Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-20
Prepare Yachts For
Challenge Races
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
New York. May 20--The first Of
Americas Cup races off Sandy Hook.
July Is, will begin Friday on Long
cup defending yachts Resolute and
vanitie meet in the opening race of
the 1920 elimination series. Weather
permitting six races will be held off
New Haven. Conn.,. between May Il
and 81 after which the yachts will
proceed to Newport for a more ex-
/ tended series of races under open
sea conditions. The schedule calls for
races off New Haven on May q %. -
Is. IS and 81. The Newport races are
set for June 3, :. S. I, 8. 2, 10, II.
IL, IA. 10. 16, II, IS. and 10.
The contests Oft New Haven are
to be short practice events. probably
twice around a short course and will
not count materially In the selection
of a defender. Their chief purpose
will be to AFFORD the crews practice
and to stretch sails and rigging.
The real trial races will be the ones
off Newport. There will probably be
twelve or fourteen OF the brushes.
The cup committee then will an
nounce the defender. These races
will be "for blood" The friendship
that exist between the two crews
will be forgotten. each desiring to be
the soup boat" Once the defender Is
picked. the ''brains" OF the two
yachts will again get together to
plan the defense Of the Americas
cup.
The regatta committee of the New
York Yacht Club viii have full
charge OF all the trial races. It Is
made up OF H. b. Parsons. chairman:
Joseph NJ. Macdonough and Fred
eric o. Spedden.
With both Resolute and Vanitie in
the water again yachtsmen are once
more beginning to take an interest
In the international series for the
classic yachting trophy. The race
to put Resolute and vanitie into the
water first was watched with in
terest thruout the country. The
honors went to vanitie., Not only
was she relaunched day ahead
Of Resolute. but also was under sail
twenty four hours ahead OF the Her
reshoH designed craft. This. of
course. means nothing In the fselec-
ton OF the defender OF the cup. Still
the race TO put the yachts into COM
mission was interesting. as 1t show
ed the keen rivalry that exists be-
tween the managing directors OF the
craft.
| vanitie. designed by william
Gardner for Alexander smith coch-
ran, member Of the New York
Yacht Club, originally was built by
George LAwley q Son. Corp. at
Neponset, Mays, In 1914. Her general
dimentions are 11e feet overall; IS
feet on the waterline: % feet sim
ches extreme breadth and = dfaftfof
about II feet. Since 1915 the craft
has been at Robert Jacobs yard. City
Island. Last winter Mr. Cochran gave
the yacht to the cup committee Of
the New York Yacht Club and the
committee. In turn. placed vanitie
In the hands Of Rear Commodore
George Nichols. on Of the best am
ateur sailors in the country. ~
ThruoIt the winter. Rear Com.
kmodore Nichols has been experiment.
ing with the vessel. In the trial races
Of 1914. vanitie had to allow Reso-
Lutte time. The junior flag OFFICER Of
the New York club tried to ind a
method Of eliminating the handicap.
With this idea In view changes have
been made in the rig and the, center
board and the yacht generally light
ened. Naturally, there has been con-
siderable secrecy regarding the
changes. Whether Rear Commodore
Nichols has gained his point will not
be known until the defending
yachts are officially measured.
! Vanitie will be raced by Rear
Commodore Nichols. In addition to
the nag officer and Mr.. Burgess
there will be on the quarterback in
the majority OF the races, c. j.
Nourse and c. Sherman Hoyt. Both
are we'll known New York yachts
men, the former being prominent In
the weekly racing Of the Seawanha-
ka- Corinthian Yacht Club Of Oyster