New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-28
~ sssemething in the innocent query of
the skipper of the garbage fleet:
"Be them two boats racing?"
Resoiute Races With Time

=
hNs even reach the halfway mark. But
they found the edge of light breeze
,ssss,Sssand they worked up to it, Resolute
u; ~, leading by over quarter of mile
and rounding the stake with the grace
yssssof big white swan turning around
f.assra lily pad in pond.
The balloon jib swelled out and Reso-
-, lutte passed Shamrock on the home
~" ward bound The race was over then
absolutely, if it could be finished on
sSslsstsime. 1t began to look very much as
.sss; If it could not.
The shadows deepened on the smooth
s'Nsawater and the setting sun sank lower
into the mists to the west, while
round moon began to blink down. But
the tide was rising to the flood and
working in toward Ambrose Channel
That flood tide bore Resolute along
when the whisperngs of the south
- west wind hardly rippled the water
S~'N ''Fhe race of Resolute longer
tsaNs with Shamrock, but with time.
The shadows became more somber
~ and the whistle of the dying winds be-
esf'0 came fainter. The flushed red and
seaS stood a crimson circle before it dsap-
~ a'peared beyond the misty horizon
7s'7 Then the wind seemed to give its last
:. Esigh before relapsing into the twilight
calm, and the sails of white Resolute
vsNso: swelled.
CT Sir Thomas Is Cneered
ss.s,i She came sweeping down toward the
~ - mark with the white water at her bows.
80 The Victoria steamed up hurriedly to
80 be there to greet her as she crossed
= the mark. The good old sportsman,
.--0oo Sir Thomas Upton, seemed to look
SS-s-listle sad 1t was a bitter thing
He had closer to the winning
of the cup than any of the contenders
- since the quest began, and now it was
SSoa ending in almost fiasco. gallant
- s1lold gentleman, he stood with the sun
:ol setting on his lfe's ambition and with
s5s~ the twilight lowering down upon him.
sprH2 From the forecastle head of the de-
go lstroyer Semmes came voice from the
at5 "Ncw United States Navy "Three
- cheers for Tommy" it said; And after
again. You'll get it next time, sure"
e;9f'i He smiled, it seemed, little sadly,
80 and turned his attention to greeting
So the victorious sloop with the grace
80 and bearing of true sportsman.
q This done, the Victoria stood off.
80 There was no use waiting for the big
T-s Shamrock laundering over the line on
10. the food tide the last gasp of the
:, afternoon breezes. The big green
:" challenger, never slightly thing, then
and there looked quite ready for the
scrap heap.
The starting point was an oily sea
- pond when the diminished fleet of at
tenOanL DOatS assembled DV the red ana
~" white relief lightship in the Ambrose
i"nChannel. For two hours it seemed use !
- less to start the race. The breathless
- sea air promised only another fiasco.
go But shortly after o'clock there was
the suggestion of a breeze and the
~ committee signaled for the start.
- Both sloops were late crossing the
.n' line, but the challenger got away first
by full forty seconds, and for the first
-sfioi time since this series began his skip
'.'H1per, Captain William P. Burton, got
= her into the windward berth and the |
big green boat glided ahead.
~.5ns The challenger was gaining in q
r-'ofbreeze that reached six knots when the
0sincident of the tug and the garbage
- 3barges interviewed. That seemed to
promise success for Shamrock. 1t was
49, Upton luck, they said. This grotesque
e7Nfheet came out of nowhere just in time
,@o,'Sto block the progress of Resolute which
So sheered off like dainty young woman
.s'dwhile Shamrock nosed by the barges
-f rand sped on out to sea-
-2nA- In that freshening breeze the big
green boat continued to gain and for
half an hour it looked as though Sham
rock might have a chance. Mean |
while the tug and the garbage scows
,cluttered up the attendant fleet. In |
.'@'ANthe mean time the liner San Juan
started to head in across the bows of
the yachts. submarine chaser
dashed out and scolded her shrily
49,, with her whistle and the San Juan
III sheered off abashed.
--rt FISHING rect faSSeS Yachts
Then little fishing feet of launches,
dlsregarding all warnings, passed be- !
tween the yachts lazly to look them
o. over. big porpoise started to splash
4otptf ths bows of Resolute. The ship |
,, ping outside seemed to have become !
weary of the racing and refused to
clear the course for it.
To the landsman it began to look
= as though Shamrock was leading by
half a mile or more and might win. |
han oltt%n &c 4Dl b.
p;ssuddenly she turned and started to
shoot across the bows of the challenger |
Z. She was short only by few hundred
yards and tackled off to the port again.
They glded side by side slowly. Then |
Resoute came up agains
OF. This time, when she tackled to the
starboard, she placed herself dead
'sJ5ahead of the challenger Then and
there the race was won All the adj
vantage that Shamrock gained from the
fine start and from intervention Of the
fates in the form of garbage scows
was lost.
81. There was not thrill in the rest of
-, 1T for a landsman. The yachting ex-
'H~psrts found themselves doing on the
decks of the press boats, and it was
not until the wind started to die out
in streaks that they to life and
.Gtbegan to speculate upon the possibil-
ties of the race being finished at all. 1t
- was nearly a gliding contest again,
each skipper feeling for those strips of
ripped water, where there might be
=, breeze to keep them moving
soy Resolute Cuts Past Shamrock
Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht,
Victoria, lowered near at the early
. part of the race. The start and the
4 Sepsode of the garbage scows made it
look as though there might be hope
MOT that Sir Thomas would want to
win the cup through the intervention
OF pair of garbage scows, but gar
bage scows seem to be natural hazards
in cup races in the seas near port, and
|. racing yachts must take them into con- !
sideration.
a. But when Resolute made the first