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12. Royal Canadian, Prince of Wales cup race, Toronto. 
19. Chicago, special. Lake Michigan. 
19. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. Oyster Bay. 
19. Larchmont, schooner cup race, Larchmont. 
19. Atlantic, fall regatta, Sea Gate. 
19. Bensonhurst, Y. R. A. of Gravesend Bay. 
19. Manhasset Bay, Y. R. A. of L. I. Sound, fall regatta- 
SB. Riverside, Y. R. A. of L. I. Sound, faW regatta. 
26. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. Oyster Bay. 
26. Chicago, handicap. Lake Michigan. 
27. Williamsburg, open, fall regatta. 
OCTOBER. 
3. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. Oyster Bay. 
3. Columbia, special. Lake Michigan. 
5. Southern, fall. New Orleans. 
10. Columbia, special. Lake Michigan. 
17. Columbia, special, Lake Michigan. 
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America's Cup Races. 
Second Race, Tuesday, Aug. 25. 
A BRIEF paragraph in our last issue stated that Re- 
liance won the second race for the America's Cup by 
im. 19s. corrected time. The boats covered a triangu- 
lar course of 30 miles and, everything considered, it 
was a very fairly interesting and conclusive race. 
Strange as it may seem, Reliance, in all her trials with 
Constitution and Columbia, had never been tested with 
those boats on a broad reach and in a fresh wind. So 
in a measure her speed on that point of sailing was 
problematical, but the impression prevailed that this 
was her poorest point of sailing. As it turned out, 
Shamrock III. sailed a wonderful race, and Reliance 
was given a run for her money from start to finish. The 
rival skippers and crews did well by their boats, and 
very few mistakes were made on either hand. 
In the morning the prospects were for a light weather 
race, and so it turned out. The sea was smooth and 
the wind averaged from seven to twelve miles. Sham- 
rock III. was supposed to be at her best under such 
conditions. 
It was just after eight bells when Reliance and Sham- 
rock left their moorings in the Horseshoe in tow. 
Mainsails were hoisted on both boats as they were 
towed out to the lightship, and jibs and staysails were 
sent up in stops. After Reliance's big club topsail 
had been set, her towline was cast off and her jib broken 
out. Although Shamrock cast off her tow line soon 
after Reliance did, some time elapsed before her club 
topsail was sent aloft. Shamrock was carrying a new 
mainsail and club topsail, and these looked very much 
better than the ones carried in the previous race. 
The tug Navigator arrived at the lightship about 10 
o'clock. On board was the Regatta Committee, ex- 
Com. S. Nicholson Kane and Messrs. Newbury D. 
Lawton and Edward H. Walls. The wind enabled the 
Regatta Committee to lay their course from the light- 
ship, and the compass courses for each leg were ac- 
cordingly signaled. The first leg was S. 10 miles, the 
second was N. E. by E. E. 10 miles, and the third 
was N. W. by W. % W. 10 miles. Making the first 
leg a beat, the second a broad reach and the third a 
close fetch. One towboat started off to place the marks 
and the tug Coastwise followed along later to act as 
guide boat to the j^achts. 
Navigator was anchored W. of the lightship, and at 
quarter of eleven the preparatory gun was given. The 
wind was still light, but it had increased in strength 
a little. At the time the preparatory signal was given 
both boats were on the starboard tack with Reliance 
on Shamrock's weather quarter. As they approached 
Navigator both skippers brought their boats up into 
the wind, killing their headway. Just before the warn- 
ing gun was fired, both gybed and stood down the 
line toward the lightship. Reliance was in the weather 
berth, but Shamrock forereaching fast pulled out ahead 
and to windward. Reliance gybed over and headed for 
the W. end of the line, while Shamrock hauled around 
the lightship. After Shamrock had gone around the 
light vessel she jogged along after Reliance. When 
about half way between the lightship and the com- 
mitte boat Reliance was put on the starboard tack and 
crossed the line 36s. after the gun. It was apparent 
that Wringe was going to take the full two minutes 
allowed at starting, but the timekeeper on Shamrock 
III. must have been slightly in error, for the boat did 
not cross until 19s. after the gun, and was accordingly 
handicapped that time. The times at the start were: 
Reliance, 11:00:36; Shamrock, 11:02:00. 
As Shamrock crossed the line, Reliance was put on 
the port tack, and the challenger also took a port tack 
as soon as she was clear of Navigator. Wringe profited 
by the blunders he made in the first two races, and kept 
between the defender and the shore. In a S. breeze 
the boat nearest to the beach gets the advantage. Re- 
liance was quite a distance out on Shamrock's weather 
quarter. 
Both boats were moving fast, and their baby jib top- 
sails appeared to be lifting them out a good deal. Re- 
liance was, as usual, being sailed very close, while 
Shamrock was not pinched so much. The breeze 
seemed to be stronger under the Jersey beach, and 
several fresh puffs laid the boats well out. 
At 11:42 Reliance was put on the starboard tack. A 
thick haze had obscured the guide boat, but it was 
thought that Reliance ought to come pretty near to 
fetching the mark. Shamrock held her port tack over 
a minute longer than Reliance did, and when she took 
the starboard tack she was well to windward of the de- 
fender. 
