The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-01
WIND DiSAPPOINTS
CUP YACHTS AGAIN
: Continued From First Page.

the Herreschoff boat in any kind Of
weather is acknowledged by the yacht
ing critics of both sides of the Atlantic
and today's fiuke only prolongs the
agony of the contest that has already
been decided
The waning interest in the cup races
was StrilSingly illustrated by the size
of the observation fleet, if the ships
which went down to the ocean race
course today could be signified by such
title. Outside of the revenue cut
ters, which patrolled the course, it
consisted of half a dozen side-wheel-
ers with almost empty decks, a few
Seagolng tugs and a score of steam
yachts.
The easterly wind and rain last night
had served to knock down the sea
somewhat, although it was rough
enough the first two hours of the race
to make the excursion boats tumble
about a good deal and the yachts
plunge and stagger on their way to the
outer mark. But as the day wore on
the wind hauled to the north and fell
to a mere zephyr hardly strong enough
to round out the enormous canvases
of the sloops, and the sea subsidized to
a smooth surface.
The race was spiritless from the be-
ginning. 1t was laid fifteen miles to,
windWard up the Long Island shore
and return. It's saving feature was. the
start, in which Capt. Wringe by a
pretty piece of maneuvering, neatly
turned the tables on the Yankee skip
per and captured the windward berth.
Even so. the yachts crossed the line
abreast like a harnessed team of
horses.
Reliance Shows Her Heels.
But within fifteen minutes the de-
xIyoc Oh I, =, ~,
challenger, and when the float at the
outer mark was reached, she rounded
it twenty minutes and twenty three
seconds ahead of her rival. In the five
times the boats have met this was by
far the worst beating Shamrock III.
has had in windward work. The only
interest which remained after that was
as to whether Reliance would be able
to reach the finish line in time to score
the race.
The racers waited about Sandy Hook
| lightship until 10:45, when the Navi-
gator signaled that the starting line
| would be shifted and the raca post
poned until later in the day.
After running five miles south from
the lightship the Navigator signaled a
windward course, east northeast, from
which direction a five-knot wind was
| blowing. The easterly gale had left a
! long heavy sea running and as the
yachts jockeyed about the starting line
| they lifted their long bows high out of
| the water on top of the swell and
pounded the sea into froth.
! For the first time in the series Capt.
| Wringe, of Shamrock III, cleverly out
! generated the redoubtable Capt. Barr
in the preliminary jockeying. Until
| five minutes before the start Capt.
| Barr held the windward berth. Then
both ran away from the line, Sham
rock leading. Two minutes before the
starting gun Shamrock headed up into
the wind, tackled, forced Reliance to do
! the same, and both ran for the line,
Reliance leading. They reached it be-
fore the starting gun and Reliance had
! to run along the lee side of it to await
the gun. Shamrock reached the line
as the gun sounded and, not having to
| sheer off, secured the weather position
| 1t was trick which Capt. Barr had
worked often, but never with better
finesse or more satisfactory results.
The official starting time of both
| yachts was 11:45:26.
| The first tack, five minutes after
crossing the line, put Shamrock III.
ahead, but under the lee bow of Re-
| lance. Capt. Wringe gave his boat a
good full and the way she began to
walk away from the defender made it
look as though she had found herself
at last. But this was only for few
minutes. When he began to pinch her
into the wind it was apparent that Re-
| lance was outpointing the challenger