The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-28

ing parallel to the starting line and TO
Windward Of it, with the Reliance to the
winuWard. where Barr wanted her At
the end of the line the Shamrock III
luffed and tried to force Barr about. buc
the Yankee would not yield. and Wrfngc
mad to give up and fill away again.
Pretty Jockeying.
They crossed 70 the opposite end Of the
line outside of the line. the Shamrock
Ill dropping back and luifing TO wind
ward Of the Reliance on the way. That
was the only time Barr was caught 20
ieeward. Lutfing hard, he sailed a circle
around the challenger blanketed her as
the starting gun sounded, bore off around
under the stern OF the lightship and then
luffed across the line with a handicap OF
II seconds. The Shamrock followed han
dicapped by one minute and Al seconds,
one minute and one second of which was
a dead loss.
boats was II 02 but the actual start as
follows:
Reliance. 1.O2:H.
Shamrock, ll:03:42.
Lost His Allowance.
Captain Wringe had lost the best part
of his time allowance. The Reliance was
leading by about 80 yards. Once across
the Tine they held the port tack a few
minutes and then went about headed
eastward The Reliance was a good bit
up to windward and hanging on to her
windward position, while the Shamrock
tried TO make up for II by footing the
minutes after the start. the Shamrock
had lost ground, and as they lay about
the same course was quarter of a mile
astern Of the American craft.
The boats were heeling gently stepping
along at a remarkable pace, considering
now light the air was. and foot by foot
the Reliance was working away from her
rival
Barring accidents or fIukes the race had
been won at l2.20 when the red lightship
was not more tnan five miles alec and the
Reliance three-quarters Of a mile dead to
windward and persistently outpointing Sir
Thomas forlOrn hope.
Ten minutes later. when about six miles
OF the course had been covered, the Re
lance tackled, but as the Shamrock KEEP:
on. promptly went about again, then the
shamrock went about. and the Reliance
followed. Barr was unwilling to split
facks as he had the Shamrock beaten,
and only needed to hold her where she
was.
Mile Ahead and Gaining.
At / :O2. when the turning mark was ris-
ing above the horizon, five miles away,
the Reliance appeared to be a good mile
ahead Of the Shamrock and gaining. Both
boats begun 10 make short bitches for
whenever the Reliance went about. Three
legs brought the Reliance within a few
hundred yards of the turn at 1:46. where
she laid a straight course for the mark.
As she went about il Shamrock III WAS
about a mile distant and coming on at a
slow pace in a very soft wind. The time
at the turn was:
Reliance =. observation-disclosures. .1:55:lO
Shamrock o.. $500. .O7 40
1t was evident that the yachts were
covering about five miles an hour. They
had been approximately three hours in
beating fifteen miles. and unless the wind
should freShen there was small prospect
of their covering the fifteen miles home
in the hour and half remaining. Once
heading homeward, balloon jib topsails
were broken out and spinnakers set to
pert or both They dawdled along in
slipped away. Not a change took place
on either OF the yachts nor did there
seem to be any relative difference in
their positions
Wind Died Away.
The Reliance was losing her race
against time and a D. M had little
hope Of getting across the line at 4:32
when the time limit Of five and one-haif
hours would expire. She was six miles
from the finish when her sails felt a
slant OF wind from the southwest, her
spinnaker was smOthered and she laid a
reach hOmeWard. Hope revived only to
be dashed. Five minutes efterward.
when the wind again tackled to south
east, her spinnaker was again set
The wind fTeshened a bit as she neared
the line. She was still a quarter of a
mile distant from the line when the Nav
igatOr gave notice that tAe race was off
The Reliance kept on and crossed at
4.35:35. six minutes and forty-ffve seconds
behind the time limit.
Meantime Shamrock III had caught a
frcshening southwest breeze taken in
her spinnakeT and was reaching for the
line at a better clip than at any time
during the race. but when the finish gun
was fired she began to take in sail and
before she reached the lightship was car
rying nothing but a balloon jib topsail
She did not cross the finish line. The
SUMMARY;
Start. Turn. Finish
Reliance .. .............1l:G2 1:55:10 4:3S As
Shamrock - .-..---..-..11:02 2.07:40