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been computed in tho Columbia Uni.
versity laboratory of physics.
If the fact of the time allowance had
been concealed from tho watchers on
the attendant craft, they would have
been under the hallucination that they
were watching tho sea drama of tho
ages. But the cold facts of the meas?
urements and tho calculations had been
revealed to them and they knew that
they were seeing a very futile attempt
of Shamrock to win the third race and
7ho America's Cup.
It was first reported that boat for
boat Shamrock IV had won on elapsed
tint? by cne second, hut this ??was cor?
rected by signals from the official boat.
H was actually a dead boat and the
oldest of tho followers of yacht races
could not recall an instance where this
had happened before.
No Hace To-day, Shamrock in Dock
There will be no race to-day. Sham?
rock is ordered into drydock by her
owner, Sir Thomas Lipton. The next
race will be over the triangular course.
at.d it was over a triangular course
that Shamrock outsailed and outlucked
Resoluto Tuesday.
In the next race it would seem that
Sir Thomas might see the consumma?
tion of his life's ambition, if ever.
In the work to the windward it
seemed to be demonstrated that Reso?
lute, with a fair and steady breeze, can
outfoot Shamrock by enough distance
to prevent that allowance of seven
minutes and one second being made
\'.p in the reach home. Yesterday the
defender made that evident under the
guidance of Captain Charles Francis
Adams, who seemed to feel tho pulses
of all the winds when he worked his
loop into the breeze, coaxing and
wheedling it.
Running before the wind with large
but awkward-looking spread of canvas
the challenger Inevitably will pass the
Resolute, but, judging from yester?
day's performance, not by enough to
make up that time allowance. It would
seem that tho America's Cup must be
lifted on a triangle in the seas off
Ambrose Channel if it is to be lifted"
during this series.
Big Decrease in Audience
Tl'.e Atlantic ocean melodrama did
not have the gallery that saw the two
.-?os outside the channel. The at
ter tant boats were greatly diminished
in number; The Orizaba, disgruntled
en the revenue officers found some
t i ng on its ample hip and ordered the
: 1? ... : ; sealed, was among the
- ..:-. The Highlander, which, car?
ried members of the Xew York Yacht
Club, was missing, and the little fleet
? ." fishing boats seemed to have come
the conclusion that there were no
more thrills in yacht racing and re?
sumed fishing.
The official aerial fleet was just as
numerous as ever. One impudent air
I h ne dove clown too close to the
nd seemed ;<> be joy-riding all
over the ocean until the air was filled
with wireless reprimands anil the of?
fender slunk off to the shore in dis
i. The navy blimp NC-10 pot?
tered around above in the santo aim
fashion, while the businesslike
torp? !o d? troyers went about their
h ats methodically. There was ne
cluttering of the course by impulsive
craft. The greatest race of them
'ound a half-emptied sea theater,
Tha interest seemed rapidly on the de?
cline.
Start Postponed an Hour
Working 01 ' to the Ambrose light
th? : I nol sc< m to be the sign of a
.?'? and the start was oostponed
for an hour while the two yachts
? i ab? ut among the lolling de
? and revenue boats. Then there
i? ! to be just a zephyr from thi
.. it and a scan was called.
Shamrock shot across the mark fin
h i- mbersome eagerness into the
rid and it seemed the skipper of I .
challenger tried to blanket the defend
t i throttle the dainty windpipe of Re
at the start. Hut the ancient
im the lead, for he was
t. r winded and Resolute pushed out
. ? the lead.
Then followed a series of tack-: and
feints at tacks until the boats looked
da ,i pair of exaggerated insects in
as they sparred for an opening
? ? nirl : >? the sea. The br? <-;-.
to freshen and the racers bore off
Jei ?hore ??i the direction oi
D I Beach h? eling more and more us
th? breeze gradually strengthened. Th?
per of Shamrock pointed farthest.
.-.A r . .. a.' ,i.
As they worked over to a point off
i i ;?; Deach they bore close together
: ai again they feinted and fenced.
