Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-22

Official start
Shamrock >. . 11:45:1
Reliance :. :. 11:46:2 2
Official finish
Shamrock. 49,. 3:2o:4
Reliance S.l' : 4
Elapsed time
Shamrock :. >. 3:4l:2
Reliance ;. o.3z :
Reliance beats Shamrock by min
utes and SO seconds actual time. Re
liance's handicap. / minute. 81 sec
onds, making her win by minutes
2 seconds.
New York. Aug. 22.-Fifty-two year
ago this very day the yacht America, il
q race for the cup offered by Queer
Victoria, won the prize which since tha
day has become recognized as the mos
highly-sought trophy in the yachtins
world. Courageous Commodore Stevens
after many refusals, was finally per
mitted to enter the contest against thu
English boats. to be sailed around th'
Isle of Wight, and so we'll did he sal
the yacht that the remark has become
historical: There was no second"
A true, clean contest. which can leave
No doubt of superiority, such as fiuky
winds permit. should result today ir
the race between the Reliance ano
Shamrock III. for the prize which has
so long been coveted by English yachts
men. The wind at 8 O'Clock blew stead
lily out Of the southwest at the rate OF
ten knots per hour from perfectly
cloudless sky.
The sea still had somewhat of a roll
and there was not little surf break
Ing along the Jersey shore. The wind
was strong enough 10 send along coast
ing vessels at H9ely rate. Some Of
the little fishing vessels. anticipating
increased wind before the day was
over, had one or two reefs in their
mainsails. The conditions governing
today,s race will be the same as those
of Thursday. fifteen miles to windward
and return.
At Sandy Hook bay all was activity
and hustle on board the racing crafts
as early as O'clock and the prospect OF
fast racing weather seemed to moue
the men with more life.
Both Captain Barr, of the Reliance.
and Captain, Wringe. of the Shamrock
were tubdlant Barr SAIL: If this blow
continues, and it looks as 1t IT would,
we'll have a great race in good time" ;"
CAPTAIN Wringe said: This is Sham
rock weather. We can do it in this"
BY an oversight the Shamrock was
previously measured without having
her anchor and cable on board, which
Is required by the rules. The yacht will
sail today's race without those acces-
sories by permission of the New York
Yacht Club.
Both yachts left their moorings at 9
o'clock in tow of tenders. but soon
dropped their lines for the starting
point under iib. staysa:s and mainsail
The boats reached the lightship at 9:5S
Owing to the direction of the wind
the committee had some difficulty on
deciding on the starting point, as it was
apparent a beat to windward fifteen
miles from the lightship was impracti
cable. 1t was finally concluded to make
the start five miles to eastward.
The excursion fleet which assembled
on Thursday.
After getting into good position off
Shamrock's starboard bow, Reliance at
1:03 tackled to port and headed in
shore Shamrock continued on the star
board tack untilsa trifie to windward
off Reliance's wake, when she also
went about The second tack off shore,
or the third which the boats had made
in the race was not more than twenty
minutes long. At that time Reliance
gained commanding position to wind
ward and ahead of her opponent. AS
soon as she was well TO Weather or
Reliance tackled anchor
again and when Shamrock, holding on
until she crossed her opponents wake,
also tackled, it looked as If Reliance was
leading by fully a quarter of mile, |
and after sailing on this leg for about
fifteen minutes 1t appeared as IL Re-
lance had drawn still further away.
At 1926 the yachts were within five
miles of the outer mark.
1t had taken Reliance quite time to
overhaul and draw clear of Shamrock
but once in the lead the American set
4 pace which the challenger was unable
10 equal and slowly but continuously
she heightened the distance between
herself and the challenger.
AT 1880 the preparatory gun was
ared and Immediately the two yachts