When the mark boat was made out it was evident that 
both boats had overstood the mark, and Shamrock had 
thrown away over a minute by holding the port tack 
longer than Reliance did. Sheets were eased a little, 
and the boats made fast time running down to the 
mark. At 12:17 Reliance's baby jib topsail was taken 
in and Shamrock's followed just over a minute later. 
Barr set a reaching jib topsail in stops on Reliance, 
while Wringe had a ballooner put up. Wringe's men 
worked very much cleaner and smarter at this mark 
than Reliance's men did. 
The time OA^er the first leg of the course Sollows." 
Start. Turn. Elapsed. 
Reliance U 00 36 12 2t 08 1 20 32 
Shamrock U 02 00 12 23 40 1 21 40 
Reliance gained im. 8s. on this leg, but if the 19s. 
that Shamrock was handicaped at the start is deducted 
from this. Reliance only beat Shamrock 49s. in the 
ten-mile beat. 
It was a broad reach to the second mark, and- the 
boats had the wind just abaft of the starboard beam. 
Shamrock had her ballooner jib broken out before Re- 
liance's No. I jib topsail was drawing. It turned out 
that Wringe had used the best judgment in setting a 
ballooner, as the wind »was far enough aft for it to 
draAv well. 
Barr took in his staysail as soon as the jib topsail 
was drawing, and a balloon staysail was set in its place. 
On Shamrock the jib and staysail were both taken m. 
Four minutes after Reliance had rounded Barr saw 
that a balloon jib was the only sail for that leg, and 
accordingly the jib topsail was taken in and the bal- 
loon jib was sent up in its place. Two minutes was 
consumed in making this change, and Shamrock made 
quite a gain. Wringe kept well to weather of his 
course, and all his sails were trimmed a little flatter 
than Reliance's. 
The wind had been working to the W., and Sham- 
rock's spinnaker pole was put in place on the star- 
board side at 12:36. Reliance's pole was also run out 
and the spinnakers were sent up to the mast heads 
and out to the end of the poles on both boats. Barr 
had his spinnaker broken out first, and the pole was 
allowed to run well forward in order to make it draw. 
Shamrock's spinnaker was not broken out for over a 
minute after Reliance's was. As long as spinnakers 
could be made to draw well Reliance gained, as run- 
ning is one of her best points of sailing. The wind 
began to work back to its original quarter, and Re- 
liance's spinnaker was lowered at ten minutes of 
twelve, and the ballooner did better work. Sharnrock 
hung on to her spinnaker six minutes after Reliance 
had taken her's in. 
The second mark had also been obscured by haze, 
and Reliance was within a mile of it when she picked 
it up. Both boats had stood to leeward of the mark, 
and sheets had to be flattened down in order to leave 
the mark to port. 
The times for the second leg of the course follow: 
First Turn. Second Turn. Elapsed. 
Reliance 12 21 OS 1 18 07 0 56 59 
Shamrock 12 23 40 1 22 02 0 5S 22 
Reliance gained im. 23s. on the broad reach of ten 
miles. 
Barr gybed around the mark without taking in his 
balloon jib topsail, thinking he could carry it on the 
leg home. The wind had hauled a little and it was a 
close reach back to the finish line. 
Shatnrock's ballooner had been taken in before she 
reached the mark and her jib and staysail had been 
set in stops and broken out. Some two minutes after 
gybing around the mark Reliance's balloon was taken 
in, and her jib and staysail were broken out. A baby 
jib topsail was set flying on Shamrock soon after she 
gybed around the mark. Barr sent his baby jib topsail 
aioft in stops, but it was not broken out. 
The wind had lightened a bit, but both boats were 
moving along at a smart clip. When those on Reliance 
could pick up the lightship it was found they were to 
windward of their course. At eight minutes of one 
the baisy jib topsail was broken out on Reliance. This 
sail was carried just over ten minutes, when it was 
lowered and a No. 2 jib topsail was hoisted in its place. 
The baby jib was taken in on Shamrock also, and a 
reaching jib topsail was set and drawing soon after 
Reliance's was. 
Reliance crossed the finish line at 2:15:30 and Sham- 
rock at 2:20:10. 
The -challenger was so close -behind that until she 
really crossed the line and her time was taken few \yere 
sure whicli boat had really wo^^, 
The elapsed time over the third leg of the course 
follows: 
Second Turn. Finish. Elapsed, 
Reliance 1 18 07 2 15 30 0 57 23 
Shamrock 1 22 02 2 20 10 0 58 08 
Reliance had beaten Shamrock 45s. on the close reach" 
of ten miles. 
The summary follows: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected, 
Reliance 11 00 36 2 15 30 3 14 54 3 14 54 
Shamrock 11 02 00 2 20 10 3 18 10 3 16 13 
Reliance wins by im. 19s. corrected time. 
Fourth Day, Thursday, Aug. 27. 
Reliance carried another gaff in Tuesday's contest in 
place of the one used in the first two races. The orig- 
inal spar buckeled slightly and had been sent up 
to Erie Basin to be strengthened and straightened. 
