The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26
DECIDING RACE
OF YACHTS TODAY
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! pocket while Resolute held tn
breeze and at 2:2O the American boa
had established lead of 200 yard
and was travelling fairly fast
AT 2-30 Resolute was quarter o
a mile ahead
The wind headed Resolute and a
2:32 the American boat ran up
Nc. ! lib topsail for her ballooner.
= Shamrock held on to her balloune.
and began to gain.
The yachts started on g. nfne-mjls
beat to the outer mark at 2:40. Reso
luts Was onequarter of a mile ahean
AMI to the windward.
Resolute was nearly up to Shrews
/ bury buoy at p. m. This was a
/ trifle more than half way down the
! course. Shamrock had drifted off 10
nearly three-quarters of mile TO the
| leeward
With three and half hours yet to
go, there was some hope Of COM
pleted race if the breeze came ip
! Shamrock picked UP better slant
of shore and gained more than a
quarter of a mile on Resolute
The wind continued light. They
were about eight miles from the
mark.
Favorable Conditions.
HIGHLANDS, ". j., July Pa
seven mile breeze, smooth sea and
cloudless sky early today indicated
favorable sailing conditions for the
deciding race of the Americas cup
series.
Both Shamrock and Resolute were
in perfect condition. They were care
fully examined yesterday and took
short spin to stretch new canvas.
Today's race, scheduled to start ut
noon, will be fifteen mile beat TO
windward and return. Each yacht
has two victories and the winner to-
day will capture the trophy.
Charles Nicholson, designer of the
Shamrock, today settled the question
of which skipper first agreed to post
ponement of Saturdays race. He said
the committee tug first signalled the
Resolute asking if Captain Adams
would agree to a postponement.
The Resolute skipper did not reply,
but took spin into the wind to test
he seas. In the meantime the ques-
ion was put to Captain Burton of the
Shamrock who agreed
Resolute returned to the committee
BOAT and signalled her agreement
alter, Nicholson said.
Captain Andrew Apologize. the
Seabright fisherman, who quit as
ocai pilot on the Shamrock follow !
ng difference with Shamrock's !
kipper, was expected to be in the |
,reen sloop's cock pit for today's race. |,
Both yachts rounded the hook at a |
lively clip shortly after ten a. m. |
shamrock was under main sail and
lib and Resolute under main sail, club |
op sail and jib.
At 1880 the regatta committee /
Ioisted the postponement flag
Shamrock in trying out her sails, i
ell off into calm spot two miles
0 the westward of the light ship AMI /
ad 10 call for her tug to tow her
ack.
At 11:15 the breeze at the light /
hip was scarcely more than three
allies an hour, but there was every 1
Indication of better conditions in the !;
ay.
Drifting Contest. !!
ABOARD U. S. DESTROYER
-OLDSBOROUGH, July 26.-(via
,ire1ess to the United Press)-The
fth race for the Americas yachting
up developed into u drifting contest
oday.
With a breeze which came first out
the north and then switched to the
outh, but never increased to more I,
ian four knots, the two ccnltenders
rifted down the Jersey coast. Two
ours after getting under way, Reso-
tie which was leading, was still
twenty-five miles from the finish
N miles from the turning buoy.
Shamrock led across the starting l
ne by ffty-six seconds, after the d
art of the contest has been delayed 9
alf an hour in the hope of stable =
reeze. She Immediately luffed with q
esolute on her heels.
Resolute with a fair wind, footed out 4
mead of Shamrock and at one time 5
I'D a lead of a quarter of mile.
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