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Loss of Race
Fails to Kill
N.Y.Y.CHope
Club Members and Guests
Are Gloomy When They
Debark From Highlander
After Shamroek Victory
Wind Favored Challenger
Defender Best on Taek Is
Opinion of Experts Who
Saw Preliminary Tests
It was a gloomy, but by no means
hopeless, lot of yachtsmen who re?
turned to the city last evening on
board the Highlander, the New York i
Yacht Club boat chartered for the |
races. There was a feeling among the \
prominent members of the club on j
board that in spite of the fact that .
Sir Thomas Lipton has two legs on the
cup and that to retain it Resolute must
capture the next three races, that she
W?l ?O it.
Their confidence in Captain Adams
and the sailing qualities of Resolute
is so grent that they cannot see de?
feat. They figure the shift of the wind
in yesterday's race, which eliminated j
any windward work in which the de?
fender has shown her greater powers,
won the race for the Shamrock. Luck,
which was all in Resolute's favor on
Sslurday, was with the challenger yes?
terday.
Deserved Victory
As one of the members of the
steamship committee of the club put
it: "We had a shift of wind to-day
which hurt us and prevented Resolute
from taking advantage of her wonder?
ful windward work. The conditions
were all in favor of Shamrock in reach?
ing and running before the wind. Site
was better handled than in any of the
other races and well deserved her vic?
tory. No criticism should be made of
Captain Adams for tacking on the run
home in place of reaching for the mark
with his spinnaker set. We have
proved in the trial races against Van
Itic that the Resolute does not work
as we!! running before the wind with
herspinnaker set as making a tack, thus
covering a longer distance but footing
much faster. We have had the great- j
est experts in the country, including
men from the Massachusetts Institute j
of Technology, figuring out the prob- ;
fern for us., and Captain Adams yester
day handled his boat in the manner in ;
which she has done the best work. He
tj>ok a long chance on the run home
and lost out. The next time it will
break differently for us."
All on the Alert
When Shamrock rounded the first
mark, the Highlander, every one on
hoard, with watch in hand, waited for
Rejointe to turn the mark. With her
time allowance she still had a couple
of minutes to the good, and the ex?
ports figured she would pick it up on
the second leg. Again she lost, and on
the lun home, when Resolute started}
off her course on a tack, with Sham- j
? rock running straight before the wind, I
there were many anxious inquiries as j
to what Captain Adams was trying to
(!o. Those on board who had followed
the trial races off Newport explained j
the reasons, as already mentioned by a
member of the committee. From then
it was simply a question of whether
the wind would freshen enough to make
her foot fast enough to make up the
extra distance she was traveling under
conditions at which she was best.
After Shamrock crossed the line
every man on board had his watch in
one hand and his binoculars in the
other, noting the time nnd the progress
of Resolute. But to most of them it
was apparent when Shamrock crossed
that the race was won; that Resolute,
with the existing wind, could not '
teach the finish line within the time !
she had allowed to her.
The Highlander will make no more
trips under charter of the club, for
the committee feels, now that the boats
are to race every day, unless either
contestant asks for a twenty-four-hour
postponement, that the uncertainty of i
?t prevents their selling tickets.
Committee Is Praised
The committee, consisting of Capt?in ]
0. P. Jackson, U. S. N.; Cornelius? F. j
Pox, Hunter Wykes and James D.
Sparkman, received the congratulations
of every one on the way it managed I
everything on board and provided for i
the comfort of the guests. The boat, i
with Captain Jackson in charge for the ?
club, has held on all three days of the
races the most advantageous position
in the line and the members and guests
always had an unobstructed view of the
racers.
.Some of those on board were Ad?
miral Glennon, General Daniel Apple
ton, Mr, and Mrs. Lewis Nixon, George
F. Haker jr., John W. Bird, Bertram
H. Borden, Charles W. Bowring, Geo/ge !
McKesson Brown, Commodore E. W. !
Clark. W. H. Appleton, of Boston;
Ralph N. Ellis, Commodore James B.
Pord, Miss Florence Moberly, Miss
Rachel Dierks, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Fox,
Cyrus Currier, L. M. Borden, H. N.
