Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
SHAMROCK FOUND
I WINDS SHE LIKES
.. . Witch With Breeze Abaft
the Beam, but Cannot
Point
CAPTAIN BURTON RETAINED
~ LAWRENCE PERRY

Sandy Hook. Ju,V "s .,.s CO..
,oday took full advantage o, ,, sne n. nu,.
tbat the three legs ot the Unity, m,t
w, tn.rlo laid by the New YORK facht
triansm ss"ootto committee for the resailing
,,Ip ,l,o sscord race Of the Americas Cup
oer;ss 90 involved reaches. .;'~
Apmoaching the second turning marx,
Shamrock was fully three quarters OF
ona"' Ni,u aboad Of the American defender.
r,,,a 1,Le nrt her pretty nearly ahead of her
.n,o ailowancc, II not quite so, and
u,,,s her what appeared to be cork
;ng chance Of winning the race;
i'll" Starting on the first leg with a fair
.,nd tbo breezes coming over her star
S.arJ nuarter. Shamrock at once pro-
Uooded IN show that. while She might
uo, have the Herreshoff ability to point,
,ho was n witch with the wind abeam
s ohaft tho BEAM She early began
" u chow her stern to the defender. and
es tbe race proceeded she drew steadily
aroy until she wore around the hrst
u,ork ond took the wind over her port
hoom for close reach to the second
norL She was more than four min
utes ahead.
least two minutes more and had 1t until
about 1850, when the Resolute began
TO pick up little Winu'
Burton Is Retained
Standing nat upon William =. Burton
ne skinner Of Shamrock ", the chal :
'leneers for the Americas Cup whistled
In vain for wholesale breezes to drive
tbe yachts over the course in today s
Sc far ns the Resolute crowd was
concerned. they, too. we're pulling for
winds of some velocity. since there is
little object in distancing rival IN
winds that are too light to enable the
leading sloop to finish the race within
the six hours time limit.
Start Was Not Exciting
With sheets started and large reach :
ing jibtopsals, the sloop!s were sent
over the line at IL 10 this afternoon
The winds again were light, but steady
The first leg being reach, there was
an absence of that sharp Jockeyine
which characterizes the start of wind
tanners on a thresh to windward. The
two sloops were very near together
md from shore it was impossible tc
tell which sloop was in the lead, but
The distance separating them was. abso-
lutely immaterial. 49,. ,r..
In the haze. Resolute appeared tc
have taken honors. but oil this point
Of sailing there was no particular ad
vantage in this. .. .r.. 10.
The racers crossed with booms L
port. taking the wind over their star
board quarters. This they hoped tc
carry to the Shrewsbury Rocks cast ot
Gallee. when they would tighten thcil
sheets little and get close reach out
to sea. The last leg. II the wind helt
true. would be to windward. e
The yachts glided into the smoky
seas. not with that driving abandon
which lusty winds would have effected
but tall and stately. There is little that
Is exciting about start of the sort. NJ
matter how keen the spirit of competi.
ton aboard the rival racers may be. .
Old ocean In comparatively placit
mood makes for poetry or dreams o,
mental and physical relaxation, but al
such times it makes for nothing thrill.
ing in the way of yacht race.
Clouds Promised Wind
The western skies. which all morninf
had been a hawless blue. were beginninJ
to boil up banks of ''sheepskin" clouds
which usually herald the advent of wind
One may never be sure of July weather
off this coast But the signs indicated
an afternoon of winds of velocity suf
ficient to blow the racers over the cours
within the time limit.
The visibility was low because of tn
seaward haze, in the pail the racini
yachts and the attending feet filled ou
midsummer marine impression tina
would have delighted a painter or con
noisseur of impressionistic tendencies.
When the yachts arrived at the lin
the wind was holding north northwest
at about six miles an hour. This woult
have been good enough to induce the re
gatta committee to send the yachts ava,
on chance that the breezes would in
crease as time wore on.
But the trouble was that with win,
holding from the north northwest, ther
was likelihood that it would shift
southerly. In this event a course lait
out upon the basis Of north -nerthwes
would be knocked askew by south
ward drift and might have the effect O.
Spelling any vestige of a windward leg.
Eventually the regatta committee
holding headquarters aboard the tu
Barryton, which lay off the Ambros,
channel lightship, decided that it woul,
not be unwise to take chance in tn
winds holding as they were throughou
the afternoon.
No preparatory signal was blown a
noon and at IL 10 the blue peter bal
a N'SNNN, hNihb lht yuChlS nNP Illn
utes IN which to prepare to cross tn
line. In the preceding ten minutes tn
Two racers had been luffing each othe
al over the seas and now began +
line "'u III
When the signal to get away wa
sounded, both sloops were well up to th
fectly. - "pp' 0N'A p''
The two went over. so close togethe
iinat, rom shore, their two mainmast
d iopHed like the masts of singl
''Eooner as the yachts crossed.
, standing up stiff as churches. on
Sbnaple HS aple to grasp how much talle
bamnaooc b~r,pock was than Resolute. Her to-
hamper scared to far loftier heights and
mnlle she may not be as swift-that
ttoiwfever' remains to be proved-she Ger
nnay ay made more inspiring pictur
Il uASer canvas than the Resolute.
nsrtn 30 lar as Sir Thomas Upton and hi
patty are concerned, they feel tha
o.tnLng NV. OF any great Significance ha
Reen H.. peen established. They admit tina
hroo,oute h.ute can whost along in ratspas
not Drte%fS, of , put since those breezes wer
IN o.n VI SulIlcient body TO enable Resolut
RritOuwS RiUwn her bility in this respect, tn
ni6canco Iei L mat nothing of great sig
m Winds Prove Worth = .
Tbohet let US have a breeze. ouoth 81
daT dIT0mas M this morning as he paced tn
Thomot M Oh t9e yacht Victoria with ST
mson as Dewar, "a breeze that wi
rocL real race, and then il the Sham
better beaten III admit Resolute
seo" ur boat But nothing of any con
Tom?" 0een SHOWN yet, Ell