The Washington times., 1920-07-26
YANKEE YACHT
LAGSAT START
Light Breeze Causes Half Houl
Delay in Hosting Sig
nal to Go. I
CRAWLING DOWN COAST
Challenger and Defender Az
most BeacImed on Wind !
ward Course. !
BY FRANCIS ]. WHITE.
International News Service.

| International News Service.
ABOARD U. 8. S. GOLDSBOR
OUCH, OFF SANDY HOOK, N. J!
July 26 (via wireless).-After a de-
lay of half an hour Shamrock ~
and Resolute got away at 11:3(
o'clock today in the deciding race OF
their series for Americas cup.
Shamrock was leading by nearly
minute when she swept across the
starting line. y
WAIT FOR BREEZE.
Both yachts crossed the line uy
ballooners, and Shamrock at
headed far off the course on lufffS
match to the leeward.
At II o'clock--the scheduled houi
for starting-only q mild breeze wa
blowing. and the COMMITTEES decided
to wal. until later In the day to
send the yachts away. Tho breex$
,,freshened little. and the signal II
start the race was hoisted at 11:15.
The course of today's race runt
south by west, half west, fifteen
miles to a mark five miles off the
and return to Ambrose Lightship
This means a run down before the
wind and beat home.
The official starting time OF the
yachts follows:
Shamrock, 11:30:2s.
Resolute, 11:31:25.
BOTH MOVING SLOWLY.
At AS the two yachts were NOV.
ing slowly with Shamrock still out
ahead, but without having pulled any
farther away from Resolute. The
yachts were nearly two miles to the
westward of the course.
Shamrock began to pull away from
Resolute at IL :55 and increased her
lead to one-fourth of a mile. Both
yachts were still going very slowly.
At noon Shamrock again hauled on
the wind and headed for the beach.
The challenger continued to in
crease her lead over Resolute.
is REsOLUTE's RACE.
Today's course is fifteen miles to,
windward and the same distance TO
leeward, and it was in this type of
race that the Resolute showed to ad-
vantage on two previous occasions-
In the first race she was. winning!
hands down when her throat halyards
carried away, and in the second she
won by her time allowance. All the
way through she showed her SUPER
iority on the wind. her skipper out
classing the Britisher at every point
of the game.
With her hugre spread of canvas
Shamrock was able to pick up some
of the difference on the fifteen mile
home run, but never enough to win.
The wind was light on each occa-
sion and so today should see Reso-
Lutte a winner by at least six minutes.
forty seconds time allowance she re-
ceives II she is not actually across
the line.
ODDS OF FOUR TO ONE. <
She Is even a greater favorite than
the betting odds of four to one
against Shamrock would indicated
The only reason the odds are notN
greater on the performance OF the
two sloops to date is the uncertainty
Of a break down in the intricate
maze of gear and great area of canf
vas the two boats carry.
A complete overhauling OF the twot
boats yesterday did not disclose tho
slightest damage to their hull or gear,
and this says something for stability,
when IT Is considered that the wind,
during the two hours on Saturday in
which the boats were heeling before
1t, at times attained a speed of thirty
miles and more.
Sir Thomas Upton stated yester-
day, on his steam yacht Victoria:
ITS long -drawn-out contest this
time. but my little boat will be sufn-
ciently in front when the whistle
blows"
SHAMROCK TAKES WIND.
Shamrock shook out and hoisted
hcr main sail this morning at s:1b
o'clock. The wind at that time hold
its northwesterly direction. 1t was
about a ten-knot breeze. t
At S:35 Shamrock. with main sail
set and jibs aIoft In stops, broke
moorings and started for sea In tow
OF hars tender. Resolute. with main
ssl stretched, still swung at her
moorins buoy.
Atp o'clock Shamrock. OF the point
OF the hook, caught a shift OF wind
eastward, dropped her tug, and stoed
away to rorthward on siarbosrd
tack
slaUru,k came about 10 poe, az
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