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line. After Navigator had taken up her position 
signals indicating that the compass course would be 
S. W. were set. 
If was noticed that Shamrock's club topsail was not 
standing at all, and it was finally sent down on deck 
and another sail was sent up in its place. This one was 
about the size of the sail carried bj' Reliance. 
I hc start had to be postponed, owing to the change 
in the starting line, and it was 11:30 when the prepara- 
tory signal was given. 
About three minutes before the starting gun Sham- 
rock was headed for the tug Unique, located at the 
N. W. end of the line, Reliance being at this time about 
three lengths behind. After passing to the W. of the 
mark boat Shamrock gybed. Reliance following suit 
and_ stood on after her. Shamrock was kept off, and 
Reliance came up on her. Then Shamrock was headed 
up and and she crossed the line just on the gun, luffing 
sharply to avoid hitting the committee boat. Reliance 
w^as behind and to weather of the challenger. The 
times at the start were: Shamrock 11:45:17, and Re- 
liance 11:45:21. Both boats were on the starboard 
tack. 
A baby jib topsail was set on Reliance soon after 
crossing, and the challenger followed the example set 
by the defender. 
Headed as they were, the boats were catching the 
seas under the weather bows, and it was shaking them 
up somewhat. Shamrock was sailing a truer course 
than Reliance, and was unquestionably improving her 
position. After carrying her jib topsail for about a 
quarter of an hour she took it in and appeared to do 
better without it. 
Shamrock was sailing like a witch, and was better- 
ing her position all the time. At 12:11 Uarr put Re- 
liance on the port tack because she was getting 
back ^vinded by the challenger, and because the wind 
had shifted a point and a half, and the Jersey shore is 
the place to be when a S. W. wind begins to shift. 
Two minutes after Reliance tacked. Shamrock fol- 
lowed. The jib topsail was taken in on Reliance, and 
she did not feel the sea so badly on this tack. At 
12:40 the defender was put on the starboard tack, and 
the two boats drew together. There was considerable 
speculation as to whether Shamrock would cross the 
defender's bows, but Reliance on the starboard tack 
had the right of way. Wringe found he could not 
cross Reliance, so he took a starboard tack. Reliance 
was out on Shamrock's weather quarter, and the boats 
were in relatively the same positions they were when 
they crossed the starting line. 
The sea did not seem to bother Reliance as much 
as it did at the start, and she did much better without 
her jib topsail. At two minutes past one Wringe put 
Shamrock on the port tack, and Reliance was also 
put about at once. Shamrock was now on Reliance's 
weather quarter. Shamrock was getting Reliance's 
back wmd, and Wringe found it advisable to tack to 
starboard. After holding this tack for a little over a 
minute she was about on the port tack again. As the 
boats worked inshore. Reliance found the smoother 
water more to her liking, and moved along very fast. 
At 1:25 a baby jib topsail was set on Shamrock, and 
less than a minute later Reliance's sail was set and 
drawing. The wind was letting up a little, and these 
little jib topsails did considerable good. 
About this time the mark was sighted, and Reliance 
could lay her course for it. Shamrock had overstood a 
little, as she had taken one more starboard tack than 
Reliance, and her sheets were checked. 
Just at this time the wind chopped around to W. S. 
W. This headed Reliance off, but Shamrock suffered 
much more, for it put her behind after she had occu- 
pied the weather berth. 
Reliance was put on the starboard tack, and after 
two minutes was put back to port again. Reliance 
crossed Shamrock's bow by a good margin. The de- 
fender was put on the starboard tack at 1:50, and Sham- 
rock followed just a minute later. 
When Reliance was well up on the mark her baby 
jib topsail was run down smartly and her balloon jib 
topsail was sent up in stops. Everything went like 
clock work on Reliance, and cleaner work has never 
been seen on any boat. The main sheet was eased off, 
the ballooner broken out and the spinnaker pole low- 
ered to port. The spinnaker was set and drawing in a 
little over two minutes after rounding. 
Rehance rounded at 1:55:17 and Shamrock at 1:58:34. 
The work of handling sails at the mark on Shamrock 
was noticeably different from that on Reliance. The 
spinnaker was hoisted and broken out before the bal- 
looner was lowered and reset flying, for there was a turn 
in the sail when hoisted the first time. Much time was 
lost in this way. The spinnakers acted badly on both 
boats at the start, but were soon gotten under con- 
trol. 
