The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-09
.REsOLUTE WINS FIRST
TRIAL RACE At NEWPORT
Defiance Meets With Accident and
Returns to Iiarbor for
Needed Repairs.
vANITIE's RUN WAS PRETTY
Captain Huff Sent His Craft Away to
Il Pretty Start, Kept the Lead, but
Lost Because of Handicap Allow
ance Of Minute 40 Seconds.

Newport. r. l.. July S.--Aftcr one OF
the closest and best races yet sailed
by the rival cup yachts. the Resolute
defeated the Vantie by l minute and
10 seconds. corrected time over n thir-
tymile windward and lccward course
in the first trial race OF the annual re-
gatta Of the Eastern Yacht Club sail
cd OFF this port to-day.
The unlucky Defiance did not start.
as two of her peak halyard boocks
TO the starting point. and she had to
turn tall and return to the harbor for
repairs. To days race was started in
west, and big, jump Of the sea left
over from Tuesdays blow. but on the
way TO the outer mark. the wind died
when they finished.
AS a matter of fact. tho Vanitic
beautifully sailed from start to finish
did showing. She got away first to a
pretty start. held the lead over the
entire course and actually beat the
the course, but thanks to a handicap
allowance of l minute 46 seconds. Res
olute won the race by minute 10
seconds on corrected time.
The only possible criticism that could
be made on the sailing of the vanitie
was that she only carried working
club topsaii aloft. which not only set
better but aided her considerably both
in the windward work and in the rim
down the wind.
Many years ago Valkyrie II. intro
duccd to this. country tho practice of
while carrying scarcely any more can
vas than the ordinary working top
sail. set far better. Since that time
most of tho American defenders have
carried one of these miniature club
topsails for use on just such occasions
as to-day. However. 1t was hard
fought race judging from tho yachts
Early in the day. when the wind
was stronger. the Vanitic seemed to
make better weather OF II than tho
Resolutc, and for one seemed TO point
quite as high and footed faster than
The Hershoff boat When the wind
In the run back home before the wind
1t was noticed that the Gardner boat
was far the steadier of the TWO and
did not roll anywhere near as much
rs the Resolutc. which frequently
dipped her boom into the crest of the
waves.
Another remarkable feature of to-
days race was that the Nanitic made
the outer mark, fifteen miles away. In
just two tacks. one long leg on the
starboard tack of about l hour and L.
minutes and then another long leg on
the port tack of 30 minutes. which just
fetched the mark while tho Rcsolutc
made two extra bitches. one at the start
and another Just as she reached tho
mark.
early THIS morning the wind was
still blowing hard from tho southwest
and tho groans from Beaver Tails big
fog horn told the yachtmen that 1t was
thick outside However. the sun soon
came out and burned the fog away and
the wind died down to about twenty
knots. which was pretty strong for the
yachts. in view of the heavy sea out
Side. The Defiance was the first to got
under way, and while the Resolutc set
"a small club topsail in the inner har-
Dor. the Nanitie and Defiance came
out under lower sails. The Clark
Pynchon boat had just cleared the har-
Dor entrance and was jumping about in
the heavy sen when two of her peak
halyard blocks gave way and her main
sail came down on the run, compelling
her withdrawal from the race. The
summary:
Elapsed Corrected
Boat. start. Finish, Time. Time
Resolute ll:I5:l0 3:+3:3l 3:5S:2l 3:56:35
Vanitie IL :+5;oT 3:+3:0l 3:51:5 "a 1857 "a
Resolute beat Nanitie 1919 corrected
time. Nanitie beat Resolute 81 second
elapsed time. Nanitie gained 10 sec
onds In run down the wind.