The Washington herald., 1920-07-16
Fourth Shamrock Wins Yacht Race
For Sir Thomas Lipton When american
Vessel Snaps Halyard While Leading
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mained curving on It's naIyard like
a leaf. -
The Shamrock. running before the
wind and uncertain of the serious
ness of the disaster which had
overtaken her opponent, was taking
in no sail. In a short time she be-
came a tall silver needie-iike -crea-
ture moving obliquely toward the
horizon.
The Resolute travelled at a snaiT's
pace. watched closely and intensely
by the crews Of the destroyers
which had followed in her wake. by
the yachts victor and by the aero
planes which kept swooping vul-
ture-like In circles about the frail
craft. Those ignorant of yachting
asked repeatedly:
rs there any hope?"
Cant the halyard or whatever
you call 1t. be fxed?"
In the old days, yes. In the old
days when a halyard was made of
rope and could be spliced together
in ten minutes, but in these days of
wire halyards, put on your hat and
forget 1t. It's Shamrock's race"
Old-timers replied in this fashion:
quickly Taken In Tow.
The sloop's tender. James DOH
erty. snorted In alongside the yacht,
received a rope, and pushed out
again with the Resolute in tow. On
deck sailors-their whites dirtied-
perspiring, disgruntled, coiled
ropes and folded up sails stiffened
by exposure to squalls.
Capt. Adams. in answer to a call
from one of the destroyers. shout
ed "Halyardsr and turned about
without attempting to answer fur
ther questions. One man waved TO
the crowd on the destroyer's deck,
but without enthusiasm.
The Shamrock was no longer in
sight. The pride OF the great tea
merchant had been eating up" the
distance between the turn and the
foremast of the Ambrose lightship.
She had taken in her topsails and
was now going under a mainsail.
a staysail and a jib. There was no
opportunity to get near her, but
through powerful lenses the figure
Of a man jumping up and down
could be seen.
At 4:26:26 Shamrock crossed the
line. Destroyers and a multitude
of river craft. huge passenger ves-
sells, let loose steam whistles and
sirens. For a moment pandemo-
mum Of howls. yelps and whinnies
ripped the sky wide open. Then
all was silent as the Shamrock
came about, heeled over. making
for her anchorage.
This is the first Upton yacht to
win a race in all the years the
baronet has been sending his Sham
rocks across to contend for the
cup. Once before Shamrock
crossed the line ahead, but even
tually lost even this victory by 2
seconds because Of the handicap
OF a time allowance. The time al
lowance as announced early today
was minutes 40 seconds, subject
to remeasurement.
Long before the yachts had come
to the starting line the coves, inlets
and piers of New York had shot
forth their store Of steam and sail
ing ships. Trim schooner yachts,
and drab, greasy fishing smacks,
here and there a trawler and rick
ETY. lobster boats were out rising
and falling gently at anchor or
moving restlessly to and fro.
Large steam yachts, some famous.
left their long lathery wakes as
they hunted for good positions from
which to view the start. Prominent
among them was the distinguished
looking, black corsair, property of
]. p. Morgan. The Victoria and
Commodore Doheny's yacht looking
for all the world like twin sisters
were also there. rocking easily not
far from the push off. An old
stager of the sea was the Atlantic,
which had won the German En-
peror's pewter cup in the transat-
lantic of 1905.
Thousands had come out for the
race in the white paddle wheelers
which ordinarily churn up the
waters Of the quiet Hudson.
At length the yachts came to the