New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-16

ward race OF thirty miles. Going to
wlndward is supposed to be the chal-
lenger's strongest point. The yachts
had not covered five miles of the tif-
teen-mile windward leg before the
American boat had demonstrated that
in this phase of the game her British
| opponent was no match for her. She
proved conclusively that in beating
she can defeat Shamrock, boat for boat
Rain Soon After Start E.
The giant-sparred sloops had hardly
passed over the starting line when the
overcast skies darkened and rain be-
gan to fall. This squall was followed
by two others. Then the sun came
out and the wind, which had been al
most completely hattened out by the
rain, began to freshen rapidly and blow
in strong puffs. When these hit the
huge wings of the racers they could be
seen to heel over sharply. In this re-
far more tender than Shamrock
Pointing high and driving hard for
the mark, Skipper Adams, of the de-
while Captain Burton, on Shamrock
kept sharp eye on the puffy weather
and eased the challenger off every time
he saw an extra heavy blow coming.
All eyes were on Resolute as she
crashed down the starDoard tack, and
watches were out to get her time az
she rounded the stake. At $3.50 Captain
ii. II. Norton of the destroyer SHINES,
watching the white sloop through bin
oculars, shouted, She's in trouble! "
A second later Resolutes long gaff
swung downward. her mainsail col
lapsed and the club of her topsail was
\
banged the sagging mass about the
whole cloud of canvas slipped down
to the deck and left the topsa! futter-
ing wildly in the breeze.
Spectators expected to see the Yacht
come up into the wind and quit, but
she didn't. With only her headsails
set, she held to her course as though
nothing had happened and rounded the
stake at exactly 2:53 Cheer after
cheer went up from surrounding ves-
sells as it was seen that Resolute
was going to give the Britisher a fight,
even though crippled. But the Alneri-
can boat was done. She mad hardly
rounded the mark when the last hal
yard supporting the mainsail and fallen
gait gave way, and it was apparent that
to continue the struggle was impossible.
Winner Passes Res0lute
Shamrock, footing faster under the
piping breeze, made the mark her
self on the next tack and rounded it
at 2:57. Five minutes later she passed
her disabled opponent and went on to
win a race that she couldn't lose. As
roon As Shamrock had passed her
Resolute came up into the wind
and the tug James Dougherty rushed
TO her assistance and took her in tow
A destroyer went alongside Reso-
Lutte few minutes after the acct
Robert W. Emmons, managing owner Of
the craft, said that her throat halyards
had parted and caused the mainsail to
collapse This is believed to have been
the beginning of the trouble, but it was
OBVIOUS TO persons on nearby boats
that the gaff jaws had become entirely
separated from the mast as that spar
was hanging free in a perpendicular
position.
The wind increased rapidly after the
mark was turned and the Shamrock
found It necessary to drop her jib top
sall. After she passed Resolute and
saw that the latter was out of the race
the challenger eased up onsderab!y
and took her time on the run down
the wind. Had the element of compe
tltlon remained she would have set
ballooner and a spinna1er, but with
nothing to gain by breaking out clouds
OF canvas. she contented herself with
her mainsail, club topsai and head
sails.
At AIS o'clock. when the cup hunter
was booming up toward the finish line.
there were signs of another squall. and
her men were sent aloft to take in the
club topsail. They just managed to get
this skyscraping wing in when the last
blast of the day broke in torrential
downpour and a bowling southwest
wind.
Crosses Line in Squat
The full fury of the squall did not
swoop down on the course until
Shamrock had gone over the line Then
brilliant flashes of lightning and crash
ing salvos of thunder seemed to want to
join the uproar of whistles, foghorns
and sirens that were greeting the VIC
torious Britisher.
The demonstration on the part of
surrounding craft could hardly have
been greater If Shamrock had out.
sailed Resolute and overcome the
heart breaking time allowance she con-
cedes. AS her green hull flashed be-
tween the committee boat Baryton and
the melancholy Ambrose Lightship the
signal was flown declaring her the win
ner, and every craft with a noise-mak-
ing instrument for miles around opened
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