The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-04
FINAL RACE A WATERLOO.
SHAMROCK LOSING WAY IN FOG
 FAILS TO FINISH.

As Often Said of the Historic confest
 When America Won the Cup s'There
 was No second"-Roliauoe Over
 Eleven Minutes Ahead at the Outer
 Mark-Dangerous Sail Home in a
 Dense Fog and strong Wind.
 New York. Sept. S.-The Reliance, the American cup defender, to-day won the third and final race and the series for that famous sea trophy, the America's cup. In a dense fog which prevented vision beyond 200 yards she finished the race at 5:30:02 amid the acclamations of the assembled fleet. Shamrock III, after running for more than an hour in the fog, missed the finish line, passed by it and then returned to it from the opposite direction. As the Reliance was then being lowed through the fleet, yacht ensigns futtering from her truck and spreaders in celebration of her vic- tory, the Shamrock III. did not cross the finish line. As often said of the his toric race when the America won the cup, There was no second" .s sa.
 To-day's race was the eighth attempt to sail race. After one fluke the Re- liance won the two following races, one by seven minutes and three seconds and the other by one minute and nineteen seconds. A week ago to-day the first attempt to sail the third race failed, and attempts have been made every day this week. On two occasions the Reli- anee led the Shamrock III. to the finish line by about two miles, but failed to reach it before the expiration of the time limit of five and a half hours. Rarely. if ever, has there been a more spectacular finish than the Reliances to-day. After racing for more than an hour at terrific speed through a blind ing fog the Reliance burst through the wall of mist upon the vision of the spectators on the fleet assembled at the finish line, and, heeling under a great bellying balloon jibtopsail until her lee rail was awash, she fled across the fin fish line almost before the spectators. could determine for certainty that it was she. A i
 The official time follows: ssc..
 Start-
 Shamrock ............ 1:02:00
 Turn
 Reliance 3:4o:35 Shamrock Ill.,. ................ S:51:45.
 Finish
 Rellance ....5.................,.. 5.5U:uz Shamrock III............ Did not finish
 Details of Race.
 The duel between the shippers began at the sound of the preparatory gun and continued through series of bril- liant nlanoelvres in which Captain Barr again proved his splendid seaman- ship by outgeneraling Captain Wringe, until the boats went across the line.
 Both were heading seaward but, as the Reliance from the lee bow of the Shamrock was backwinding her head sails, the Shamrock III. promptly whirled about and headed down the Jersey coast. The Reliance held on for a minute and then followed. The manoeuvre placed the Reliance to windward but astern of the challenger. They went off at swift pace in a freshenilg breeze. Captain Wringe at tempted to outsail the defender by giv- ing his boat good full and letting her romp away at a fast clip while Captain Barr pinched the Reliance close to the wind and cleverly nursed her toward the turning mark. The Shamrock III. at first footed faster but the Reliance more than made It good by outpointing her. N
 For more than an hour they sailed on that tack down past the shore of Sandy Hook and the Highlands of Navesink to Sea Bright and during all that time the Reliance steadily worked up to windward of the beaten challenger, out pointing and outfooting her at the same time and passing to windward of her. When they tackled off Sea Bright, head ing seaward, the American boat had gained quarter of a mile straight to windward of the British craft. On this new tack Captain Wringe again gave his boat good full and she cut through the Reliance's lead at an alarming gait, but all to no purpose. Pinched into the wind or with a rap full the Shamrock was hopelessly out classed. After half an hours turn off shore they sailed towards Long Branch for half an hour. Captain Barr at- tempted to make hitch off shore but the Shamrock would not follow and he took thes Reliance about again to keep in her company. Meanwhile the Reli- ance had steadily gained and when at 3.1O both boats headed off to the mark six miles away the Reliance was a good mile ahead and gaining.
 The Reliance turned the outer mark Il minutes and seconds ahead of the Shamrock @ @4
 As the boats started the run home ward under spinnakers and balloon jib topsails a split about three feet long appeared in the foot of the Reliance's spinnaker, but as it drew we'll Captain Barr continued to carry it. For three- quarters of an hour the only variation was a slow gain by the leading boat The sky was clear and the slanting rays of the yellow western sun were painting beautiful marine picture with the two yachts as center figures, when al 4:20, with almost half the course yet tc be sailed. a thick bank of fog came rolling in before a southeast wind and 2 enveloped the Shamrock in a blind grey mist that shut her out of the vision of the fleet as though she had been wiped from the surface of the sea. The Reli- ance ran along for five minutes longer