Suddenly Resolute shot across and per?
med tl feal oi' nautical jiu-jitsu,
which % known as blanketing. The
? ails of Shamrock were all but emptj
the result of the manouvi-r.
The :iu per of Shamrock tried no more
(?'.' this jockeying. The challenge!- fore
.-. while Resolute coaxed her way
rd against the wind, gaining inch
..';i and fool 1 v foot as every SUC
. ? d ing tack denot? d.
i'.? olute became dim against the
. background out to sea, while
rock lumbered sullenly far in her
.' ? green wake. They heeled till
their decks wort running with water,
for the bj-.c/.e was steadiiy freshen
: ? they worked out toward the open
ocean.
A; A o'clock th.e distance between the
* vo racers had widened to about two
of a mile, and Resolute was coax
? -r way again: t the wind that
ed to press back against tho chal?
lenger. 1!\ this time both weic head
mai ;. I '?at glistened against
? ci. hull of tiie Morgan yacht Cor
. a wind was freshening stoad
nd there were splashes of white
on the swiftly running seas.
By this time the watchers began to
realize taut there would actually be a
race. .Not only that, but it promised
to be the liveliest race of tho series.
The destroyer Semmes, traveling in the
wake of Shamrock, had to hit it up to
ten knots to keep up with the yachts,
and the men who worked with steam
began to take ;.u inte Pas' in the era:'?
that went by power of the wind press?
ing against the can va.-,.
Resolute Sweeps Like Falcon
Heeling over at a dizzy angle, Res?
olute swept up to the mark like a
falcon swooping aft<_>r its quarry. It
swept around the glistening buoy with
? rush of wings and pointed homeward
bound. Then came the shifting of the
canvas with the beautiful swiftness
and regularity which has marked the
handling of the American yacht, super?
ficially at least.
Only for one brief instant the long
white spinnaker seemed to ho ,1 ami
the watchers begun to murmur thai
some of the ill-luck that happened tc
the sails of Shamrock on the previous
?lay might befall the' defender. Bui
the spinnaker broke out and tilled witl
a snap. Then the balloon jib shot oui
um?! the defender was set for the daRl
tiome wing and wing, a great whit?
bird with a glistening spread of wings
for just at this instant the sun flash?1.
out in full to give the proper high
lights to the picture.
Shamrock came up to the mark clums?
ily but with ;. rush ?ft' sliced, and b<
gan to break out her huge set of car.
vas. The big overgrown spinnakei
shot out and went taut in a
The balloon jib unfolded more slow!;.
and Shamrock was sel for the vain but
stubborn t;:sk of killins that time a ?
lnwancc.
Shamrock already had demon
thai with the wii d
he?r down on the defender rolcntlesjly
and steadily; It was a foregone con?
clusion that Shamrock would m il
the distance and more but not the time
unless there was an ?codent such as
there was last Thursday, when Reso
Resolute and Shamrock Abreast
Rivals photographed just after crossing the finishing lino. The committee boat is standing by.
Summary of the Third Race
Elapsed Corrected
Start. Finish. Time. Time. 1st Leg. 2d Leg.
Resolute .1:00:41 5:03:47 4:03:0f> 3:57:05 2:24:40 1:38:26
Shamrock .1:00:22 5:03:28 -5:03:0? 4:03:06 2:2ti:44 1:36:22
Resolute wins by 7 minutes 1 second, corrected time.
Chart of Yesterday's Race
lute lost the first race as her throat
halyards broke.
They were talking about this on all
; of the attendant boats as Shamrock
sp - on her clumsy way before the
wind. The snapping of one of those
slender spars of Resolute might mean
. the end of the America's Tup as an
American trophy and a long battle to
liring it back. The parting of one of
those thread-like ropes might cause the
collapse of that beautiful canvas dra?
pery, and the series would end with tin:
floss of the cup.
