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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, 'SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1920.
' uirplcldu. The Shamrock allnped hr
moorlnga In the bnt of tho Jionesnoe
at half past 0 o'clock, a full hour earlier
than usual, ana was iimen in iow ur
Mnrtlntr line off the Amorous Channel
llehUhlp. 8he was BDtck and upan from
tho overhauling, shampooing- and mam
curlnit she had received whllo In dry
dock Thursday, but he wanted to est
her new topiall a much mnallcr bit of
cunvas than the had been carrylne nd
alio to trv out before the warnlnr
whistle her new malnflheet traveller, tne
h..v rounini nf which had frlven way
slightly during tho Wednesday race. As
hc bobbed genuy on ner luwium i "
crulie down the bay tho sen, was calm,
with a sentlo breexo, aa mild a a pussy
cat's smile, waning irom iwuwiwi.
rtMinliiiA ot elirhteon mlntuoa past 10
dropped her mooring also and stood out
under her own saw. ner iuf. mo jiuh
nougherty, however, was running ahead
of her and later took the white defender
In tow. Both arrived nwir the etnrtlng
line before the descending pall of fog
Wired everything out 01 mo r-iciurc
Boats of the observation fleet and tho
destroyers and other patrol craft were
later Betting under way. As Uiey Jogged
letaurelv down the bay and nut through
the Narrows the morning hare una
Playing mUchlevoua pranks with vlsl
bl'lty, but It was easy yet to see a mile
or so ahead.
Excnralon IloaU Vanish.
But when the Semmes, the destroyer
carrying the morning newspaper men.
nosed her way slowly down to the light
hln the outloclt wan changing preedlly.
One by one the excursion steamships,
which haj been BllmPS'd vaguely cmsier
in? about the old beacon vessel, van
ished as bv the touch of a magic wand.
The police tug John F- Hylan. which a
moment before had been echoing to the
cheers of a merry party aa they hailed
fclr Thomas ltanlng forward from the
bridge of tho Victoria, disappeared aa
though the pea had opened a path for
her to Davy Jones s mcKer. so aia me
ntnnrh vacht chartered Hy the Irish
hnrnnpt himself.
Then the lightship Relief, which has
taken the place temporarily 01 me
regular Ambrose llaht vessel and which
Is painted a dirty brick red Instead of
a saffron yellow, suddenly turned a
ghostly .pallid gray and then was
swallowed up In the void.
At half past 11 o'clock not one vessel
could be seen from the deck of nnother.
The fog blanket had become on opaque,
Impenetrable thing. Though the ob
servation 'fleet was smaller than those
of last week, there were many scores of
vessels, large and small, crowded within
the area of a few square miles. Others,
tooting their warning whistles, were
stealing slowly down the bay, feeling
their way daintily forward. From the
great fog horn of tho lightship at in
, tervala of fifteen seconds came tho
mournful cadence of her fog alarm. The
hoarse, melancholy warning was groan
ing only a few cable lengths beyond tho
sharp prow ot tho Semmes and five
other destroyers, to say nothing of coast
guard ships and crowded excursion boats
wallowed In tho Imminent vicinity.
Of course none of these craft was at
anchor, ail were floundering about blindly,
tooting whistles, ringing bells. And
from the bridge of none of them could
a cautious captain see what perchance
loomed directly on his weather bow 300
yards beyond his nose. The fact that
no accident has to be recorded Is con
vincing testimony to the trustworthiness
of the skippers.
Voff Lifts and Dlsnpprara.
Postponement signals were hung out
from the yards of tho committee boat
Barryton before the fog blotted It out.
Aboard tho Semmes her passengers fretted
Impatiently. "They'll wait an hour or
two," 83 id onn of long experience, "and
then they'll 1iave to declare It oft for
the day.'.'
His gloomy prediction was negatived
almost aa soon as It was spoken. The
breeze from the south, freshened per
ceptibly. Then, like the rising of a vast
drop curtain, the fog rolled upward and
4away. It was a verltallc'"lransforma
' tlon scene. As the aun broke through
the dun, gray pall there lay the nautical
panorama right under your eyes. It
was like the rising of a curtain on some
huife and beautifully wrought stage
spectacle.