The gaff that was substituted was used on Reliance in 
some of the races off Newport. A measurement of the 
spar was necessary, and Mr. Charles D. Mower went 
to the Horseshoe on Tuesday, but after measuring the 
gaff found it to be the same length as the one originally 
used, and consequently there was no change in the 
racing measurement. 
Reliance crossed the finish line on Thursday 6m. 30s. 
after the time limit of five and one-half hours had 
expired. The race was a most uninteresting one, and 
was hardly more than a procession from the start. 
Reliance showed remarkable speed in the light air, and 
the way she dropped Shamrock III. was a revelation. 
Reliance and Shamrock III. left their moorings at 
8 o'clock in tow. 
When the boats got out to the lightship the wind 
was light from the S. E., and the sky was overcast. 
The prospects were for a paltry and flttky day, and even 
at that tirne there was little hope of the boats being 
able to finish within the time limit. 
The committee boat Navigator was on hand bright 
and early, and she anchored S. W. from Sandy Hook 
Lightship. It was about half past ten when signals 
were hoisted on the committee boat, and these read 
that the course would be fifteen miles to windward and 
return, and that the compass course was S. E. from 
the light vessel. 
The yachts were moving slowly along with their 
biggest club topsails set, and baby jib topsails had 
been sent up in stops. Reliance seemed a little livelier 
than Shamrock, but her larger sail area gave her more 
life. Shamrock broke out her jib topsail in order to 
enable her to maneuver more smartly. The baby jib 
on Reliance was broken out soon after Shamrock's. 
At 10:45 the preparatory gun was given. At this time 
Wringe rather had the best of Barr, but having a slower 
boat, he was unable to hold his advantage. As the 
warning gun sounded, both boats were on the star- 
board tack heading E., but they were kept off and 
were headed back toward the line. Although the wind 
was very light — about four knots — the maneuvering 
was the keenest yet seen in any of the starts. Both 
boats were close hauled, heading toward the light ves- 
sel, with Reliance on Shamrock's weather, two minutes 
before the starting gun: Reliance drew ahead of 
Shamrock and passed to the E. of the lightship. Here 
she tacked, but still kept Shamrock to leeward. When 
the starting gun was fired both were on the port tack. 
The boats were kept off and headed for the line. Re- 
liance, with more headway on, passed Shamrock, and 
when clear of the lightship, was brought up close on 
the wind and sent across the line 41s. after the handi- 
cap gun. Shamrock was some distance behind, and was 
handicapped im. 42s. The boats were officially timed 
at 11:02. Shamrock took a starboard tack soon after 
crossing, and Reliance followed suit. Reliance was 
eating out to windward all the time, while Shamrock 
kept off and was allowed to foot. 
The boats had a head tide and the wind kept haul- 
ing and backing constantly, but the shifts did not favor 
one boat more than the other. After holding the star- 
board tack some twenty minutes, Shamrock was again 
put on the port tack. Reliance crossed her bow with 
a good margin to spare, and after doing so she was 
also put on the port tack. Reliance held the port tack 
for over an hour, and she then tried a starboard tack 
again. After three minutes of this she was put back on 
the port tack. 
Five minutes after Reliance tacked to starboard 
Shamrock did likewise, and less than a minute later 
Reliance followed. Reliance seemed to be improving 
her position steadily, and she was a long distance 
ahead. At two minutes after one Shamrock was again 
put on the port tack, and fifty seconds later Rehance 
was also put about. Reliance held on this tack for a 
little over a quarter of an hour, when she went about; 
three minutes later Shamrock followed. Just before 
half past one Reliance took a port tack, which she held 
for less than three minutes, and then went back to the 
starboard tack. While Shamrock was a long distance 
behind she was holding a better breeze and was cutting 
down Reliance's lead somewhat. 
Shamrock was put on the port tack at 1:40, and as 
she did so, ran out of her favoring breeze. Reliance 
took a port tack a little less than three minutes later, 
which she held for four minutes, and then Barr put her 
on the starboard tack. Shamrock took the starboard 
tack a little over a minute later. At 1:55 Reliance took 
a port tack and headed for the mark. Shamrock was 
a long distance behind. The times for the fifteen- 
miles beat follow: 
Start. Turn. Elapsed. 
Reliance 11 02 00 1 55 15 2 53 15 
Shamrock 11 02 00 2 07 46 3 05 46 
Reliance had beaten Shamrock I2m. 31s. 
The breeze was very light, and as the tide had turned, 
the boats had to stem it all the way back to the finish. 
Shamrock's crew were smarter in setting their bal- 
looner and spinnaker than Reliance's were, and better 
judgment was used on the American boat in the trim- 
ming of the light sails. At half past three the wind let 
up a lot, but it picked up again after a little. Reliance's 
spinnaker was taken in, and she was headed up quite a 
bit in order to keep her ballooner drawing and also to 
make allowance for the tide, which was setting down 
to the E. Just after four o'clock the spinnaker was 
again set on Reliance. It was apparent that she couldj 