Hoping Resolute Would Hold
Will she hold? they asked. The wind
was almost as heavy as it was on the
first day when Resolute collapsed
! with a lead that would have won a vic
ti rj without a time allowance. The
heavier looking Shamrock IV bulked
I'l- enough to carry all that exagger
ated spread of canvas, but Resolute
looked so dainty and frail as she cut
the water! The hi'j; green sloop was
; gaining momentum all the time and
tl mark was hidden again by the
mists.
When Captain "Bully" Norton, of the
destroyer S< mmes, announced that the
ft !.:; was half completed the wind
seemed to die gradually again. It.
?.: several knots m the space of
al miles md the bip oreen boat
1 in tea I ly. But by that time
il seemed clearly evident that the race
..-i ?? i, Resolute ii t ?me al?
ii ., n .', hi", never boat bv boat.
Although the watchers knew that the
o' Shamrock acres-; the
mark fihcad would not mean a victory,
;? i could not but feel an interest In
the picture thai she made. It was like
watching a game lighter beaten at the
start, but putting up a li^ht that was
a light.
Each of the boats carried everything
that would catch the air. There was
no maneuvering to be done. The wind
?Vas behind and the mark was dead
ahead.
With the result as clear as though
''Resolute Wins" was alreudy flaring .a
I the headlines, they gathered on the
decks of the attendant boats to watch
the passing of the defender by the
challenger. It was like watching a
motion picture that ought to thrill,
that was meant to thrill. But picture
do not count in the face of realities.
Almost within a mi!,' of the light?
ship and the waiting craft the passing
came, and Shamrock led over the mark
by open water, shooting for a point
Ai'a..:l\ in tii?' center of the line be?
tween the lightship and the stake!.oat.
She ?it least flaunted her ampio dra?
peries in tho finely chiseled face of
Resoluto, but it was all futile and al?
most peevish to look at.
The whistles were roaring and the
sirens wore screaming a welcome,
Shamrock bore of to port and began to
drop the running canvas. It was
heaped on her decks as Resoluto
crossed the line. It seemed that Sham?
rock must have won on elapsed time
by a second or two, but the watches
found that the time was exaetl> the
same. Hero was tho paradox which
the landsman never will understand
A dead heat, after thirty miles, and tho
defender wins by seven minutes and :i
second.
To th?' question, n signal, as to
whether the yachts would agree tc
race on the following day, the defend?
er replied that she was ready but Sham?
rock replied in the negative. Captain
Burton decided that she needed a scrap?
ing and it was so ordered by Sir
Thomas Lipton, whose steam yacht was
hovering near the finishing line.
Lipton Cheers for Vjctor
Aficr talking with Shamrock IV, the
Victoria rushed over to Resolute and
swung close. Sir Thomas Lipton called
for three cheers for the victor, and the
cheers were given with a will. A
sportsman always Sir Thomas, and
alive to the courtesies of the sea, e?/eii
I in a case of this sort. Sir Thomas,
I within one race of the ambition of his
lifetime, did not forget.
Yesterday the series looked as though
.!. were still in the hands of the wind
?.id water gods that reign in the seas
outside the channel. It is true that
Sir Thomas Lipton holds two victories
and that he needs only one moro.
He already has come nearer to the
possession of the cup than any chal?
lenger to date. Only once since the
;ues1 of the cup started, nearly seventy
years ago, has any boat except Sham?
rock IV won one race from a defender.
After a thirteen-year campaign Sll
Thomas Lipton has won two
But ?me white-haired expert, old in
watching aim studying cup races.
hoarsely cackled that hoary jest that
,vas born when Sir Thomas first set his
heart on the winning of the cup
'There's many a slip 'twixt the cup
:'.i\ the Lipton," he cackled. Which
venerable joke made one realize how
" ; ml how hard Sir Tilomas Lipton
liad been trying to win back the hun
!.*?? I guinea cup that the America
rought across the Atlantic.
