The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-28
The Little American Yacht Was Sailed
Well and Finished One Minute
Twenty-Five Seconds Ahead.
WIND WAS STRONG AGAIN
But THE BALL BROTHERS DIDN'T
FOLLOW MIR. FIELDS EXAMPLE.
Protest Filed by the Owner OF the
English Boat, hut It's Nature Not
Made Public by the Committee.

ololE<A bAis H. sept. -t.-k No
fourth race between the English challenger
Spruce Nv, of the AIinima Yacht Club. and
Ethelwynn Of the Indian Harbor Yacht
Club of Connecticut. was sailed to-day
Long Island sound under circumstances
that were very interesting. 1t will be re-
membered that Ethelwynn quit yesterday
after making one round OF course or
three miles to leeward and return and re-
peat. 1t was said then that the Yankee
stopped because Mr.. Field. her owner. was
afraid to trust his boat I'm a wind that
was blowing some fifteen miles an hour
and sea that was at least choppy. Mr..
Field retired from the contest personally.
but allowed Ethelwynn 10 start to-day
with his crew. Mr.. Z. III. Ball. and the
latter's brother Fred, 10 run the boat.
The gentlemen named both did remarkably
well and won the race by clever handling.
although il must be said that the opinion
Of Mr.. Brand, expressed after the first
race last Saturday, that Ethelwynn was
better boat than Spruce. was sustained by
the result.
When the morning wind first put In an
appearance to-day 1t was a small-sized
gale OF eighteen miles an hour and Kicked
up a fine sea Fishing sioops that were
coming i'm from the eastward had reefs IN
their main sails, and what the half-raters
were going to do in the weather prevailing
was a question. II was suggested that a
course inside of Oyster bay should be
laid out There was less wind and com.
paratively smooth water in there. The
committeeman were unable to agree. and
decided TO let the skippers decide. which
they did by the toss of cent. The En-
glishman won. and selected the regulat
route, namely, start from the Center
island buoy and over the outside waters OF
the, sound. At the starting line the ccm-
mittee hung up from its boat Oneida s:g-
nails showing that the first leg of the
triangular course. would be east by north.
half north, dead run besece tho wird:
the second northwest beat 20 the sec
ond mark. and the third south by west.
half west close reach for home. Each
leg was of two miles, and the three were
TO be sailed over twice, making total OF
twelve miles
The preliminary signal was blown at 2:10
the preparatory at 2:20 and the signal start
Ing gun was given at 2-25- Spruce had q
reef in her mainsail when the signals were
being given and she went over the line
with it twenty-five seconds ahead OF Ethel
wynn. which carried reef The boats
put out no spinnakers on the run nor did
they do so at any time during the time
Balloon jibs were the only extra canvoo
they carried at any time. On the first leg
Efhelwynn caught up TO her rival and came
Spruce was five seconds ahead of her. After
they rounded Eethelwynn stood away on
the port tack but soon came about 10 star
AS the Englishman came close TO the
Yankee Mr.. Ball called out: IF you don't
lcok out you'll foul me; Inen men, - SprfSe o.,
the next leg, which was one OF short legs
and long ones for the second marx, s..ias Etneas
wynn gained Dy ,tb & yacbss had ronnded
Spruce was two minutes. ten seconds be-
hind. AT this juncture MT Srano Sfcco
up in his boat and shook RED nag. he
did not hold IL up as is customary done
i'm making a protest and the committee d1d
not know what to make of IT, especially
as they had seen no occasion lor C c'aln,
the first round the leg was a close rush
the wind being something forward OF the
beam On this Spruce gained ana oi wnsn , she the
first round it was Ethelwynn S:S4.S ano
Spruce s:5s:2i.- Spruce being then oaiy one
minute forty-five seconds behind
THE second round of the course was .
good deal of a repetition of tile first. mas
much as Ethelwynn was the ieaaer All me
wav AS the racers came over the last tt8
Snruce went ahead very fast. and IL was ap-
prehended by some spectators that sne
would overhaul the Yankee yacht. But tne
distance was too great TO overcome, ana
the Rail brothers landed their ship WIN
ner by one minute twenty-five seconcs, amld
din of whistles that have seldom been
heard on Long Island sound Spruce came
in for a great reception, 100, "hen sne
crossed. 60 <.-
A surprise came when Mr.. Sturges, after
reaching the club, wrote out protest lie
was silent about the contents but ne nf1o-
ed n over 70 the committee. which imme-
diately went into session TO act on IL AZ
about the same time the club members pc
came aware that the official figures or the
.day were as follows