Allen, W. A. W. Stuart. Frank C. Hen- !
derson, .]. B. F. Herreshoff, Mr. and1
Mrs. Colgate Iloyt, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis i
Isc?n, O'Donnell Iselin, Edward D. ?
Lcntilhon,. il. ii. Miller, Demorest j
Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford D. Mai- '
lory, Seth M. Milliken, Edgar Palmer,!
Mrs. George I). Pratt, E. N. Prentice,
J. K. Robinson jr., h. Lawrence Smith,
Henry Steers, Alexander Stewart, J.
Allen Townsend. H. L. Borden, Mr. an?
Mrs. John J. Watson jr., Mr. and Mrs.
P. M. Small, Harold Wesson, George H. ?
Pliun, 11. R. Sutphen, Theodore Rous?
seau, Newbold Le Roy Edgar, Howard
W, Maxwell, John R. "Maxwell, Howard
P. Whiting jr., William Armour and
Horace Gallatin.
More private yachts went out to the
races yesterday than on any of the
previous days and larger parties were
on board than at any other time.
Mr. and ?1rs. J. Pierpont Morgan had
a large number of guests on the Cor?
sair.
Harry Payne Whitney, on the While
away, had J. Gordon Douglas, Oliver
Perin, Rene La Montagne, Henry W.
Bull and William Earl Dodge.
K. B. Van Riper had with him on
his yacht. Alacrity, Mr. and Mrs. Har?
old C. Richard, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Simonds, Mr. nnd Mrs. E. N. Potter
jr., Miss Judah Smith and W. Trumbull
Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Bourne had
With them on the Lone Star.!- Mr. and
Mrs. Burton L. Taylor jr.:4. Gilbert
Greenway, Osborn Bright* H. M. Car
nart and Charles M. Thayf>r.
On the Dorian, with Henry Bradley
Pratt, were Ostave Blake and Dwight
Owirnan.
Frederick W. White, on the Little
?sovereign, had several guests, as did
franklin Adams on the Anona.
Vincent Astor viewed the races from
"is yacht Christina, and among his
guests wa8 Arthur Iselin.
Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Reid had a party
aboard their yacht Porpoise and T.
Colemari du Pont took out friends on
the Tech.
Mrs. William L. Harkness had among
ner guests on the Cvthera Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Fletcher, Mrs. Francis L. Hine,
*r. and Mr?. E. V. Hold, Mrs. IL T.
Upton's Boat Leading at 10th Mile
Shamrock IV is shown ahead of Resolute when one third of the course had been covered.
Challenger Rounding Twentieth Mile Stake
ohamrock IV after two-thirds of the course had been covered.
Eells, of Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Horsey, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hawthorn
and Charles Webb.
i On the Aloha, with Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Curtiss'James, were A. It. Whit?
ney, William de Forest Manice, Frank
Griswold, of Philadelphia, and Henry
: James.
Robert E. Tod had a large party on
board his yacht Saelmo.
Other yachts noticed following tho
racers were the Edithe, John H. Hanan;
the Narada, Henry Walters, with a
large party on board; the Cynthia, M.
13. Mills; the Casiana, Edward F.
Doheny; the Sialia, Henry Ford, with a
party of men aboard; the Fordell, F. J.
Anderson; the Sachem, M. B. Metcalf;
the Colonial, George Dearborn; the
Dixie, George R. Byer; the Juniata,'
George W. Eikins; the Colonia, August
j L. Dole; the Pellonr., Sam. L. Salve;
j the Levanda, Charles M. Everest; the
! Teniwha,, Henry W. Anderson; the
Sybilla 2d, John F. Fetz 3d; the
Halcyon, E. M. Russell; the Osprey,
G. N. Basford; the Barinda, Henry W.
Savage; the Mohican, Robert W. Per?
kins; the Vasanta, George M. Pynchon;
the Remlik 3d, W. S. Kilmer; the
Mystery, Thomas A. Clarke; the North
Wind, Charles Martin Clark; the
Anona, Mrs. J. Elizabeth Buhl; the
Lounger 2d, Inglis M. Uppercu and the
Elvira, R. B. Home. The Sovereign,
! of the Coast Guard, was also one of
; the trailing fleet.
! American Assists
Shamrock's Pilot
LONG BRANCH, N. J., July 20.?
i When Shamrock took the second race
' from Resolute to-day she had aboard
| as an adviser to Skipper William P.