Favored by Triangular Course
On the showing to-morrow Sir Thorn
will know if he is on another fruit
'. - (post, according to a consensui
i f yacht experts. The tesl yesterdaj
showed thuf his chance would be Elighl
in a fair wind on that sort of a course
f?ut with a triangular course, sailinf
luck and sailing skill on the part ol
Captain Burton it might happen
Again, with a breeze that blew at ;
too lively gait, the delicate-looking de
fonder might meet, with a mishap. Si.
Thomas would not relish that sort o
a victory, but he might win it.
Hut, whatever else may happen u
this ?undent feud, there never will b
a reed of pic;are= like those that weri
shown on that fast running sea yester
day. If Shamrock should win by a bl<
margin it will be no spectacle. She wil
have to lead Resolute so far that thi
daintily-etched defender will, look lik
a wraith ship again in her misty wake
The action will all be in the testin?
up of the watches. The race will b
run with the scratching of pencils 01
pads as they make their additions an?
subtractions. There are no thrills i
the counting house and there is no ro
imtnnn In nriflimatif
Boat-for-Boat Race Urged
If there are to be more campaigns
I to lift the cup on this sid'.' of the
Atlantic or the other, it is to be hoped
that the rules will let the challenger
ami th<> defender .--ail their races boat
fur boat, so that the pictures, if future
.contests produce any pictures equalling
those of yesterday, may mean somo
? h i n g.
}'.vi?' was everything that W. Clark
'Russell and Captain Marryatt dreamed
about condensed and epitomized in ont
?flashing series of pictures, a drami
that should have made the blood rui
riot, but Ion;; before it was staged r
professor of physics, sitting with his
tables in a musty laboratory, had il
smudged out with figures in advance
Romance, glorious romance t^f the opci
sea, was trying to force its way t?
tin- sight of the city, hut arithmetic
slammed the gatea m her face.
Shamrock's American Aie
j And Son Arc Sea Hcroc:
Captain Applegate Receive?!
Carnegie Medal for Kc^cue
When Storm Daunted Others
( ; taiii Andrew Jackson Appl ?
?of s -;i h -fth!. Nft .1., who is act ing a
tide and wind ?Xpert - i the Shamroel'
1 has another claim to fame. He an
hi.- son a few years ago put ml' in
1 blow iliat daunted even the coas
I guards to accomplish a rescue fo
which lie received a Curnogie Medal.
Following the st-a alone; the Atlanti
coast from Maine to Florida for fift
years, lie came into prominence in lid
when he dared a tremendous surf an
s'ivod two men and a woman strande
in :\ launch in a gale off Seabright.
A heavy northeaster was blowin
when the stranded launch, with moto
broken down and anchor lost, wa
sighted. None could be found wh
would brave the surf un;:! Captai
Applegate and his son Howard a?
pe h red.
Father and son manned their high
powered sea skitT of the open typi
drove through the surf and within n
hour pulled alongside the helples
craft three miles offshore,
Taking the stranded trio aboard, the
were unable to land on the beach an
hud to make the nine-mile run aroun
Sandy Hook and through the horsesho
to the Shrewsbury River.
Captain-Applegate has on other o?
casions braved the surf at Seabright 1
aid in the rescue of fishermen.
Dirigible Falls
3,000 Ft With
Race Observers
(Continued from nan? ene)
fore the crowd o'^ bobbing pleasure
; craft around the lightship was directly
! below. The two yachts were tacking
back and forth waiting for the signal
to start. When a signal broke out on
the committee tug, bobbing on the
swell below, Lieutenant Evans crawled
back and forth through the airship to
' tell his passengers that it meant "race
postponed until later at fifteen miau e
intervals." Back in his seat, he sent i
the ship circling over the start. A
I moment later another signal showed
uii the committee boat.
Ballast Coos Overboard
"We'll go down to read it," Evans
called, and th?1 sb.ip's head sank siowly
as she dove down to a lower level.
There seemed to be something wrong
when she flatti ned close down to the
iteamers and tailing craft below. Evans
and his crew ki pt lu :ing up L? the bag
above. He pulled and tugged at the
control cords in front of him, and both
.rs roared into !ii e again.
