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SECOND CUP RACE CALLED
OFF; WIND FAILS YACHTS
Lack of Breeze RObs American Sloop
Resolute from Victory

New York. July 18.-The Internal iona
yacht race yesterday proved a fiiasco.
When all but eleven minutes of the six
hours in which a race must be completed
! had elapsed. the second of the series of
races between Resolute and Shamrock ".
was called off by the race committee at
TBS O'Clock last evening.
At the time Resolute had about eight
miles to go and Shamrock had just
rounded the second mark of the thirty
mile triangular course.
Mere zephyrs, Gains and occasional
fairly fresh breezes from various direc-
tions that did not last long. and gave
the yachts twenty miles of windward
work out of the unfinished thirty, all
contributed to make it a memorable day
in the annals of Americas cup history,
but not memorable as the result of any
particular excitement.
Landlubbers thought 1t was wonderful
day af1oat. So II was for them, as there
was scarcely ripple on the broad sur
face Of the venerable Atlantic and the
sun was warm and bright. all Of which
may be very fine for a picnic, but is not
what the yachtsmen wanted. nor was II
what was needed to determine the rela-
tive merits of the two yachts. AS re-
suits the score still stands l to IN
favor Of Sir Thomas Lipton's boat, more
thanks to the shadowy zephyrs and the
Gains than to anything else.
II there had been enough breeze tc
have enabled Resolute even to finish
within the limit of six hours, Shamrock
". would have been about the worst
beaten challenger for the historic old mue
that ever crossed the ocean to compete
for it
There was severe criticism among
yachtsmen watching the event of the
work Of William P. Burton, skipper OF
the Shamrock ". Even those who had
sought to excuse the earlier errors Mr..
Burton made gave up their attempts in
that direction.
The crowd was there to see the fzzle.
It was a bigger crowd than went out
last Thursday for the first race. Bigger
as regards the number of persons as well
as the number of vessels. and. in the
latter respect, it was in motor boats that
the great fleet was chiefly increased.
The event was replete with specimens
of what may most politely be termed
poor judgment not, however, on the part
, Of Charles Francis Adams. 2nd, skipper
Of the American defender. He sailed a
perfect race. He took advantage of every
opportunity that presented itself to better
Resolute's position, and, in all, deserved
every credit.
On the other hand, Mr.. Burton started
out with a couple of errors OF judgmen,
before the starting signal was set and
followed it up with many others before
the race was called off
I That Shamrock was so far behind was
more due to handling than to any lack
of speed she may possess.
She failed to approach the Resolute in
the matter of pointing, but in footing she
! showed that she was more than the equal
OF the British sloop.
Even Resolute, which pointed much
higher than Shamrock, did not begin to
come up to expectations. for to sail four
and three-fourths points off the wind
does not compare with what she has done
in the past and 1t almost seemed as
though Mr.. Adams was playing with his
adversary.