I Burton, an American with fifty years'
experience in the winds and tides on
? Sandy Hook.
He is Captain Andrew Jnckson Ap
: plcgate, a resident of Seabright and
! one of the most experienced sailors on
I the const. His presence aboard the
j Shamrock, members of the race commit?
tee said last night, violated no rule of
i the contest and was perfectly agreeable
to the crew and backers of the Reso?
lute. It is felt that since the waters
in which the Shamrock sails are un
familinr to her captain, it is only fair
that she should have the advantage of
what experienced advice could be ob?
tained.
Fickle Winds Keep Crews
And Skippers on the Jump
FROM A SEAPLANE OVER RACING .
COURSE, July 20? (By The Associated
Press).?Variable, winds, which now
wafted advantage to the challenger
and then shifted its transient favor to
the America's Cup defender, made to?
day's race for the international yacht?
ing trophy by far the most interesting
1 thus far sailed in New York's outer
harbor.
In contrast to the apparent inactivity
of the crews of Shamrock IV and Res?
olute on the first trial of the second
event, as viewed from the air, to-day's
spectacle gave the correspondent of
The Associated Press and the pilot of
his swift moving aerial observation
station as much as they could do to
keep up with the varied maneuvers the
| two sloops went through.
Struggling to take advantage of
! every breath of air, which blew first
from the northwest and later veered
to northeast, with occasional gusts from
the other points of the compass, the
. two rival skippers had their men dart?
ing here and there over slanting decks
I with lightntng rapidity or swarming at
1 a word of command into the rigging
to wrestle with a recalcitrant spar or
sail which fouled in the setting.
Lipton Sailors Kept Busy %
The green-hulled challenger, partie
; ularly in the early siae.es of the con
i test, when it looked as though Sir
Thomas Lipton's fleet craft was again
! being outpointed in skill and strategy.
! kept a pair or more or her nimble
sailormen in the shrouds a good part
; of the time.
Just after making a good getaway
from the starting line, Shamrock I\
i bungled the job of getting into oper
ation one of her big sails before th<
i mast. It looked as if the troublesomi
? rag had succeeded in wrapping itsel
! about everything in sig?t except tin
breeze, which it avoided with many i
flap and quivar.
Meanwhile the snub-nosed racer wa
making some headway with her othc
canvas which was rjrawing a share o
? the fickle breeze^? though Resolut
gained step by step. She moved along
at a fairly good clip and the Associated
Press plane was forced to bank in a
wide circle to keen her in view, while
Captain Burton and his men fought to
avert a catastrophe.
Two ??me figures, mere dots on the
challenger's deck, shinned up toward
the masthead. With a persistence that
did credit to their brawn and their
Anglo-Saxon pluck, they mounted, every
moment nearer and nearer approaching
the aerial observer hovering to witness
what they would do.
Offending Sail Released
It was all over in a moment. The
offending sail, released from whatever
snarl was causing it to embrace the
mast, slipped in a heap to the deck,
: where it must have caused the pilot of
j The Associated Press flying boat to ob
| serve that there is a decided difference
i between the propellers of a yacht and
' an airplane. Perhaps it made him
shudder over the thought of his pro
i peller wrapped grotesquely about one
! of his highly ornate and varnished
J struts.
Though the weather was clear on the
ground, a low hanging mist shortened
the aerial panorama to only a few
miles in each direction where sky and
? sea were welded by a circular band of
opaque whit??. This made it difficult to
get the wide view of the vast stretch
'?\ v.'-.trr serving ;is a race course for
the Irish and American yachts, which
was possible during Saturday's race.
From r. point in the center of the
imaginary triangle, only a hazy pros
; pect of the Long Island shore to the
: north and the New Jersey coastline on
the west, could be obtained.
Objects directly below or within a
' radius of five miles or less, all around,
i were nlainly visible from an altitude
seldom exceeding 1,000 feet. The
fleet of steam yachts, excursion boats
! and small craft which attended the
j first two trials was on hand. A more
; generous display of bunting and pen
j nants on these spectator craft sug?
gested that Metropolitan merchants
' must be capitalizing the yachting
; classic as a booster for their bright
? colored wares.