Swinging in a greal circle, the air?
ship liaran to climb, slowly and with?
out the quick response of earlier in
the day. Below a white .'team puff
from the commut?e boi t marked the
five-minute whistle, and as the blimp
rounded toward Rockaway the racer;
wont over the line on the lirsl out
ivard tack.
But the C-10 was done with the race
She was heavy and suden, and Evans
signalled for ballast to <%> over. Fron
both her cockpits showers of sand wem
flown. Not a word had been spoken,
The roar of the motors and rush ol
air would have drowned any attempt
at talk.
Again the commander called for bal
hist overboard. The sand went out h
a stream. Ahead and far below
Rockaway Beach and Jamaica La;
ieaped into view through the haze, i
shout over the radio phone bail toll
the men at the station the blimp va
coming. Little figures ran out ove
the dying field. On the bay small boat
and launches were scattered about lik
chnis in a tub.
Blimp Sinks Fast
Evans stared overside at the ii-''!d, then
the ladder swung, and the airship, now
tipping down by the head and sinking
fast, despite her roaring motors and
the angle of lifting planes, turned out
toward the hay. The commander came
"Throw ovei your batteries!" he
? called to the radio men. Slashing the
wires with a knife, the operator heaved
the weighty box to the cockpit rail. It
went hurtling down to splash in the
water. The suif.ice appeared to be
leaping upward. The ship was drop?
ping fast but there was little sensa?
tion of falling, save the rush of the
wind. It was a swift elide down ;
sleep slope.
"Life preservers ! " Evan : called abov?
the dying roar of the motors .-is thc\
were cut down. The passenger.-; begat
m ft.uggle out of the parachute liar
noss in which they had rieen rigged fo
safety's sake, and the engineer leanei
first 10 iel out all the gasoline in'thi
tanks, ami handed out the jackets.
Foot by foot the slope of the fal
'.??lined. Then, with a final rush, I h
of?the big gas bag struck watei
the front end of the car plunge
o if up to the cockpit rail, a bump
ing lurch shook her and the gas bn
went toppling to one side. But th
tail of the bag was full and the ?tor
of tue car still i ode i hi- su r: ace. ft?l
a splashing wave from the plunge ha
reached any but the forward cocKpit.
Boats iiurrj to Re? ? tie
A last turn of the starboard pre
oollcr tor .. ;;? ?? . iio.e i
fabric, but the ship was riding wit!
i ut ha '. ' g t '.' .; u lie kei n eric.', n?
"Well, we're down,'1 said Evans
a casual tone. "Stick to the ship."
His crew and passengers obeye
The shore was only a few hundre
yards away. Boats and launches wei
hurrying up to offer rescue, but bi
fore they arrived the C-10 h..d moor?
herself ?'.gainst a' ragged row
pil? - and Evans waved them away.
"We'll wait for our own boats,'1 1
called, and climbed on 'lie rocks
stare at his ship lying with rudder fi
up in air, nose crumpled and torn ai
her car sunk to the first cockpit in tl
water.
A young naval officer was first
reach the scene in a launch from tl
-tat ion, i
"I wonder why he didn't put two
three men oil" in 'chutes?" he said, h.i
to himself.
"Because he didn't think of it
thanks be," answered the blimp pa
-enger to whom he spoke. The r
porter had n swift vision of being c
dered to jump over at 3.000 feet
the end of a rope, lie preferred
stick by the ship.
Superior Work
Of Adams Wins
Windward Duel
Firgt Five Minutes Prove
Resoluter Is Master; Amer?
ican Gives Whole Atten?
tion to Eating Into Breeze
Skill Taxed to Utmost
Burton Appears to Have Bel?
ter of Jockeying That
Precedes Start of Race
By Jack Lawrence
Resolute won the third America's
Cup race yesterday because of her
I marvelous ability in going to ?windward
? and because in that leg of the contest
' she had exactly the wind velocity she
likes best ?about ten knots. The
failure of Shamrock IV to point with
. Resolute in the fifteen-mi.e beat cost
the challenger the race and perhaps Sir
| Thomas Lipton the honor of winning
the world's yachting championship.
