The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
RESOLUTE A SECOND
IN LEAD OF VANlTlE
Unprecedented Finish Features
Race Of Cup Yachts
OFF Newport.
LOSER HAS BETTER TIME
starts Later-Corrected Figure
shows Leader Wins by
lust 80 Seconds.
LOSER HAS BETTER TINE

o,,s,Ued the Rcsolute 10 SECONDS IN
.o,,-.a ~ IS miles ~ miles TO windward
ard return. but with an allowance OF
g., minute 70 seconds the Reso,ute won
r.. race nv 90 seconds, corrected time
49,, makes tho third race In which the
vor,,,e has outsalled the Resolute. but
-. b,en defeated through having TO
,u,c. time. once ~ was of tho Hook
s-d tho second time in the Eastern Yacht
r,,b rate The Defiance too did well to-
A. avid Va, beaten 10y I minute 90 sec
c-ds corrected time.
r-,for,up9,ely at the start both the
yar.t.c and Defiance were left through
a., IN The wind and both were handi-
,r,,.-t. the Vanltie ~ seconds and the
p,s.u,e minute ~ seconds. II these
,.,,.s are taken into consideration the
o., u.soIi.e U'us from tire Nnntie by -
l,,orfs ard from pcfiarce hy 10 sec
ords (, was typical Rssolute weather,
= nr.., wind and long rolling sea.
n .n, matter Of luck. good and bad,
,ts E.so'ut- and Vanltie were favored
CaaH, ON the first leg ;hc Resolute
.ui q good lft through A sudden sh'tt
IN ih. wind which. as she was the lead
IN .,crt. she reached hrst. hut on the
,ord round she lost through running
ir,o , sn'f spot uutsr the Narrag'nset
shor, and the Nanitie. being able TO
g. .uS. stood out to sea On tho
,.,.oI round. when conditions were equal
tb. V.ritle ottssiled the Reso'utc.
y, on. ,au remember when two hig
VI ,h.s sailed a race go closely and finished
orlv mn. second apart In 1898 the vigil
sr' and Doonia once sailed dead neat
or corrected time, but were actually sew
e-al seconds apart at the finish.
Tie Rrsnlute management has asked
for A now measurement. She Is carrying
q larger mAinsail, which will increase her
Eating and reduce the allowance. so this
wifi n axe the race still closer on board
the Resoute to-day were Nice-Comino-
do-- George r. Baker Jr., Grenville Kane
ard George A. Cormack in addition TO
A. usual amateurs Mr.. Cornack has
bcsn absent because Of Illness and all
hauds We're glad TO see him on board
again tn. Anitie carried her new
aluminium club topsail spars. and they
ar, h,s improvements over her old ones
kN'r Gee, NJ yachts followed the racing
c~ar' Among them were Henry walters
Sarad,, @ G. Benedicts Oneida, Lloyd
P-oea,Xs Intrepid, II. S. Vanderhilts Va
grant, 4 :. Prices Margaret, August Bel
monte Scout y. @. Herreshons HE'LL
srf-ps r. T. Perkinss TUNA, Harry
Net.alrs Felicia. The big Sound steamer
Providence too went out with several
hundred eNcurSlonlsts.
FOR A long time to-day a race was very
truhtfnl hut the sun finally dried out the
a. and tho afternoon was clear on the
course hnt there were fog banks to the
.ast Commodore y O. Bourne had on
,ro Alberta H. deb. Parsons, Frederic o.
SrAddon and g. sherman Hoyt OF the com
~ n RnbipcOn Of the New
rort Association.
There was a gloomy outlook when the
ysrhtsmen turned out early In the morn
ing The fog was very thick and the air
vac 40 saturated with moisture that II
icll on everything About o'clock there
wac q rajrstorrn and some thunder and
rsh,ning, but 4, was not enough to clear
tho air There was the usual walt all the
morning and about noon the yacht Alberta
with the committee on board left the
hsrbor accompanied by the mark tus
Moran
'rhe sun had tried TO shine through the
mist and at times had made n little
clearer 20 that the land could be seer
across the channel out OF the harbor. The
sun was trying hard to Improve every
thing Tie yachtsmen were so anxious
for a race that they were willing TO wal
as long as possible. and they were re-
varded for their patience. Slowly hu
surely the sun won out in the night, ant
a. le so o'clock the Alberta anchored. es
,abshlng line The wind then wal
hight from the southwest and Ions
swell was rolling in from the ocean. Al
there we're fog banks stll hanging abou
The committee selected "A short course -
that the yachts could be called back easill
~ the course further shortened IL neces
sry
TIE course sgnalled was to the wills
Ting buoy on Point Judith and return !
vas 10 ne sailed twice over, MAXIM
'ven'' eight miles in all. The compass
cours" from the light vessel was south
west half west, so that II was windwar'
work az nearly as possible. The warniii
signal was made at ! rs o'colck, and tn
wind having fallen the yachts kept clos
10 tho line. Untll five minutes before tn
start the Nanltie had the Resolut
covered hut then the wind died almos
Ar g''her AVID tho Resolute was able I
f'i'h o. tine line on the port tack and eros
az 1871 :l3. She had broken ont NO.
)h topsai The Nanitie had aloft Nc
IN tppsail and il was broken out a
l1" Wind dod In an effort to reach tn
u0r N time, but she was landscape
iNr'3 zone seconds. The Defiance ha
boon left half way between the Albert
ana tho light vessel and she was hand
'a'''d I minute II seconds. All thre
W." "n tive starboard tack.
IIrN hfd not sailed three minutes whe
tl' it"suiutn caught a sudden shift In III
WIND u came from the west-northwes
ana struck IN" two other yachts yer
snort time afterward, This change mad
a reach 10 the whistling buoy, The me-
Nnd swept off the Narragansett shoi
ana had considered weight in it, so tina
We Yachts hcclcd, their rails down to tn
waters edge.
In. ltesolute held high OF her cours
HoIe the Nanitie headed straight for II
4 rE, and Capt Han drove his yacht
! W I" eut down the Resolutes lead,
some o' tho pufs she laid well over an
re sailed very fast. This fresher wiz
Sncd for Just fifteen minutes. Then
~ AsHt again, and suddenly at o'cloc
backed to It's original quarter, Il
mmu'hW",t, and headed OFF all three yacht
ms change put the Resolute well
NNd"ard, as she had sailed high OF h
"N'S' when reaching. When the shi
y'h" tho Yachts one after the other toe
S,e port tack and stood in toward Il
Ndfrasdusctt shore and then on the sta
pnard tack reached up the beach towal
no,nt Judith The Resolute passed q
u"lht Al 2;l3 o'clock and had a good lea
YIN the Nanitlc in second position
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