Orizaba Missing
As Race Gallery
Shows a Decrease
Floating Bars on Smaller
Craft Also Are Absent;
Mayor Fails to Attend Par?
ty on Police Boat Hylan!
The number of vessels that attended j
the international yacht race yesterday
showed a material decrease over the pre- ',
vious days, nlthough there were appar- ?
ently as many sightseers, as each of the i
larger boats carried greater crowds.
For the first time since the races start- ;
ed last Thursday there was an organ- ?
ized policing of the course. A line j
of coast guard cutters kept back all ;
craft other than the privileged boats
belonging to the New York Yacht Club
and Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht. This i
left the destroyers free to watch the
course proper.
Nor was the air as crowded as it
had been Saturday, although the big
naval blimp C-10 continued over tho ;
course throughout the six hours of the ;
race. Other aircraft flew over the racing
sloops at various times.
The big Orizaba, around whose bars
a controversy raged, was conspicuous- ?
ly absent yesterday. The Plymouth
was the largest of the fleet carrying !
spectators.
The vast flotilla of tiny motor craft ?
that cluttered up the fairway on
Saturday was also missing to the gen- i
eral satisfaction of the larger boat j
captains. They had a difficult time on j
Saturday preventing collisions.
Gallery is Orderly
It was by far the most orderly gal- !
lery of the three racing days. Only j
twice throughout the entire course did :
the coast guard cutters find it neces
sary to shriek out a warning note on i
their foghorns against a craft over-!
reaching on the sacred line.
Another noticeable absence was the
improvised floating bars on the smaller :
craft. However, every one had come i
personally prepared to ward off any
chills the breezes might bring.
Although throughout the long weary ;
run to the first stake it looked as
though the race could never be finished
within the time limit, not a single boat
iiuit following the two sloops. All held
on in the expectation that the wind
might freshen any minute and the race !
be finished.
A big aero limited H S-2L flew low j
over the Victoria. The passengers
waved to Sir Thomas Lipton, who re?
turned the salute. Two army D H-4
biplanes, engaged in taking official
photographs, also performed aerial evo?
lutions.
The police boat John F. Hylan left
Pier A in the morning with Marine
Inspector James W. Hallock- in com?
mand and acting Sergeant David J.
Byrne at the helm.
Mayor is Absent
Mayor Hylan, in whose honor the
steamer was recently christened, and
members of his immediate family as
well as twenty members of his official
family were on board in addition to
the band of the Street Cleaning De?
partment and a caterer.
Several police captains who were
scheduled to make tho trip on the
police boat and who did not receive
any official notice that their party had
been postponed were accommodated on
the tug boat Battle.
Among those who went on the Hylan
.?/ere Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner
if Plant and Structures, John F. Sin
nott,. secretary and son-in-law of the
Mayor, and Mrs. Sinnott, Mrs. John F.
Hylan and William E. Walsh.
On account of a high wind, strong
tide and the fact that the Clermont,
which runs to Bear Mountain, was tied
up at the end of the pier, Pilot Byrne
experienced some difficulty in getting
under way. He made several attempts
to make the opening between the stern
of the Clermont and the bow of the
Taurus, which was moored at the ad?
joining pier, but each time the police
boat was forced to return. Finally the
Clermont pulled up fifty yards and
then the flagship of the marine division
of the police department got under
wa yam id great rejoicing.
Shortly before S o'clock the pleasure
I boats returned, headed by the Natalie
May. owned by William II. Todd, head
of the Todd shipyards, in Brooklyn.
Close behind it came several destroy?
ers, followed by the Fall River liner
Plymouth and the Iron Steamboat
Company's Taurus. ?
The sea yesterday was rougher than
during the previous race?! and seasick?
ness, while not prevalent, was more
: general than on previous occasions.
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Victory Brings
Lipton's Life
Ambition Near
(Continuad from pat? one)
things that had been weighing on him
throughout the day.
At the outset he declared the win?
ning of the rnce was due to the in?
domitable spirit of Captain Burton and
skill of Captain Nicholson in designing
the challenger.
"I was very much surprised," he said, I
"at the comments in the newspapers '
this morning about Mr. Burton. No i
one could have sailed Shamrock better '
than Burton sailed her to-day. I hope '
now that we will have good winds fair
to both boats."