Another day of doldrums was in
i prospect when Shamrock and Resol?te
| prepared to leave their respective
? anchorages in Sandy Hook Bay yester
'< day morning for their third cup battle.
The managers of the big green sloop
hoped sincerely that, it would be the
last race of the series.
The surface of the Lower Bay at that
time was a shimmering field of oil,
. while the only motion on the open sea
! was a lazy ground swell that kept
j sightseeing craft rocking monotonously
and made those on board feel extreme
: ly pallid. The long, long roll had a
tendency to give landlubbers a far
j away feeling amidships, and during the
I tedious wait for the starting signa!
1 there were many unenthusiastic spec?
tators who wished they were in some
solid inland town, like .Marion. Ohio.
The faithful navy blimp silhouetted
, itself languidly against the overcast
sky and a lone army plane from
! Mine?la twittered about high overhead.
' The fleet of onlooking craft had
dwindled to a couple of depopulated
excurison steamers and that group of
yachts owned by dyed-in-the-sea racing
fans who arc sure to be found on any
course where a sail is to be stretched
in competition.
Old Reliables Are on Hand
J. !'. Morgan, commodore of the New
York Yacht C tub, turned up as usual
m the Corsair, which is supposed to he
playing the r?le of guide boat for the
cup contenders. The guiding she has
done to date is hardly worth mention?
ing. Another old reliable follower of
the wind-driven racing :;amc on hand
was the motorized houseboat Edithia,
owned by John II. Hanau. She had
Add ?.-.on G. Hanan aboard yesterday,
said to be the cleverest amateur skip
! er in America.
The Victoria, with Sir Thomas Lipton
and a small party of guests, followed
the ambitious challenger ?out of the
Sandy Hook horseshoe, and the two
were blown many raucous salutations
on their way to the line. The Victoria
answered them all, even to a thin so?
prano toot that was piped by the small
cabin cruiser Runaway, whose home
port is Evansville, Ind.
Sir Thomas seemed to have some
difficulty in figuring out how a boat
could got from Evunsville, Ind., tc
Ambrose Channel, hut appeared satis
lied when some one told him it arriver
over the Erie and that Evansville
ranked next to Sioux City as a yacht?
ing cent? r.
It was obvious that Tuesday's de?
cisive and unqualified victory ovei
Resolute had imbued Shamrock's crev
with large quantities of confidence anc
pep. They made preparations for yes?
terday's race with a dash and vigoi
that surprised onlookers.
Burton's Crew Confident
Captain Burton broke' out a pair o
pristine flannel trousers in honor of
the third race and his entire after
guard looked exceedingly sprightly
When orders were issued the cha!
lenger's foremast hands carried then
out as though they had already col
lected the very considerable amoun
of cash they have wagered with Reso
If Charles Francis Adams, amateur
skipper of the defender, desired light
airs for the start of the third cup bat?
tle, he certainly found his wdsh ma?
terialized when he reached the course.
An hour before the preparatory signal
was set the wind was (latter than it
b.ad been at any time during Tuesday's
contest. What there was of it came
in soft and unsteady puffs from the
southwest.
There was so little breeze at 11 :-0
that a postponement signal was hoisted
from the committee boat Baryton. For
an hour the two sloop.; cruised about
in the littul zephyrs, sometimes with
hardly enough power in their sails to
give them steerage way. It was evi?
dent that the committee realized that
the America's Cup might be won or
lost on the Sandy Hook course in this
?ace. and there was no desire to send
the boats awav in a wind that might
devote its entire attention to one, with
disastrous results for the other.
Delay Proves Wise Move
The postponement proved to have
been a wise move on the part of the
Race Committee, for at 12:30 the re?
viving wAid could be seen dappling the
surface of tho sea far down to the
southwest. At 12:45, when the prepara?
tory signal was set, there whs onty a
fuint breeze, but it gave every indica?
tion of freshening.
