The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-20
Shamrock Leads
In Light Breeze
Despite Blundcr
Badly Handled At the
Start, When She Lost
the Lead to Resolute,
the Challenger is Fin
ally Favored By Good
Wind and Wipes Out
the Resolute's Half
Mile Lead.

In an eight knot breeze the
Resolute and the Shamrock
are racing off New Jersey coast
this afternoon with the Sham
rock slightly in the lead at 4 80.
The start was made soon after
twelve o'clock with the Sham
rock first across the line. Soon
after, however, the Shamrock
had all sorts Ct troubles with
her sails and the Resolute
caught and passed her in seven
minutes.
With a lead Of half mile to
her credit the Resolute ran in
TO a calm and the Shamrock
slowly overhauled and passed
her. The Shamrock's baby
top sail seemed to be drawing
better than the Shamrock's big
balloner.
Both yachts have worked to the
windward of the course to the first
mark and at 1880 Shamrock bore
away for 1t with Resolute more than
800 yards astern In shore a south
wester seemed to be working out
toward the yachts
Shamrock picked up the first
breath of the southwester at AS and
Increased her lead to nearly a mile,
the first mark being at that time
about four miles to leeward
Sandy Hook, N. J.. July 20-Inter-
est in today's race for the Americas
inc hu 1Irin n
whether Captain william P. Burton
would make a showing that would
warrant Sir Thomas Upton keeping
him in command of the challenger.
Dissatisfaction was reported to
have run high among the Upton
forces after Saturdays contest, which
was called off when Resolute al
Though showing her heels to the Brit
iHsh sloop, was unable to cross the
finish line within the six hour limit.
Sir Thomas would not deny that he
had virtually decided to replace
Shamrock's commander. He did, how
ever, let it be known that Captain
Burton would sail again today. He
added this significant comment:
After that 1 cannot say"
With the score standing 1 to in
favor of Shamrock because of with
drawal of the American sloop in the
yirst race after her mainsail had
fallen almost to the deck, the crew
Eof ResoIute were confident today that
they would be able to win three out
gof five races and retain the cup in this
country. From the other camp came
word that Sir Thomas was sure his
Irish Sweetheart had the sailing
qualities needed to capture two more
contests and lift the bottomless pew
ter trophy.
AS today's contest was really a re-
sailing of Saturdays race. the yachts
had another triangular course, ter
miles to leg.
Shamrock w. planned to use 8
larger club topsail today and as a re
suit had to give Resolute a time al
lowance of seven minutes and one sec
,ond of 21 seconds over the previous
allowance.
An eight knot breeze was blowing
from the northwest with a rolling ses
at a. m
Sir Thomas Upton apparently fail
ed to get his wish for a full sal
breeze to show the speed of hi
sloop. The ground swell that lath
cred the Sandy Hook Spit into soap.
foam was the aftermath Of a tw,
days wind that began to fade on
early today.
1t is hardly what we wanted, t.
show what Shamrock can do" sail
Sir Thomas as he welcomed part,
of guests aboard the steam yach
Victoria.
Resolute's crew had bent on
mainsail which had undergone som
cutting at the sailmakers since Satur
days race. Shamrock's staysail ha
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