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been concealed from the watchers on
the attendant craft. they would have
been under the hallucination that they
were watching the sea drama of the
ages. But the cold facts of the meas
urements and the calculations had been
revealed to them and they knew that
they were seeing a very futile attempt
of Shamrock to win the third race and
the Americas Cup.
1t was first reported that boat for
boat Shamrock " had won on elapsed
time by one second, but this was cor
rected by signals from the official boat
It was actually a dead heat and the
Oldest of the followers of yacht races
could not recall an instance where this
had happened before.
No Race To-day, Shamrock in Dock
There will be no race to-day. Sham
rock is ordered into drydock by her
owner. Sir Thomas Upton. The next
race Will be over the triangular course.
ard it was over a triangular course
Resolute Tuesday.
In the next race it would seem that
Sir Thomas might see the consumma-
ton of his life's ambition, if ever.
In the work to the windward it
seemed to be demonstrated that Reso-
lutte. with a fair and steady breeze, can
outfoot Shamrock by enough distance
TO prevent that allowance of seven
minutes and one second being made
up in the reach home. Yesterday the
defender made that evident under the
guidance of Captain Charles Francis
Adams, who seemed to feel the pulses
of ali the winds when he worked his
sloop into the breeze, coaXing and
wheedhng it.
Running before the wind with large
but awkwardlooking spread of canvas
the challenger Inevitably will pass the
Resolute, but, judging from yester-
days performance, not by enough to
make up that time allowance. 1t would
seem that the Americas Cup must be
lifted on a triangle in the seas off
Ambrose Channel if it is to be lifteds
during this series.
Big Decrease in Audience
The Atlantic ocean melodrama did
not have the gallery that saw the tNo
fiascos outside the channel. The at
tendant boats were greatly diminished
III number: The Orizaba, disgruntled
when the revenue officers found some
thing on its ample hip and ordered the
rum lockers sealed, was among the
missing. The Highlander, which car
ried members of the New York Yacht
Club, was missing, and the little fleet
Of fishing boats seemed to have come
TO the conclusion that there were no
more thrills in yacht racing and re-
s-med fishing.
The official aerial fleet was just as
numerous as ever. One impudcnt air
plane dove down too close to the
yachts and seemed TO be ioy-rding all
with wireless reprimands and the Of
fender skunk off to the shore in dis
grace. The navy bhmp NC-lO pot
tered around above in the same aim
less fashion, while the businesslike
torpedo destroyers went about their
beats methodically. There was no
cluttering of the course by impulsive
small craft. The greatest race Of them
all found half-emptied sea theater.
The interest seemed rapidly on the de-
cline.
Start Postponed an Hour
Working out to the Ambrose light
there did not seem to be the sign OF
breeze and the start was postponed
for an hour while the two yachts
unified about among the lolling de-
st~oyers and revenue boats. Then there
seemed TO be just a zephyr from the
southwest and start was called.
Shamrock shot across the mark frs;
with cumbersome eagerness into the
wind and it seemed the skipper Of tho
challenger tried to blanket the defender
to throttle the dainty windpipe of Reso-
lutte right at the start. But the ancient
trick cost him the lead, for he was
bGck-winded and Resolute pushed out
into the lead
Then followed a series of tacks and
feints at tacks until the boats looked
hike d pair of exaggerated insects III
combat as they spared for an opening
ON the surface OF the sea. The breeze
began to freshen and the racers bore off
to the Jersey shore in the direction Of
Deal Beach. hceling more and more as
tine breeze gradually strengthened. The
skipper of Shamrock pointed farthest
As they worked over to point Of
Long Beach they bore close together
and again they feinted and fenced.
Resolute shot across and per
ormed that feat of nautical jiu-iltsu.
which is known as bianketing. The
sails of Shamrock were all but empty
Of wind as the result of the maneuver.
The skipper of Shamrock tried no more
of this jockeying. The challenger bore
IN shC.c, while Resolute coaXed her wav
forward against the wind, gaining inch
by inch and foot by foot as every sue
ceedng tack denoted.
Rosolute became dim against the
misty background out to sea, while
Shamrock numbered sullenly far in her
light green wake. They heeled till
their decks were running with water,
for the breeze was steadily freshen-
ing as they worked out toward the open
ocean.
Al o'clock the distance between the
two racers had widened to about two
htths OF mile, and Resolute was coax
ing her way against the wind that
seemed to press back against the chal-
lenger. By this time both were head
ing Tor the mark that glistened against
the black hull OF the Morgan yacht Cor
sair. The wind was freshening stead
ily and there were splashes of white
on the swiftly running seas.
BY this time the watchers began to
realize that there would actually be
race Not only that, but it promised
to be the livelest race of the series.
me destroyer Semmes, travelling in the
wake OF Shamrock, had to hit II up TO
ten knots to keep up with the yachts,
ana the men who worked with steam
pegan to take Sn interest in the craft
!hat went by power of the wind press