The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-21

just little faster than tho defender. while
the Reliance was nipplng out just little
to windward.
BARR WEATHER.
Capt. Barr Ia at his best sailing under
such conditions an prevailed yesterday.
lie seemed to smell every favorable pun,
and with delicate skill took advantage
Of each one, lifting the Reliance out surely
to weather Of the challenging yacht.
Away of to the westward an ugly squall
seemed to be making up. Heavy black
clouds screened the land, and the white
sided yachts that were sailing in the west
srn division stood out in marked contras 70
to this background.
BY 1925 the Reliance had worked well to
windward OF the Shamrock q wake. Sham
rocks larger iib topsail was evidently head
ing her of, and Capt. Wringe ordered 1t
taken in. The men went out on the bow
spirit, doused the sail quickly, and in three
minutes another one had been sent up in
it's place. But even this was little larger
than that carried on the Reliance.
While the Shamrock had been without
her headsail the Reliance improved her
position very much, and drew up on the
weather quarter Of the Irish boat. Then the
Reliance got puff that gave her quite a
noticeable lift, but it lasted only few sec
onds, and then she fell off again. heading
the same way as the Shamrock.
At 1870 the rain squat broke. 1t had
looked ugly. but fortunately for everybody
there was very little wind in it. The rain
came down in torrents II screened the
,bt inf al Iria oil thew
were completely hidden from sight from
the boats that were sailing further of shore;
and az the rain fell harder and harder those
on the excursion steamers and other boats
that were following the racers lost sight
altogether Of the racing yachts,
For half an hour il rained 81 eadily There
was a little more wind than there had been
before the rain came. and the yachts made
better progress, both heeling little more.
80 that the crews were shifted from the
leeward to the windward side.
SHAMROCK oUTPoINrED.
Al noon ii lightened up, and it was seen
that while the Shamrock had footed fast
abe had not pointed as high az the Reliance,
and Reliance was quite little to wndward
of the challenging boat. Shamrock was
ahead in the direction in which they were
sailing, but she was not far enough ahead
to tack and cross Reliance's bow.
The clouds gave promise Of clearing away
only for few minutes, and then the rain
came down harder than ever and fog
shut in with it, so that it was impossible
to see the racing yachts from the committee
boat which was only quarter OF mile
Rstern This shower lasted for ten minutes,
and when the fog and rain lifted again .
a slight shift in the wind TO the westward
gave the Reliance lift which placed her
about third of a mile of the weather quar-
ter OF the Shamrock.
Capt. Wringe abandoned all efforts TO
point with the Reliance, and gave the Sham
rock a hard full to let her foot. On the
Reliance Capt. Barr was pinching so that
her jb topsail was constantly shivering in
the wind. It is an old trick Of his. and he
always seems to make his boat profit by it,
although many experts think he would do
better II he let her foot faster and keep
her headsails drawing all the time.
At 1919 Capt Wripge threw the Sham
rock about on the port tack. The Irish
Loaf went about quickly. spinning around
or her heel, and the crew got the iib top
sail down in lively style. She had held
ne starboard tack little over an hour
and II minutes and in that time had not
s9,Ied more than five miles.
The two yachts we're drawing together
cu opposite lacks. but the Reliance crossed
lie bow OF the Shamrock and held on some
,;%t ance before she tackled. Capt. Barr
Jmtting her about at 1220.25. He had
lcid on too far to get the Shamrock under
ls lee, and as the Reliance tackled Cnp'
Wringe gave Shamrock good full and lot
her foot again. so that she soon drew clear
and then began to nip her up Barr bore
down on Shamrock with Reliance in order
Ia check her Roadway but failing to do this
hnpan to pinch again in order to work out
Welt to windwarl
In under the land the wind was hauling
10 the westward. II Was evidently Capt.
Wringe's idea TO get into 1t az quickly as
POSSIBLE, for If Shamrock could get it first
she would gain quite an advantage. Sham
rock pulled clear through the lee of the
Reliance, and footed very fast in the light
air. but the westerly wind soon backed
TO the southwark again, and as there was
70 particular advantage in standing in 10
the shore, at 12A5 the Shamrock was put
about on the starboard tack.
In lacking the iib topsail sheet was
stacked up 80 suddenly that at first it looked
~ though the sail had carried away The
Yacht spun round on her heel again and the
crew trimmed the sheet down smartly, and
again the two boats were meeting on
opposite tacks
This time they were much closer but
the Reliance crossed with a slight margin
and then tackled on the Shamrock'S weather
how. They We're heading out to the south
ward and eastward again and the same
tactics were repeated Shamrock was
sliled with a good full and allowed TO foot
fast, while the Reliance was pnched close
on the wind. and inch by inch improved her
weather position.
This starbOard tack was only n short one,
and at 1257:20 Shamrock took the port
tack. The Reliance followed Is seconds
later. The wind had fallen very light in
the last few minutes. and the Reliance had
worked out to position about a fifth OF
mile to windward of the Shamrock. At
times the wind was so light the sails hung
limp, Just the club topsails and the iib top
sails Of the two big boats catching the light
airs that were drifting along. They held
we'll In toward the Jersey shore this time,
and at 1:23: 40 both took the starboard tack
RELIANCE IN THE LEAD.
The Reliance was half mile in the lead
She had drifted along over he water, which
had an oily appearance in a way that was
almost marvellous Being The leading boat
she had naturally been favored by the
shifting of the wind as il swerved from
point TO point, and had got the first Of any
little ZEPHYR that drifted across he water
The crews were again living along the Ice
rails 80 that the boats heeled to leeward
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