New-York tribune., 1920-06-13
Vanitie Leads
Trophy Rival
In 9TH Trial
Gardner Craft Beats Reso.
lutte for Third Time bv
4:O2, Besides AlIowano.
By Jack Lawrence

NEWPORT, R. l., June 12-Tba
lutte was no match for the ven;.'
the seventh elimination trial hs,s ~
the ocean off Brenton's Reef T;..
Vessel to-day. Over a ts;an,', As
thirty-mile course the bronze
decisively trounced her old rive, peauty
points of sailing and crossed tha 9a al
line five minutes and forty.fonra anish
onds in the lead. -1' Sec
The Resolute's time allowanc. =.
minute and forty-two seconds y. ene
availed her nothing TODAY. ma.a. n.sn ~
corrected time for the seventh s,a iaie
nation: e'''l'
nanI.e .'...... .4:09:sI
Kesoiufe .4:13:Ss
The result of to-day-s race gives tbo
Vanite three victories against the .he
Resolute's four in the official el;ra;m INV
alton tests to decide which boat nil,
defend the Americas Cup against .,', .ha
challenging Shamrock ". TIE
Members of the New York y.o,.
Club committee who must selsct ths
defender declare that the entire h;s hue
tory, of the famous international mai
trophy fails to record two defendnr
candidates that were SO evenly matched
as the Vanite and Resolute. The;r
race on Friday, when they sailed
thirty miles and finished four seconds
apart, was declared to-aay to be new
record in yacht racing. ~"
Best Test So Far
Yachting sharps here saw that n
days race provided the best tast N.
two yachts have had since thew heran
their maritime duel away back in 1914
! This was because the wind. sh;ft;ra
and exceeding variable, produced sail
ing conditions which are most l;kelr
to be encountered off Sandy Hook n
July, when the cup races are to be do.
cided.
When the yachts were sent svav ~
II o'clock this morning the wind was
blowing about six knots out Of tbs
northeast. Before they finished Il had
shifted to almost every point Of the
compass and increased considerably in
velocity. 1t was the sort of brace
that taxes the generalship of the helms.
man and in this respect it can be said
that Commodore George Nichols gave
a remarkable exhibition with the Vsn
tie. His ability to anticipate the fickle
wanderings of the wind played a large
part in the bronze boats victory. It
was the most decisive defeat she has
ever handed the Herreshoff sloop.
The variable wind prevented fast
time being made to-day, but there were
many occasions when the two boats
footed with amazing speed The first
leg was to have been a broad reach OF
ten miles to the first mark, but the
racers were not we'll away before the
wind shifted, and this leg became a
windward beat. The time taken at the
first turn showed the Vanitie going
about in 1:11:33 and the Resolute
1:16:05.
The second leg was broad reach
the wind holding true for the entire
ten miles. In this reach the bronze
boat showed much speed and added
| some twenty-five seconds to her lead
! the Vanitie rounding the turn IN
2:11:58 and the Resolute in 2:16:5S.
1t was evident tnat Charles Francis
Adams, amateur skipper Of the Reso-
Lutte, was not on his job to-day with his
accustomed skill. He was outsailed on
all three Of the legs, and was literally
left at the post in the start.
Vanitie Gains Advantage
The Vanitie had all the better Of the
sharp jockeying that preceded the
starting signal and was ready to fling
herself across the line when the word
came. AS result of this she opened
up big lead on the Ferreshoff racer
at the very beginning, and this seemed
to prove demoralizing TO those aboard
the latter craft.
The last leg of to-day's race sas to
have been a straight run before the
wind to the finish line, but the ever
shifting breeze made it instead q
broad reach down the wind with both
boats carrying balloon jibs but 70
! spinnakers.
The summary:
Elapsed Correcd
Start. Finish. Time. Time.
Vanitie.. 11.00:22 3:09;52 4:09:31 4:09;Sl