The cours?.? signals called for a lif
tijen-mile beat to windward ami return,
the outer mark being hud by Captain
Louis R. Blix in the steamer Eileen
Miirse. This stake was anchored at a
point about seven miles off the beach at
Ocean Grove, The first leg would have
kept the racers within view of the
shore for practically the entire con?
test, hutl i; not been for a smoky haze
that huna- over the water. The mist
was so thick during the early part of
the ?1rs', leg that the yachts were at.
i.:;.' time almost out of si^ht of each
other.
Tiie warning signal was hoisted on
the Baryton at 12:55, and at this time
??eie was a nice sailing breeze tilling
the wings of both sloops.
As in Tuesday's race, Captain Burton
appeared to have the b?'fter of the jock?
ey, ng that preceded the start, in a
number of short hitches to the west of
the line Adams appeared to be content
to follow in the challenger's wake, al?
lowing the Englishman to initiate the
maneuvers.
The starting ball was raised on the
Douglas Gibbons & Co.,
6 E. 45th St. Vand. 626
Choice ?election Apartment? and Home?.
Furnished and unfurnished for Oct. l?t.
Season or year, PARK AVE. and vicinity.
?okina for u poruiortabl? Furnished
Room? Consult select lint In to-day'?
?tbune.?AdTt.
I Baryton at 1 o'clock, and the Shamrock
went over the line at 1:22 in the
I weather position after Adams had made
i no attempt whatever to take that berth
? himself. The Lipton craft passes under
I the ?tern of the lightship and seemed
| to have every possible advantage in
: the getaway. The t: offer, der went up
toward the committee boat and crossed
dog? to ~'irr Btern exactly 19 seconds
! after her opponent had gone over.
j Right here began as pretty a wind
? ward duel as was ever staged by con?
testants for the America's Cup. For
Burton it was a desperate one, calcu?
lated to tax his skill to the utmost,
? for he knew he could not point as
i high as his rival and would have to find
some other means of getting to the
, outer mark first. Th;- first five minutes
! of yesterday's heat, demonstrated clear
' ly R( solute's superiority in windward
i work.
The little white sloop seemed to be
'sailing directly into the teeth of the
j wind and ?very tack found her rival a
| greater distance in her ?oe. Snam
j rock's windward work yesterday, how
! over, was a vast improvement over her
I showing in the fifteen-mile beat in
; Thursday's race.
Both yachts crossed the line on the
j starboard tack and Shamrock, with a
i Jersey coast pilot added to her after
| guard, immediately shifted over to
port and began a long hitch for the
j beach. Captain Adams appeared to be
; entirely disinterested in this maneuver
on the part of the challenger. He gave
his entire attention to his old game of
eating into the wind, leaving Shamrock
to go her leeward way alone.
Hoped to Out foot Adams
Burton appeared to believe that he
? could outfoot Adams and gain a suffi
j cient lead to enable him to tack across
i tho latter's hew, and in this way get
: out of her lee. His early tad
? the windward log were all made with
this idea in view, but when the ?o a
port tack failo.d he must have known
the feat was impossible.
The challenger moved along at great
I speed on this tack, and at 1:52 went
i over to starboard in a desperate effort
j to head off the defender. It looked foj
j a time as though Burton's plan was tc
i be successful, but as Adams hold to his
, port tack and the two yachts began t
converge it became evident that Sham
: rock's fast footing to leeward had nol
! given her sufficient gain to enable hei
1 to weather the defender.
Adams waited until he was csrtair
i that Burton could not get out frorr
under his lee and then he tacked, anc
it was apparent that he was still fai
. to windward of the challenger. Burtor
tried every trick he knew to get out
from under Resolute and made a num
ber of short hitches of hardly nn<
minute's duration. They gained hin
nothing and in some instances workec
out to the advantage of tho defender
Defender in the Lead
By ft o'clock the velocity of th? wind
had increased to twelve knots and the
two yachts were c!o?e hauled and cut?
ting through the water on their beam
ends. Between 2:15 and 2:30 the
sloops tacked a half dozen times, Bur?
ton taking the initiative in his struggle
ftj free himself of Resolute's lee. He
tried everything known to the game, in?
cluding fake tacks, but the maneuver
ing availed him nothing, and at 2:30
the Riefender was 765 yards in the
lead, according to the range finder on
the bridge of the destroyer Semmes.
