| Show WINS I H TillS THIS TI IS TIM 1 I 1 In In n the Slits New Neus cw rook rock Is Hyde hsI or of Wight May a two Shamrocks rac raced l today over on nn own sea seR course the Ihl fIrst NIt leg Ig of or which Is II a beat het from e ca castle U tn to a 11 murk mark the Nab Xab lightship an anT II won on The Th wind was wan ual Rt ab from the tie saM east and id was Wowing blowing a dub dolt topsail breese Sit Sir Thomas Thoma L steam yacht Erin Inn the yachts yacht rl ir of 01 the I 1 lf 11 or of Wight WI ht anti ami thru l both th set net th their lr I T canvass AIt Th challengers cr rr f tit mainsail though houlIh h bUd for tor the trat time l to set to perfection bt t tIeI ter even een than the main soil roll of or Sham ham Shamrock Shamrock hamrock rock I 1 Whets When the gave gle the signal to start the challenger as os u usuaL o l 1811 a kept a 11 trIlla In hi hand band She hie followed the Shamrock I 1 about three lengths length astern but Jul n a length to th the windward In a 11 afine afine fine fresh tresh broue the boats heeled bided well H over in I U the th Ih III i M of or their enormous full uli making mom pi uti f Ilip Ihl Hist flu St Uk tk wits to t starboard anti and the tho I along ten m or mIn mb tiles nun II both buth lying clone to the wind and arid t iy lag at lit about the tho same sLed eid The Shamrock ek I 1 tacked awl and an UK challenger also came round under tinder her h r weather quarter The III challenger also als pulled up and the yachts fetched along beam heam fyi for beam basin In a I ahng fat fast Set lug IlIg toward the Ule Island shore they I he next went about OUt they were still lIOI together but as u they hove have about t Hi oil different times t there wa Was con can gap 11 As AI th y stood oft off again ura In InIn In ha a II northeasterly direction at this time half an hour from the start tart the thue appeared to be practically on the footing as a when they the started Neither had secured an cut appreciable ad advantage vantage van tae at the weather Ia ther mark the boats boatti starlet sheets and reached d slung along the th for lor an Island shore hore breeze breese Soon Moon after atler they around the l still In close clot company but with wIth the Shamrock II 11 leading The rhe booms boom went oer over with sheets welt well out for lor a Ii broad bId cany eatty i leach each tot tor in t I It h line whence they started The rue heM held her herl l lead ad aJ on this point of or sailing anti and was Willi first to cross the line lImits The rhe time at lit the finish of or the course cOUlle of or about seven seen miles wa as a follows tullo M 1 M S Shamrock II 4 4 40 4 Shamrock 1 I 4 5 25 The course gave we them m A n fair fa Ir test lest te t In beating to windward anti and alii reaching tree free Par For 01 the purpose of ot testing the yachts down own the wind booms boom were squared and spinnaker were set et for fot n finishing trial before the wind train from the I Nab Nil lightship to Southampton water I The rue Shamrock II IT continued to hold the lead which she be had hat rained gaIn over the trl tI retiree course The rue wind was fairly farlY In they the started the running ii itil and the now new challenger drew awu In excellent fashion On the thus short run from froll the Nat Nah t to the Warner lightship she J more 1111 titan than titana I a u im p of mInutes minute and passed panned the Warner leading by throe three minutes end and four seconds From there home borne the Ind was ort foft and patchY catchy and the Ihl gap trap was 1111 repeatedly closed and opened as A ran tot for their moorIngs mooring |