Reliance's spinnaker was so trimmed as to spill the 
breeze into her balloon jib, and the two big sails were 
pulling all the way back to the finish line. Sham- 
rock's spinnaker was not trimmed so well and her 
balloon jib did not begin to do the work Reliance's 
did. 
On Reliance the jib and staysail were taken in on 
the run home, but on Shamrock her jib was kept in 
place. 
On the way back Shamrock's spinnaker caught in 
the spreadei", and it tore quite a rent in it. The tear 
did not get any worse, however. Reliance ran away 
from Shamrock on the way back to the finish line. 
Her larger sail area made a tremendous difference in 
running, and she swept across the finish line the easy 
winner at 3:17:38. Light sails and jack yarders were 
taken in on both boats, and they were towed back to 
their moorings. The summary: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Rehance 11 45 21 3 17 38 3 32 17 3 32 17 
Shamrock III 11 45 17 3 26 34 3 41 17 3 39 20 
Reliance beats the Shamrock by gm. elapsed time, and 
7m. 3s. corrected time. 
The following table shows the elapsed time for the 
fifteen-mile beat to windward: 
.„ ,. Start. Turn. Elapsed. 
Rehance 11 45 21 1 55 17 2 09 56 
Shamrock III 11 45 17 1 58 34 2 13 17 
Reliance gained 3m. ais. 
IRONDEQUOIT — CANADA S CUP CHALLENGER. 
The elapsed time for the fifteen-mile run back to the 
finish is shown in the following table: 
Turn. Finish. Elapsed. 
Reliance 1 55 17 3 17 38 1 22 21 
Shamrock III 1 58 34 3 26 34 1 28 00 
Reliance gained 5m. 39s. 
On Sunday morning the two Shamrocks were towed 
from the Horseshoe up to Erie Basin, where the chal- 
lenger was put in the dry dock. Her bottom was 
scrubbed, but it had not fouled up any. Monday at nine 
o'clock the dock was filled and Mr. Charles D. Mower 
again measured the boat's waterline and also her boom. 
There had been some question as to whether the sail did 
not project beyond the end of the boom when the boom 
slide was pulled well out. The waterline was found to 
be about one quarter of an inch shorter than before, but 
this was accounted for by the fact that Mr. Fife re- 
moved a little more ballast than the anchor and chain 
weighed'. The measurements were practically the same 
as before, and there will be no change in the time allow- 
ance that Shamrock III. gets from Reliance. The length 
of the overhangs were learned and they are as follows : 
Length on L. W. L. 89.78ft. 
Overhang forward 21.30ft. 
Overhang aft 23.34ft. 
. . . i34-34ft. 
Much criticism had been made about the mainsail in 
Thursday's race, but Mr. Fife remarked that it was a 
very satisfactory piece of canvas. 
Second Race, Tuesday, At»gf. 25. 
The second race was sailed over a 30-mile triangu- 
lar course to-day and Reliancfe won by im. 19s. corrected 
time. 
Newport Special Thirties. 
NEWPORT, R. I. 
Tuesday, Aug. 18. 
Carolina beat four of the other boats in her class 
in a race sailed on Tuesday, Aug. 18, in a light S. W. 
breeze. The course was from Brenton's Cove to and' 
around the Compass Buoy. Carolina was first over 
the starting line and led all through the race. The 
summary: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Carolina, P. Jones 5 03 02 1 40 02 
Raccoon, J. R. Drexel 5 04 23 1 41 23 
Barbara, W. Rutherfurd ..,,...,.,>....;....... .5 05 48 1 42 48 
Breeze, W. G. Roelker, Jr... 5 07 17 1 44 17 
Vaquero III., P. Whitney 5 18 13 1 55 13 
At the annual meeting of the Sea Cliff Y. C, held a 
short time ago, the following officers were re-elected: 
Com., Theodore W. Sheridan; Vice-Com., Charles E. 
Silkworth; Sec, C. S. Chellborg; Treas., C. S. Dun- 
ning; Trustees for three years, Charles Berner, Fran- 
cis Foerster; Trustees for two years, Joseph Kling. 
Monday, August 24. 
Five of the 30-footers and a like number of the 15- 
footers sailed a race on Monday, August 24. The wind 
was light from the S. W., and the boats covered a wind- 
ward and leeward course. It was a down-the-wind start, 
and Carolina was first around the leeward mark, and she 
won by 30s. Minnow won in the rsft. class. The sum- 
mary: 
30-footers— Start, 3:26. 
