The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-15

preparatory signal at IL; As, wind and
weather permitting and a warning sig
nal 10 minutes later The starting
signal was set for IL o'clock with a
handicap time to be taken two min
utes later
The American cook on Sir Thomas
steam yacht Victoria was not dismayed
by Shamrock from Ireland stored in
the hold of the challenger for good
luck.
THAT won't help any" he said, as
he wagered a tive-dollar bill with SlI
Thomas valet, who put UP pair OF
his employers cast off trousers.
The Yachts Prepared
Shamrock was the first to get up
her mainsail, which tapped from side
to side in the freshening breeze. IL
was fine piece of cloth and seemed
visibly larger than Resolutes main
sail which was hoisted shortly after.
The defender kited her largest club
top sail, while the Irish sloop also sent
up club top sail of large area. The
two racers swung easily at their moor
ing buoys, awaiting tow to'the start
ing line.
The wind dropped out as the morning
advanced and came in fitful pulls from
the southwest, about six knots III
strength Gray clouds came out from
behind the Jersey headlands, screening
the sun and giving constant threat OF
rain. Offshore, the haze shut IN thick
and curtained the Ambrose light vessel
from the shore observers.
Resolute, disdaining tow, broke out
her headsails at 1922 o'clock, cast off
from her mooring buoy and headed
away to the eastward for the starting
line
Shamrock followed her within less
than minute, breaking out her head
sails and standing away toward the
starting line, a half mile or more
astern of the American sloop. The wind
was still light from the westward.
The race committee boat, the ocean
tug Darlington, came up to the Am
brose light ship and took her position
at the starting line at l0;l5 o'clock.
She was soon followed by line of ex.
cursion craft crowded with passengers
who lined the rails from stem to stern,
watching the two racing sloops as
they went easily through the water
seaward in the light airs.
The ocean was as smooth as mill
pond Here and there large soft spots
were observed, evidence of the titful
breeze that sometimes blew eight
knots in strength and then fell away
to an Irishman's hurricane, which is up
and down the mainmast.
Hunting for wind was apparently not
TO the liking Of the Shsmroek's skip
per, for on the way to the light ship,
he took tow, while Resolute moved
under hA own sail.
Resolute slipped easily through the
water under command of Captain
Adams, a descendant and namesake Of
a former ambassador to Great Britain
and himself now treasurer of Harvard
university.
The excursion fleet clustered~round
the starting line like minnows around
hreadcrumb and set smokescreen
that would have been the envy of any
ronvoy service.
The haze was so thick that specta
tors on shore could not see the lightship
and the sloops were lost to view within
three miles of the starting line.
The breeze was scarcely strong
enough ~ stir the flags on the racing
craft. Resloute reached the start at
ILLS but Shamrock was nearly half
an hour later.
Decision bv the race committee on a
course southwest by south would carry
the yachts from Ambrose lightship to
turning point couple of miles off
Ashbury park With the hosting OF
the course signal, the mark boat Aileen
Morse, under the command OF Captain
Blk. steamed away TO set the turning
mark-a white flat carrying a red
ball off the proper position fifteen
miles away.