The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-04
THE WINNING RACE.
Reliance Again Too Fleet for the Irish
Challenger.

A feet of twonty-nine vessels went out
side Sandy Hook early yesterday morn
ing to see the last race between the Re-
lance and Shamrock III for the Americas
Cup. There had been five fizzles since
the second race had been sailed to finish,
and the faithful were rapidly firing.
The prospect when they went down the
bay yesterday morning was no better
than it had been previous days this week.
4 haze hung over tho water and there
was very faint air coming from the south
ward The Regatta Committee signalled
10 each yacht, asking il il agreed to a
postponement of the start, ana, each boat
promptly asserting. the signal announcing
that the start had been postponed until
later in the day was hois;ed on the Navi-
gator. While the boats were drifting
around, the battleship Indiana arrived,
and her band did much TO enliven things.
BY noon the wind had frsshened slightly,
and fifteen minutes later he Navigator es-
tablished starting Line at the lightship.
Just before this the club topsail on the
Reliance had been run down, and the largest
one that the yacht carries was sent up in
it's place AS soon as the Navigator had
anchored, the postponement signal was
lowered, and in its place the signal an
nouncing that the course would be fifteen
miles to windward and return was hoist ed
The Shamrock at 1925 dropped her tow
line, broke out her head sails and began
to get ready for thu start. Tn, Reliance
followed her example minute or two
later. The wind was 80 light that Capt
Wringe had a small jib topsail sent up
and broken out in order to aid the yacht
In manpuvring The committee sgnalled
that the course would be sout h, tn. wind
coming from that direction and blowing
five or six miles an hour. The tide was
running out OF the harbor, and outside
the Hook an ebb tide sets TO he eest =
ward.
THE JoCKEYINo.
AZ The preparatory gun sounded at l245.
At that time both yachts were on the port
tack, heading toward the line from the
northeast The Reliance WAS leading by
about three boat lengths, and she was Just
a bit to windward OF the Shamrock. Reii-
anoe's baby jib topsail was little smaller
than that OF the challenger In the light
air that was blowing at the time the boat q
moved fairly fast through the water, which
was perfectly smooth, little roll coming
in from the east ward. Both were close on
the wind After passing To the west ward
OF the lightship, Reliance bore on a little
Three minutes after the gun she took the
starboard tack. and with the wind about
abeam stood for the east ward passing
10 the southwark Of the ightship.
The Shamrock passed between the COM
mittee boat and the lighiship and minute
after the Reliance she, too. took the star .
bosrd tack, both reaching along the line
from west 10 east, Shamrock leading by
about two hundred yards, or half the length
~ the line. The Shamrock passed to the
northward Of the committse boat, and then,
seven minutes after the preparatory sig
nal, hauled on the wind again and headed
20 the southwest.
The Rslisncs nlpped up too and held
her position some distance on the wsat her
quarter OF the challenger She was gather
ing hsadwsy ell the time She passed to
tbs south Of the committee boat just ~
the Shamrock bore on again, and both
yachts reached on toward tho west Capt
Barr bore on, and shsn luned up again
with the Rslianns, killing time
The preliminary gun WAS fred al 1885
The Shamrock Al once hauled on tho wind
and then took the staTboard tack The
Reliance hauled on tbs wind TOO. and ak
ing the starboard tack, waS PASSED by tbs
Shamrock which was sailing on the do
Tending yachts weather quarter
Mn boats were then heading toward
the southeast, and the keIisnos again