.„ Finish. Elapsed. 
Carolina, P. Tones 4 57 04 1 31 04 
Raccoon, J. R. Drexel 4 57 34 1 31 34 
Breeze, J. G. Roelker, Jr 4 59 58 1 33 58 
Barbara, W. G. Rutherfurd ...5 02 36 1 36 36 
Vaquero III., P. Whitney i..., 5 04 11 1 38 11 
15-footers— Start; 3:31. 
Minnow, H. Lippitt ..i.ji,-., 4 51 09 1 20 09 
Hawk, W. Gammell .....,(....4 52 03 1 21 03 
Whisper, Master Morgan..., ......4 54 49 1 23 49 
Eaglet, Miss Grosvenor 4 57 46 1 26 46 
Yo San, F, A. Plummer 5 00 54 1 29 54 
Chesapeake Bay Y. C. 
CHESAPEAKE BAY, MD._, 
Saturday, August 8. 
The seventeenth annual open regatta of the Chesa- 
peake Bay Y. C. for Chesapeake canoes was sailed on 
Saturday, August 8, starting off Toun Square, Oakland, 
at mouth of Tred x4.von River, thence to Beacon's Point 
Light, thence to Castle HaVen buoy, thence back to light, 
thence to Cook Point Buoy, back to light and return to 
starting point. Distance, 17.320 nautical miles. Time 
allowance, 8.66 seconds per inch for above distance 
measured on. waterline. Wind S. E., hauling to S. Boats 
entered: John B. Harrison, sailed by Capt. Hinnaman; 
Island Blossom, sailed by Capt. Gibson, and the Parson 
boat. 
Length. Start. Finish. 
Harrison 35 6.7 1 05 41 3 46 21 
Blossom 31 3.4 1 06 13 3 53 82 
Parson 29 0 1 06 25 Upset. 
Blossom's time allowance 7m. 24s.; Harrison ahead in elapsed 
time 6m. 39s. Blossom wins by 45s. 
Blossom also wins a leg in service of silver presented 
by the club. Harrison also holds a leg won in last year's 
regatta. Silver must be won by a boat three times, not 
necessarily in succession. The Island Blossom won the 
anchorage cup presented by General Charles A. Chipley, 
sailed for under the same conditions as the present ser- 
vice of silver. 
Erie Y, C 
Erie, Pa., August 22. — Only five boats started to-day 
out of about twenty-five of one class and another that 
lie at anchor here in the club's basin; the rest seem not 
to want any races. 
The wind that had been blowing half a gale all day 
from' the southwest and west only held until the start, 
then nearly died out, after bringing a light rain for the 
boats to finish in. Another race two weeks from to-day 
finishes the series. The Iroquois, which has held the lead 
in the 30ft. class, was beaten to-day by the Mingo, which 
is an old boat, while the Iroquois is a new one. 
The Una of the 30ft. class attempted to cross the bow 
of the Mingo while rounding the stake boat and just 
escaped a collision, its captain afterwards filed a protest 
but it was not allowed; he seemed to be in the fault him- 
self if anyone was. 
No ofiicial time was taken, biit the seven-mile course 
was sailed in ih. 20m. Cabia Blanco. 
Prizes for Canoeists* 
Ik order to encourage canoeists and small boat sailors, who do 
their knocking about on inland waters, to keep a record of their 
trips and experiences, the publishers of Forest and Streak 
offei cash prizes for the best accounts of cruises taken during the 
season of 1903. As few restrictions as possible will be imposed, 
and those given are made only with the view of securing some 
uniformity among the competitors' stories, so that the judges will 
be able to make a fair award. 
The prizes will be as follows: 
First, ?50.00. | . ■ i : ■ , . 
Second, $25.00. - 1 
Third, $15.00. 
Fourth and Fifth, $10.00 each. 
Sixth to Eighth, $5.00 each. 
I. The cruise must be actually taken between May 1 and 
November 1, 1903. 
II. The cruise must be made on the (fresh water) inland streams 
and lakes of the United States or Canada. 
III. The canoe or boat in which the cruise is made must not 
be more than 18ft. long over all. 
IV. An accurate log of the trip must be kept, and all incideati 
