AMERICA CUP.
RELIANCE WINS FIRST RACE. A FRESH BREEZE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 8.42 a.m., Aug. 23. New York, Aug. 22. Reliance won tho first heat for the Cup, which was postponed owing to the race not finishing in time. Received 9.30 a.m., Aug. 23, Early this morning there was a 12-knot south-westerly breeze, likely to continue.
WIN BY 4 MINUTES 22 SECONDS
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Received 12.28 a.m., Aug. 24 - New York, Aug. 22, The course waß the Bame as Thursday, with a 10-knot wind. At the start Shamrock left the line with a lead of four seconds. Reliance overhauled her after two hours ten minutes. The American boat easily maintained the lead and won in four minutes twenty-two seconds after deducting tho time allowance.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 976, 24 August 1903, Page 2
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