One noted with surprise the close
proximity of the ships which had nosed
their precarious way In close beside your
own craft during the eclipso and whose
presence never had been suspected save
because of an uncertain toot occasionally
out of the abysmal fog. To those
aboard tho Semmes, which had reached
the scene Just as the mists closed down,
It was the first glimpse the morning had
.-forded of the trim sloops. But there'
they were stars In the wectacle, await
ing the applause that Is their right
slowly, gracefully gliding to and fro to
windward of the line established by the
lightship and the Barryton. They, as
always, were In the spotlight of the pic
ture. But to the northward, alt decked out
In their signal squares and pennants,
many of them flylnsr all the bunting they
had In their lockers, lay the sightseeing
fleet In Its holiday garb. Its Individual
members river and sound steamship,
tugboats, Coney Island craft, barffes,
two or three trim schooner yachts, and
an Impressive flotilla of motor cruisers
were clustered as thickly as files about
a peach tart.
Some of them, while the fogbank had
concealed their felonious purpose, had
quietly stolen in toevdose to the Imag
inary line that must be kept Bacred to
the exclusive use of tho Cup rivals. Now
that the renewed sunshine had betrayed
them, the fussy destroyers, submarine
chasers and coastguard sh'lfls, policemen
of the ocean boulevard, began to bluster
about, uttering angry, staccato blasts
which said as plainly aB words : "Come,
move on, there, before I run you In I"
Perr Airplane an (he Scene.
Many surprises were revealed by the
lifting of the fog screen. One of the
most pleasant of them was Sir Thomas'
chartered yacht, Victoria, lying only a
biscuit toss off the starboard beam of
the Sommes. Sir Thomas leaned over
the bridge and waved his cap with
courtesy and enthusiasm In response to
the greetings shouted to him from tho
press men on board. He was in his
iM'ial buoyant, optimistic mood. Tho
race had not yet been sailed. After
that disappointing result he did not
hesitate to express his appreciation of
the splendid handling of the Resolute,
alike by skipper and crew.
The air squadron, for the first time.
was not part of the picture. Only ono
or two airplanes careened above the
ruccrs Instead of a whole flock of them,
a.id the picturesque blimp, which had
been a faithful attendant upon the star
performer daily, had bumped her ell
very noso upon the rocky reefs of
llockaway and was, for tho time being,
out of commission.
Sunshine had conquered the foe' and
a gentle flve-mllo breczo was fanning
me cnecK? wnen me yncfits got away.
Resolute In the lead. The first leg of
tne triangle took them, as did the
"Wednesday event, down tha Jersey
coast to the first mark, which lay about
live miles orr ivong Branch. The ex
curslon fleet, with Mr. Morgan's black
nulled corsair leading, got under way
and followed like a pack of hounds
after the(r quarry.
As ,the racers stood down toward the
Highlands their course took them di
rectly toward a big four maeted
schooner, a none too common sight
nowadays. Under a full spread of can
vas she was bowling along up tha coast,
and she must have had Imperative busi
ness, for she never checked her head
way to look at the race over which
two continents are all aqulver.
Their course took them down among
the lobster rota and the fishermen.
Three miles or more off shore the Sem
mes had to sound her warning blast to
order off the course a stolid pair of
salt water Izaak Waltons, who were
Resolute, Cup
leisurely pulling their long sweeps and
propelling their dory out toward the
White Wonder's line of approach.
It was tho same old story over again.
In thin beating to windward the Reffb
lute Is In a class by herself. The Irish
craft Is not In this kind of competition.
The way tho Herrcshoff creation points
up Into the wind looks like witchery.
Tho further the hunt progressed the
greater was the distance the Sham
rock fell off to leeward. Her skipper
did not Indulgo In any of those zigzag
hitches with which he enlivened Wednes
day's proceedings In his effort to get
out from under the American's, lee. ,
wun a breeze increased now to eignt
miles an hour both yachts were footing
fast. There was white water cascading
from their bows, and their crews lay
lined up like boxed sardines packed sldo
by side, prone on the sloping decks along
tho weather rail. Tims they swept down
to tho first turn, beside which stood the
Corsair llko a guardian angel of the coal
mark.
The Resolute here gave one of her
prettiest demonstrations of superiority
In team work and alert seamanship.
