Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17

held on Thursday was certain amount
OF tenderness to such wind as blew.
That is, she darted along nicely heeled
under winds that made little impression
on the Emerald racer.
Judgment Reversed
Now we had supposed that light airs
were Shamrock's meter and had look
ed for Resolute's best chance to come
when the breeZes were somewhat
weighty. With knowledge now in our
possession we find the necessity of re-
versing this judgment, so the next thing
to know Is whether Rcsolute Is also
superior when breezes are lusty. Sir
Thomas thinks not. 80 do the men who
are handling her. Which was the great
reason why gifts from Old Aeolus were
invoked today.
Those who visited the two sloops in
press launch at an early hour today
found the two crews transferring from
their houscboats to the yachts. where at
once they fell TO work stripping off the
sail coverings and drawing from matches
the head sails that would be used in
sailing around the Hook to the start
ing line. Meanwhile the afterguards Of
the two sloops were studying wind con-
ditions in order that they might become
familiar with the sort of problem they
WOulu nave TO WORK out.
There is, of course, problem in
every leg Of yacht race--more 80 in a
windward leg. of COURSE; but a prob
lem, none the less, in all. For today's
event the conditions call for n race over
an cquilateral triangle of thirty miles,
ten miles to leg. The idea would be
so TO arrange the course as to send
the yachts on a windward leg, thus
giving them beat. which the second
leg a reach--that is, with the wind
coming over the beam-and naturally
a run to the home mark thus the racers
would have test in the three cardinal
points of sailing-an adequate test.
OF course, there was really no telling
at an early hour just what the wind
was going to do. but there were signs to
be read by the weatherwise, and OF
all experts in this particular none is
more weatherwise that Captain Con
molly. who this morning was seen or
the quarterback of the defender con
versing with Skipper Adams. =.
Now Captain Connolly is Sandy
Hook pilot of long experience. No. one
along the coast knows any more about
wind and weather in this vicinity thar
he. He has sailed in many cup rae,
as meteorological adviser and las
Thursday was the first time in thirt,
years-the only time. that is-that h,
ever stood on the deck of a beaten de
fender. He did not fall in love will
the innovation. As matter of fact
II was not his fault that Resolute die
not win, for when it came to findn,
breezes last Thursday the Resolute wa
certainly the fortunate boat.
It was Saturday, and this meant
that lots of persons who were unabl,
TO 20 down to Thursdays race were
In a position to put to sea today. AnC
they did. At o'clock this morning
there were twice as many yachts col
lected inside and outside Sandy Hool
as there were on the day of the first
race, and later a glance at the proces
sion making its way down past the
West Bank Beacon suggested that tn,
1O. 900 spectators who attended the first
event would be heavily outnumbered by
today's throng.
The Plymouth. Orizaba and all the
rest of the excursion steamboats, which
attended Thursdays event were out oil
the ocean shortly after 10 o'clock. but
they were not ahead of the destrOyers
and the mine swcepers which ,combineC
OH Thursday to keep the course cleal
and will do so today. Their work wa!
we'll done in the first race. Withou
bluster or mistake they marshalcd tn,
4 great fleet of attending craft and KEEP
: them in hand throughout. Some credi
4 should. of course, go to the skipper
y of the spectator fleet, who obeye,
T. cheerfully and with alacrity the order
e they received. This came by way o