Sir TTiomas started to make his
statement in the form of an interview, :
but the guests trooped into the smoke- j
oom, where hclhad gone with ihe news
paper men, and the event transformed
itself into a general meeting ulled with ?
le?citous speeches. I
Reaching into his pocket, Sir Thomas i
took out a leather case asd then ox- !
tracted from it a small gold plate. ?
"This plate was brought to ma this !
morning by Commodore Eugene Quig- !
ley, of the Cleveland Yacht Club,"who !
ia here. Isn't it beautiful! You read !
it to them, commodore."
Life Member of Cleveland Club
Commodore Quigley took the plate
and commenced to read: "The Cleve-i
land Yacht Club, in recognition of past j
courtesies and the keen Interest always
exhibited by him in the honorable ad- j
vancement of the sport of yachting,
nnd by "its board of directors being au
thorized and directed to do so, hereby ?
makes Sir Thomas J. Lipton, Bt., K. C. !
V. O., etc., etc., etc, a life member.
[Signed.] Joseph Kirby, Commodore; '
John P. Ellsler, secretary."
"I just thought it would bring you j
luck," added Commodore Quigley, as :
he handed the plate back to the \
baronet.
Sir Thomas again took up the thread
of his statement. "I started this morn- ,
ing," he said, "as I usually do hoping
that I would be fortunate enough to
win, but in yachting, like everything
else in the way of sport, there is no
certainty. If there was there would be
no pleasure in it for me. It has al?
ways been my greatest desire for the
best beat to win, and I feel that,
judging by to-day's sailing, I am
justified in the good hopes I hold that
I will win.
"I've been working for this twenty
one years now, and I hope that my
life's ambition will be fulfilled in the
next race. To-day's race makes me
very happy. It is the first time in my
life that I've won here without any
flukes.
"At home ? have the biggest collec?
tion of cups and trophies in the world
that I huve won at races in various
parts of the world. I would willingly
swap the whole blooming lot for this
tuppence-hn'p'ny one here."
This expression brought a great
laugh from the guests, nnd it gave a
true impression of the depth of Sir
Thomas's lifelong desire. The Irish
baronet then assumed a more humor?
ous vein, and continued.
Success in Silent Motor
"I know these newspaper boys won't
say anything about it. They are /ery
discreet, but our success to-day lies in
that little silent motor I was tetlin.r.
you about the other day. In the
previous races it mad'j a little noise,
but Henry Ford came over to hav?
tea with me yesterday, and we dis?
cussed it. Now it's al1 been fixed up,
and it worked like a charm to-day."
Aa this moment Lord Dewar ? who
has been affectionately referred to
throughout as "Whisky Tom," in dis?
tinction to "Tea Tom" by Sir Thomas,
broke into the conversation: "The rea?
son you won is because I brought you
this hair from an elephant's tail," said
the British liquor magnate, as he ex?
hibited a wonderfully knotted bracelet,
made from the tail hairs of an ele?
phant.
"When I got here on Saturday," he j
continued, "everything wns going bad?
ly with you. Shamrock was in a bad
hole. The elephant's tail brought you
luck and the race was called off. Now
to-day you have won. I shot this ele?
phant for you in the Congo.
"I brought you a monkey from Africa
when you brought Shamrock over in
1914. I brought it across the Atlantic
to you, and didn't it bring you safely
back to England through the submarine
zone ?"
"Yes," replied Sir Thomas. "When
you gave me that monkey it was
dressed in kilts. It's conduct was of
such a nature, though, I had to take
the kilts off."
Six Hours of Thrills
Then Lord Dewar broke out: "To?
day I have had six hours of thrills.
This year I thought I was going to win
the Derby in England. My horse was
leading all the way, and then, when
within a few yards of the winning
post, he sat down. Thnt gave me a
thrill for a few seconds only. To-day
I have had six hours of it, but it was
worth coming 3,000 miles to see.
"We are all glad Sir Thomas has
won, because he's a good sport and he's
stuck to the job for twenty years.
That's a combination the public likes
to sec.
"In fact, Sir Thomas Lipton has he
come an institution. Lipton and the
America's Cup are two institutions.