She had a lead of more than a mlnuto
and a half as she swung easily around
the mark buoy, but so keen was her
crew that before she had quite made the
turn the baby Jib topsail she had been
carrying In her windward work was
taken In, and she had not yet squared
away for the second leg of the Journey
when her big reaching Jib topsail waa
broken out and pulling flawlessly. When
the Shamrock came around It took her
crew nearly three minutes to perform
tho same feat
Each yacht, as It rounded the buoy,
was saluted lustily by every vissel In
the pursuing fleet that had any kind of
vocal abilities from a squeak to a roar.
On the broad reach down seaward to
tho second ten mile post the wind In
creased to a twelve knot pace. Under
its Impact the Irish yacht began to' pick
up a few seconds of those sho had lost In
the thrash Into the wind. But she was
not gaining fast enough to overhaul the
fleet footed Resolute.
Ran Into naming- Mist.
Both sloops wera healed over hand
somely now and the weight of .the wind
still was growing. At 3 :30 It wan again
growing hazy, a portent probably of the
coming squall. The sky piercing top
masts of both yachts were lost in the
overhanging fog screen. Again half the
observation fleet that was trailing along
a mile or more ,ln the rear waj wiped
from the field of vision as effectually as
though all had been mink "without a
trace."
But what mattered baffling mists?
Like a pair of ghostly wraiths the Cup
contestants now are charging down to
ward the marking buoy two boat lengths
off the stern of the Corsair. The mist
rolls uprtard and away In time for them
to sight tho glistening cone of the buoy's
top. Then both sloops are speailng for
It under the full spread of tnelr big
reaching sails.
As the second turn was rounded each
boat won a whistled salute from everv
vessel In the observation flotilla, and
somewhere off to the northward boomed
the sound of a cannon.
Once more the wind gained weight
nnd vim. It was estimated now to be
at least blowing at a twelve knot gait
The whltecaps were dancing now on
every created wave. It was a day fit
to toot the staunchness and seaworthiness
of every spar, every shred ot rigging.
For weeks we have been told that the
Llpton yacht could not really do her
self credit until she got a wind that
would bowl her over well to leeward
and bring her "down to her true rac
ing lines." Well. If she was not down
to those racing lines yesterday In the
third leg of the race she must carry
them deeper than her freak twenty-six
foot centreboard.
She was awash from bobstay to taff
rail. The Resolute, too, showed her
white sides and her Immaculate deck
Inundated with the whiter spume of
tossing foam,
Only two or three miles from the fin-
Course Over Which
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Defender, Going Over
Time Made by Yachts
in Four Races for Cup
tjERE ate the official time rec
ords for the first four legal
contests or the America's Cup:
First race (fifteen miles to
windward and return).
Elapsed Time.
Turn. Finish.
H. M. S. H. M. 8.
Shamrock IV....2 56 01 i 24 48
Resolute 3 62 14 Disabled.
Second attempt called off ; no
race (triangular course, thirty
miles).
Elapsed Time.
First Second
Turn.
H.M.S.
Itosolute 3 47 14
Turn. Finish.
H.M.8.
5 IB 01 Called
5 43 14 off.
Shamrock IV..
8 23 38
Second race (triangular course,
thirty miles).
Elapsed Time.
First Second
Turn. Turn. Finish.
H.M.8. H.M.S. H.M.S.
Shamrock IV.. 2 12 40 4 10 41 5 22 18
Resolute ! 16 15 4 19 10 6 31 45
Third race (fifteen miles to
windward and return).
Elapsed Time.
Turn.
Finish.
H. M. S.
4 03 08
4 03 OS
H. M. S.
Resolute 2 20 40
Shamrock IV.... 2 22 44
On corrected time
Resolute
won by her time allowance of
7:01.
Fourth race (triangular course
thirty-miles).
Elapsed Time.
First Second
Turn. Turn. Finish.
H.M.S. H.M.S. H.M.S.
Resolute 2 34 47 3 25 49 4 39 25
Shamrock IV.. 2 36 58 3 27 16 4 43 06
On corrected time, Resolute,
with her time allowance of 6 min
utes 40 seconds, won by 9 min
utes 58 seconds.
