The New York herald., 1921-10-23
BY JAMES b. CONNOLLY.

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BY JAMES b. CONNOLLY.
Special Despatch to THE Npw YonK Hm.rn.
HALIFAX. N. S., Oct. 22.--Our little
Elsie met the big Bluenose to-day and
took beating in one of the grea. est
races ever sailed over a measured
course. She parted balloon stay and
later carried away her foretopmast at
"a time when she thought she would
surely overhaul her rival. The Blue
nose people say that If the Elsie had
not parted so much as q pack thread
the Elsie still would have been beaten,
because conditions to-day, a twenty
mile breeze and rough water to match.
were made to order for the Lunenburg
schooner. Rough water that checks
vessel like the Elsie has little effect
on her. They are admitting that but
for the Elsie's accident it might have
been fairly close race, but the Elsie
winning, it doesn't lie in the planhs
and spars Of that great little vessel
they say.
1T was what the weather sharks said
it would be last night, a strong breeze
and rough water outside. IT did not
blow the gale that was prayed for. but
it did blow half gale, wind enough to
afford fair enough tryout for any
two seagoing vessels.
Elsie Crosses In Lead.
Every steam and sail craft was snap
ping in the cool nor'wester when the
two vessels stood down for the line
The Elsie crossed with the crack of
the gun, perfect start The Bluenose
was six lengths behind. II was easy
sheets then and all sail. with every
thing drawing for the first buoy. They
ran away from all. the following steam
ships in that first hours drive. The
squalls which came off the high Che
bucto shore rolled them both down to
beautiful slant as they drove for the
outer automatic buoy at a sweet twelve
knot clip.
The sea was smooth enough under
Chebucto, but as they reached out to
the open sea the water grew lumpier
and the swell more pronounced. but
there was nothing to trouble them ex-
cept steering was more difficult when
they jibed to go before it. On the run
to Shut-in buoy, the vessels still doing
twelve knots. the Elsie acted as If she
we're trying to broach, the only fault
with her in a behavior otherwise per-
feet. Her masthead and her rivals
masthead swung through q good arc
ne O1 nha ~ txyo for n
over both forward. The masthead men
must have been hanging on grimly and
also they must have found 1t pretty cool
UP there in the October norwester.
The Bluenose turned the outer auto
matte buoy, thirteen miles from the
start, five lengths In the lead. She
turned the second buoy, twenty-five
miles, half mile in the lead. which
lead. however, did not worry the Elsie
people. Most races are settled by good
or bad windward work. and an eleven
and a half mile beat TO windward was
now facing them.
Bluenose shows Keel.
1t was long taclks up toward Devils
Island. that spot where Marty Welch
refused to ask for sea room last year
and where as result ne came near
leaving the Esperanto's frame on the
surf crowned ledge. He had all the sea
room he wanted to-day trying TO over
haul the big Lunenberger. 1t was rough
water and rough work all the way. Both
vessels had been taking plenty OF white
water on their windward bows on the
run TO Shut-in. Now both were taking
the solid green water over their whole
lee forcuuarters. Both we're also hit
ing pretty high to IL forward. but the
big Bluenose was lifting higher and
plung:ng deeper than the little Elsie.
Al times the big follow Ehowcd his keel
clear TO the foremost.
All this time there was plenty OF WIND
for all the sail the Elsie was carrying
and to the all but staysail the Blu=nose
was carrying. The noticeable thing
was that the Elsie was not rolling as
low down TO IL as the big one At no
time did she bury her lee rail She wet
II but did not bury It. And through IL
all II was "A matter of judgmen. as 10
whether she was not calling closer to
the wind than the big fellow.
Foretopmast Carried Away.
The sea was livening up all this time.
showing all green and white. and be-
tween the green below and blue above
the now white sails of the Bluenose
stood out prettily. The old and tried
fishing bank outfit of the Elsie did not
look 80 pretty. but they were standing
to the drag. which was the main thing.
The Elsie did have a maintopmast
which she sprung In her drive from
Gloucester to Halifax a few nights be-
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