Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-25
WINS BY MINUTE
Reliance Again Defeats
Cup Challenger
CLOSE At THE FINISH
Shamrock Shows She's Not a
Slow Boat.
THOUSANDS SEE RACE
WIND VARIES FROM SIX TO TEN
KNOTS AN HOUR.
Capt. Barr Seemed to Have Best Of
Seamanship From Start
Race in Detail.
WIND VARIES FROM SIX TO TEN
KNOTS AN HOUR.

By special arrangement with International Wire
less Telegraph Company. Special to The Even
ing Star.
INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS STA
TION, Highlands. N. J., August % 2:36
p m.-The Reliance has beaten the Sham
rock. with time allowance difference, by
one minute and thirty-eight seconds Gun
official time).
NEW YORK, August 25.-The prospects
for another good contest between Reliance
and Shamrock Ill today were encouraging
at Z o'clock.
A fine seven-knot breeze was blowing out
of the southeast, the sea was fairly smooth
and the horizon clear for many miles Con-
trary to the predictions of some of the old
weather prophets alongshore. the easterly
breeze which blew nearly all day yesterday,
and which shifted toward the, south at
night, did not drop away completely. but
continued throughout the night. and was
still blowing at a five or six-knot gait at
dawn this morning.
Four hours before the time set for the
eight knots, and there was every indication
that 1t would hold throughout the day, CIV
ing the yachts, and especially the Sham
rock every opportunity to prove their
worth over the thirty-mile triangular
course, which according to fhe program
must be sailed in the second contest be-
tween the boats.
Plenty Of Sea Room.
With the wind from the south-southeast
1t looked some hours before the time set for
the start as If the committee would send
the boats on ten-mile beat to windward
from Sandy Hook, followed by a reach Of
other reach of ten miles a little north of
west to the lightship.
There was plenty of sea room under these
conditions to start the boats at the light
ship. and no preparations were made there
fore for shifting the starting place, as was
the case on Saturday. AS the morning pro-
gressed numerous little fishing boats came
sailing up the coast from the south at a
fairly good gait.
They rolled and dipped trifie, but the
sea was much smoother than last week. In
fact, there was comparatively little surf
along the shore. The air was wonderfully
clear, and some OF the incoming European
vessels could be sighted twenty-five or
thirty miles off shore.
Crews Were Out Early.
Although the wind was nearer to the
southeast along the Jersey shore, of at sea
nearer the lightship 1t looked to be three CT
four points nearer to the southwark, as
several pilot boats seemed able to hold a
course very nearly parallel to the shore.
The crews OF the two contestants were
out early, and before breakfasting had
taken the covers off their mainsaiis and
raised their jibs and staysails In stops.
After breakfasting at o'clock Sham
rocks crew started at once to work on the
new mainsail, appreciating that 1t would
take more time to get proper set to II
than If using the old one. At 7:45 they had
1t we'll under way, while Reliance at the
same hour began to raise hers.
The breeze was increasing and the flags
at headquarters and on the yachts began
to stand out from the masts, against which
they had idly tapped since sunrise.
Shamrock's New Mainsail in Place
The Shamrock got her new mainsail in
place, and to those ashore 1t looked very
much of an improvement over the old one
1t did not lap the boom, and set up well
to meet the club topsail.
There was only one pucker in it, and that
about thirty feet from the boom. AS the
wind caught it, 1t bellied close to the mast
and there was a broad curve on the leach
This should prove of great advantage on
the reach, so the yachtSmen said.
Reliance was only using one new SAIL and
that jb which set a little fatter than
her old jb, and this too. is considered Of
to that boat on the reach. Mr..
Iselin went aboard Reliance while his crew
was at breakfast on the tender. Sir