Show RELIANCE AGAIN WINS defeats sir thomas lipton s boat in second race the reliance again showed her heels to sir thomas lipton s chal chat lenger on tuesday taking the second race of the cup series of 1903 by the narrow margin of one minute and nineteen seconds it was as pretty and hard fought contest as has ever been sailed off bandy sandy hook and had the wind not fallen during the last ten minutes the 17 0 or c a N L I 1 I 1 C I 1 41 murt 1 TEE mp paa a 1 record tar for the course three hours twelve minutes and fifteen seconds made by the columbia two years ago in her memorable race against th the shamrock 11 II would have been broken As it was the reliance sailed the thirty miles within two minutes and thirty nine seconds of the r record ecord which speaks wonderfully of her speed in the wind that was blowing the reliance a victory narrow as it was would have been smaller had not cap tain the skipper of the british ship bungled the start sending his craft over the line nineteen seconds after the last gun and ana handicapping her to t tat at extent at every point 0 of f sailing the defender defenders s superiority was demonstrated she gained one min ute fifty five seconds in windward work forty seconds on the run to the second mark and forty five seconds on the close reach for home |