In this battle for the weather berth
the two yachts made more than twenty
tacks between the starting line and the
outer mark.
Both yachts made the mark on the
ftarboard tack, Resolute at this time
appearing to feel the freshening breeze
more- than the challenger, judging by
the way she was lied ing as she
swooped down on the stake. She
rounded at 2:24:40 with a lead of two
minutes and four seconds.
The handling of the defender on tin
turns was a snappy piece of work. he?
spinnaker pole being in position be?
fore she was straightened out for the
run down the wind. That sail was up
in stops before the turn was made and
when the order came to release k the
great wing splashed out on the por
side without, a hitch. A few minute!
later a balloon jib was set.
Challenger Cuts Down Lead
Burton duplicated these moves afte:
he had rounded the turn, but it lookec
for a moment as though the spinnakc
stops were going to cause the boa
the same trouble she had on Tuesda;
with her ballooner. The spinnaker wa
finally set, however, and the ba]looi
jib followed it quickly;.
The long $tern chase after the puce
making Resolute then began in earnest
with the wind dropping gradually unti
it was hardly more than eight knots
Although Shamrock's spinnaker an
balloon jib appeared to spill the win
a great deal it was plain that she wa
picking up foot by foot the ground sh
had lost in the windward leg.
When the yachts were half wa
home, or seven und one-half miles fre?
ine stake they had just turned. :h
challenger had cut down Resolute'
lead to 450 yards; but it was obv iti
Friday, the 23d. SeelT
As III Omen by Crewt
While the next America's Crm
race han been set for to-morrow
by the? race committee, it Wa
doubtful last-night whether th*
managers of Shamrock IV or
Resolute could muster a Sl!*
cient number of foremast hand?
to operate the yachts. Both ere?,
decifire that it would b? flying j*
the face of fate to sai, a race on
Friday, which carril s a trad;
tional ill omen for all men of
the sea.
P.esolute's men ais p ay that in
addition to being Fri lay, t?-mor"
row is the 23d, which, they rJe."
dare, is almost as ! ad for 1
sailor as the 13th.
The fact that this is the thir?
teenth series for the America's
f'up has convinced the men on
both yachts that no good canc?n?
from sailing a race on Friday'
even then, that she had r.o' ? ?,.
of- overcoming \.*****
minutes and one second she 4 !f
to the defender. She wan overt^
Retolute surely, but foo S!?<
achieve the smgl .* ?
order to caoture the im. , .- ,ceas ?
mj>nute8 [a
W,th h-ss - f "?g
defender's hull fron ,f .,?*rft?
lenger. Kool
chaser edged out . .ft 5?g
vaterki
ft en ?*"
"Breaks" Favor Resolme
The wind had grown pi ;:,-, and ,eT.
eral times when Resolute's bow Ifod
on the crest of a .- ., spilled M^
wind out of her mainsa? and srrn
n-iker. Shamrock's canvas heid wer
filled ana si e m? , ;? rreate?
lead as the defei .,'_!.
In the last quarter of a mile, W
ever, Resolute made a tiesperat? e*Tort
to regain the lead, . 'Ugh the
result of the contest was
all doubt, this final drivj for the'lhn
under full sail made a thrilling spec
tacle. The "breal . ud begin
to ;avor Resoluto when she tru onlv
300 yards from - ? ? -ft, an(j sye
came down to the boat uj
the finest sprint a c ip el t ever made.
It was now the Amei - thatwu
doing the - it the dis?
tance to the line -.-. as t i rl for her
belated drive, and the ? r m,.j
tance to the line ?? as t i rl for '. a
belated drive, and the - ? ger r.csed
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