New-York tribune., 1920-06-10
Bronze Sloop
InLead From
Start to End
Resolute's Allowance FoiIs
Feat of Clipping 20:40
From Columbia's Time
By lack Lawrence

NEWPORT. r. l., June e.-The cup
yacht Fanisie smashed the worlds
sailing record for a triangular thirty
mile course here this afternoon, when
IN a race that has probably never been
surpassed for thrills and spectacular
maneuvering she crossed the nish line
fifty-eight seconds ahead of the Reso-
lutte in the fourth of the Americas Cup
trials.
The Vanities actual time for the
thirty miles was hours 81 minutes
and 3s seconds. The best previous time
for the distance was that made by the
famous cup defender Columbia against
the Shamrock II, in October, 1901, when
she covered a similar course.in aours
l3 minutes and 1S seconds. This
worlds record was shattered to-day by
both the Nanitle and Resolute.
Although the bronze sloop; designed
by William Gardner led the Herreshotf
entry from start to finish, she was un-
able to overcome the time allowance
of l minute and 42 seconds she was
compelled to concede the latter, and
the race is officially chalked up as
victory for the Resolute, the corrected
time being:
Nanitie ..-..............-.. ....-..-. 2:J2 ;od
OF the four official trials sailed over
the ocean course off Brenton's Reef
Light vessel the Resolute Is now
credited with three and the Nanitie
with one. Another race viii be held to-
morrow and probably will be wind
ward and leeward affair of thirty miles.
Vanitie Impressive Again
The bronze Vanitie showed all the
dash, snap and vim to-day that she ex
hibited in her thrilling victory over
the Resolute on Monday. Boat for
tol flyer on every one of the three
legs sailed and there were many bets
made after she whizzed around the first
stake, with a lead of 35 seconds, that
she would overcome her handicap and
even up the series with the Resolute.
Among those who witnessed the race
was J. P. Morgan, commodore of the
New York Yacht Club, who declared
later that it was the greatest battle
between cup yachts he had ever seen.
If Commodore George Nichols, anna
teur skipper Of the Nanitie, had had
any other opponent sailing the Reso-
lutte than Charles Francis Adams, he
would probably have won with ease
1t was Adams's dogged determination
to keep his boat within hailing dis
tance of the flying Vanitie that got
him across the finish line with some
of his time allowance to spare
The Vanitie led the Resolute across
the starting line by some sixteen sec
onds, and from then until the finish she
fought desperately to shake off the pur-
suing Resolute With a reaching jib
her huge mainsail and skyscraping club
top-sail setting with tailor made trim
ness, and drawing perfectly, she looked
like giant gull as she gathered the
fourteen-knot breeze into. her wings
and scudded away for the first turn.
This leg was a close reach into the
south-southeast Reaching is the
bronze beauty's favorite outdoor pas
time, and her magnificent showing to-
day Is due in q measure to the fact that
two of the legs of to-day's race were
of this variety of sailing. The second
leg was run of ten miles down the
wind
Eanitie Finishes Like Winner
The last leg was a ten-mile reach
over toward Coggeshell Ledge, and here
again the bronze boat showed her heels
to the Herreshof entry.
Boasts have Been made here that the
Resolute could beat the Nanitie boat
for boat IN any point of sailing. and IN
the last leg Of to-day's race skipper
Adams tried desperately to prove that
this was so. He gave his white flyer
everything she would take but the
Vanitie was too fast and she continued
to open up her small lead until she
flashed over an actual winner bat d
technical loser
The summary:
Elapsed Correr' d
Start. Finish. TINE Time
Resoiute .0o.54 81. - 53t3s 2.5i.5s
Nanitie... 11-00:3s 1884 2.52.5s g.52 2.5s