Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-09
Resoiule Wins
 by 7S Seconds
TIME ALLOWANCE GAVE VICTORY
 OVER THE vANITIE
DEFIANCE BROKE DOWN
vanitie Lsd,Air the w.y-First Across Finish Line by 30 s.eonds-ssst Race Vet.

yacht Vanitle lost the nrSt or tue dt- tual trial races for the defense of the America,s cup, sailed off here today. the ResoIute winning on her time all Iowance by minute and IS seconds Resofute Came Up With the Breeze. Three miles from the finish of the 30 mile windward and leeward course the Vanitie had the race apparently well in hand, but the Resolute, bring : ing up a freshening breeze, cut the lead of the Cochrane yacht to 30 seconds at the line. The Defiance, the third cup candidate, broke down this forenoon when she was scarcely outside the harbor, when two of her aluminium peak halliard blocks gave way. drop ping her gaff about 10 feet and putting her Nout of commission for the day s sport. She will probably race tomor- row.
 Vanitie Won Days Honors.
 The race today was sailed in fresh to moderate breeze, with lump or sea. conditions on which the commit tee on selection of a defender have long desired to see the yachts com pete. Members of the committee fol- lowed the yachts and were uncommit- tai but the general opinion in yacht ing circles tonight seemed to be that the Vanitie won the days honors, that she is a much improved yacht and that the trial races are likely to develop the best yachting or the season up 10 tno cup races in September.
 Captain Half Secured Advantage.
 The gale of the past two days was beginning to subside when the three yachts made sail this. morning.
 The preliminary signal was sounded at 11.30 and two minutes later the Resolute had trouble with her fore staysail and lost several valuable min utes fixing it. The warning signal had been blown when she came up to wrestle with the Vanitie for the bet ter berth on the line The time, how ever, was too short and Mir Adams on the Herreshofr creation was forced to give way to Captain Haf on the yani- tie, crossing in bad place three sec onds astern. The breeze hitting the big nainsail of the Vanitie back winded the Resolute as the two yachta crossed the line. so that the latter im- mediate1y tackled off for c free wind This board was held only minute and half. and then the Reso1ute was flung around and started after the fleeing Vanitie. Vanitie Made Better Weather.
 The yachts sailed nearly 13 miles { due south with the breeze gradually dropping from Is to 10 miles and with d long roll hitting the starboard bows It was soon seen that the Vanitie was making better work of the seas than the Resolute. The Gardner yacht seemed to slide oyer the rollers, while the Resolute made more fuss under her. lee bow and appeared to plunge into them
 The Vanitie held fully as high and footed quite as fast as her rival. SC that the two yachts sailed more than an hoar hard >on the starboard tack wIehout either gaining an advantage of more tran few seconds. ResoIute Missed the Mark. Then came the Resolute's second mistake, the first being her loss of po- sition at the start Believing that hs was oyerstanding the windward mark Mir. Adams lacked to port at-13.67, fol As the yachts neared the buoy 1t wal seen that those on the Resolute hat made a miscalculat1on and that tho mark could not be reached on thai | tack. But to windward Captain Half was holding the Vanitie straight fol i the buoy. The Resolute drove by tht mark to leeward and then tackled tt | starooard for 1t. meeting the Vanitit | coming up on the port tack. For { few mfrutes it was a question whether the Resolute would force the Cochran yacht about or go under her stern The Vanitie proved her worth b. crossing under the Reso1ute's bow with hundred yards to spare and { few moments later wore around thu Lurn-
 The times of rounding the outel wark were: Vanitie 15146. Resofut' l Lively Tars on the ResoIute. There was lively work on each yach l in setting spinnakers on the port side i and the tars on the Resolute beat ou l those on the Vanitie by 10 seconds Tho Resolute soon began to close ul the gap but before she had gained | enough to cut the Vanitie's wind tn, latter smothered her spinnaker an, started lufing out to the westward
 Vanitie Half a Mile Ahead. Four miles from the committee tul she was nearly half a mile ahead O the Resolute. and as both were nov ing rather slowly before the decreasing breeze, it looked as if the Cochran yacht had saved her 1 minute and 4 | seconds time which she allows the fla; officers sloop on a 30 mile course
 Fortune Favored Herreshoff Yacht. ! But the wind proved fckle, and afte dangling the day's honors in front o the Vanitie, dropped astern and handles them over the rail of the Resolute. Il the last three miles the Herreshof yacht drew up rapidly and at on | time was nearly abreast of the Gard ner boat. Both took in their spinna I koTS ana TeaCneo TOT the un1sn, tn Vanitie getting the committee whistl i by % seconds.
 Vanitie's Owner Pleased.
 MT. Cochran, the owner of the Vani tie. was as much pleased after the rac as if he had won, especially as tn contest tomorrow will probably b over a triangular course with tw reaching legs. points of sailing i which the VaHftie has shown hersel to be much faster than the Resolute.
 Lighter winds and some sea is pre- dicted fer the second trial race tomor 4 row.
 Summary.
 Elapsed Correete
 Time. Time. 1e 1ess.ete .-,.-;,,s.,-,. S-se-zi s-so 3
 vanitie win, by zf seconds eiapse time.
 Reseiuts wins by 1 minute 4s second corrected time.
 Elapsed Fime eR Leg
 First Leg. Second Le Resoiute .-.-.-..-. 2.07.21 I5L0
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