The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-26
RELIANCE WINS RACE
Ste IL q Faster Boat Than the New
Shamrock.
RACES AWAY ON HOMEwARD RUN.
fn Bss, Of Fifteen Miles TO windwsrd and
Ran Heme the Defender Defeated the Cup
hunter by Total Margin Of Nine Minutes,
o. Seven Minutes and Three Seconds After
Subtraetisg the Time Allowance.

New York (SpeciaD In a splendid
II to IS knot breeze, over a windward
and leeward course of 80 miles, the Re-
sisnce beat Shamrock III in command
Eng style by exactly minutes actual
time, or 7 minutes and 3 seconds after
deducting the minute and 81 seconds
which the defender comedies to Sir
Thomas Lipton's third challenger on ac-
sount of her larger sailing plan as at
present measured. By a strange coin
ridence, the first victory in the cup series
If 1908 occurred on the ffty-second an
n;yersary OF the day on which the old
schooner America captured il in her ia
-nous race around the Isle of Wight.
The Reliance beat the British boat
minutes and "a seconds in the thresh to
Windward and 5 minutes and SO seconds
IN the run down the wind.
The honors of the start were captured
by the American skipper Captain Wringe
timed his approach to the line with the
Shamrock badly and in an effort to keep
of until the gun doomed he almost lost
his bowsprit as he luffed up to cross
Barr, as usual. went over in the wind
ward berth, four seconds behind his
riyaL Both were close hauled on the
staIboard tack. II was a magnificent
sight as they plunged seaward in the I2-
¬ breeze, pounding fountains OF
At,.,r L,... 30, :,
until the water swirled and bubbled along
their lee rails. The crews were piled up
along the water side to hold the great
racing machines up.
A snappy southwest wind was blowing
when, few minutes after 10 o'clock,
Shamrock III, followed by Reliance,
reached Sandy Hook lightship. The two
racers whirlcd in big circles about the
Aine awaiting the signal to go until 1890,
WHEN the regatta committees steamer
signalled that the starting line would be
shifted and the races postponed until
later in the day.
l. he change was necessary because a
Tlndward course southwest would have
landed the racers on the beach off Long
Branch.
Headed by the Navigator and escorted
by the excursionists, the cup yachts went
trailing off to the eastward for about FIVE
miles. Then, at lilo, a starting line
was established between the Navigator
and the Unique. and the committee tug
signalled a course IS miles TO windward
and return.
The preparatory signal was fired at
Il 80 and the warning gun at II.4o
The wind was increasing in weight
Reliance leading the way and Shamrock
III hanging to her Ice quarter, the two
-arerS slipped by under the stern of the
Navigator, across the line, took a whirl
around the Unique at the further end of
Z, and Shamrock III, now taking the |
lead. ran closehauled along the lee side !
ut the starting line. At the flash of the
Nayigator's gun at II45 both luffed
across the line. Shamrock III had al
most reached the end OF il and luffed out
by the Navigator's bow with her head
sails lifting. Reliance was four seconds
behind her on the windward quarter.
The official starting time was:
Shamrock III .......II45.I7
Rciance ...............II45.2
During all of the Is-mile run, which
the yachts covered at a I2-knot clip, Re
lanre steadily and pcrsistently crawled
away IRON the now hopelessly beaten
challenger. The smoke of the scurrying
fieet almost hid them from the shore as
Reliance swept across the line and into a
long line OF the faster boats, which had
gotten there in time to see the finish and
70 acknowledge her victory. Eight min
utes and So seconds later the plucky !
challenger followed her across the line |
Ssnd received the salute of the entire fleet |
he summary, official:
Start. Turn. Finish. Time. /
ssi,anne n.t5.2l l5jl0 aI738 3Bl7 /
sAAmrock III l1Sl1 l5S3 5.a6.8 3l.l7 |
Giving Shamrock III an allowance of |
i minute 81 seconds, according to the |
measure acknowledged to have been in |
xurrect. Reliance would have beatent |
her by minutes 3 seconds.
The net result of the race shows that |
Barring the fluke, Shamrock III had held |
Fer own IN the windward work and had |
been beaten NOR than sH minutes to
leewsrd