The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-02
ESPERANTO WINS
TITLE IN GREAT RACE
Continued from First Page.

and he sailed great race to-day, and
he began sailing that great race when
he climbed up on our weather quarter
and went on by within FIVE minutes
after the starting gun cracked out. The
wind was light and the sea smooth, the
tide was running against us. all of
which meant that the Delawana.
lightened up as she was with half her
ballast gone, had day made to order
for her. Besides that. in the first few
miles. the set of the tide peing against
US helped her. 1t took less hold OF
her hull made shoaler by the loss of
ballast to-day
There was nothing to the first turn
ing but the Delawana. She beat us
five minutes in six miles of that light
going. On the next stretch, six miles
and something to an automatic buoy.
we gained perhaps two minutes.
We ran winged out for a good part
Of that leg, being helped much by our
scandaliZed staysail.
Gains Two Minutes.
There are seven ways to scandalize
staysail old Tom Smith of our crew
says. and we must have used the best
way. because. despite the light wind and
smooth sea. we gained about two min
utes. We did not actually outsail the
Delawana by two minutes. because the
Delawana, for some reason we could
not understand. ran a wide course to
that second buoy. We followed her a
good distance on that wide course, not
knowing every cove and nook of the
harbor and every freak of wind which
might come off the high land to the
west, and knowing that the other fell
lows probably did know them and must
have some good reason for taking such
a course.
1t was a gray day. remember. with
the land hid by fog. Not once during
the race to-day did we see the sun. But
as our skipper drew nearer to where,
according to the course. the automatic
buoy should be, and when at last he
could see 1t clearly. he made straight
for 1t and so some gain on that account
Our third leg was beautiful sailing fol-
six Of the nine miles of 1t. The wind
was not yet to our liking nor was the
seattle Esperanto likes to see 1t lumpy
or with a good high white collar atop
Of it-but 1t was a little better. The
wind increased some, bringing us al
times almost to our scuppers, which
meant that our able vessel was getting
nearer. to her sailing lines.
Some vessels do not like to lie down on
their sides, but the Esperanto never
feels really right until she has her rail
jumping to it. In Saturdays race, with
her rail barely wet. she showed us a
strong twelve knots. To-day with. the
very first puff from the slightly In
creased wind we NpiCked I'D.
Creeps Up ON DeIawana.
When once or twice she got into her
scupper good we could see her leap UP
on the Delawana. But there was not
enough of 1t to send her by-not on this
leg. We did walk UP on her weather
quarter. Four times we so walked up.
but we never could quite pass her. We
sailed all that leg carefully. In Satur-
days race for distance we had got on
to some new wrinkles about the ves-
sells trim and the men to-day were
placed around deck so as to best keep
her in that trim. One man was doing
too much walking around the deck,
whereat John Mathison, our mate, said:
Never mind any more walking there,
boy. Let the vessel do the walking"
1t was pretty sailing with those two
DlB SCnOOHcIS Ou6H anu
for four miles of 1t we not more than
three lengths apart. The fourth leg. as
was hoped. would be a beat of over
eleven miles. and it was a beat, be-
cause the Esperanto's great point is go
ing to windward. We hoped that even
IL the wind did not freshen we might
pass her 1t began as If 1t would be a
beat. We crept up, but whenever we
hoped to get by the Delawana she would
huff We did not have enough to cross
her bows. Three times we tried II and
had to give 1t up.
Then we tried the other thing-sailing
through her lee. One OF those times
some of us figured that we could have
worked across her bow, but 1t was
Martyrs Judgment that we could not do
1t and so we did not try It. Later the
Delawana got a bit of wind and shot
up to our weather and then followed
the incident which came near ending
the race without us ever crossing the
judges and finish line.
A Close Call for Esperanto.
There is a rocky little isle which we
had to pass-Devil's Isle-with light
house on it, and out from the lighthouse
runs a ledge Of rock, over which the surf
breaks whenever there is a swell at all
on the sea. At this spot the sea has a
sweep In from the open ocean and that
brought on a little swell to-day and the
surf was breaking good and white over
1t as we came along. 1t was under our
lee. this rocky isle. when the Delawana
started again to huff US out.
Our skipper was growing tired OF the
luffing. so now. ledge or no ledge and
the white surf thrown in. he was not
going to be bluffed off his course. Both
at this time were miles off the
course. even though the wind before this
had hauled so they could have made
almost the next buoy. which would be
the last before the drive home. The
rocky isle was right under our lee when
the Delawana began her last piece of
luffing tactics. 1t was all right. Ben
Stanley stopped to say, why not? In
his place I'd put this one up on the
IL I could get away with It,"
Our gang were not kicking.
There is a racing rule which says
one vessel cannot crowd another vessel
onto the rocks. but Gloucester fisher
men don't spend their time coming
racing rules. and It is a poor way to
win race--to claim that the other
fellow violated some fancy yacht rae
ing law.
The Delawana continued hcr luffing
and our vessel began TO fall In toward
the rocks At this time VIC were log
ging about seven miles an hour speed
enough 10 send us up good and hard
II we did strike the rocks. We were
on the starboard tack. which the yacht
ing sharks aboard said gave us clear
right of way II we wanted TO swing
off. but Marty did not want to swing