Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-20
Res0lute And Vanitie Start
Elimination Races Tomorrow

NEW YORK, May 2o-The first
official activity in connection with the
Americas cup races of Sandy Hook
July Is, will begin tomorrow on
Long Island sound when the prospec.
two cup defending yachts ResoIute
and Vanitie meet In the opening race
OF the 1920 elimination series
weather permitting six races will be
held off New Haven, Conn, between
May 21 and %, after which the
yachts will proceed to Newport for a
moro extended series OF races under
open sea conditions. The schedule
calls for races Oft New Haven on May
Fl, 22. "a. 20, &c and 81. The New
port races are set for June 8. 4. s, Z.
9. ., 10. II, IL, IA. 10. 10. II. IS and
The contests of New Haven. are to
be short practice events probably
twice around a short, course and will
not materially in the selection
OF a defender. Their chief purpose
Will be to afford the crews practice
n to stretch sails and rigging.
The real trial races will be the ones
off Newport. There will probably be
twelve to fourteen of the brushes.
The cup committee then will an
nounce the defender. These races
VIII be for blood" The friendship
that exists between the two crews will
be forgotten each desiring to be tho
cup boat" Once the defender Is
picked the drains Of the two yachts
viii again get together to plan the
defense of the Americas cup.
The regatta committee of the New
York Yacht Club will have full charge
or all the trial races. II Is made up
of II. deb. Parsons, chairman: Joseph
M. Macdonough and Frederic o.
Spedden.
With both Resolute and yanitie In
the water again yachtsmen are onco
more beginning to take an interest
in the International series for the
classic yachting trophy. The race to
hut Resolute and Vanitie into the
water first was watched with inter-
est throughout the country. The
honors went to Vanitie. Not only was
h relaunched a day ahead of Res
olute, but she also was under sail "a
hours ahead of the Herreshoff design
ed craft. This, of curse, means moth
ing in the selection of the defender of
the cup. Still the ace to put the
yachts into commission was interest
ing. as 1t showed the keen rivalry
5hat exists between the managing di-
Iectors of the craft.
Vanitie, designed by William Gard
ner for Alexander Smith Cochran. q
tnember of the New York Yacht Club
ibAAo NdS pdlil ny 1cOIbe LdWlty
~ Son Corp, at Neponset, Mass. in
p914. Her general dimensions are
11S feet overall; rs feet on the wa
feline; % feet 8 inches extreme
breadth and a draft of about IA feet.
Since 1916 the craft has been at Rob-
ert Jacobs yard, City Island. Last
winter Mr.. Cochran gave the yacht
TO the Cup Committee of the New
York Yacht Club and the committee
in turn, placed Vanitie in the hands
of Rear Commodore George Nichols
of the best amateur sailors in the
country.
Throughout the winter, Rear Com
modore Nichols has been expert
menting with the vessel. In the trial
races of 1914, Vanitie had to allow
Resolute time. The junior flag Of
ticer OF the New York Club tried to
find a method of eliminating the han
idicap. With this idea in view
changes a been made In the rig
and the centerboard and the yacht
generally lightened. Naturally. there
ihas been considerable secrecy regard
eng the changes. Whether Rear
Nichols has gained his
point will not be known until the de-
Tending yachts are officially meas