Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-23
RESOLUTE IN front
|NFOURTHC CUP RACE
OFF Of SANDY HOOK
Both Yachts Break Out Baby
Top Jibsails-Seek Aid
of Tide.
By the Associated Press.

of Tide.
BY the Associated Press.
> SANDY HOOK, N. j., July z5.-
The ResoIute turned the first mark
of the triangular course at z:54:z
and sped away on the second ten
mile leg, a reach out to sea.
The Shamrock followed the de-
fender around the first mark at
2:36:5S.
SANDY HOOK. n. J., July %
Resolute. defending the Americas s
cup, dashed first across the line to-
day at the start of the fourth inter-
national yacht race. which she must
win to prevent Sir Thomas Lipton's
Shamrock " from capturing the
priceless pewter trophy.
Shamrock crossed twenty-three sec
onds behind the defender. with the
blowing of the preparatory signal
the two sloops stood away to south
ward in the light breeze, and when
ahe warning signal was sounded at
1855, they were 500 yards TO wind
ward of the lightship.
Then they came about and reached
for the line with boomS to Starboard. but
not sufficient air to permit any smart
jockeying for the start
The yachts reached fast to east
windward of the committee boat and
then along the line. They had to kill
off time and stood away again to the
northward.
With the starting signal sounded at
! pm. Resolute crossed at :O1 :33, Of
ficial time, and Shamrock at :O1 :o6-
Then both plunged forward on the first
ten-mile leg of the thirty-mile triangu-
lar course-a beat to windward down
the Jersey shore.
Wearing ship, they again stood down
the line from west to east, ReSolute
planting herself squarely on the weather
quarter.
Shamrock Hung Back.
1t was Shamrock today that hung back
and allowed Resolute to set the pace.
Capt. Burton of the challenger was very
nearly handicapped. having only four
seconds to get over the line within the
two minutes allowed after the starting
signal.
Both yachts crossed on the starboard
tack and Resolute at once began to
gain Ten minutes after the start both
tackled to port, with Resolute 200 yards
TO windward going quite fast and Sham
rock almost becalmed.
The two sIoops broke out baby jib
topsails on crossing the line. There
was a big roll to the sea, and the
sloops pounded as they moved away.
causing them to spill some of the
wind from their sails. After Capt.
Burton started to let Shamrock run
in order to forereach her rival the |
challenger appeared for while as If |
she was sailing back to the starting |
line, SO badly was she thrown off. ap-
parently by the shifting wind When |
The two yachts later headed inshore |
toward the Jersey highlands Resolute
gained constantly in the beat to wind
ward. her sharp bow lifting through
the sea better than yShamrock's snub- |
by nose.
ResOlute Quarter Mile Ahead.
At iii the American yacht was
easily a quarter of mile ahead.
Working inshore. Resolute pinched
out farther and father to weather,
while Shamrock sought to overcome
The defender heeled over in the light
breeze more than the Upton boat, and
showed the same marked advantage
in beating to windward in a great.swell
with faint airs. as she did in previous
races. The yachts at 1:24 were trying
to get in under the Jersey highlands,
where they hoped to get a bit more
breeze.
At 1:20 the wind hauled almost to
the south, letting up Resolute and put
ting her more than one-quarter of a
Ipile to windward, where she was al
most able to lay her course for the
first mark.
At 1870 the wind. after having in
creased to eight knots. went back into
a south-southwest, making it dead
ahead to the first turn, with Reso-
lutte half mile to windward and go
ing faster than Shamrock, which seemed
foggy.
The sloops stood we'll inshore to
gain advantage of the tide. The wind
was just strong enough to drive them
through the ground swell. Shamrock
pounded and slapped in the roH and
There was continual smother of
foamy water under her snub bow
At 1:37 observers ashore estimated
that Resolute was leading by only a
little more than quarter of mile.
Capt Burton evidently had given UP
trying to forereach the Hereshof sloop
and was beginning to pinch Shamrock
out along the edge of the. wind.
AS Shamrock was tweuty-three
seconds later than Rasolute in cross
Ing the line, but NUT give her today
a time handicap of six minutes and
forty seconds, she must finish six
minutes and eighteen seconds ahead of
the defender to win and six minutes
and seventeen seconds to tie.
Shamrock Uses Baby Jib.
At 1 :o5 when nearly down to the
highlands. Shamrock had picked up
with the aid of small baby jib top
sail and was doing better in the
breeze. which had dropped back to
six knots.
Apparently the shippers did not
find the wind they expected along
the Jersey shore, but they had the
advantage of the tide and kept on,
heading in toward Seabright. Sham
rock cut down some of her rivals lead
on the inshore. but at 1:55 the Amer
lean sloop was still quite apiece to
weather.
sAt 1:55 the breeze hauled directly
south. giving the boats still more OF
a beat AT that time the official press
boat following the racers reported
that they We're off the south end of
the highlands. about two miles from
the beach, sailing about on even
terms. with Resolute half a mile to
windward and therefore that much
more nearer the turning mark.
Resolute 700 Yards Ahead.
At 2:05 Shamrock came about and
headed Oft shore.
Resolute crossed Shamrock's bows
at 2:O7 and then came about on the
starboard tack. planted squarely on
the challengers quarter.
After this maneuver. the press boat
wirelessed that Resolute was about