The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-27
SPRUCE IN WINS AGAIN
ETHELW YNN BEATEN A SECOND
TINE BY THE ENGLISH
HALF-RATER
THE BEST TWO OUT or THREE

The Captain of the American Boat
Gives up the Race After Sailing, Six
Miles, but the British Yacht Covers
the Entire Distance and Comes in 8
... Minutes and 50 Seconds Ahead Of her
RivaI--Two More Races to be Sailed
TO Decide the Contest.
OYSTER BAY, L. l., Sept. 26.-The
race between the half raters, Spruce ",
owned by Mr.. j. Arthur Brand, of the
Minima Yacht Club of England, the
challenger for the International trophy,
hung up by the Seawanhaka Corinthian
Yacht Club for small boats, and Ethel
wynn, Capt. @. J. Field, of the Indian
Harbor Yacht Club, which was sailed to-
day on the Sound of this place ended in
a very unsatisfactory manner. After
sailing one round of six miles
Mr.. Field decided that he would
not continue the journey because the
wind was so strong and the sea so choppy
that conditions were not those in which
a half-rater should sail Nevertheless
Spruce continued and covered the entire
distance, despite wind and sea- When
Ethelwynn quit she was eight minutes
and 50 seconds behind. The action of
Mr.. Field in giving up occasioned many
uncomplimentary remarks.
Today's race, which was over course
of three miles to leeward and return and
repeat, or twelve miles in all, was the
third OF the series, each boat having won
one before. The cup will be given to the
yacht which wins the best three out of
five. There was blowing all day hard
wind for such small craft, its velocity
ranging from ten to fifteen knots an
hour.
Just before crossing the line at the
start the single gun being fired at 1890
p. M, a slight collision occurred between
the yachts. EtbelWynn had come about
to the starboard tack, iockeying for po-
sition and expected that Spruce, which
was very close to her would do the same.
Spruce held on to the port tack, however,
and Ethelwynn ran into her stern.
With blow that was not more than a
Craze, Spruce at once displayed pro-
test flag but the committee could no
more than respond that they would
consider and ordered the yachts to pro-
ceed. Mr.. Field and helmsman Fl. Ball,
Ethelwynn, did not know at the time
they had been protested and when they
learned the fact in coming ashore they
were much surprised. Both asserted
that they were in the right, having
been on the starboard tack and there
fore, having the right of way when
the C llision happened. AT all events,
Spruce got over the line first one minute
after the gun for starting was fred and
EthelWynn was about 90 seconds behind.
The racers went away before the fresh
wind for the outermark with reefs and
spinnakers and when. they both had
made the turn Spruce, which rounded
at 1:02:08, was eight seconds ahead, af-
ter having been passed once on the run
out by Ethelwynn, which scooted by her
to leeward when nearly half way on the
leg. Spruce had lost considerable time
through miscalculation as to the p0-
sition OF the mark but when she
got it located she outfooted Ethelwynn
To the end of the second leg Ethelwynn
sailed a good race, Notwithstanding that
she was interfered with to a small eX-
tent by big tow coming up the sound.
The tow also interfered with Spruce. On
the beat home Ethelwynn gained on her
opponent somewhat and when she drop
ped ont of the race at the end of the first
round it looked like a clear case of quit.
The time that the boats made the turn
that marked half the course was:
Spruce ", 2:03.00; Ethelwynn,
3:11:58
Mr. Ball, who was the Yankee skip
per did not want to give it up, but the
owner insisted. Spruce nevertheless,
showed some very pretty sailing. She
finished after the second heat at 1927:
27.
The outcome of Mr. Fields action in
withdrawing his boat was that skipper
Ball refused to sail again with owner
Field. Field made another withdrawal
at this stage and got out of the game
altogether. Ball sent word to Elizabeth,
n j., for his brother Fred TO come to
Oyster Bay by the first train in the morn
ing and tomorrow the Ball brothers
will sail the Ethelwynn. The committee
have taken no action on Spruce's pro-
test, which Mr. Brand, the clever skip
per of the English yacht said tonight,
should not have been made, inasmuch as
Ethelwynn did him no harm. But what
ever the committee does in the matter
the race belongs to Spruce. If the BritOn
gets one more tomorrow, she will take
home the cup.
VALKYRIE WILL RACE AGAIN.
DunrG ven viii Show That He is Not