The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-01
CANADIAN BOAT
In THE LEAD
After Being Badly Beaten
in First Race Showed Up
Well To-day
FEEBLE BREEZE
MADE SLOW RACE
Delawana Got Early Start
on Esperanto and
Held 1t

Halifax, N. s., Nov. l.-Esperanto
and Delawana, American and Canadian
contestants for the racing champion,
ship of the international fishing fleets
romped off in the start of their sec.
ond race to-day Esperanto crossed
the line about half length ahead and
slightly to leeward of Delawana.
AT 9:l5 Delawana had caught and
passed Esperanto, and was leading by
90 yards. Both vessels were footing at
a moderate pace
Official starting times were: Esper-
anto 9:0lN0412; Delawana 9;Ol Az.
DeiawanA eased past Esperanto by
blanketing her about five minutes aft
er the START
At $40, five minutes before the
preparatory gun, Esperanto had little
more than steerage way. What little
wind there was came from the west. A
dredge which had put to sea in the
early morning was observed to be max.
ing port again, indicating heavier
weather conditions outside.
The l5'minute preparatory gun
found both schooners on the starting
line with Delawana to windward
standing out on starboard tack and Es-
peranto heading up the harbor on the
port tack. A few seconds later Cap
tain Tom Himmelman of the Nova
Scotian came about on the port tack
Captain Marty Welch of the Esper-
anto bore away and on the stroke of
five-minute gun jibed over and headed
out the hsrbor on the starbosrd tack.
Captain Zimmerman, TO windward, fol.
lowed suit.
II looked for time as though Es-
peranto would be ahead of the gun.
Captain Welch had Judged his distance
nicely, and led Delawana to windward
of him and over the line on the flash
of the gun.
Delawana with about forty tons
less ballast IN her hold than in last
Saturdays race, easily pulled away
from Esperanto and by 9:30 had
opened up lead of nine lengths, pass
ing York Redoubt, off the western
head lands.
Both schooners were getting q bet
ter breeze and every inch OF sail was
drawing well. At the start there was
ohlN rrftn-Hiiif HbuLhNEHt bIttHt.
but light clouds with a suggestion of
more wind hecked the sky
At e:30 Deiawsna had passed Sand
wich Point and was getting a sitter
breeze outside, gaining another ad
vantage over Esperanto, which still
was inside the point. The wind at
This time was about due west.
At 9:35 Delswana was an estimated |
quarter of a mile in the lead. Esper- |
,nto was holding her own when the |
wind hauled little TO south and Cap |
ain Himmelman edged up to wind.
ward.
Delawana passed Mars rock buoy
II 9'3s and Esperanto two minutes
ater.
At 10 O'Clock a mile and half from
he first mark, the inner automatic
,uoy. Delawana had established lead
II five minutes and appeared to be
till gaining.
Delawana turned the first mark at
0:ls:30 and Esperanto four and a
Iuarter minutes later
To.dav's course was the same as
saturdays, a close hauled reach from
Point Pleasant hreakwater to the in
er automatic buoy. six and one-half
niles a broader reach to the outer au-
buoy. six miles; a l0-mile run
o the bell buoy off Shut In Island; an
! mile beat back to the inner auto
natic buoy and the fifth leg the same
: the first. back TO the hreakwaters.