Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-05-09 | Page 1 | Shamrock Ill. Much Faster than Old Boat Section

SHAMROCK III MUCH FASTER THAN OLD BOAT 1 Co urock may 0 the two abam were sent off this morning over a racing course of forty miles starting from io urock around marks at powder buoy hunters quay and skelmorlie the wind blew about oiga knots and wag strengthening the start which was informal took place at 1030 Moth yachts carried club topsails tho shamrock I 1 jed wide to windward of the challenger before a mile was covered the challenger had worked to windward and had drawn level with the older beati 1 captain then caged the shamrock III with the object of giving the boata n even start on tho ieng rm to leeward from powder buoy which wax turned an follows shamrock III shamrock I 1 i spinnakers akers were then ne tanil tho boats started down channel to lie the opening away tead ily once fairly et tho shamrock III ran away from her opponent arf great shape and they bawd gonlock a fol lowas shamrock III knain rock I 1 thi old boat braueht IR better wind and wan closer th wind drew erly spinnakers akers verc anken in and the boats fetched down on port tack during a eries teries t of informal spins taft shamrock waa apparently ablo to iri t JE 1 itsu itS 6 fake the lead whenever the captain de aired alie latter however was foiled in one maneuver fetching up from close hauled the challenger dosed rapidly on boat and hearted her with the object of passing to inward but captein clevi suddenly bluffed forcing captain in shore where the wind was lighter the challenger beat shamrock I 1 by U minutes 6 seconds over about 18 milc