"It looks now as though America's
Cup is about to be divorced from
America and become married to Lipton.
He's often said to me that if he wins
the cup he'll marry an American
woman."
Continuing, Lord Dewar said: "I've
mourned with Lipton when he has
mourned, but when he's mourning he is
always cheerful. He's an Irishman
improved by being Scottish. He's an
Irishman in America, a Scotchman in
Scotland nnd anything in England."
"This is a very.close race to-day,
and it reminds me of two races that
occurred over on the other side. An
THE NEW STANDARD
i Nations used to weigh their
j monarchs yearly. If the king
! showed an increase in obesity-,
! the people rejoiced; if not,
| they mourned.
i But corpulency is no longer
| a monarchial standard, nor
a democratic onii' either.
Ability is the thing.
And ability depends largely
upon physical fitness, such
physical fitness as comes from
eating the wholesome, nutri?
tious food served at CHILDS.
D?licieux frinkfnrtcri
with rich, creamy potato
j ?<>f*t vnlnable? are frequently returned by
finders wtjiw read The Tribune. Phone
ilieekman 3SO0.?Advt.
Englishman was telling a Scottish
friend how his horse had won a race
by the wart on his nose. 'That's
nothing,' replied the Scot, 'I gave my
yacht a new coat of paint recently and ;
it won the next race by the width of
the new paint.' 'I always knew the
Scotch were a close race,' replied the
Englishman."
Lord Dewar brought down the audi?
ence when he- finished by exclaiming:
"There'll be a hot time in the old town
to-night,"
By this time the guests entered the :
spirit of speechmaking, and each came ,
forward in turn to deliver a felicitous
address to the victorious baronet. C. |
W. Saxton, an Australian yachtsman, I
did bo for bis native country, and ;
Colonel C. Seymour did so for Canada, i
F. W. G. Unger-Vetlesen congratulated ;
him on behalf of Norway, and the re- ;
mninder for America.
In thanking them Sir Thomas said: j
"I've never met In any place in the
world belter, cloaner or more honor
; ble sportsmen than Americans." He
then became reminiscent:
"1 first landed in Castle Garden, an
immigrant/' he said, "and tried to
make good for the sake of my old folks
i?.', home. Since then i have landed at
the same place like a prince from a
yacht named after me? by an American
iri?:nd, but it's a great thing In life not
to 'orget these things just because you
happen to be better off than the man
who is better than you."
Praise for Dead War Worker
At this moment Sir Thomas ca.ig'.it
sight of Mrs, Donnelly, whose husband
lies beneath ihe soil of Serbia. Turn?
ing to her he said: "Mrs. Donnelly,
may I have permission to mention your
name? I want to tell these friends
.about the great work your husband
did. I want to do it because of my
admiration for the valiant work done
by Americans in Europe."
Mrs. Donnelly nodded a silent assent,
and then bowed her head. She strug?
gled bravely to repress the tears that
welled up in her eyes as Sir Thomas
related the work of her dead husband
and then told how he had finally buried
Dr. Donnelly in an American flag taken
Trom his yacht Erin, which was later
torpedoed by a German submarine.
Mrs. Donnelly gripped the hand of her
seven-year-old boy, James Francis jr.
Sir Thomas then struck a humorous
note, and some one asked him: "What
are you going to do with the cup?"
"I won't be over the other side five
minutes with it," he replied, "before
the cable? offices will be crowded as
they have never been crowded befor?i
with challenges from American yachts
? men."
j ''What are you troing to put in it,"
I asked another? looking over to Lord
i Dewar, ".ho smiled.
"Oh, some good er?tea," answered
: Sir Thomas.
I Commodore R. A. C. Smith, of the
Larchmont Yacht Club, then said: "You
' have confounded all the yachting ex
' perts who thought they knew, but
yachting is like a horse race, you never
know until the race is over. Everybody
here has been rooting for you to win
in spite of themselves. Still when you
get the cup there are a number of yacht
designers here who are going to get
commissions to design a yacht for
? American yachtsmen who will compete
. for the honor of challenging you. Your
i win will bo the greatest stimulus to
I American yachting that has ever oc
i curred."
At this the little session in the smoke
j room ended and Sir Thomas trooped on
' deck, with the crowd following him.
