Evening journal., 1895-09-28
ETHELWYNN A WINNER.
The American Half Rater Takes the Fourth
Race of the Series.


The American Hair Rater Takes the Fourth
Race of the Series.
OYSTER BAY. n. Y, Sept 2S.-Tht
fourth race between the English ohal
lenger Spruce lN of the Minima Yacht
club and Ethclwynn of the Indian Har
Dor Yacht club of Connecticut was sailed
on Long Island sound under circum.
stances that were very interesting.
It will be remcmombored that Ethel
wynn quit Thursday after making one
round OF course of three miles to lee
ward and return and repeat lt was said
then that the Yankee stopped because
Mr.. Field, her ownor, was afraid TO trust
his boat in a wind that was Blowing some
10 miles an hour and "a sea that was at
least choppy
Mr. Field retired from tho contest per
sonally but allowed his boat 20 start with
his crew, Mr. r. II. Ball and the latter's
brother Fred Co run the boat. The gen
tlomen named did remarkably we'll and
won the race by clever handling, although
It must be said that the opinion of Mr..
Brand, expressed after the first race last
Saturday that Ethelwynn was a better
boat than Spruce Nv, was sustained by
the result and the doings OF the boats dur
ing the day.
Spruce ~ had reef in her mainsail
when the starting signals were being
given, and she went over the line with il
% seconds ahead OF Ethelwynn, which
carried no reef The boats put out no spin
makers on the run, nor did thoy do so at
any time during the day Balloon iibs
were the only extra size bits of cmvas
they carried at any time ON the course.
On the first leg Etholwynn caught upon
her rival and came near going around tho
mark ahead, but Spruce ~ was five sec
onds ahead of her. On the next leg,
which was one of short legs and long ones
for the second mark, Ethelwynn gained
by her superior windward work, and when
both yachts had rounded Spruce was
minutes 10 seconds behind.
AT this jnncture Mr.. Brand stood up in
his boat and shook red flag in a sort Of
wigwag fashion. He did not hold Il mp
as is oustomarily done in making "A pro
test, and tho committee did not know
what to make Of it, especially as they had
seen no occasion for a claim OF foul. Go
ing for the home mark on the first round,
Spruce " gained, and whom tho timo was
taken at the homo point on the first round
Il was Ethelwynn 8;5i:39 and Spruce Nv
8:56:2i, Spruce being then only 1 minute
40 seconds behind.
The round of the second course was a
good deal of a repetition of the first, inas-
much rs Etholwynn was the leader all the
way over Spruce ~ was only / minute
s seconds behind at the first mark, how
ever On the second leg, which was the
beat over again, Ethclwynn again gained,
and rounded the mark nearest TO home by
/ minute 32 seconds advantage After
that it was once moro a reach for home,
this time the finish, when the wind, hav-
ing hauled somewhat, made the reach a
triile broader As the racers came over
this last leg Spruce ~ went ahead very
fast and Il was approhonded by some spec
tators that she would overhaul the Yam
koe, but the distance that the Connecticut
boat was ahead was too great TO be over
come, and the Ball brothers landed their
ship a winner by minute % seconds
amid a din of whistles that has seldom
beon heard on Long Island sound