Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-21
Jersey W|NDF|NDER
GUIDING SHAMROCK
Captain AppIegate Helps Bur-
ton Find Breezes Early in
Today's Race
WIND is AGAIN LIGHT
nv LAWRENCE PERRY

on the port tack. stanuing III ow"ru t"t
Highlands. Rcsolute was about
quarter of q mile to weatner t..; ol ;ne
cpallcnpcr. which, however: was footing
-.niftly in an effort to reach out on her
What the challenger Nras seeking to
5o vas TO hold as far In shore rs she
dared, carrying better wind thar the
hmcricnn sloop. and then. tacking to
storboard, shoot across the bows of
Rcsolntc and slip into the windward
berth.
uucstiou. The struggle involved one
Of those nice points OF windward work.
II thc challenger could avail herself
of 'hcr superior reaching ability and
cot far enough out to weather of the
Yankee sloop. then the honors would go
TO Shamrock.
Rurtop. in white flannel trousers. was
standing at the wheel of the challenger,
Captain Applcgate. the Jersey wind
finder. at his side. It was undoubtedly
due to Applegatc's suggestion that the
challenger has taken the ms shore tack.
At / :52. Shamrock came about on
,bc port tack standing toward Rcsolutc
with the hope Of getting across the de-
fcnJcr's bows. Could she turn the
trick? Every spectator held his or her
breath. while the test was applied.
Shamrock led the way over the line.
Rcsolutc was close aboard the chal
longer and slightly to lccward. Both
Yachts carried baby jib topsails in addi-
tion to their regular canvas and they
went over on the port tack, close hauled.
The iockeyng was conducted in a
wind hardly conducive to smart work.
in.smuch as It held at rate Of about
six miles an hour, having fallen four
knots from when the course signals
were first set.
At that time both yachts were well
10 the northward Of the line, and. later,
at quarter to |. when the preparatory
signal was set. Rcsolute stacked toward
y-thc lghtship. Shamrock chased the de-
dcndcr. finally cutting across aud then
tRcking to windward of the American
Sloop.
The warning signal sounded at ten
minutes to |, and then the serious
business Of making ready to cross the
]lnc brgat Shamrock had no ~inten-
ton of losing the windward position,
il she could help it, and stuck like u
loech.
Whenever Rcsoute tackled in an effort
to slip out of the hole. Shamrock tackled.
TOO, and the relative positions renamed
tie same.
When the starting signal sounded,
both yachts were close together on the
Starboard tack at the windward end
Of the line. The challenger Immediately
came about. and slid over the line on
the port tack, Rcsolute following suit.
Wind Dies Before Start
The morning had given little hope
OF anything in the way of wholesale
hreezcs while the visibility, because Of
hnna ,l thn, 60 all r,,s, |,
boats. was cXecrablc.
Shamrock. as usual. had led the way
out to the Hook, casting of from htr
mornings shortly after 10 o'clock. and
taking tow from the Governor Smith
She was under her lower sail and had
a baby jib topsail in stops lying along
the deck
ResOlutc, fifteen minutes later. took
line from the towboat. James Dough
crty. and followed her rival out to sea =.
At this time, the wind was holding ut
rate of not more than three knots,
coming from the south. The sea lay
hidden behind a gray veil. 1t was as
though there were no ocean, merely u
vast .palid void. giving no indication
that it possessed anything having aught
to do with the third dimension.
When the regatta committee boat
Rarryton. put out to the line at about
II o'clock. it was apparent there would
DE- little use in starting the racers under
prevailing conditions. and so the signal
l'tter &, announcing that the race would
d. postponed at fifteen minute intervals.
was set
Then followed a period of idle wait
ing the two sloops moving silently
about the fleet of attending craft, hang
ing on the seas. fOrmlcss and without
any semblance of actually. At length,
ABOUT half afternoon, came cheering
word from Long Branch-word to the
rrhcct that the wind at that point was
orcezng on from the southwest ut good
tWclveS niles an hour rate. The re-
iatta committee nosed out and at once
haulsd down the postlAncment flag,
pr7aklng out in its place signals an
nouncing that the first leg of the race
would be south by west. fifteen miles, a
peat and then run home of fifteen
miles.
Resolute Now in Bad Fix
heSolutc is in what may be termed
prruy much OF hole, n fault which
umaE be laid to herself as much as to
Tna'lrorR' for in the first race when
eae had commanding lead she car
tl"d away her throat halyard and had
10 withdraw. That made one event to
.nc Dad and then yesterday in the
trrE sort of winds In which the de-
TTnu't was supposed to be supreme the
',iiln riiiinGra,d Sloop turned around and ap-
'I inc SoundcSt sort of a thrashing
10 III" American sloop.
Now, Rrsolutc's ability to windward
;u a; no chance for expression Yesterday
pM because no windward leg was
LrlIm''" by the regatta committee. This
fTo%r"ul'apPGd for the defender beyond doubt.
roo, o, no on" holds any idea that tho sham
rI IM can compete with the Herrcshoff
Tp T"Ttp 10 Wlndward when the airs, are
i'snt' at all events.
/ con,I committee in charge of the racc
bHi sbifti, nave given the racers beat by
,th'llg the start about eight miles
tbhSt tho n,tI OF the Ambrose lightship. and
tho ""tE our, reason that may be ascribed for
tbot lion ttn OF the regatta committee was
io goinr' 'aCF believed that the winds were
so H. 10 Shltt to the southwark, And
in thoF thF ald' but they shifted too late
| tbrosh afternoon to give the Yachts n
sbift bis" 10 10 weather. For when thcy did
rnrory 'n'E served merely. to give the
- Si a. a ir"e wind home,
yio".r ,homaS gave out so mapy inter
wa. hSt night that this morning he
smiIo aalkrd out. He could merely
skhnnOan ana ne did that. Mr.. Burton. the
aftnn VINO was sort of nm underdop
to shitt ntat'urday's race, was this morning
decL L"'i' metaphores, the cock of the
SaiIod ana well he should be for he
great MASTER " race He sailed a
Scrr h race on his own and he had the
meShoa ha sort of assistance from every
"''N'oer OF the afterguard. ~ ''