Ish a black thunder head loomed to tho
northward and angry muttering ac
companied It Captain "Bully" Norton
of the Semmes, famous Navy quarter
back In his day, snapped some orders
from the bridge of the destroyer and In
a twinkling everything movable on deck
was made fast. Over the bow gun and
the deck hatches protective tarpaulins
were swathed and laced, Vnd everything
was made snug and taut for tho com
ing outfly of wind. It came, and with
It a brief but penetrating drive of
troplonl rain that reminded many of tho
weather of the first race day, when tho
Yankeo sloop parted her throat halyard
and forfeited tho race
Nothing parted aboard the Resolute
yesterday. She met the squall without
taking In her club topsail, and by su
perior seamanship and more agile hand
ling of her canvas managed to Increase
her already commanding lead during the
harassing blow. It Is for another to tell
In greater detail of the Resolute'a su
perior handling. Enough to say here
that when she swept across the finish, as
the sun was thrusting through the storm
clouds, her bellowing balloon Jib
trembled with the volume of the din. It
waa a roar and screech to which every
bass whistle and every snrleklng siren
In he fleet contributed In generous
quota. None spoke more vociferously
than the hoarse metallic throat of the
Victoria, as Sir Thomas eaned from the
bridge and saluted the victor. '
If the sailing of a race on a Friday
In the thirteenth series of contests for
the cup be really a hoodoo, then yester
day's evftnt would seem tft InritCAtA thnf
the Jinx. If any. was on the Irish boat.
Tying Race for Yachting Cup Was Sailed.
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the Finish Line.
photo' ov rtwutfabrio
UPTON IS HOPEFUL
FOR NEXT TRIAL
Continued from First rage.
cause a squall was coming up,
I don't
know why he did It"
The way the course Is policed was
praised by Sir Thomas Llpton and Sir
Thomas Dewar. They both said they
never had seen such a clear, "free course
In any races on the other side. The
"sporting Instinct" of, our ladlca like
wlso amazed Sir Thomas Dewar.
"Your 'ladles arouse my astonish
ment," he ad. "They get up early In
the morning and come, downto these
races day after day. About onco would
finish a European lady."
There was a larger party of guests on
the Victoria to-day than Wednesday.
Among- them wero Sir John and Lady
Ferguson, Col. S. Seymour Bulloch,
Charles Fleming Day, Miss Xan Jarvls,
Misses Eunice and AgncB Fitzgerald,
daughters of former Mayor Fitzgerald
of Boston, and Miss Eugenie Whltmorc.
George Kcssler of Philadelphia, who
when a newsboy seventeen years ago
sold Sir Thomas a paper at Wayne
Junction for a dollar, which he bet and
lost on Shamrock III., was on board aa
Sir Thomas's guest. He Is now a coal
hoist foreman, and It pleased Sir
Thomas to bo photographed with htm
when the photographic squad made its
dally charge.
HUGE CROWD TO SEE
DECIDING CONTEST
Tie Gives Added Interest to
Race To-day.
' There was a marked Increase In the
number of persons who went down the
bay yesterday In sightseeing boats to
view the yacht race. Though the
crowds were much smaller than during
the first two racca, the Increased In
terest seemed to presage an even larger
attendance for to-day, when the last
race of the series between the Shamrock
and the Resolute will be sailed.
Reports received by tho police from
the various docking places Indicated
that all the boats which went to the
races returned without unusual Incident.
A strong tide, coupled with a heavy fog
which covered the harbor like a blan
ket, made the Incoming boats very slow
In reaching port
The Plymouth of he Fall River line,
with 500 yachting enthusiasts on board,
was the first to return. On board the
Plymouth was Mrs. P. D. Armour, wife
of tha director of the Union Stockyarda
at Chicago. She motored hero from
Southampton yesterday .with her
brother. "Teddy" Condon. Major Henry
Sanford and many members of the New
York Yacht Club were also on the
Plymouth.
The police boat John F. Hylan with
eeventy-flve passengers on board docked
at the Battery at 6:su oclock. A num
ber of police Inspectors and captains.
some clergymen ana some out or town
civilians wero on bfard.
The Taurus of the Iron Steamboat
Company carried 500 passengers.
ODDS ON RESOLUTE AT 7 TO 5.
netting Prices Shift Swiftly After
Fourth Rnce.
Odds on the races for tho America's
Cup shifted swiftly last night, and In
what betting was recorded from the
time announcement was made that the
Resolute, tho American defender, had
again taken the measure of Sir Thomas
Lipton's Irish challenger, Shamrock IV.f
the Herreshoff sloop was the favorite
at 7 to 5. esterday's setback was a
sharp Jolt to the followers of the Sham
rock, for before the last two races had
been sailed they had the pleasure of
seeing a challenger favorite for the first
tlmo In the history of the cup.
