Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-24

Sandy Hook. N. J, July 23.-Defender ResoIute tossed her six minutes and for ty second handicap overheard today anu defeated the British challenger, Sharl- rock ", boat for boat in the fourth race of The 1920 regatta for the America cup
 The series now stands tie and the deciding race will be run tomorrow Shamrock won the first race last Inurs- day when an accident to Resolute s Flg- efnr forced her out while far in the leau The second attempt, last Saturday end- ed in no race, the yachts being uIaple 70 get sufficient breeze to take them around the course in the speclt1ed SIX hours.
 Shamrock " scored the second vic -o-r last Tuesday Resolute came back on Wednesday. running a dead heat "lth the challenger and winning by her hanu- can of seven minutes and one secono- Resolute will enter tomorroWs race fsvorite in the wagering, her TWO "liis having been more convincing than Shafh- rock INss. A.,
 rodax-s race was the fastest of the series So far. Resolute completing the thirty mile triangular course m three hours 37 minutes and 52 seconds Shanl- rock " followed three minutes ana Il sscords la;er. but the actual difference in sailing time was only three minute tts and $ seconds. Resolute having leu across the starting line by g seconds
 ResoIute Led From Start.
 Resolute led from the start. Ito be su-a. there were times on the third leg 5-,,s7 her lead seemed very narrow and hs- chances 70 tie the series appeared to he seriously threatened. but on all other orcssions there was never question as 70 the outcome Of the race, provided the defenders rigging held
 Again the start had to he postponed an hour. this time to wait for fog bank to blow away. The mist lifted at 1Z."e and the committee at once set slgnals lor heat south southwest to mark ten miles of Seabright- a reach out 10 sea and another reach to the finish
 BBrton Allowed ResoIute to Lead.
 There was not much more than a four knot breeze when the two preliminary zf-nals were sounded and the yachts stsrrs.l for the line. For the first time 2, fba series Captain Burton held back and allowed Resolute to lead the way. Fat Cantain Adams was in no hurry ana he sailed ReSolute down the hne Tor minute and a half after the starting sig nal and then crossed
 Shamrock worked across four seconds t.r7ra tha two minute handicap ex- -F y-s-b Hssolufe to leeWard but facl-.riudiuas her Both yachts started on .,,a s+a-hrard tack but Shamrock swung -,,,-,7 -, rorr and headed inshore. Res rlu-a followed as usual and held me s,-sezz while Shamrock rtn mo an ar -,7-,-~t When tle two boats LOOK star- hard taclss it was seen that Resoiute hao ,,-o-i-ed out more than q quarter of mile in the lead
 --57a r-o-n inc start both swung round --a-, -o r,ort and carried off this tack -iov-7 the coast until Shamrock neariy - 5,-o 2 fish pound off Seabrisht- All ,1,s way down on this port tack Reso- 5--.s constantly worked to windward so vrhe, Shamrock finally headed ott snore o- the starboard tack the defender was well -o weather
 Resolute did not tack to port uhth t"V -,r--,+ez after Sssmrock and the reason fo- this was not at once evident out II Afterwards proved that Captain Adams s-,5 cha mark in view and made 1t on one L---5 or shore. Shamrock could not fs--r the buoy and was compelled to -1aEe two short hitches before rounolns- Resolute had her baby Jio topSau oh .-- bovsnri. half a minute before turn
 -5 +e- hir reaching iib on the stay
 = -,-os-s- out 2 minute after round the --t- Shamrock sailed nearly mile on -5-. esco-d le- before breaking out her reaching --h-
 S.-ond I,s= on Nearly Record Time.
 -r.. ,-ac-ts sailed the second leg in -ss-4v record time. averaging just under twelve knots an hour. As was expected Shamrock outreached Resolute but ner -ora1 gain Of 44 seconds under exactly Inc same conditions of wind and sea. was dssappointing 10 her hackers
 The two yachts iibed round the second -.zrE with a rush. and with the breeze ---e- -t,s no-t quarter headed for the fin- fsb Resoiute being nearly minute in ths lead and having the race seemingly well in hand
 7-ra yachts had sailed about half way -7 the lightsfip when a squaH loomed up ahead. black and threatening In spite or his Seahright pilot familiar with Jersey souaIls and knowing that their bark is 17suaIlv worse than their bite. Captain Es.,-+e, decided 10 take no chances with y7fs +on hamper and not only doused his -sscrirr iib toDsail but hauled down his Ls- -f,,h fopsafL ResoIute waited until ne sousU was half mile away and then shortened sail by taking in her iib top sail only
 The souau did nothing except kill the so-r4hwes.er. and tumble up the sea. For half an hour the two yachts woed the ecl,Ie winds as they did on Tuesday. try i-- one jfb topsail after another. Sham rork sailed all this time without club tonsail and finally set a working top rail which filled much less than half the upper triangle
 After dumping several buckets of rain oa the feet. the squall passed off to sea and tha southwester resumed business b1,r not al it's old pace. Shamrock pick ed # up first and overhauled Resolute. Ii looked at one time as if she would TO bv. but soon Resolute's sails began to fill and after that there was never quesNpn as to the result
 In the last mile Resoiute tackled tc tsevard under ballooner while Shamrock crossed the finish line with spinmaker tc stzrboard-
 The yachts will sail their final race to- morrow over a Tindward and leevaro rourse which is said to favor the defend CT.
 Summary.
 Yacht Start Finish PesoIrte ..1:01:ss 4:3s:25 Srznrock " ...1:o1:5s 4:43: :0e
 Elapsed Time. Cor. Time