Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-30
FISHING BOAT RACE
WON BY ESPERANTO
American Boat Takes Lead Soon
After Start and is Never
Headed.
nv Ass,riateJ Press to Every FveninH

BY Associated Prcss 10 EN"S ''"
Halifax,N s., Oct. 30.-1he American
schooner Esperanto and the Canhoiaii
two-sticker Doawana dashed off on their
first race of the international hsherinehs
regatta Mt o'clock today.
Whipped along by freshening ten
knot brosze from the southwest, the
Lunenburg craft swept across the start
ing line at 9O0.45 official time, 3Z sec
onds. ahead of the Gloucesterman
Shortly after the start the Esperanto
edged up to windward of Delawana ana
the schooners started on the first leg oil
their 4O-mile course close hauled, peah
To beam.
Roth schooners carried mainsall, TORE
sail lib topsai. and main gail topsail when
the start was made IN Halifax harbor
Both were half mile from the starting me
when the warning signal was sounded. r.
| Both shippers broke out their tore gan
! topsals and as they approached ttle ii"e
| the American slightly in the rear both set
their staysails. Jockeying Tor positio'i
over. the two fishermen swung TO point
or two off the wind and headed for the
! first mark. -
This first leg, from Point Pleasant
Rreakwater to the AUTOMATIC buoy, SIX
and - half miles down the harbor, showed
+. neck and neck struggle. When tlle
first mark was rounded. however, the
Nova Scotian was leading by length
and half The turning times were
Dclawana, 9.h5.lu.
Esperanto. 9.3522
The fishermen then started on siX-
mile stretch to the outer automatic buoy
another reach After that thor course
called for a tcn-mile run 20 the bell huoV
of Shut In island, northeast OF HahihA
with an eleven-mlle beat 10 the inner
automatic buoy and Sly and hall m'''
broad reach back To the starting Inc.
Esperanto began cutting down th'
Canadian lead on the second Of the hv'
legs demonstration She was considerable,
faster than Delawana of the wind. Al
0 80 Esperanto was fully minute aheac
Of Dclawana
Tho American rounded the second MARI
ahead Of the rival after having taken tn
lead on the second leg Turning time Wa
lOI450 and Delawana l0.l7.54.
After rounding the second mark tn
American took in his forcgaf topsaii
Deawana followed suit
After hal' the run 10 Shut In lslan'
had been completed the Gloucester hsh
erman seemed to he holding her lead
three minutes.
r Tho Canadian appeared 70 nc shihi'i
slightly on the American when the Graf
were half mile from Shut In Islam,
2 buoy after having covered more than hal
! of the course
ON sighting the buoy Captain Welc
9 found she had made considerably TO lee
y ward Of il and AIartviimmediately bega
tightening his sheets Delawana did hk'
wise Esperanto turned the third mar
az III Ol Is
Delawana turned at ll0T0o, nearl
six minutes behind the Glouccsterman
To start the fourth leg Captain Mart
y ordered his fore gaff topsaIl set and u
Yankee sailormen handled their salls
@, fine fashion.
lc The Gloucester skipper chose the sta'
n board tack il beginning the elcvcn-ml
: beat ahead of him but Captain Himme
n man split with hun and headed hls schooI
cf or lushore
II When Esperanto later came about {
~ the same tack with her rival II seemed a.
Al she was pointing higher Captain Hin
- melrnan promptly swung around. headlr
j. out , sea and splitting taCks again Ait
continuing well lnshore Esperanto can
ri about again and both craft headed I
Samhro lcdgcs
ei Both we're carving full sails and th'
AZ lees we're far from being a wash,
~ With the American still leading al
~ abol1t i've miles from the inner buoy. DO
-n vessels swung 10 the port tack II seem
rd AS If Delawana had been able to cut doV
her rivals lead somewhat On the beat
windward