The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
WON BY RELIANCE.
Americas Cup Defender Easily Out
sails Lipton's Shamrock.

sails Lipton's Shamrock.
New York, Aug. 25.-In splendid
twelve TO ffteen-knot breeze over
windward and leeward course of thir-
Nv miles, the gallant sloop Reliance
Saturday beat Shamrock III. in COM
handing style by exactly nine MIN
utes actual time, or seven minutes and
three seconds after deducting the one
minute and fifty-seyen seconds which
the defender comedies TO Sir Thomas
Lipton's third challenger on account
of her larger sailing plan as at present
measured.
1t was a royal water fight for the
ancient trophy which carries with II
the yachting supremacy of the world,
and by
A Strange Coincidence
the first victory in the cup series OF
1903 occurred on the fifty-second an
niversary of the day on which the old
schooner America captured 1t IN her
famous race around the Isle of Wight.
Reliance beat the British boat three
minutes and fifty-four seconds in the
thresh to windward and five minutes
and thirty.six seconds in the run down
the wind
The nautical sharps who had al
ready made up their minds on Thurs
day that Reliance could take the
measure of the challenger in any kind
of weather, regard Saturdays test as
conclusive, although they hardly an
ticipated so overwhelming a victory.
The race even dampened the ardor
of Sir Thomas, who insisted after
Thursdays fiuke that
His Confidence
in the beautiful craft designed by Fife
was greater than ever. Still, like a
true sportsman, he does not acknowl.
edge defeat, and hopes for better luck
next time. The single criticism he
and his friends make of the race was
that the only shift of the wind which
occurred was to the advantage of the
defending yacht AS this shift oc-
Cured on the windward beat, even
granting that it accounted for Rell-
ance's lead at the turn, the time the
defender gained on the run home was
more than ample to have given her
the race. 1t must be conceded, how
ever, that Shamrock showed herself
.., A Wonderful Boat
in the beat to windward, perhaps the
ablest craft in this respect ever sent
across the Atlantic on a cup.hunting
expedition. For twelve miles the
great single-stickers raced like team
of horses, and during that portion OF
the duel the patriots made no attempt
to conceal their nervousness.
The racing conditions were ideal.
The size Of the enormous excursion
fleet and the number of sightseers
aboard, in the estimation of those VINO
have witnessed many contests, made
a record for an international cup race.
The honors of the start, as on
Thursday.-were captured by the
American Skipper.
Capt. Winge badly timed his approach
to the line with Shamrock, and in an
effort to keep off until the gun doomed
he almost lost his bowsprit as he
luffed up to cross. Barr, as usual,
went over in the windward berth. four
seconds behind his rival. For thirteen
miles challenger and challenged
fought out the magnificent duel Sud
denly the wind dropped and veered a
trifle to westward. This caused the
yachts to head up their work at the
turn, with Reliance little in the lead.
1t had been a closely sailed race up 10
this. But from this on Reliance
steadily increased her lead. The scene
at the finish was soulstirring.
Pandemonium Breaks Loose.
Under her towering cloud of canvas,
rolling rythmically in the sway, Re-
lance bounded across the viewless
finish line. Excursion boats gathered
there fairly awakened the echoes with
the terrific dir which they let loose.
Such pandemonium can only be heard
when an American yacht is victorious
In cup race. Then the immense con-
course of vessels waited until Sham
rock, majestic even in defeat, swept
by between the stakeboats. The recep-
ton she received was, If anything,
more hearty than that accorded to her
successful rival.