Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-17
Owner and Captain Con-
fident of Result of Second
Race for Trophy.
YANKEE YACHT DECLARED
TO BE IN PRIME CONDITION
Sir Thomas Upton Believes
Shamrock w. Will Win
on Merits.
ALL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED
Report That British Contender Also
Suffered Damage Thursday
Is Contradictcd.

NEW YORK. July l6.-BiG waves
OF optimism rolled out and away from
two contcndcrs for the international
yachting cup at anchor in the Horse.
shoe and Sandy Hook today.
Aboard tho Rcsolutc spirits rar
high. Sails were lashcd to. the decks
washed down and brass made brlgh,
and cleaning. Ono of the sailors
broke into a chant. Were bound for
Rio Grandc."
Late in tho afternoon Resolutc
hoistcd her mainsall and stretched I,
taut and cleaning on her two booms
The deck gang let loose Il yell. Thi:
was the sail which had beaten the
Shamrock TO the turn yesterday. out
footed. outEcneraled her: and :omor-
row IL would be this sail which would
eat the wind and carry her away from
the heavier pca-green beauty
Your opinion of the race tomor.
row." Robert W. Emmons. managing
owner OF the Rcsolu,e. was asked to.
day.
he replied.
Mr.. Emmons was in launch.
You are confident that the Rcso-
lutte Will win tomorrow" persisted
the interviewer.
Bet your brand-new sea boots on
u.s." cried Mr.. Emmons.
Visitors inspect Craft.
hutomobilsts nockcd TO Sandy Hook
today TO pay their respects to tho
cups disabled defender. I.aunche.
and feet OF mothlikc sloops OF
slower and inferior caiibcr 10 III,
Resolute fitted about the Horseshoe
inspecting the trim craft. Tugs in.
variably footed as they passed her
and in response the gang working or
the sloop's deck always waved and
sometimes checrcd.
Captain Adams. automatically non
committai. explained the mIshap o:
the day before. The wire of the
halyard. In being worked around a
winch. snapped. and with 1t were
broken bolts and Il few other Iron
parts.
His opinion Of the outcome was
shrouded in modcsty. but, adding two
mere words of the skipper II was cyi-
!, dent that the Resolutcs boss was pre-
pairing 10 bet the moon against a
nickel that his shin would slip by
n winner in tomorrow's race.
Wal! street Bncks Rcsoiutc.
Down in Wall Street opinion ran
against the facts OF the race. and
odds which had favored the Rcsolute
at to /, became TO ; on the
Shamrock. Later they shifted again
and became to 8 in favor OF the
Resolute.
Perhaps this can be explained by
the consistency with which mishaps
have ovcrtaken Iierrcshon craft. The
accident yesterday is merely one OF
a series Of unforeseen episodes.
None OF the kites OF the Shamrock
took the sunshine today. but aboard
the visiting yacht all were jubilan;
The lime juice sailormen pluck ed
from the melancholy into which the
? prospect OF an outrageous dcfea,
had plunged them. pranced about the
deck and snapped to their duties.
The fact that they, too. had SUI
fered an accident. namely, IL wrenchcd
bowsprit. and yet had contrived 10
blow In a winner, added to their con
tentment. The famed part was re-
placed early this morning.
Weather REPORT BrinEs Joy.
The report from the Washington
weather man dropped still another
lump OF sweetness into the cups OF
the yachtmen. The report declared
for fair. light winds, north or north
west" This means that the sloops
will run before the wind at the start
Prior to the race. the sharps had
1t that In running before the wind the
Shamrock was a better boat, in view
, of her huge sail area. but the ease
with which Resolute outfooted the
Jrishman discrcdits this theory. Ono
expert declared that in n twclvc-knot
wind and smooth sea, the Shamrocl,
Is A better boat, but, as n smooth sea
Is practically impossible in n twelve
knotter. the better of the two in
even such wind must be the Reso-
lule.
Work of replacing the throat hal
yard which snapped half way through
the initial race for the cup yesterday
and cost the Resolute the victory
which her owners are confident would
have been hers is completed. In
place OF the weak member has been
put a metal throat, the work direct
ly supervised by Nat Herreshoff, de-
signer and builder of the defender
HerreshOH Is Puzzled.
Herreshoff today was unable To ac-
count for tho accident in any other
way than that the squalls which buf-
feted the yachts about and the weight
OF the rain sodden sails cnp,h;nod .,
CONTINUED on Third Page)