Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17

sort Of marine Belosco arrangement
of misty films and screens through
which the big excursion fleet and the
cup racers were vaguely seen. The
wind was virtually "up and down the
mast" as sailormen say. To be pre-
else, its velocity was not more than
three miles an hour.
An hour before the postponement
signal was set for the start. the rival
sloops were In the vicinity Of the Am
brose channel moving in leisurely fash
ion about the ocean, while the after
guards carefully inspected the rigging
ana gear, testing everything on all
points OF sailing. The sloops had their
large club topsails set, and their jibs
were up In stop.
The visibility, because of heavy haze
and smoke from the oil burning de-
stroyers, mine swecpcrs and the like,
was very poor. The wind was light,
not more than three miles IN hour, and
while 1t was holding east northeast at
IL o'clock, an hour before the start
there was every likelihood that the
breczes would work to tho soutbward
before the day was very well along.
While the yachts were maneuyering.
the excursion feet was scattered pretty
well over the ocean in the vicinity of
the lightship and the eager spectators
had plenty of chances to see the racers
at lose hand. as they were in and ont of
stays, or gibed> or wore ship as the
character OF the mnneuvering demanded.
Resolute's crew were very much on
their toes, and when an order rolled
along the deck in Skipper Adams's deem
sea voice, the white clad seamcn iumped
to obey with the unanimity of a foot
ball eleven.
Shamrock Sticks to ResoIute
Half an hour before starting time the
navy boats began shooing the excursion
craft and yachts. not only off the
course, but good two miles back of
the starting line, in order that the racing
craft should have every opportunity to
jockey for the start. At this time the
regatta committee tug Bnrryton had
established her position several hundred
yards from the lightship.
1t was evident from the outset that
the Shamrock's skipper had no inten-
ton of permitting the Resolute to get
away from him as he did at the start of
Thursdays race. Wherever Resolute
sailed there, in close vicinity, was
| Shamrock.
! Skipper Adams was not running away
| from the encounter and, in fact. carried
the war to Burton when he tackled neatly
ON to Shamrock weather side about n
mile south of the lightship at just about
the time when the postponement signal
was sent wriggling up to the Barryton s
stay, thereby setting at naught all the
effort and brain energy that had been
employed in the jockeying match.
Average Conditions
No one-the Resolutes sailing direc-
tors least Of all-has any idea that one
swallow, as one may say, makes a
drink any more than one yacht race lost
through stroke of i'll luck makes van
Americas Cup series. In fact, In
Thursdays race it was clearly indi
Gated that under conditions then OBJ
tanning Resolute had the heels Of hei
rival That demonstration, of course
was very significant. 1t meant n great
deal, more especially so inasmuch n:
the sort of conditions that obtained OF
Thursday are fair average of July
conditions off the coasts of New Jer
sey and Long Island.
What Sir Thomas and his confEere
were pulling for today was a whole
sail breeze, or in any event wind suf
ficiently weighty to shove the chal
lenger over on her sailing lines.
Any shellback will tell you that
yacht designed chiefly to sail with
list to starboard or port is not goin
to do so well when she is drive
along upright, "stiff as a church," n
the sailor say. The advantage
one Of the advantages-which Resolut