New-York tribune., 1920-07-21

where the wind was, would skim past
hlm. But yesterday it was Resolute
that went into the doldrums, while
Shamrock blundered ahead. Shortly
after l o'clock the sails of the defender
tapped idly while the ridiculous tid-
dler's jib, seeming to attract the
breezes, remained filled and Shamrock
of the captain who had said that he
could win and would win.
At half-past one the ocean was
! millpond and the moistened fingers
held up to feel for the breezes could
detect nothing. Resolute seemed utter
ly becalmed, but the grotesque fiddlers
Jib still swelled out and Shamrock's
puller continued to pull her The dis
tance between the boats was widening
always, in slight breeze, and some
times, it seemed, in no breeze at ALL
The green boat rounded the first
stake at almost half-past two, taking
nearly two hours for the first leg, a
reaching leg, and the betting then was
that there would be no race, for the
next leg was beat against the wind
and it looked as though there was no
hope for completed race. But all the
time the wonder was growing over
what Shamrock was showing in light
weather-alway providing that she
could keep that lead until time was
called.
1t was creeping race, hardly any
more exciting than a long distance con-
| test between a couple of snails, if one
forgot the glamor that is supposed to
surround race for the Americas Cup.
The monotony of this thing made one
forget the traditions and all the COM
edy and pathose of Sir Thomas Lip
| toms concern over it.
ROt tho hreaza baUap 10 frochor
Supposing that Shamrock, with that
decisive lead, could finish in time. 1t
might mean the beginning of the end
of the possession of the Americas Cup
on this side of the water, and it might
mean that some American with the
same spirit that Sir Thomas has shown
would have to make many trips across
| the Atlantic.
Wind Steadily Freshens
Shamrock rounded the second stake
q little after 4:30 o'clock, with the
wind steadily freshening. Captain Nor
ton, Of the Semmes, announced posi-
lively that the race would be finished
on time unless the wind died down en-
tirely, and there was no sign of this
happening.
AS Resolute finally rounded the
stake far, far to leeward the computa-
ClOnS ABOARD Ine OemmeS showed LnaC
Shamrock, with the laboratory set time
allowance deducted, still led Resoute
by nearly 1.-TWO minutes, as she was
reaching home with her grotesque can
vas drapery arranged wing and wing.
Shamrock " had led Resolute in a
breeze that was ftful and almost a
wavering zephyr. Could Resolute make
up that difference in barely more than
la four-knot breeze? Evidently not.
+ Still the skeptics refused to believe
in Burton or in Shamrock. They blamed
the angles when the eye saw that
Shamrock was coming while Resolute
was fitting back there in the mists
Their eyes and their watches they re-
fused to trust. They trusted only the
seamanship of Charls Francis Adams,
but they expected TOO much from it.
On came the green boat, wing and
wing, to the line between the Baryton
and the lightship, careening and slop-
ping her grotesque canvas draperies
Far behind was Resolute, beautifully
limned, dim picture in gray and white,
but abandoned by the attendant fleet