Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-24

New sweden stands TO-DAY ufonu-
menI OF what can be ACCOMPLISHED in
the wilderness Of Maine by strong
arms ana brave hearts IN the short
space of half a hundred Years"
Handicap Not Needed
Continued from Page One,
series SO far. Resolute completing the
80 mile triangular course in three
hours thirty minutes ana 8?
seconds Shamrock ". followed three
minutes ana forty-one seconds later.
but the actual difference in sailing
time was only three minutes and Is
seconds Resoiute having ed across
the starting line by % seconds
Picturesque Setting
Although it lacked the thrilling
neck and neck finish thar put Reso-
lure's victory on Wednesday in a class
by itself. today's encounter had a
plcturesqueness Of it's own a heavy
blanket Of fog hung over the sea at
Ambrose Channel ligntship until
within a few minutes OF the start, to-
tally blottlng ont the excursion feet
and the tail nasted rivals that were
coming ont from their haven behind
SANDY Hook. The hoarse fog horn of
the Hghrship was groaning out its
melancholy warning a few hundred
feet away, but invisible
suddenly the breeze freshened and
me log began sweeping out 70 sea- AS
the pail lifted. Shamrock W with her
tremendous sails set loumed through
ana bore down on the marx like a
huge gray gohsf- ReSolu1e followed
nard on her stern and after a bit Of
Jockeylng about the lightsnip they
we're of. down the JERSEY coast Res
Quite was ar her old tricks on this. the
windwaTd leg. She pointed high into
the breeze. while Shamrock set on
On reach that took her rapidly
shoreward- When they swung about
for the first mark. ResoIute's work
INTO the weather had gained her an
advantage Of more than a quarter
nile.
Beats Challenger to Marx
Again Captain Adams held Resoluts
we'll up against the wind. with the re-
suit that he was able to make the
mark without a tack Shamrock head
ID Of more and was compelled to tack.
which brought her around rhe mark
nearly two minutes behind ResoIute.
The challenger gained on the second
leg but was still far behind when
Skipper Adams st-algatened out On the
nome stretch.
Breeze Fools Burton
shamrock was closing III the gan
that separated her from Pssoiute On
this leg whsp a f-eaky hit Of weather
blew up that fooled even lie seasoned
Jersey skipper Captain Burton had On
the challenger as an adviser. ana rob-
bed Shamrock " OF whatever chance
she mad of taking ne lead and win
ming
The sloops were running fast IN a
15-knot breeze when signs OF a terrific
squat became apparent Shamrock
hastily took down her club ropsxii and
her large lib topsail ana prepared for
ruught weather Resoiute piowed
ahead under full sail for a time. ap-
parently bent On getting IN all the
fast sailing she could before the squaIl
struck. And the squat did nor strike
at least not with the Intensity Sham
rocks skipper obviously had expected,
Hesoiute Weathers Rain Tsr-srt
There was a brisk blow Of a few
minutes and short torrent of rain.
which Resolute weatnered without TAX
ing IN any sails save her NIB topsail.
When il was over Shamrock " was
unable 70 reset her club topsaL and
was forced 70 set a smaller topsali.
while Rssolute had her original rig
intact. A brief calm INTERVIEWED and
then the wind picked up again sham
rock caught II first and crawied slow
IL I'D until sne was nearly. # not full
~. abeam of Resoiute. BtIr when the
defender caught the wind she forged
quickly ahead with her superior rig,
breaking out balloon iib .opsail to-a;d
her progress. Shamrock ~ piled can
vas on then. breaking out both bal
looner and spinnaker bur the finish
was close at hand ana she was unable
20 close the gap.
Din Grsets Winner
The steam yacht Victoria. carving
Sir Thomas Upton. led the chorus Of
screaming whistles that acclaimed the
victor. After a few minutes a tiny
tug was under the how Of the victo-
ria. its crowd of yachting enthusiasts
giving three cheers and who's all
rtgnt-Lipton.' for the British sports
man An excursion steamer ana a
feet of smaller craft followed ths
tugs example. and the Victoria ac-
knowledged the cheers with three
sharp blasts OF her whistle. Sir
Thomas could be sean on the bridge
waving his har 1aunuly. apparently
unmored by the fact that todays race
had not gone according ID ais predic-
TONS and his hopes.
The oficial weather forecast for
Sandy Hook yacht course tomorrow is
as follows;
Fresh winds. varying from south 20
southwest. with unsettled weather and
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