There he picked up the youthful son
of Dr. Donnelly and cut capers with
him, while the movie operators
cranked in earnest.
Lipton Never Downhearted
It was a great day for the famous
; Irish baronet, and he was in finer fettle
? than at any time since the races start
j ed. At the outset it looked as if the
yachts would not be able to complete
i the course within the time limit owinf.
. to the fickle wind, but Sir Thomas was
; rever downhearted at the prospect. H?
alone continued to remain hopeful unti!
the breeze freshened a little.
He was on the bridge at the start
when the Shamrock crossed the line ir
the van of the Resolute. He watched
unmoved the accident to the Shamrock's
balloon jib that necessitated Burton
trying out the spinnaker. He saw thai
attempt prove abortive and saw the
Shamrock drop astern of her adversary
but still he refused to show any signs
of apprehension. He expressed utmost
faith in his yacht's captain.
About this time the police boat Johr
! F. Hylan, with the Mayor aboard, drew
up alongside the Victoria, and the po?
lice band started playing "The Stai
Spangled Banner." Lipton stood or
the bridge of his steam yacht, cap ir
hand, as stiffly to attention as any sol?
dier. Then, as the last strains of th<
? national air died down, he waved hi;
cap to the Mayor. The national air o:
Great Britain was not played.
Demonstration for Challenger
The whole flotilla of sightseeing craf
followed the two racing yachts on thei
drifting contest in the haze to the firs
mark. The interest in this stage of the
race was small, and it looked most de?
cidedly as though the race would bo
called off.
Shamrock continued to gain steadily,
nnd Sir Thomas gained in joviality also.
At the first turn, the greatest demon?
stration of the entire races burst forth.
The steamer Plymouth started the gen?
eral bedlam by letting out a long bla?t
in honor of the challenger. This wns
taken up by every other craft following
the two yachts,
The same demonstration was con?
tinued at the second mark. This time,
however, the breeze had veered to the
south and freshened materially. The
other craft crowded around the steam
yacht Victoria and began to shout their
congratulations to Sir Thomas, who re?
plied by cheerily waving his hat to all
from the bridge of the Victoria.
Henry Ford, in his yacht Sialia, came
over and led the cheers of his guests
for Sir Thomas.
N.Y. Buys $250,000
Worth of Radium
State Will Become Great'
est World Center for
Cancer Research Work
Special Dispatch to Thr Tribun?
ALBANY, July 20.?Two and one
quarter grams of radium have been
purchased for the New York State
Institute for Malignant Diseases by the
State of New York, in conformance with
legislation passed at the last session
providing ?250.000 for this purpose
Governor Smith announced to-day.
This represents not only the first
purchase of its kind by any state for
a purpose of serial utility, but it is
at the same time the largest commer?
cial transaction of its kind ever made.
The radium will be used scientifically
for research purposes by Dr. H. R.
Gaylord and his staff at Buffalo, and
will be supplied immediately by the
corporation which is furnishing the
previous element.
With this amount of radium at its
disposal, New York will be in the fore?
front of states working for the treat?
ment of cancer and other malignant
growths, and will become the greatest
world center for research in this con?
nection.
The two and a quarter ~rams bought
was extracted from G25 tons of enr
notite ore, brought in tv/cn'y-one cars
across the continent. An erjual bulk of
coal and chemicals, nr twenty-one cars,
was employed to reduce 125 tons of ore
to a concentrated mass of two and a
quarter grams. By fractional crystal?
lization, all other ingredients were
worked away, until only the 2.25 grams
remained.
Irish Athletes Barred
From Olympic Meet
Permission to Participate as
Separate Nation Denied by
Executive Committee
BRUSSELS, July 20, After an ex?
change of correspondence with the
British Olympic Committee, the ex?
ecutive committee of the 01yn>pic
Games has refused Ireland permission
to participate in the seventh Olympiad
! as a separate nation.
The Irish athletes refused to com
. pete under the British flag and
wrote the Olympic executive com?
mittee stating that they would
! enter in a number of events if
j they were allowed individual standing.
j As Ireland had not been included ir.
: the list of nations represented on the
' International Olympic Committee, the
Belgian executive committee, facing a
delicate situation, sought to gain Great
Britain's consent, but'failed.
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