RESOLUTE
SHAMROCK
COURSE
SOCIETY YIELDS
TO LURE OF YACHTS
Owners nnd Quests of Trivnto
riensure Craft Throng
Club Station.
WniPPET MUCH ADMIRED
Oliver 0 Jennings's Speedy
Vessel Carries Party of
Young Men.
That Intewt In the fourth Cup race
had been revived among the owners of
private pleasure craft was shown by
Increased activity yesterday morning
nt the New York station of the New
York Yacht Club, at the foot of East
Twenty-third street. The thrilling finish
of the third race, which the timid ones
had misted, lured yachtsmen out In force
to see the crucial test of the series.
Activity at the station, however, did not
approach that on the first two days ot
racing.
"It Is like a course" of Instruction In
modern yachting to sit here and listen
and look, while waiting for your captain
to turn up," observed a young woman
who was waiting at the station for her
host and hostess to appear.
She Bpoke knowingly, as the modern
yacht has undergone many changes In
appearance In the last few years. The
growing popularity ot the power yacht
Is the cause. In seasons not long gone
the yacht's launch was the only craft
to come alongside tho landing stage of
such a place as a yacht club station,
The parent craft, almost Invariably a
steam yacht, lay anchored outside.
Nowadays tho power yacht, that has a
more rapacious appetite for gasolene
than a steam yacht ever thought of
having for coal, proportionately speak
ing, may come right up to the landing
stage and permit the passengers to walk
on deck.
The only exceptions to this new rule
of yachting Interest yesterday at the
yacht club's station wero the steam
yachts Aloha, owned by Commodore
Arthur Curtlss James; Alicia, owned by
Alfred I. du Pont: Narada, which long
has been the property of Henry Walters,
and the Emerald, owned" by John N.
Willys. Those large coal burninK craft
pointed their bows to the tide In the
East River In dignified aloofness, while
a score of trim motor yachts shot In
and out of the basin. Dr. and Mrs.
Lewis v. Fressell were iruests 1 1 Com
modore nnd Mrs. James on board the
Aloha.
One of the most Interesting of the
power yachts to leave the station for
the race was the Whippet, owned by
Oliver O. Jennings. No private craft
was more appropriately christened, as
her speed, approaching twenty-seven
knots. Is' almost that of Ixuls Gordon
Hamerslcy'a Cigarette, the rpeedlcst
thtmr In nrlvate motor craft In these
waters. The Whippet was originally one
of the 120 submarine chasers that left
the Qreenport shipyards for war duty.
Mr. Jennings bought her about the time
of the armistice and lias had a world
of pleasure on board the craft since.
Yesterday Mr. Jennings took out a party
of young men, who Included his son, 13.
Brewster Jennings, Russell S. P.artlett,
r.nrrtnn Millet And Benjamin RUger.
Major-Gen. George R.. Dyer'a military
duties had prevented Mm from witness
ing any of the previous races. Yester
day he got back from camp In time to
Join twenty men guests on board his
power yacht Vixen. Harry Payno Whit
ney also went out from tho station with
twenty men on board his Whlleaway.
The Little Sovereign loft the station
with Lieut. H. F. Johneon, U. S. N., on
the bridge with the captain. As Freder
ick W. White's yacht Is one of the pa
trol boats, the official appearance of the
craft was easily explained. Mr. White
was not on hoard, but bis young guests,
Including several young women, had one
of the best opportunities of any of thoso
who went down to the sea In boats.
George J. Gould went out on board
his power jachl Atlanta, but not for tho
race. He was bound up the Hudson.
Dr. and Mrs. George Boiling Lee wco
guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Th:tw
on board their motor yacht Junletta.
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Pynchon came
from Greenwich, where they are pass
ing the summer, on board their power
yacht Vasanlta; put In at the station
to pick up a few friends of their daugh
ter. Miss Beatrice Pynchon, and then
went on to the outer bay. Mr. and Mrs.
John N. Willys sailed for Europe yes
terday on board the France, but their
yacht Emerald went out with a party
of six of their friends on boaro.
