The sun., 1903-09-04
THE FINAL VICTORY.
Reliance Wins the Third and
Last Race
AND Upton GOES cVPLESS HOME
Inbound Racers Lost IN 4 Whdes-
ness of Fog.

Mist, Sailed Wide Of the Mark and
surrendered-.Joyous Fluttering Of
stars and Stripes on the Champion
as She JogEed In to Anchor.
To say that the Cup is safe is merely re-
peating what had become axiomatic even
to unframed observers Of the one-sided
races and efforts to race between Reliance
and Shamrock Ill in the last two weeks.
Yesterday, over a course Of fifteen miles
TO windward and back. of Sandy Hook.
Reliance again demonstrated that she Ia
in class by herself HI racing single
sticker.
She finished in swirling sea fog an un-
con jecturable distance ahead Of Shamrock
ILL.,, which went ray in the observation.
As a maker of paradoxes remarked. Sham
rock saw her finish, but she did not find
it,"
When the fog shut the contending ships
from the view of the attending fleet, and
while they were running home from the
outer mark, Shamrock Ill. was more than
a mile astern Of the Yankee.
At the windward mark Reliance was II
minutes and seconds ahead of the Briton,
timing the latter from the handicap gun.
which was fired at lO2. As Shamrock
actually started 3 seconds after handicap
time, the difference in favor of Reliance
was II minutes.
Down the wind the Reliance is much
better than Shamrock, 80. windward and
leeward. the beating was decisive.
LAZY DAY AFLOAT.
1t was dayof lights and shadows. One
lonesome excursion boat, the Grand Re-
public. accompanied the yachts over a
part of the course, and the squadron Of
revenue cutters was simply an ornamental
accessory.
Never has there been freer field for
Cup racing evolutions. There we're less
than dozen pleasure craft swaying and
nodding in the oily swells about the red
lghtship when the combatants came out
in tow.
The sea was sumbering and the sunny
air hadn't weight enough to stir pennants
that hung discouragingly and Imply under
trucks.
The influences of sea and sky were
soporifc and folks who were not lounging,
sleeping or yawning we're fishing.
The battleship Indiana temporarily
aroused interest In this somnolent little
| neet by nnus.cal.y ssluting j. Pierpont
Morgan's steam yacht Corsair with Hail
to the Chief" The Corsair was along
side the battleship for several minutes.
Later, when Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht,
the Erin, appeared within earshot Of the
battleship, her band greeted him with
- G1I Co ho
King"
The lack o. interest in the movements
of the yachts was apparent on every ac-
companying craft. Everybody seemed to
believe that the race would be a mere for
mality-just the carrying out of an agree
ment by plucky sportsman.
SIGH FROM THE SOUTH
When hope Of breeze had been almost
abandoned, zephyr from the south
wrinkled the sea, reflect ing in innumerable
little concavities, as from hammered
shield, the sunshine.
The Regatta Committee evidently scented
the commot ion as the precursor Of racing
wind and decided to send the ships away
fifteen miles to windward to a point east
Of Asbury Park and return.
The breeze soon assumed force OF about
Ave miles and showed out toward the wind
ward mark sympt oms of fresbening.
HoNoRs WITH BARR.
Capt Barr had the advantage Of the start.
The yachts were south of the line. near
the committee boat Navigator, which
| marked the westerly end of the line. when
| the starting gun told them 10 be of. They
L i 80 . I.,,a ,..,t tI,t ) l.
| wind on the quarter then wheeled under
| the stern Of the Navigat or, and took the
/ starboard tack.
Shamrock squeezed under the weather
quarter Of Reliance, which crossed the line
| on the starboard tack Shamrock turned
on the port tack, luffing under the Navi-
gator and, three seconds after the handi-
cap gun doomed. crossed. standing ins
shore.
These three seconds were q dead loss to
her, decreasing her allowance to minute
| and 81 seconds. Capt, Barr had SEC
onds to spare, crossing at 1:0l:58. Imme-
diately the Yankee giant began her ia
miliar trick Of carving her way out on the
weather Of her rival.
The promise of an increasing breeze
was fulfilled 1t attained speed Of ton or
twelve miles before the yachts we're half
way o the outer mark,
The Yankee found her iib topsail inter
| fering with her pointing and do,lsed It I.
setting a handkerchief in it's place. More
! than an hour later Shamrock did likewise
The change did not materially benefit her.
RELIANCE TO THE FORE,
The breeze fell bit and then freshensd
again Reliance steadily. in the fashion
for which she is famous, added 10 her lead
She outfooted and outponted Shamrock
| without trying.
II was never question of which would
beat, but how much ahead would Reliance
| be at the windwaTd mark She made IL
at 3;tO:39, gybed her main boom TO port,
and, letting her voluminOus balloon jib
topsail blossom from the stay, headed
for home. Three minutes later her spin
maker swelled In the breeze.
Shamrock rounded the mark At s:5i <S
Her talent was mighty sprightly m getting
out her bilowy kites
| THE RACERS Vanish.
| The breeze fell once more. but suddenly
tuned UP TO twelve miles, coming out OF
the SOUTHEAST and rolling IN thick fog.
Within a few minutes after tho shifting
of the breeze Hsisnoe and Shamrock
Eathersd III their spinnaksrs which we're