The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-09-05
THE SECOND RACE
FOR THE CUP
IN THIS THE SHAMROCK SAILED
CLOSE TO RELIANCE LOSING BY
LESS THAN TWO MINUTES.

| NEW YORK, August 25.-When the
yachts reached the starting line, short
! ly after 10 a. m, the wind was south
southeast and blowing about four
knots not enough to send them over
the course within the time limit, but
there were indications that there would
be enough wind later.
The preparatory signal was fired at
| 1G:45 the warning gun at 1850 and the
starting gun at II o'clock. The Navi-
gator signaled that the race would be
over a triangular course, ten miles a
leg, the first leg south, the second
northeast by east, half east, and the
third northwest by west, half west. The
wind at that time was due south and
had begun to freshen.
In the preliminary jockeying Captain
Barr of the Reliance got the windward
position, blanketing the Shamrock III,
and chung to it though various maneu-
vers until the warning gun had been
! fired when Captain Wringe had got
| clear of the Reliance.
At the sound of the gun the Sham
rock III bore off to leewaTd and away
from the Reliance, while Captain Barr
tackled under the stern of the Naviga-
tor as the starting gun was fired, and
crossed the line only thirty-siX seconds
behind the gun. The Shamrock kept
away from the line almost until the
handicap gun. then tackled and crossed
it handicapped by nineteen seconds, for
which allowance was made to her. The
nineteen seconds were dead loss. The
official starting time was Reliance,
1100:36; Shamrock, 11:02:00
The actual starting time of the Sham
rock was 1102:19 Both went across the
line on the starboard tack, but held
that tack for not more than a minute
and then headed for the Jersey coast.
Once fairly away Captain Wringe of
the Shamrock resumed his tactics Of
the previous race gave his boat good
rapful and sailed through the Reliances
lee and got under her lee bow, while
Captain Barr pinched the Reliance close
into the wind and began to cover the
distance to the windward mark. Cap
tain Wringe's maneuver gave him a
wind clear of interference and when
once satisfied the Reliance could not
blanket his boat he fattened in his
sheets and began to point closer to the
wind. Captain Barr, however, was nur-
sing the Reliance up to windward in
mastery fashion.
Half an hour after the start the dis
lance between the two boats had wild
ened materially, the Reliance pointing
higher and the Shamrock footing fast
er. $3.50
They We're half a mile apart when
they tackled off Highland Beach, at H.
AZ. The Reliance was the first to go
about. When both yachts We're filled
away it was clear that the Reliance was
gaining. The Shamrock was far astern
and very little to windward of the Re-
| liance's course. Meantime, the wind
had been increasing and was now blow
| ing at the rate of seven Knots. The
Shamrock III was heeling prettily,
moving through at fast clip and max
/ ing much more fuss under her bows
! than the American boat Captain Barr
was pinching the Reliance into the
wind until her litll baby jib topsail
| fluttered. The race was being fought
out on the same lines as the previous
race. The Reliance sought to make her
gain by outpointing the British boat
while the latter endeavored to make up
for what she lost in pointing by footing
faster with a rapful.
AT noon the wind had increased to ten
knots and hauled about point to west
ward, so that both yachts could lay a
straight course to the turning mark
not more than two miles distant. They
were heeling hard and dragging theiI
lee rails through a lather of froth and
sending it squirting from under theil
bows in a fashion that indicated that
they were making at least twelve knots
and that there was little danger that
the race would not be finished within
the time limit. Without making anoth-
err tack both boats made the turn OF
the first mark as follows: Reliance
12:21;90; Shamrock, 12:24:45.
Though the Reliance had a lead OF
three minutes and fifteen seconds, she
still lacked six seconds of making W
the time allowance and the difference OF
one minute and twenty-four seconds al
the start. Officially the Shamrock III
was still six seconds ahead of the slip
perry Yankee craft, but it was evident
that the latter had won the race bar
ring accidents. In a breeze varyinf
from four to ten knots an hour she hat
made good the time allowance in ten
mile thresh to windward, and there wa'