FIRST REAL RACE
PROMISED TODAY
Capt. Applegate Sees Chance
for Shamrock.
Along the banks of the Shrewsbury
all last evening gathered groups of the
old timers who have watched Sir Thomas
Llpton come over time and again only to
rail back with the cheery prophecy that
next time he'd turn the trick In his effort
to lift the America's Cup. Never was
there interest more at high tension than
It was last night. With the races two
and two, they rehearsed every tack and
cery turn of wind of the races already
run.
Chief among them, eagerly sought
after In the hope that he might let fall
some bits of wlidom, was Cap n Andrew
Jackson Applegate, who Is the expert
advisor of winds and tides on the chal
lenger. Nearly every one along the
river from Naveslnk to Galilee waited
hla opportunity to get, a few words with
the captaln and the inside track on to
day's race.
Delayed by the tide In the Shrewsbury
and compelled to linger along the way
In his sloop, the Chsrlotte, halted every
little while by knots of those who want
ed a tip on to-day's wind or tide. It was
long after dark before the Captain set
foot ashore.
After the local skippers had argued
back and forth about yesterday's race
until one-half of 'em weren't, any longer
on speaklnj- terms with the other half
some one had tho good sense to ask
Capt Applegate about the conditions for
to-day's race. He knew the question
came from his old friend, Peter X.
White, friend and critic of his salty
wisdom.
The captain looked carefully about
the horizon, saw that the outlook for a
light breeze in the morning was favor
able, and hinged his reply on the handi
cap. 'There's a good chance for the Sham
rock," he said. "Just what the outcome
will be rests with the winds alone.
We are all aware of the clever way In
which the Resolute can work before the
wind. The Shamrock with all her sails
set can never overtake her on the tre
mendous handicap which she Is still
obliged to give. We have tried the light
nff th linrt. m liav Un l
,.-,,t,t In' Mlmi linil w hv nnt hn
able to ihour enough superiority over
the Resolute to overlap that handicap.".
Time Records of Tacks
in Fourth Race of Series
'THE iollowine table shows tha
1 time record made by Reso
lute and Shamrock in their r.
spective tacks over the thirty
mile triangular course in the
fourth race for the America's
Cup:
"P" stands for port and "S"
for starboard.
Resolute. Shamrock IV,
M. a. " M. 3.
7 St P 5 38 P.
58 3! S 58 47 8.
27 22 P. tturn) 28 23 P.
50 47 H 3 23 8. (turn)
5 45 P. (turn) 50 28 p. (turn)
39 26 H 4 44 P.
34 11 P 2 50 P.
84 10
NATURE OF WIND TO
DECIDE RACE TO-DAY
Continued ram First Paoe.
broie Channel light vessel the wind was
very light Old salts declared that there
would be a nice northwest wind, but
they had erred. A light air from south
west was not strong enough to dispel
the base and when a heavy fog shut
In the siren on the light vessel screeched
out Its warning In discordant tones,
Then the wind strengthened a little nnd
blew away the fog, so that tha com
mittee decided to make a start ' and
gave the course directions.
By some not familiar with cup racing
cr'tlclsms were made on the committee
for starting so soon, when thero were
Indications that the wind would freshen
as It did and by waiting half an hour
longer have mads the race more Inter
esting. The committee has no option In
the matter.
According to the condltlona agreed on
the races are to be started each day ab
near as possible to noon, New ' York
time, and cannot wait for better winds.
Tho committee must order tho start as
soon as the wind Is strong enough In
its opinion to send the yachts away
fairly. It has nothing to do with what
may follow later.
The co u re o was triangular, ten miles
to each leg. The compass courses were
south-southwest on the first leg, which
was to windward, Tast by north on tho
second and northwJst-half west on tho
third.
The tug went off to lay tho marks,
and at 12:45 o'clock the hoisting of tho
Blue Peter ball and a sharp toot of the
tug's whistle called attention to it. Tho
committee's tug was anchored east,
southeast from the light veasel, mak
ing the lino at right angles to the
wind.
At that time the two yachts were at
the committee boat end of the lino head
ing to the eastward, both on the star
board tack. A little later Resolute wore
lound, while Shamrock tacked and then
stood toward the light veasel with the
wind about abeam.
Interest Aronsed at Start.
