Republican farmer., 1920-07-16

sailing, when the yachts had covered ten miles of their 30 mile course.
 A yachting amanda gathered off the hook today for the first Americas cup race in 17 years.
 Private craft, excursion boats and eirplanes speeding southward across New York bay found nestling behind the great sand pit two sloops that are the pride of Britain and America Shamrock ", challenger, with sleek green sides, and Resolute, defender, dazzling in her coat of white.
 Aboard them were Captain William P. Burton and his crew of British .tars, and Captain Charles Francis Adams, End, of Boston, with his Yankee sailormen. White clad fig ures gazed aloft, scanning the heav- ems for clouds that betokened winds Favorable or unfavorable.
 With the start set for noon from the Ambrose Channel light vessel, the rival shippers conversed with their .navigators regarding weather and wind conditions which would deter mine the course to be set them by the race committee. They knew that the rules called for windward and lee ward course of thirty miles but by the
 
 course charted.
 Both shippers were hopeful of bringing the races to a brisk and de- ctstve close with three straight vic- tories but both were prepared to sail five races and to start all over again another day if race was declared off because the yacht failed to finish within the six hour limit.
 With the Shamrock ", because of her great sail area, giving the de- fender a handicap of seven minutes and one second-with possibly sec ond more or less if fre-measuremento of the challenger's sails alters figures yachtsmen still were divided on the question of whether 1t was more blessed to give than to receive time.
 A ten knot breeze from the south west and a smooth sea prevailed at s:S0 o'clock this morning.
 In her almost barren hold the Shamrock stored her mascots. They comprise the wooden American eagle that was on the victorious yacht America, and boxes of four leaf clov- CTS from the United States and Shamrocks from Ireland.
 Sir Thomas Lipton, making his fourth attempt to lift the bottomless pewter mug emblem of sailing su- premacy of the sea, cast his eye to weather and remarked:
 '-If the wind will hold it's present strength I will ask nothing better for my Irish challenger. The Sham rock " is a fine boat and I hope to win"
 Captain Burton had his crew ur with the sun and before o'clock a boatload of sailors were on their way from the tender Killarney to the challenger to remove sail covers and serd headsails up with. stops.
 -Ay opinion is that the first hour of todsy's race will tell the story o1 the America's Cup contest,'' said the Shaprock's skipper. We will then knov what each yacht can do."
 Slipper Adams also had the Reso- fnt,s crew early astir and ready to nnsxe sail
 We should have no complaint to nike of this weather" said Captain Hams, and I believe Resolute will we a good account of herself
 "Sir Thomas ship should make ii interesting" added the American skip per, as he surveyed the green-bodied Shamrock from whose towering top- mast fiuttered Sir Thomas flag.
 Many spectators who occupied coigns of vantage the highlands to wit ness the contest were armed with tel escapes.
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