The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-07-17
Bv Lindsav Dcnison.
Especial staff Correspondent Of The
evening Worldly

Evening. Worldly
HIGHLANDS or THE NAVE
SINK. N. j.. July 17.-Resolute de-
fender Of America cup. crossed tho
sinrtlng lint for tho second rnce Of
the 1920 series ahead OF the chalen- e
ger. Shamrock crossed only nine
SECONDS behind. A calm had forced
the Regatta Committee 10 postpone
the start
A half hour bcforc the regular time
tho. raoe was to. have begun tho Of
hclnls decided from tho conditions. a
Dat sea and scarcely a captul OF wind,
that no race could no finished within
tho elk -hour limit unless the wind
changed. and thcrcupou signailed a
postponoment until later at fiftecn-
minute intervals.
The committee reiterated earlier
that tho Shamrock would have to
give the Rcsolute timo allowance
Of 6 minutes and 40 seconds over the
thirty mile triangular course.
9 AZ the time the two yachts reached
the starting mark, Ambrose Channel
I.ightship, ready for tho signal to
go" thoro were no signs OF wind
observable. The sails OF the Resolute
and Shamrock Tapped listlessly in
the dead air. Tho two yachts rolled
slightly in the groundsweil.
Capt. William p. Burton and
Charles Nicholson. designer of Sham
rock ~. got into a rowboat and went
around tho Irish challenger inspect
ing the set OF hor sails as she lay
near tho starting point where virtu-
ally n dead calm prevailed.
Both Resolute and Shamrock ",
had prepared against emergencies
to-day. warned by Thursdays mis-
haps. when the American yachts
throat halyard parted ana tho Irish
challenger's oowsprit iron slipped
Motor boats and tugs had carried out
spare parts to be used in case OF
emergencies.
As the two yachts put out toward
the starting mark a large fog bank
fiuated from the direction OF LonR
Island slowly seaward lowering the
visibility. Only with great difficulty
could one see the excursion fleet as
these boats passed through the Mar
rows on their way into the lower bay
SHAMROCK ROUNDS HOOK UN.
DER HEAD SAILS.
At 1910 the Shamrock had rounded
the Hook with ell head sails set. ex-
oept the baby jib topsnil. and head ed
for the Atlantic. The Governor Smith
was trailing her.
The destroyers. committee boat
and the larger observation boats wer,
assembling at the Hook from 1890 L
II o'clock. There were airplanel
whirring from back Of the Highland
70 beyond Sandy Hook, The littl,
seaplane OF Col. Burden OF RumsoI
was buzzing around the bay like
mosquito, only thirty or forty fee
above the lightly ripping water. Out
side the breeze. as predicted. wa
working around 10 the southeast an,
freshening. From the southeast cam
a long, lazy roll.
Resolute started from her buoy juA
OF the Sandy Hook Government pio
at 1925 in tow OF the tug Jane
Dougherty. Shamrock ~. had sails
out earlier. Thus she avoided tn
jolting and straining caused by tn
choppy seas picked up by the oh
servatlon feet.
In his interview before the rae
skipper Burton said that this art
fcial turmoil OF wave strain on h
boat going TO the start Thursday Ia
reached the yacht more than coll
have been done by any natural dis
turbance made by wind and tide. n
avoided all possibility OF an unnece'
sary stress tending TO another acc
dent by go ng out ahead OF the sps
tators. Later Shamrock took a 70
from the Governor Smith.
The Barryton. the Committee boa
took position establishing the startiI
line off Ambrose Llghtship at a lit
before IL. This gave Chairman Pa
sons ana his associates a chance
etudy conditions 80 they might i
cut the thirty mile triangle path 4
the ,1lcSrs 70 make the race a real te
ten miles beat against the wir
another ten OF close hauled reach a
another ten miles OF free reaching
II also gave the committee ext
time TO discover whether the W
Nicholson had thought up overnig
any new readtustment Of shaI
rocks equipment which might /
fringe on their highly developed sen
OF technical prOprietles. such as
stream line mast Jacket. now rel
gated to the discard.
SHAMROCK cETs, WILD GREE
ING FROM TUGS.
At I1.25 Shamrock ~, was abo
three miles west.