They moved slqwly in the light air,
and the manoeuvring was not Interest
ing until Just two minutes before the
starting signal was to ba made, and
then both yachts were to leeward of
the line near the light vwvsel, and
both were on the starboard tack with
the Resolute leading and nearest to the
line. Jib topsails had been sent up In
ptops, and Shamrock broke out one of
the baby size, while Resolute broke out
a No. 2. Resolute had tho better po
sition. She handled more easily In the
light air and gathered headway mors
quickly than the challenftr. The sig
nal sounded, and the tow reached down
the line. When more than half way
between the two marks Resoluto haulcrt
her wind and crossed at 1:01:33, and at
once began to draw ahead. Shamrock,
further astern, hauled on the wind and
crossed nt 1 :01 :56, or 23 seconds after
the defender, and ahe was thon on the
weather quarter of the American yacht
and In a poor position. They were head
ing south-southeast on this tack, stand
ing off shore, and Resolute was spilling
the wind out of her sails and back
winding the Shamrock.
Just six minutes after crossing Sham
rock went about and stood In toward the
New Jersey shore, while Resolute held
on tho oft shore tnck for a minute and
a half longer, and that minute and a
half was very beneficial to her. Ahead
the wind was fresher and In that tlmo
It hauled perhaps a point, giving her a
big lift, and at the same time heading
the Shamrock or knocking her oft her
course. Then the wind, backing to Its
original quarter, freshened for Resolute,
and In that short space ot time she
had taken a commanding lead on the
Shamrock,
The wind was freshening every min
ute and the spirits of all on the yachts
and excursion steamers freshened with
It, for a splendid contest was promised
At 1 :15 o'clock Resolute'a No. 2 Jib top
sail was changed for a small one and
both yachts settled down on a long beat
Into the beach, the yacht getting there
first gaining an advantage.
It was the same story that has now
grown old, Shamrock footed very fast
but Resolute pointed higher and In that
way more than offset Shamrock's speed.
At first the crews on the yachts were to
leeward, the men on Shamrock being
gathered well aft. but as the wind In
creased In strength they wero moved
one or two at a time to the weather
rail.
IlrKona Slovr In ChnnRlntr Soils.
Just eight minutes after Resolute had
changed her topsail Shamrock's men
hauled down tho baby Jib topsail and
set up tho tiny one that had been used
In the last race. They were slow com
pared with the Resolute In making the
change. By 2 o'clock the yachts were'
off Seabrlght. still heading In ehorc.
Resolute was sailing perfectly, but
Shamrock'a head sails were not nearly
so flat as they should have been for a
thrash to windward. Stilt she was foot- j
ing.
Shamrock held on until she waa forced
to take the starboard because a fish
pound was In her way and she could not
weathsr It This was at 2:07 o'clock.
Resolute held on the Inshore tack for a
minute nnd a half longer and then she
too tacked and a few minutes later
both yachts sailed by the Shrewsbury
Rocks Bell Buoy, Resolute far to wind
ward and Shamrock close to the buoy.
The wind was still freshening. It was
now about nine miles strength, and
Resolute. In a pc si tlon to windward, waa
cutting Shamrock's wind, so that Mr.
Burton drove the yacht full to pull clear
and then hauling sharply again held on
To See the Racing Yachts . j
Resolute & Shamrock IV.
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!off ahore. Tha turning mark, which wn
about five miles cast ot Long urancn.
I was now In eight, And Resolute, bavin
'nailed a splendid course, was able to
make It on this tack. Shamrock had to
I make a short hitch to fetch.
Resolute took In her baby Jib topsail
1 before reaching the mark and sent up a
No. I Jib topsail for tho reach, while
Shamrock carried her Jib topsail right
up to tho mark and then made the
change. This was poor Judgment and
I lost time and the men were slow again
I In making the change and breaking out
the sail, so that the was some minutes
without the big drawing sail,
Resolute bore off by the mark at
2:35:20, and Shamrock at 2:37:27, Res
olute had taken .1 hour 33 minutes 47
' seconds to sail the ten miles to wind
ward nnd had beaten the Shamrock 1
minute 44 :ond. This msant that on
the two legs of reaching that were to
I follow Shamrock had jto gain 8 minutes
I 24 seconds to put her on even terhie
with the American yacht at tne nnun,
and that eho had to sail each mile 25
seconds faster than the defender. Even
her most optimistic supporters agreed
that such a performanco would be most
remarkable.
