The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-07-18
Resolute Fails to Finish Course
In Required Six Hours, How
ever, and Race Is Off.
ADAMS SHOWS GREAT SKILL.
Skipper of American Yacht
Handles Craft With Consul
mate Ease In Light Winds.

or pleasure seekers who went hopefulIy
down TO the sea in ships today to wit
ness a second test of speed, staunch-
ness and seamanship between the
Resolute and Shamrock W. enjoyed a
delightful days outing.
But what they saw was hardly
yacht race. Light and inadeol,ate
zephyrs resolved it into little more
than drifting match After more
than five and a half hours OF futile ef-
fort the attempt to cover the :rian-
gular course laid off from the Ambrose
channel light vessel was abandoned.
1t had become evident that the cup
defender, which was then many Z lies
in front of her adversary, could not
possibly complete the final leg Of the
course within the prescribed limit OF
six hours sailing.
When the hoarse whistle of the com
mittee boat at twenty-five minutes
past seven o'clock announced that YER
dict TO the assembled fleet Of pleasure
craft. the diT hOnorS. such as they
We're, had been WOE exclusively ny the
Resolute amG her Cannv skipper.
Charles FrauHs Adams, md. From
re momen- wien ne shOt the beaUt.-
!:re ninc seconds in the lead. after orc
cf the pretties pieces Of competitive
?ockeying evSi seen l." yacnt.nE. the
cup defender was never headed dur
ing the long and trying days sport
So gentle were the breezes. and even
these come only after a postponement
of the start for an hour and three
quarters, during which time every
body whistled for a breeze, and that
nearly three hours of the maximum
quota of six hours had been consumed,
when the Herreshoff sloop rounded
the mark placed at the first corner of
the equilateral triangle
But right there was where the Irish
champion, already distanced, met her
Waterloo. Captain William Burton
strove repeatedly to tack the Sham
rock around the buoy, but in the hope
If picking up something on his fleet
rival, he had broken out a big balloon
jib on the Shamrock, while he yet had
serious work to do windward.
Experts on board the press boats
were astounded at what they thought
so injudicious a piece Of seacraft. II
cost the challenger dearly. She had
fallen into what sailors call "a soft
spot" just as she neared the turning
desperate efforts TO get headway, sae
wallowed almost motionless. Again
and again she was coaxed slowly up
TO the mark, only to have to come
about again and try TO go TO wind
ward.
During all this struggle the Reso-.
lutte. which had swung about the marx
with grace and perfect ease, was off
sails filled with the most cheering
breeze of the day.
On board the steam yacht Victorias
Sir Thomas Upton stood and watched
with discouraged feelings the futile
struggles Of his green challenger TO
pull out Of the pocket and beck away
from the heels Of the American. Tho
racer which has been his pride and
hope was battling only about half q.
mile from the bridge Of the craft on
which her owner stood, marine glass
glued TO eyes that peered out beneath
furrowed brows.
When the Shamrock finally mana
aged to wear around the mark she was
just thirty-six minutes behind the
Resolute. The cup defender had
opened a gap Of water between her
and her rival which was estimated
variously by experienced yachtsmen
at from five TO six miles. In the sec
ond leg of the triangle there were mo-
ments when the pride OF the Royal
Ulster Yacht Club seemed 70 pt'S up
somewhat OF the distance she had lost
TO the Yankee skipper. Once or twice
II looked as though she might even
close the gap and bring back q race
upon something like even terms. But
that hope proved elusive. BY some
strange freak Of sailing the TAp;Cn
craft appeared 10 do her best work on
the port tack. But whenevc- she
pulled up notch or two on that point
of sailing the Resoluta promptly won
back her advantage. the ABeri isan
seeming TO glide best while on the
s.arss. ard tack.
It was the universal judgment o.
critics who saw today's attempt at a
race that Captain Adams displayed
superior judgment TO CAPITA Burton
fr Jm star; TO finish. and proved nlni-
self tn more resourceful skipper. That
the defender is the better boat IN I4gnt
airs was thought to have Deen demo'.-
strated no less clearly. Eut IL remains
true that after two trials neither Of the
cup yachts has been yet subjected 10
any real yachting weather such as
would test the adequacy OF cons.r1c-
tion and rig, and, at tne same ime.
relative speed in a twelve -Ino- brecze
with every inch OF canvas pulling and
lee rails awasb.