The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-20
Races Tomorrow
 To Stretch Rigging
Real Trial Races To Be Those Contested Of New < port Early in June When Americas Cup
 Defender Will Be Chosen


 Vanitie meet in the opening race of the 1920 elimination series. Weather permitting six races will be held off New Haven, Conn.,, between May 21 and 27 after which the yachts will proceed to Newport for more ex- tended series of races under open sea conditions. The schedule calls for races off New Haven on May z1, 22, 24, 25, 26 and 27. The Newport races are set for June 3, 4, 5, ', 8, g, 10, II, 12, IA, IS, 16, IT. IS and 19.
 The contests off New Haven are to be short practice events, probably not count materially in the selection of a defender. Their chief purpose will be to afford the crews practice and to stretch sails and rigging.
 The real trial races will be the ones off Newport. There will prob ably be twelve or fourteen of the brushes. The cup committee then will announce the defender. These races will be flor blood.'' The friendship that exists between the two crews will be forgotten, each de- string to be the "cup boat" Once the defender is picked, the 'tbrains'' of the two yachts will again get to- gether to plan the defense of the Americas cup.
 Committee in Charge
 The regatta committee of the New York Yacht Club will have full charge of all the trial races. It IS made up of H. deB Parsons, chair man; Joseph M. Macdonough and Frederic o. Spedden.
 With both Reso1ute and Vanitie in the water again yachtsmen are once more beginning to take an interest in ha in yachting trophy. The race to put Resolute and Vanitie into the water first was watched with interest throughout the country The hon. ors went to Vanitie. Not only was she relaunched a day ahead of Resolute, but she also was under sail 24 hours ahead of the Herreshoff designed craft. This, of course, means nothing in the selection of the defender of the cup. Still the race to put the yachts into commission was interesting, as it showed the keen rivalry that exists between the man aging directors of the craft.
 Vanftie, designed by William Gardner for Alexander Smith Cochran a member of the Nev- York Yacht Club, originally was built by George I4awley x Son Corp, at Neponset, Mass, in 1914. Her general dim men- tions are 11S feet over all; 75 feet on the waterline; 22 feet inches ex- treme breadth and a draft of about 14 feet Since 1916 the craft has been at Robert Jacobs yard, City Isl and. Last winter MT. Cochran gave the yacht to the Cup Committee of the New York Yacht Club and the committee, in turn, placed vanitie in the hands of Rear Commodore Nichols, one of the best amateur sailors in the country.
 Makes Experiments
 Throughout the winter, Rear Com modore Nichols has been experiment. ing with the vessel. In the tria1 races of 1914, Vanitie had to allow Resolute time. The junior flag officer of the New York club tried to find a method of eliminating the ] handicap. With this idea in view changes have been made in the ris ! and the centerboard and the yachr 1 has been considerable secrecy regard | ing the changes. Whether Real Commodore Nicholas has gained hi: | point will not be known until tn, defending yachts are officially meas | ed.
 i The changes in Vanitie were mad at Robert Jacobs yard. It is sait that Starlins Burgess, a. Bosto1 | yachtsman, a member of the after guard of the Gardner boat, principal 1 1y is responsible for the changes. On is new hollow topmast. Tn yacht also has new hollow spruc spreaders, about tfirty-five feet iron tip to tip These changes have bee | made to tighten the craft
 Regardless of the fact that it ha been frequently reported that Van itie's stem was to be shortened ma terialiy and that her rail, which really the continuation of her side above the deck, was to be removed these changes have not been mad, The rail has been cut away, fror about two-thirds way aft so as to CT able the decks to clear themselves ( seas, that may come on board, nor rapidly than if the waters had to ge away through the small scupper l The angle, at which the centerboar of Vanitie extends. has been aItere so as to throw the weight forwars . This is hoped to increase her wino , ward qualities.
 Nichols, Owner.
 Vanitie will be raced by Req Commodore George Nichols. In add tion to the flag officer and MT. Bu1 gess, there will be on the quarte, oOSh III tiAS hi<1yoI1Ly oi Lile races,
 J. Nourse and c. Sherman Hoy ) Both are well known New Tor , yachtsmen, the former being promi1
 ent in the weekly racing of the Ses
 wanhaka-Corfnthian Yacht Club I Oyster Bay and the latter intereste
 in yachting for years.
 G. A. Gautesen is the profession
 skipper of Vanftfe. In former rae. for the Anerfea's cup, the profe
 siona1 skipper has been the all in ' portant parsonage on board a GU l yacht. That is not so today. Bot ' Shamrock " and the American d
 fender will be sailed by an amateu
 Still the professional skipper pla.
 an important part on a cup boat ar
 although he is not as well known
 some of the other paid racing me y Captain Gautesen is an ekceIle i sailor, who has had