Wind Freshens for nnce.
The wind had freshened to about
twelve miles an hour. With their rails
down to the water's edge the two yachts
were speeding toward the next mark.
Shamrock changed her No. 1 Jib topsail
for the next sire smaller and soon after
ward Resoluto made a similar change.
Shamrock waa closing up steadily, but
not nearly so faat as she had to do in
order to win.
It was a wonderfully fast reach to
the second mark and Resolute still lead-
j )ng gybert h,r boom t0 port at 3-28:01
and, lifting her Jib topsail dver the stay
settled down for the reach home. Sham
rock gybed at 3:27:18, She had sailed
the ten miles In 40:51, and on this leg
beat the Resolute In actual sailing time
by 50 seconds. Her speed had been
within a sllght'fractlon of twelve miles
an hour.
Soon the yachts' club topsails were
shrouded In fog which had blown In
again and then as the wind freshened
to about eighteen miles an hour the fog
was dissipated. The racers wero stag
gering under their No. 2 Jlh topsails,
which were taken In and small ones set.
Resolute'a men showed again how
smartly they could handle sails.
To the north and to the southwest
thunder clouds had gathered and to the
northwest a long streak of ugly looking
clouds gave promise of some excitement
beforo tho raco ended. Both yachts
were lugging their club topsails and
while Mr. Burton was nursing Shamrock
Mr. Adams was still driving on with
Resolute.
Shamrock's club topsail was set on
the port side or to weather of the rig
ging on tho tack they wero sailing,
whllo Resolute's big sail was to leeward
of the rigging on tho starboard side. It
Is difficult to lower a club topsail to
leeward nnd to ha done so, even If It
had been contemplated. It would have
been necessary to luff Resolute Into the
wind.
Challenger's Illft Sail Dnvrn.
Two men were nt aloft on Sham
rock and soon the big sail was sliding
aown, and as it came down that yacht
first bore off to .catch what wind there
might be In the squall to the north
west and then finding that It amounted
to little she luffed and headed to meet
tho other squall. "While she was doing
tins Resolute's Jib topsail was taken In.
Had the squall acted as viciously aa
It looked Shamrock was now snug and
wen able to battle with it while Reso
lute waa In bad share. Shamrock car-
rled a better wind and reached past
Resolute Into tho lead. In a hard
shower of rain the squall passed over.
leaving first Resolute becalmed while
Shamrock carried a good breeze, and
then with a few light puffs from the
northwest which gave more windward
work, it passed over.
The original south southwest wind had
won the battle of the elements and soon
waa sending the yachts on toward the
finish, with Shamrock in poor shape to
continue tho race."
Both yachts had sent up small Jib top
sails for the windward work. Shamrock
took hers in and was followed at Onco
by Resolute, and the American crew
again handled the sails more smartly
man mcir Hrltlsn rivals, and had . a
balloon Jib topsail up and drawln? be
fere tho Shamrock's No. 1 Jlh topsail had
ben rrastheadfd. With this big sail
drawing well Resolute sailed Into the
lead again.
Shan.rcck sent up a working topsail,
a smail. Ill fitting piece of canvas, and
soon afterward, gjblng her boom to port,
set a spinnaker to starboard. It was
too lite to be of any benefit. Resoluto
gybed and reached to the line, crossing
ot 4 :39:25. Shamrock finished nt
4 :43 :06.
U had taken the Resolute 1 hour 13
minutes and 24 seconds to sail the last
leg ot the course through the souall.
and she had beaten the Shamrock 2 min
utes 24 seconds on that point of sailing,
Resolute had beaten" Shamrock 3 mln
utea 18 seconds actual time, or 9 minutes
5S seconds corrected time.
Copyright, 10M.
YACHT PHOTOS 'CABLED' OVER.
London Taper Print Picture Sent
By Photo-telcffrnphy.
London, July 23. Two pictures of
Tuesday's race between the Shamrock
and Resolute, described as having been
transmitted by photo-telegraphy, are
printed by the Dally Mirror.
The newspaper admits they are Im
perfect and not wholly accurate, but
contends that when the experimental
stage of transmitting photdferaphfi by
telegraph Is passed and the apparatus i
is developed it will be possible to trans
mit pictures by this process to any part
of the world, "
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