Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-24
ABSOLUTE VICTOR;
 DECIDING RACE IS TO BE STAGED TODAY
Throws Aside Handicap and Takes the Fourth
 Race

Sandy Hook, N. J., July 23.-De, fender Resolute tossed her six min utes and forty second handicap over board today and defeated the British challenger, Shamrock " boat fo, boat, in the fourth race of the 1920 regatta for teh Americas cup.
 The series stands a tie and the deciding race will be run tomorrow Shamrock won the first race last Thursday when an accident to Re solute's rigging forced her out while far in the lead. The second attempt last Saturday, ended in no race, the yachts being unable to get sufficient breeze to take them around the course in the specified six hours.
 Shamrock scored the second vic tory Tuesday. Resolute came back Wednesday, running dead heat with the challenger and winning by her handicap of seven minutes and one second. Resolute will enter tomor- row's race favorite in the wager ing, her two victories having been more convincing than Shamrock's.
 Today's race was the fastest of the series, Resolute completing the 30 mile trianglar course in hours, 3S minutes and 52 seconds; Shamrock followed three minutes and Al sec onds later, but the actual difference in sailing time, was only three min utes and IS seconds, Resolute having led across the strating line by 23 seconds.
 Although it lacked the thrilling neck and neck finish that put Re- solute's victory Wednesday in a class by itself, today's encounter was of picturesqueness all it's own. A heavy blanket of fog hung over the sea at Ambrose Channed light ship until within few minutes of the start, totally plotting out the ex- lcursion fleet and the tall-masted rivals that were coming out from their haven behind Sandy Hook. The hoarse fog horn of the lightship was groaning out its warning a few feet away.
 Resolute the Master
 But suddenly the brooze strength ened and the fog began sweeping out to sea. Shamrock with her tremend- ous sails set, loomed through and bore down on the mark like huge grey ghost, Resoulte followed hard on her stern, and after bit of jock ing about the lightship, they were off, down the Jersey coast
 Resolute was at her old tricks on this, the wind ward leg. She pointed high into the breeze, while Shamrock set off on reach that took her rapidly shoreward. When they swung about for the first mark. Resolute's work. into the weather had gained her an advantage of more than quarter mile. Again, Captain Charlie Francis Adams, End, held Resolute we'll up against the wind with the result that he was able to make the mark without tack Shamrock headed off more and was compelled to tack, which brought her around the mark nearly two minutes behind Resolute.
 The challenger gained on the sec ond leg, but still far behind when Skipper Adams strengthened Resolute out on the home stretch.
 Shamrock was closing up the gap that separated her from Resolute on this leg when a freaky bit of weath- CT blew up that fooled even the sea- soned Jersey skipper, Captain Wm. r. Burton had on the challenger as an adviser, and robbed Shamrock of whatever chance she had of taking the lead and winning.
 The sloops were running fast in l5 knot breeze when signs of ter rife squall became apparent. Sham rock hastily took down her club top sal and her large jib top sail, and prepared for rough weather. Re- .solute plcughed ahead under full sail for time, apparently bent on getting Tn all the fast sailing she could be- fore the squall struck. And the squall didn't strike-at least not With the intensity Shamrock'S skip per obviously had expected.
 Better Rig Wins.
 There was a brisk blow for few minutes and short torrent of rain, which Resolute weathered without taking in any sail save her jib top sail.
 When it was aver Shamrock was unable to reset her club top sail and was forced to set smaller top sail, while Resolute had her original rig intact. A brief calm intervened and then the wind picked up again. Sham rock caught it first, and crawled slowly up until she was nearly, if not full, abeam of Resolute. But when the defender caught the wind, she forged quickly ahead with her superior rig, breaking out bal loon jib top sail to aid her progress.