Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-11

Newport, R. l., July 1o-In typical Sandy Hook cup racing conditions . Resolute so completely outsailed her rivals today that she led the vanftie three miles and the Defiance four and a half miles at the finish of the SU- behind that she quit racing as the Vanitie crossed the line. although the commission waited few minutes for her to reconsider.
 Margin of 33 Min. Sec.
 The Resolute's margin in elapsed time over the Vanitie was 31 minutes and 21 seconds. which her time allow seconds in corrected time.
 The race was the second of the trials and the first under the direction Of the New York Yacht club.
 The course gave the boats 10-u1i10 beat to windward and two reaches of the same distance. The breeze was never stronger than four knots, and the Resolute after a bad start went to the front in the first mile and steadily increased her lead to the finish The yachts will race again touor- | row, when it is hoped that strong winds will prevail
 Excellent Test in Light Airs. The contest was an excellent test of the yachts in the very hghtest weather possible for finish inside the six | hours time limit. At one time it be- came a question whether the Resolute would be able to cover the course. but the breeze puffed up a trifie on the sec- ond leg. and this gave her lift out Resolute crawis to Windward. | Captain Half of the vanitie won the hance to cross ahead of him well down | the line and back-winding the Res1- lute so effectively that the Herreshoff boat was compelled to start nearly . T awe1 El, ~N-
 utes the race seemed interesting, but | after half a mile had been sailed the Resolute- had gained the weather berth on the Defiance and was on even terms l with the Nanitie- At the end Of the | first mile the Resolute was we'll ont ahead and sliding over the big seas as if they were oil, while at the same time she was crawling up to windward sur pristngly fast
 The only incident of the 1aratIa beat to windward was a sudden re- viyal Of the Defiance, which crossed the bow of the Vanitie three miles ir- the turn, and for a few minutes seern- ed to gain on the Resolute. Ten min utes later the Owen yacht prAs back fn l third place again
 Became Procession.
 From that time the race developed into procession whose length stretched out farther and farther as the yachts sailed until when the seo- | by the Resolute the Defiance was out or sight in the haze astern.
 | All three yachts swung their larEAst club topsatis today and the Resoiuts uncovered a new wrinkle by sending aloft an aluminium club to her slcy- fscraper.
 I Vanitie Seemed to WaIIoM.
 The Herreshoff yacht seemed to taxe the Seas better today than on We'd nesday. There was less fuss undev her lee DOW and she rolled or slid over the waves instead of plunging through them On the other hand, the long fore body of the Vanitie would heaye out If water like the nose of a swordffsh and when she fell into the next wave the spray flew on both sides and she ap- peared to wallow.
 Defiance Showed Windward Qualities.
 It was the first race of the Defiance in a jump of a sea and under ofrshore conditions. not counting her hours , experience off Sandy Hook a month ago. The tri-city yacht seemed to take rivals, but with her smaller head r1g she appeared to have but little fife 10 windward. She pointed fully as high
 as the Resoiute. but could not foot
 with her. nor could she make much
 headway with the vanitie, her tempo , rary advantage being gained on a shift of the breeze.
 , The yachts were far apart on the two reaches and they all had different
 weather conditions so that cor1Da-1-
 sons Of elapsed times were not re- garded as rightly showing their reia-
 rfve abilities broad off the wind. Was Resolute Weather.
 It was generally agreed in yachting
 circles after the race that neither the
 Nanitie nor Defiance could hold the , Resolute under the conditions whicf, prevailed today. It was also pointe6
 out that many Of the America oun races on Sandy Hook in recent years
 have been sailed in similar light atra , and long. sleepy seas