The New York herald., 1922-10-22
Leads Bluenose From Start to
Finish of Forty Mile Fisher
mems Contest.
LOSER SAYS FAIR RACE
international Committee Post
pOnes Start, Which the Two
!. Shippers Disregard
ny JAMES h. coNNoLLY.

Special Dispatch 10 THE New York hEsArD
GLOUCESTER. Mass. Oct. 21.-Glouces-
ter is boiling mad tonight. The Henry
Ford of this port and the Bluenose of
Nova Scotia sailed a race over here
to-day, at least every normal specta-
tor thought it was a race, and in that
| race the Henry Ford outsailed her
rival on every leg, beat her running,
beat her ,reac hing, beat her by the wind,
! beat her a good mile and half over
the whole forty mile course, and when
it was all over the international Racing
Committee said that no race had been
sailed. BY what process OF reasoning
they arrived at that conclusion only
themselves and the psychoanalysts
know. Here are the general facts:
The committee and the judges were
on the L. S. S. destroyer Paulding. It
acted as stakeboat at the start. They
whistled at the starting time. 10 o'clock,
they ran ahead of the racing vessels
and acted as stakeboat at every turn
ing buoy. and then as the Henry Ford
was nearing the home buoy. while she
was yet a mile away they turned about
and ran into the harbor.
! The Secretary Of the Navy was
aboard the Henry Ford acting as Off
cial observer during the race.
Here are a few details:
half hour or so before the start the
Bluencse was Jogging easily dowr
toward the starting line. The Henry
Ford was then getting ready to leave
her wharf with her crew still working
like dogs to get her ready. Last night
at half past seven Capt. Clayton Nor
rissey was notified that he would have
to reduce the Henry Ford's sail plan.
Bont Remeasured.
The boat had been remeasured. Il
seems and was carrying too much sail
| for her water line length. Why
asked "Clayt." the deed OF gift only
| allows vessel to carry so many squa -e
feet OF sail to a foot of water line
Capt. Morrlssey is n salt fisherman. and
after hard rough work on the Grand
Banks he comes home to see his family.
Deed of gift" said Ciayt. IF I'm
ready. my crew Is ready 20 risk her
with that sail in a blow. Why can't
carry il in a race? She's been carrying
| it all summer on the fishing banks"
He argued the point. Designer
McManusi argued the point. McManus
claiming that the Henry Ford had no,
been measured properly to begin with
But nothing doing with the committee
Capt. Morrissey has been used TO nak.
iug five. six and seven hundred mile
passages. He has the reputation OF
being desperate sail carrier even in
| this port of sail carriers.
He started off telling them 10 go tc
- and take their cup with them
What did he want their old cup for
anyway? But he cooled off. remind
ing himself that he was racing witt
the American flag TO his peak against
another vessel which had cleaned W
everything she ever tackled with ths
she beat was the little Elsie, a year
ago. the same owned BY one close
/ friend of his and sailed BY another
| friend the famous Ma-tr We.~h
"All right said Clayton. "Tn be
! there ready to race in the inoTning.
| He had tickets bought and was al
I dressed up to take some OF his family
to the fishermen's ball, He had e
give that up. hustle down 10 the water
front get hold Of Charlie Daniels. ths
saimaker. find a towboat to take his
vessel across the harlAor. unbend the
mainsail and foretopsail haul them VI
to the sail loft and 80 to work. They
worked all night
Ready for Contest.
This morning while all tho gay boat,
were steaming and sailing out by tIsn'
to view the race "Clayt"' and his crew
were az the work OF bending on. thc
sails again. wondering all the while u
| they would be thrown out of balance BY
the change. never supposing they were
even in time for the race,
At $3.50, only half hour left before
starting time. they were putting tho
last changing touches TO their vessel
From the judges boat we saw the
Henry Ford cast her towboat adrift NJ
the breakwater and go under her owr
sail to the line. Many Of us doubted that
! she would make Il. the wind being light
Just about wheH the black ball wen,
up on our judges boat. meaning that
the race was postponed for half ar
hour. most OF us thought without ask
ing that the half hour was 10 allow the
Henry Ford time to play around little
for position. The Henry Ford came
straight and was IN position TO tack
with five minutes To spare. She wa;
playing for hcr place when the II
O'Clock whistle blew. The black bal
came down about the same time.
The argument tonight is whether the
blackball came down before or after tho
whistle. However. whether before OF
latter is not a vital matter II the race
was not on why was the blackball
hauled down a, ali. OF Why was the
whistle blown at 10 o'clock. the regular
time for starting all these races?
When the whistle blew both captains
shot for the line. Tho Henry Ford was
over almost at once. the Bluenose about
five seconds behind her. They had gone
for half mile or 50 In the Hight air
when the committee dispatched q motor
bost 10 tell them 10 return. No offlcis
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