The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-26
THE SPRUCE ". WINS
sbe Was Sailed More Skillfully
Than the American.
rIls NOT THE BETTER BOAT.
rfbelwynn Gains Over Three Minutes
on First Leg, but Experimental
With JIbs and Lost.

o,s.sr BAY. l. l.. Sept. Z5.-The second
-. bstzeen the half-raters Spruce ",
- English boat. and the Etheiwynn.
.-r~es4nting the Indian Harbor Yacht
1g1a az Connecticut. for the interna tional
s.sf,euge cup of cred by the Seawanhaka-
S--1nthian Club. OF New York, was won
- re- English boat by twenty-shree sec
- The race was over d triangular
800 on Long Island sound, each lex Of
- miles and the course sailed over
$50 making a total Of twelve miles.
~ Yachts were sent away az 10. They
80 Jagged 70 make their first heading
=, rofnt east bg south half north.
.s,eh was a reach with the wind south
.ssf Before the racers got half over the
4 80 leg the wind hauled 10 the eastward.
- they had 10 beat the rest OF the way
- Inc first turn. The Spruce showed
~aod judgment at an early stage OF the
ssre by remaining in close TO shore and
svoidlng the rough water. The Ethel
-rvnn vas compelled 10 make tack more
.s.r the Spruce before she got around
80 arst mark. but she got there . min
rites II seconds ahead Of the challenger.
on the next leg 10 was broad reach,
an which point OF sailing the Britisher
- said 10 be az her best. but she did
20, crawl ~ on ner rival On the con-
,rary. she lost - seconds.
Tben the boats headed for home TO COM
.,s.s The first round. This leg was a
go reach. and on IL the Spruce gained
!, ne Ethelwynn six seconds, and when
,ssv started on the final second round
,ssre was only minutes s. seconds be-
tween them.
Wow the wind shifted TO the southwark
.saln. and the Spruce came up and blan-
te,ed the Ethelwynn. She passed the
a,erlcan and left a clear length OF wa
e. between her taffrail and the Ethel
vvrns bow.
wIthln an eighth OF a mile of the first
,srk on the second round the Spruce pass
"a tho Ethelwynn. but the Yankee immedi-
a,elv drew ahead again. only to surrender
"a The Spruce within three minutes. Again,
when the two shippers had bit of luff-
ing match between themselves, the Ethel
wynn went ahead. nearing the NTH mark,
and drew away from the Bnton. turning
The mark 81 seconds ahead.
The last leg was a beat to windward.
Afr Field carried on policy of long tacks.
While Mr. Brand went about so often that
enlookers declared that he was lacking
twice 70 Fields once. The breeze was
Moving six knots an hour when the boats
BEGAN 10 beat but before they reached the
finish Il had dropped TO four. The Ethel
wynn stood on a long board to the east
ward while the Spruce. by making her
sfnali-SiEel tdGh<s AtOoLtu over the me
close hauled. = seconds ahead OF the
American. which had eased off her sheets
far away from the finish and came ahead
very fast. but too late.
On the first leg Mr. Field ran up half a
dozen jibs before he got through with his
experiment and IN that sort of monkey
business lost enough time 20 have won the
race Il was beaten by too many iibs."
said Mr. Field. after the race II did too
.
same headsails aboard. and | tried them
all before ! discovered that foaIr were too
many. n / had held on 20 a small one
On The little heatlng that We had 20 DO and
one Of good size IN reaching. the Ethel
Gym would have made a better showing"