New-York tribune., 1920-07-21

the decision to the HerreshoT creation.
1t was before the red ball was
lowered on the Baryton indicating that
the challenger had started. chat Cap
tfja Burton had a mishap that cost
him his thirty y-eight seconds lead be-
lure the race had been IN progress for
tsr minutes. Had it not been fer thia
one stroke Of misfortune it is doubtful
whether Resolute would have had the
lead at any time from the start to
the finish.
Before Shamrock had passed over the
line she started to set her balloon jib, but
she got the huge sail only half way up
when the stops refused to give and the
canvas was jammed, with the lower
part futtering wildly in the wind. The
foremast hands could be seen to be
struggling frantically to set the big
wing, but their efforts were in vain.
The fouled ballooner took the wind
out of the staysail and jib, which had
not been lowered, and the entire head
sail arrangement seemed to be mex
trlcably tangled.
The rush of the crew to the bow in a
mess pushed the challenger's blunt
nose down, and she soon lost all her
headway and almost came to dead
stop. Meanwhile Resolute had broken
out her ballooner and, as usual, it filled
perfectly and she began to foot fast.
She quickly moved up abeam Of the
challenger and in few minutes was
far in the lead. At this stage of the
proceedings it looked like a runaway
race for the American.
When it became apparent that the
fouled ballooner could not be set with
out first being taken in altogether Bur-
ton broke out his spinnaker. This sail
didn't set we'll and appeared to only
add to the general confusion up for
ward. By this time Resolute had
opened up lead of more than quar-
ter Of mile, her balloon, mainsail and
club topsail all drawing perfectly.
Captain Burton appeared to be des-
perate, and he ordered the spinnaker
taken in, and he did something right
here entirely unheard of in yacht rae
ing, and many experts who saw yester-
days race believe that Shamrock's S
clean-cut victory can be attributed to
: With all hope of setting the bal
looner abandoned, Captain Burton
broke out freak sraysail that looked
; like leg-o'mutton rig stolen from a
Down East fisherman. 1t set on stay
from the end of the bowsprit to point
about ten feet below the spreaders. It's
! top left a large space between it and
WIG IOOC Ol CHc mo. L JlD LOpSaiL tudC
had been set.
Freak Rig Is Surprise
Experts who saw the freak rig were
astounded and Immediately predicted
Burton's finish. Local yachtmen de-
!. clared they had never seen anything
like it before and were at a loss to give
it name. They finally dubbed it a
ukelele staysail, but a veteran from
Marblehead who had come all the way
: down to Ambrose Channel to see Char
ley Adams give the Englishman his
!, 'come- -uppance" said it was a tiddler's
jib.
Fiddler's jib or ukelele staysail, the
thing Burton used IN his acute emer-
: gency yesterday produced marvellous
results and probably proved Of more
, real value than the cranky ballooner.
Just when it seemed certain that she
/ was out of the running for the day,
, the challenger began to gather head
. way rapidly and in few minutes was
in full pursuit of the fleeing Resolute.
| The Britisher's gain in this first leg,
| which was broad reach, was due
, largely to the fckleness of the wind,
which had fallen great deal and was
blowing in fitful and wandering puffs.
Burton got all the best of these, as
Adams had on Saturday, and they per-
mitted him to pass Resolute at 1905
o'clock, and he soon established a COM
Portable lead.
The breeze was dying rapidly, and by
the time the cup contenders were half
way to the first mark they were prac-
tically in the doldrums. They could
hardly have selected more uncom-
Portable spot to founder in, as this par
ticular part of the Atlantic Ocean is
the dumping ground for the City of
New York Garbage and ill-smelling
refuse covered the surface of the sea
for miles around, and the crews of both
yachts had to content themselves with
holding their noses and watching their
; useless sails tapping dismally.
Undoing of Resolute
, The Corsair, with j. P. Morgan
aboard, stood short distance beyond
the mark and for the first time was of
y some real assistance as a guide boat
1t is the belief Of many experts that
this fret leg was the undoing of Reso-
lutte. Adams could not master the
, mystery of the winds, while his oppo-
nent seemed able to find the breeze
without half trying. The feathery
, zephyrs that stunned the American
seemed to hurry to Barton to strum a
, song of victory on his ukelelc stay
sail. When half the distance to the
first turn had been covered Shamrock
was d half mile in the lead and doing
marvellous things with the catspaws Of
wind that came to her
Scores of pleasure craft had gath
cred at the first turn, and all began
blowing their whistles as the green
tea clipper approached. Whether this
was meant as applause for the leading
Upton craft or as encouragement to
. the trailing Rcsolute was rather uncer-
tain.
Both sloops gibed at o'clock, and
Shamrock, after running somewhat to
leeward of the stake, rounded it at
2:2S:2S, having gained three minutes
and thirty seconds on the defender.
, Rcse lutte, with hardly enough breeze
to give her steerage way, rounded at
. 2.32:A1.
The little breeze that there was KEEP.
! fading out, and at this time there was
little prospect of either yacht finish
{ ing within the time limit 1f six hours
Inc contest was beginning to look like
. repetition of Saturdays rwindless
: fiascc
Wind Benefits Shamrock
Burton set staysail, jib and baby
Jlb topsail for the reach to the second
mark, while Resolute replaced her bal
looner with staysal and reaching lib.
The wind revived little at the start Of
the. second leg, apparently for Bur
tons sole benefit. This added materi-