marine pic
ture was superb. The size OF the
enormous excursion feet and the
number of sightseers aboard, In the
estimation of those who have witness
ed many contests, made a record tor
an International cup race. Big sound
steamers, river and coastwise vessels
were loaded tier upon tier with hu-
manity. careening when the crowds
massed along one side until their
guards were under water. AND the
concourse of palatial steam yacnts,
with their brass work shining IKE
FURNISHED gold in the sunshine, was
the largest ever seen off Sandy HOOK: |
BESIDES, there was a vast colony Oh
stub.nosed tugs. sailing vessels anu
smaller water craft of every descrip
ton.
New York. Aug. 2O.-One OF the
biggest crowds of sightseers ana
vachtsmen that ever sailed down