The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-27
SPRUCE ". HAS TWO
ONE MORE VICTORY AND SHE CAR
RIES OFF THE TROPHY.
Field, the Yankee Owner, Decides. on Com
pleting the First Round, that the Condi-
tions are Not Right for Half Raters and
Withdraws from the Race-Spruce
Sticks to it and has, SO Far, Two Out of
the Three Races of the Series Already
Sailed-Dunraven Wants Another Try
for the Americas Cup

for the Americas Cup
Oyster Bay, Sept. 26.-The race be-
tween the haIf-raters Spruce ". and
Ethelwynn which was sailed today on
the sound off this place, ended in very
unsatisfactory manner. Sailing one
round, six miles, Mr.. Field, the Yankee,
decided that he would not continue the
journey because the wind was so strong
and the sea so choppy that the condi-
tons were not those in which a half
rater should sail. Nevertheless, Spruce,
the British craft, continued and COW
cred the entire distance, despite wind
and sea. When Ethelwynn quit she
was eight minutes, fifty-eight seconds
behind. The action of Mr.. Field in CIV
ing up the race occasioned many I'M
complimentary remarks.
Today's race, which was over a course
Of three miles to leeward and turn 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
a hard wind for such small crafts, its
hour.
Just before crossing the line at the
start. the signal gun being fired at IL 80
p. m, slight collision occurred be-
tween the yachts. Ethelwynn had
come about on the starboard track
while jockeying for position and expect
! ed that Spruce. who was very close to
her, would do the same. Spruce held
on to the port tack, however, and Ethel
wynn ran into her stern, with a blow
that was not more than a Craze Spruce
at once displayed protest flag, but the
committee could do no more than say
that they would consideri it and order
ed the yachts to proceed. Mr.. Field
and Helsplan E. H. Ball. Of the Ethel
wynn, did not know at that time that
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 starooard tack and therefore
having the right Of way when the col
lision happened.
AT all events Spruce got over the line
first, one minute after signal and Ethel
wynn was about twenty seconds behind.
The racers went away before the fresh
wind, with reefs and spinnakers, and
when they had both made the first turn,
Spruce, who rounded at 1:0208, was s
seconds ahead, after 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 a
miscalculation as to the position of the
mark, but when she got it located she
Outfooted Ethelwynn.
To the end Of the second lef Ethel
y 1aCfo md
ing that she was interfered with to a
small extent by big tow coming up
the sound. The tow also interferred
with Spruce. On the beat home Ethel
wynn gained on her opponent some
what and when she dropped out of the
race at the end Of the first round it
looked like clear case OF quit. The
time that the boats made the turn that
marked half way was: Spruce, 2:03;
Ethelwynn, 2:11:58. Mr.. Ball. who was
the Yankee skipper, did not want to
give up, but the owner insisted.
Spruce, nevertheless, showed some
very pretty sailing. She finished after
the second heat at 3:27:27.
The outcome of Mr.. Fields action in
withdrawing his boat was that Skipper
Ball refused to sail with Owned Field.
Field made another withdrawal at this
stage and got out of the game alto
gether. Ball sent word to Elizabeth
for his brother Fred to come to Oyster
Bay by the first train in the morning
and tomorrow Ball brothers will sail
Ethelwynn.
The committee have taken no action
on Spruce's protest. which Mr.. Brand,
the clever skipper of the English yacht.
said tonight should not have been made
as the Ethelwynn did no harm. But
whatever the committee does the race
belongs to Spruce. If the Briton gets
one more tomorrow she will take home
the trophy.