Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-22

Sans t1ooA, n. J.. July Is Great
Br.taio g%ired her fist toe-hold IN A.
yel,rs on the Americas cur to-day.
:shsmrocls ~ won tho rrot r,cn Of the
1890 regatta Af,Ar the defender Reso-
ute h.u Seen forced out o. ..r run
nic.- ~ All acc.dcr. 20 her rigging.
The rr..n challenger must win two
-n,z>. rac.- out of i~ossible MAX
mum Of r,ur IL she is 30 achieve Sir
Tomas L!ptHr'. dft1-n OF ta!tfrs the
i-,.t1,nlea, pewtei trophy ba9e u
e-:ai;.. hcso!uta mast win three out
=. toJr - retain the cnp which has
p~~ri IN pyx,sssion of .re New YORK
yach, clup s.n . 1851. The second race
$:H etArt at noon on SatI-5ay.
sHLaMRUCK FACED DEFEAT.
Shar.~ ock Tvs -i.Uorv to-day wan
S-M in tat '4tr OF what had seemed
-eTt.in detear Resv'utJ has taken the
lead at tSn sre-r: a..j he'd it by an
cver widening margt,. until. as she
rwcvpcd Oitnr hal; a mile OF the
t1rniug mark is miI~7 from, the start
.ceG:A:ors Ju the great feet Of nlels-
r.-c cat saw re- Src1j ar.s OF Lellv-
.n9 crnvns ~. 81 IN. h.y;n TO sink,
c'Gtterirf. dcwn har sxlst A sudden
eust had snapped hes throat hAlyard
ar- \ se:ont .asor tho Jaws oc her
;.y-ft were shattered beyond repair
Caotf.tn Charles HrAncis A64rns FRA.
snnt ,~O men af1lt to repair tho Gam
Age whiic tAe STRICKEN yaAnt ;.Hioed
slowly around the turning mari. near
~ five minutes ahead of Shamrock
w. a few moments later. however. they
dacn lpa t.I H. ~ no
damage and Captain Adams gave the
order that furleh Resolute's mainsail
and gave the race to Shamrock ".
When Resolute was seen to be in
trouble, the tug bearing Sir Thomas Lip
tons colors drew swiftly up to the steam,
yacht Victoria from which Sir Thomas
was following the progress of his chal.
lenger. Many yachtsmen believed Sir
Thomas was ordering Shamrock " tc
fail to cross the finish line. making it nc
race. A statement he issued later said
this was his initial impulse, but thai
ne had been persuaded by his companions
to permit Shamrock w to finish. as /,
was felt that construction and sturdiness
of the contender should be taken into
account in determining the issue as vel
as comparative skill of the rival crews
100 CRAFT FOLLOW RACE
More than 100 craft, ranging in size
from an ocean liner to tiny power boats
that were almost lost in the maze fol
lowed the contenders over the So-milt
course that started even with the squat
yellow Ambrose Lightship and took then
10 miles southwest by south along the
New Jersey coast and back
Shamrock " was given a mighty ova
ton of screaming whistles and sirens al
she flashed across the line at 26 min
utes, &c seconds after four O'Clock, havinl
completed the course in four hours, 2
minutes, As seconds.
The weather was anything but salts
factory for a yacht race. The sky wa
heavily overcast and what little breez
was stirring was f1tful.
The lower clouds burst shortly afte
the race began and poured down sheet
of rain that completely obscured tn
| racing sloops from the crowds tina
| lined the Jersey coast AMI even from
| spectators on the following craft
| Squalls of rain accompanied by electri
| cal disturbances required Throughout
| the race and heavy bank of fog settl
cd as tho contenders neared the turning
mark. The added weight of the rail
caught by Resolute's sails was declare'
| by yachtsmen to have been largely re
sponsihle for the accident which robbie,
her of an apparently certain victory.
The rival yachts came sailing ou
from their berths behind Sandy Hool
shortly after ten o'clock, their grea
| stretches of canvas looming high abov
the waiting pleasure craft as they cam
up to the start. BY II o'clock, the
were cruising in great circles about tn
Ambrose lightship, jockeying for posi-
ton At 1885 challenger AMI defende
crossed for the first time within hailin
distance OF each other and their crew
could be seen eagerly sizing up the riva
| craft
Ssamrock's greater size and sail area
which Ind resulted in race official
awaiting Rcsolutc a handicap OF six min
utes 40 seconds WAS plainly visible as tn
two sioops crossed. But Rcsolute was t
show between the start of the race an
tho time abe was forced out, that for sail
fng weather such as to-day's she needc
10 handicap. The rs second start she ha
gained at the outset had been widened :
nearly Give minutes before she was obllg
ed {. fnrl her disabled ma.nsaiI and dro
out III trio race.
A feature novel in races for tho Amer
cas- cup was tire appearance over tn
course OF air nnd seap;snes-"sailin
craft" that mad been pcc!.ctei when til
last clash for the cup occurred seventee
years Ego. a half dozen planes flew owe
the oou-so bcarng newspapermen. now
photographers and moving picture mcr
4 number Of yachting enthusiasts ha
cnglEcd passage in commercially operate