Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-21

light WASTED and the yacht that has
thc good fortune to have real local ex
pert aboard Is favored indeed. There
was no question yesterday In the minds
Oh those who were following the race Of
tnc two sloops with more or less knowl-
edge as to the conditions that figure in
yacht racing that Shamrock had the
services of some one who yielded to none
In his ability to direct the challenger
into places where there was wind. That
man was Andrew Jackson Applegate,
of Seabright, n. ].
Captain Connolly, the veteran Sandy
Hook pilot who has conned the winds
for skipper Adams. is extremely
weatherwise. He has proved this in past
cup races and demonstrated last Thurs
day and last Saturday that he has re-
tained his nose for sailing by brcezes.
But ability in almost anything that one
can name is comparative. and while the
challenger vs.. weatherman in the first
two meetings had to take second place
to Captain Connolly. it was shown yes =
terday that Sir Thomas Lipton had
secured local windfndcr who was able
to give the famous Sandy Hook pilot a
few trumps and yet hold winning cards.
With catspaw breezes today the
genius of this man will again play an
important part in the navigation of the
challenger, as IL did yesterday. But
with everything breezing on then we
shall have real racing with the bays of
victory going to the shippers and not to
the OWNERS of winds. -...
Shamrock Impressive
With today's event involving n fif-
teen mile jaunt to windward and fifteen
miles return to leeward there is no
doubt that Resolute will have better
chunce to regain lost laurels than when
racing over triangular course. Her
great misfortune is that she lost he,
opportunity to take the first windward
and lecward event by a breakage in her
gear. This fact will permit Shamrock
to havc still an ace in the hole, for
whether Resolute wins the windward
and leeward event today or not, the
challenger will still have to look for =
ward to triangular race with at least
two legs off the wind. Thus Rcso-
lute's superiority In pointing will not
tell as heavily as under other circum
stances ii would. g. ,"
All in all, Shamrock was exceedingly
impressive yesterday. On two legs the
winds were extremely light and yet the
big craft slid along gracefully as a
knockabout. She moves easily as may
be imagined through the water. making
hardly any fuss under her bows and
carving no apprcciable drag astcrn.
All concerned with the sailing of the
two sloops were still whistling for
wholesale breezes when the time came tc
make the racers ready today for tho
third race of the series.
No windjammcr minds one day oil
tenuous winds. but when they charac
terze the conditions Of sequential rae,
days then every one becomes weary
ready to welcome cyclone or simeon
or any old kind Of blow in preference
to the deadly dull days which the cur
sloops have been spending off the Hool
since the series began.
Herreshoff boats always have beer
famous for pointing. and Rcsolutc ha,
carried on the Bristol wizards rcputa
ton in this respect. But yesterday
race showed that Nicholson has pro
duced windjammcr that is perfec
marvel in reaching. even in light winds