The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-03
In the Sporting World
SHAMROCK III.
SHOWS WINGS
Spinnaker of Challenger
Shows More Cloth Than
Any Yet Made.

GOUROCK, April 1.-THE third series
of trials of Shamrock III. was held to-
day under conditions similar to those
of yesterday. The wind had rather
less strength, but it was fresh and
squally at times. This was welcomed,
as yesterdays display of the challenger
for Americas cup left a suspicion
among some yachtsmen that there
might be conditions under which
Shamrock l. could almost, if not quite,
hold the new boat. The latter'S gear,
which was stretched under yesterdays
strain, was set up afresh yesterday
evening.
The boats started on the first trial
today off Toward point. Their sheets
were trimmed and they reached in close
company until abeam of Skelmorlie
buoy, where they Iuffed and beat to
windward to Rothesay, three miles. In
cross lacking in a fresh breeze the
challenger again showed great ability
on this important point of sailing, and
went further ahead and further to
windward on every tack and in a half
hours sailing beat Shamrock /. by four
minutes.
The next trial was a spinnaker run
down the wind. The breeze was steady
and Of moderate strength. Shamrock
l. was given lead of exactly one min
ute, but in a twenty-minute run the
challenger closed the gap, overlapped
her and ten minutes later had drawn
clear ahead, the distance covered be-
ing between four and five miles.
Although the challenger proved fast
er in this run before the wind, she
hardly demonstrated the superiority
expected.
After starting on another turn to
WindWard, from Largs to ROthesay,
about six miles, Shamrock III again
hnr
The wind freshened, but the fresher it
became the better it seemed to suit
the new boat, which finished this beat
to WindWard half a mile ahead
ON turning the yachts set their spin
makers for another trial down the wind
Shamrock |. was about three minutes
astern at the start, but with a better
Wlnd from the bay she shortened the
gap until she was barely two minutes
behind. These positions We're main
tanned to the end of the run
Starting on another beat back across
the firth Shamrock III. eXcelled all her
previous performances on this point of
sailing and gained considerably over a
mile on the beat of about five miles,
and when they squared away for the
run home she led by a mile and a half.
On the broad, easy reach up channel
Shamrock l. had the advantage of a
big, reaching j1b topSail against a small
similar sail on Shamrock Ill Never
theless, the former was not able to
hold the challenger, which dropped her
rapidly aStern
This finished the trial on the Clyde.
They will be resumed off Weymouth
early next week, with set races over
measured courses. Shamrock 1. leaves
here tonight in tow for Weymouth.
The challenger and the Erin leave
Gourock Saturday. 1t is expected that
the two yachts will race on Tuesday.
Today's trials were planned on the
principle Of the majority of the Amer
ica's cup races, the yachts going to
Windward and to Ieeward, and were
consequently remarkable for the first
appearance of the challenger under her
sptnnaker, which contains more cloth
than any yet made. 1t hoists 100 feet,
and is rs feet across the foot, and is
exceptionally full.