The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
DID NOT FINISH IN TIME.
YESTERDAYS RAGE MUST BE
 SAILED OYER AGAIN.

Reliance Long Distance Ahead When
 Contest is Called On-ChaIIenger Ont
 sailed, Outpotnted and Outfooted-
 Shamrock Defeated HopelessIy in l Wtndward Thresh.
 New York. Aug. 27.-With Reliance less than a third of a mile from the fin- ish and Shamrock III. hull down on the horizon. fully two miles astern of the gallant defender, the fourth race of the present series for the Americas cup to- day was declared off because of the ex- piration of the time limit of five and one half hours as happened on Thurs day last. Although, officially, it was no race, the defeat administered to the challenger was so ignominious that whatever lingering hope remained in the breast of the friends of Sir Thomas boat vanished into thin air. Reliance's victory was in every way more decisive than that of last Saturday. Outsaiied, out pointed and out footed. it was a procession from start to finish. -,s4--,,
 The Herreshoff wonder beat the Shamrock hopelessly in the fifteen miles of windward work, rounding the outer mark twelve minutes and thirty seconds ahead oe her. a gain in actual time of eleven minutes and twenty-nine sec onds and down the wind she steadily increased her lead. The real race of the day was not against Shamrock but the l exciting struggle of Reliance in the last half hour to reach the finish line before I the regatta committee fired the gun which should announce She expiration I of the time limit. Had the wind fresh- ened twenty minutes earlier than it did the cup series would have ended to-day l with three straight victories for the de- fender and Flies famous light weather boat would have sailed back to Albion's shores one of the mist disastrously \ worsted challengers in the history of the cup contests. a rr..s:E x Fully as discouraging as the sailing qualities displayed by the challenger was the atrocious manner in which she was handled The Yankee skipper again not only out-nianoeuVred his rival in the spectacular battle for posi- tion at the start, as he has done every time they have met, but worse still for I the down-hearted supporters of sham rock, Captafn Wringe repeated his blunder os Tuesday, He crossed the Inc in. the wake of Reliance with a handicap of sixty-one of the precious Eseconds for which Fife had sacrificed 50 much in sail spread sor time allow anee. Both boats. it is true. went af- ter the smoke of the handicap gun, but, where both were, handicapped. it Is only the sternmost craft which actually suffers.
 It was not pleasant day on the wa l ter and the observation feet which put out to sea to witness the race was hardly more than half as large as on the preceding days. It was notable, however, for strange flag on the I ocean, the combination French and Ispanish co1ors of the St. Louis exposi- tipn, flying from the peak of the steam I yacht Reva. There was chill in the atmosphere. Low. wet clouds shut out the sky. and the mist wreaths oh the sea made everything look ghost-like and indistinct. The dark water of the ocean was as smooth as floor and a Flight breeze of about four knots blew out of the southeast. The course was | laid ..fteen miles dead into the wind \ and return. .ssy. l At the end of the first hour Shamrock was beaten and the interest waned.s Af- I ter rounding the float for the run home
 and setting big ballooners. the wind, which had strengthened to SIX or seven I knots on the beat. died down and the towering clouds of canvas drifted lazily down an ocean lane mile wide be- tween the two divisions of the excursion lfeet. Even in the light air 1t was as- tonishing how the defender slipped | through the placid seas. With the gen. l tie breeze distending the surface of her pure white sails and her stern crowded with tars to hold her head up, she mov-
 ed along as serenely and peacefully as if in a dreamless sleep. Yet the gay
 between her and the challenger steadily l widened until two miles separated them. Ha1s an hour from home when I the spectators had abandoned any idea l that the finish line could be reached in l time the wind suddenly freshened and Reliance came bowling down at a merry clip. But the wind had come too late, and when still few hundred yards 1 from home the gun on the tug Naviga- l tor boomed across the water. The ex- cursion boats held on until she crossed
 to give her rousing welcome and then
 scampered for New York. Sir Thomas, who. heretofore, has always followed
 his champion into the Hook. sent his
 steam yacht, the Erin. ahead at full speed, as if to drown out the memory of the inglorious licking he got to-day.
 The next race. which will be like the one attempted to-day. fifteen miles to leeward or windward and return, will
 be sailed on Saturday. -
 The summary:
 Start Turn. Finish
 Reliance .... ..11:02 1:55:10 4:3S:45 Shamrock III .11:02 2:07:40 ; ---
 *Did not finish. ! r,on