New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
Bluenose Makes Strong Effort

them at the second mark, after eight
cen miles of racing.
BIuenose Makes Strong Effort
With their upper canvas taut again
both vessels came up for the close
haul in approximately the same posi-
tions as they had approached the buoy.
Inc bluenose made q strong effort to
come up to weather of the Elsie. but
the Gloucesterman had it in her to
hold her own wind and the Bluenose
edged off length before both vessels
bore away. The wind had dropped to
about twelve knots, and again there
was only three lengths of open sea be-
tween the two.
At the southeast automatic, the third
mark, there were seventeen seconds
between the two boats. Twenty-six
miles of straight-away sailing and sew
enteen seconds to choose So far there
was nothing in it, and the more ardent
friends of the Canadian challenger
were beginning to grumble that Skip
per Walters's slow start would lose him
.he race.
This was the epic point of, the race.
1t was here that lor the first time
Angus Walters, of Lunenburg, showed
that he is just rs keen a seaman as
Marty Welch, of Gloucester. and lust
as daring If the need for daring arises.
The Elsie stood we'll over the buoy.
The Bluenose, four lengths behind,
shaved the buoy. made a quick come
about and came up on the wind toe
to toe with the Gloucesterman and in
the weather position. 1t was a neat
piece Of seamanship and it marked the
beginning of the end of the defender.
Running into the wind on the port
tack the Bluenose pointed conspicu-
ously higher than the Elsie, and was
footing it as fast. The wind helped
a lot, for it had freshened to sixteen
knots and both vessels were we'll over
under every stitch of canvas After q
half an hour sailing the Canadian boat
was good half mile to weather of
the Yankee and almost on her beam.
1T was very evident that unless Cap
tam Welch made a quick comcabout
/ the tack would leave him at least q
mile astern.
Canadian Gains on Tack
The two boats spent forty-five min
utes on this tack, and as soon as the
Elsie was ready to come about the
could safely follow suit. They came
up within the minute, the Elsie with
her foretopsail and staysail doused
and the Bluenose in the same suit
The tack to starboard left the Elsie q
good half mile In the wake Of the chal-
lenger, and the friends Of the Blue
nose took deep, refreshing breaths
again.
On the starboard tack the Canadian
more than held her own. The wind
was good seventeen knots and she
liked 1t. Pointing high and with every
gall taut, she headed straight for the
inner automatic, with the defender
vainly spreading everything she could
| carry, running on the challenger's
| quarter, quarters of mile
| astern. Before the Bluenose eased
sheets and pointed for the mark, She
had put her rival a mile astern. Both
boats were getting plenty of wind, but
~ would take, something more than
anything the Elsie had to give to make
up the distance between them.
The boats passed the inner auto
matte with the Elsie ten minutes be-
hind the Canadian entry. Captain Wal
ters stood we'll into shore in an evi-
dent effort to make the finish line
without another tack, but he didn't
have the necessary elbow room. The Ell
sic made a shorter tack of it, and she
came up almost abeam of the chal-
lenlger. but the Bluenose was almost q
mile to the weather of her rival.
There was no relative change in the
position Of the racing schooners on
the tack and hitch which brought them
over the finish line. the Bluenose ten
minutes ahead. Marty Welch had done
his darndest, but he was up against
| too strong an opponent