The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-15
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Shamrock from whose towering top
mast f1uttered Sir Thomas flag.
Many spectators who occupied coigns
of vantage on the highlands to wit
ness the contest were armed with tel
escopes.
The American cook on Sir Thomas
steam yacht Victoria wagered with
Sir Thomas valet five dollar bill
against a pair of the baronet's cast
off trousers.
Captain Burton planned to carry a
smaller club topsail today and reduce
the heavy handicap which the Sham
rock carries in allowing the Resolute
a time allowance of seven minutes
and one second in a 30-rnile race.
This smaller topsail was expected to
reduce the allowance to six minutes
and 46 seconds.
Shamrock was the first to get up
her mainsail, which tapped from side
to side in the freshening breeze. 1t
seemed much larger than Resolute's
mainsail which was noisted shortly
after.
The defender kited- her largest
club topsail, while the Irish sloop
also sent up club topsail of large
area. The two racers swung u11-
awaiting a tow to the starting line.
The wind dropped out as the morn
ing advanced and came in fitful puffs
from the southwest about six knots
in strength. Grey clouds came out
from behind the Jersey headlands
screening the sun and giving a con-
slant threat of rain. Offshore the
haze shut in thick and curtained the
Ambrose light vessel from shore oh
servers.
Resolute, disdaining a tow, broke
GU Their headsails at 1922 o'clock.
cast off from her mooring buoy and
headed away toward the Sandy Hook
spit, where she made a turn and
started to the eastward for the start
ing line.
Shamrock followed. her within less
than a minute, breaking out her head
sails and standing away toward thu
starting line, a half mile or more
astern Of the American sloop.
The wind was still light from the
westward.
The race committee boat, the ocean
tug Darlington, came up to the Am
brose lightship and took her position
at the starting line at 10:45 o'clock.
She was soon followed by a line of
excursion craft crowded with passen-
gers who lined the rails from stem to
stern watching the two racing sIoops
as they slid easily through the water
seward in the light airs.
The ocean was as smooth as a
mill pond. Here and there large soft
spots were observed evidence of the
breeze that sometimes blew eight
| knots in strength and then fell away
to an Irishman's hurricane.
Hunting for vagrant winds was ap-
parently none to the liking of Cap
| tain Burton for on the way to the
lightship he took a tow, while Reso-
| Lutte moved on under her own sail.
At 1880 a. m. the regatta commit
| tee hoisted the signal for a southwes
| by south course.
The breeze was scarcely strong
| enough to stir the flags on thte racing
| craft. Resolute reached the starr
| lib, but Shamrock was nearly hall
an hour late.
Decision by the race committee
on a course southwest by south would
| carry the yachts from Ambrose Light
| ship to turning point a couple Of
miles off Asbury Park. With the
| hoisting of the course signal the
| mark boat Atleen Morse under com
| mand of Captain Blk, steamed ava.
| to set the turning mark white
| float carrying a red ball, off the prop
l
All seaplanes of the third nava
| district were forbidden to fly over tn,
yachts.
The yachts moved at fair speed i,
the mild airs as they jockeyed for pc
sitions behind the starting line.
| From the shore it was apparen
| that the Shamrock had made poo
| start, not crossing the line until afte,
| the handicap whistle had been blown
| at 1902 o'clock. The yachts crossed
| the line on the starboard tack.
Shamrock was over the starting
line at the starting signal and he
skipper, Captain William Barton. hat
to recross. Meanwhile Resolut
slipped over IN first place. Shamrocl
recrossed about 40 seconds after tn
Resolute and Immediately stood afte
the America boat, but 200 yard
astern. According to yachtsme,
Shamrock's start today was the wors
ever made by Upton boat.
| The yachts carried mainsails stay
sails, foresaila and baby jib topsails
Three minutes after crossing the lin
Resolute tack ed to port and heade'
: for the Jersey short.
, The official starting time give
from the race committee boat were
Resolute 12:00:40; Shamrocl
| 12:01:3S.
1t also was announced officially tina
the time allowance would be six min
utes and 40 seconds due to a chang
,I in figures obtained by remeasurin
81 the Shamrockss sails.
Shamrock stood to seward On tn
starboard tack.
The advantage Of the start lay dis
tinctly with the American boat be
| cause of faulty timing on the Lipto
| craft, which resulted in her crossin
the line a few seconds before tn
starting signal. Shamrock at 1926
f was seemingly unable to catch Rese
| lutte. At 1910 a rain squalI drencf
ed both yachts and nearly killed tt
| breeze. Resoiute pointed higher bl
q Shamrock footed a trif1e faster.
Mrs. Burton. wife of the Shan
rocks skipper. the first woman eve
! to sail on a cap yacht, had been de