New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-11
RESOLUTE SAILS
TO EASY VICTORY
Continued from page I

and ran back again in the remarkably
drew from the race and headed for the
Horseshoe. Later George NJ. Pynchon.
one Of her owners. reported that one
Of the aluminium throat halyard
blocks had carried away, while the
bobstay Stacked up. He added: I'VE
had TO give Up or run the risk OF carry
ing away the mast. hope, however,
TO have her ready in time for the race
Tomorrow
With the Defiance out OF the race
nracticallv from tie start the Resolute
and the vanitie fought out pretty
struggle in a steady wind that fresh
ened from ten to fifteen miles or more
an hour. Both yachts behaved well
in the tumblng sea, but Captain Den
mis-, the professional skipper or tne
Vanitie. 5uffered in comparison so i"r
ss handling went with Charles FRAU
els Adams I'd, who was at the wheei Oh
Tho Resolute. and his board Of strategy,
made up Of Robert w. Emmohs'
%. Nat Herreshoff. John Parkinson,
George II. Nichols. the navigator ana
G. f.. Cormack.
| From start to finish not mistake
I that could be detected from the news
paper tug was made on board inc
Resolute. and the very decisiveness or
the victory was due more to the skill
in handling than to any marked differ-
ence in the speed or sailing qualities
Of the yachts.
Captain Dennis had rather the better
OF the tockeying before the start ana
placed his boat in the weather perth
Of the Resolute. The starting whistle
sounded as they came racing up behind
the Ambrose lightship. and Captain
Dennis practically forced Mr.. Adams
to run the full length Of the line ana
cross at the loeward end. He then
elected to gybe and follow his rival
across the line. thus relinquishing
! any advantage he had for the sake OK
sailing a following race.
Opinions differed as to the wisdom
of this, but as it turned out the Reso-
lutte worked into the windward position
and held 1t all the way to the outer
mark. Captain Dennis also was criti-
cised. and rightly as it seemed, for
pinching his boat occasionally too
much in an effort to work up to wind
ward, once the race was on.
There were times when the two head
sails were not doing their full work,
while the boat was further handi-
capped by an ill-fitting club topsail,
which futtered almost continually, In
striking contrast to that Of the Reso-
Lutte, which lay as fiat as a board.
In the beat to windward the Her
reshoff boat pointed bit higher than
the Vanitie. and footed enough faster
to gain minutes and 40 seconds
actual time. In the run back, with
spinnaker and balloon lib drawing we'll,
she gained another q seconds. This
gain, however, was due entirely to
judgment on the part of Captain Den
mis-.
The Resolute overstood the turning
mark slightly, but after wearing around
gybed and set spinnaker to starboard.
| Captain Dennis. on the other hand
overstood the mark even further when
he came to turn, and then, wearing off,
eased his main sheet and set spinnaker
to port.
Mr.. Emmons had gagged the wind
better, so that half way home Captain
Dennis had to take in his spinnaker,
gybe the mainsail and again set his
spinnaker. this time to starboard. 1t
took little over three minutes for the
operation. and no doubt cost him close
to two minutes in time.
On the face Of previous returns-the
races on the Sound last week-the Res
olute is not five minutes faster in actual
time than the Vanitie, and 1t would not
be surprising IL the tables were turned
to-day. but this may be said:
Tho Rssolute will be q hard boat 10
beat at any time in q wind ranging
from ten TO fifteen miles an hour, as
was the case yesterday; but that tho
vanitis 10 quite likely to beat her In
light airs or heavy weather, as her
running qualities arc unquestioned.
On Tuesday evening Captain Dennis
| remarked to a friend that he rather ex
pected to be beaten yesterday, as he
wanted to try out some new wrinkles"
in handling the sails. He had the
wrinkles. AS said before, the club top
| call MAS (,,I nH thar "A a..AA.a