The New York herald., 1922-10-26
LEADS YANKEE BOAT
BY 7 MIN. 50 SECS.
Wind and Water Conditions
Favor Canadian Schooner
Over Long Course.
LOSERS SAIL INJURED
Bluenose Seaman Has Narrow
Escape When Snarled in
staysail Halyard.
LOSERS SAIL INJURED


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was doing good eleven knots that one
Of her crew who had to go out TO the
end of her bowsprit did It standing up
going and coming.
Sailing beautifully. she gained a good
half mile on this leg. The Biuenose
turned the easterly buoy and headed In
shore for Thatchers. The wind was
holding. and she made fast work of IL.
The wind was abeam and she was roll
ing her scuppers deep down. piiing the
kills of foam UP each bow and pass
ing them aft and out astern In q long
white belt of foam. The Henry Ford.
coming on behind. after making slow
urn. was performing in the same way.
BY and by the sky darkened and the
wind hardened. Out TO sea astern OF
tie Henry Ford we could see the white
caps suddenly increasing. The wind
came piling down on her, and onto her
side she rolled. She took II fairly with
everything she had, both topsails and
flying staysaii. She laid her rail down
TO 1t and she scooted.
Henry Ford Fairly scooted.
Oh. but she scooted. she drove both
bows into tho smother. Topmasts were
buckling then and her weather shrouds
held like iron. Whish-h went her lee
all through it, We were all sort OF
sorry that Secretary DENLY had not
stayed aboard one more day TO see "A
Gloucester fisherman carry sail. IL was
too good to last. That is the trouble
with most squalls. They come around
when you don't want them and run
along out of the way when you do. For
mile and a half the Henry Ford tore
the ocean up, gaining all sho had lost
by a slow turn at the last buoy, and
then she went her regular gait again,
which was twelve knots an hour, as was
he Bluenoses, she not loafing any all
ths time for the ten mile leg.
There was now five miles Of a dead
beat all to windward.- The race was
the Biuenosess barring accidents. No
accidents happened. Our destroyer ran
ahead to be in at the finish. A haze had
heen wrapping things up ashore and out
70 sea before this, and by the time we
made the finish line both vessels were
,ost to us in the half dark to the east
ward. II. M. 8. Patriot, with lights allow
and aloft. took position at the finish
i.ne. -.
BY and by triangle of white sail
Ioomed out of the gloom. A CLEAN not
70 white was presently under her lee
quarter the Henry Ford. The milk
white sail was Of course the Bluenose.
She came edging down from inshore,
tackled under the quarter of her war
ship and came moving siuggishly up TO
the line. She nosed past the Patriots
stern, her tall sails blocking or the
had won.
Half a mile away was the Henry
Ford The wind was dying. 1t took
her seven minutes to make the mark.
The big fleet Of excursion boats We're
rot there for to-day's race, but what
we're there cheerfully or as cheerfuiiy
as they knew how gave the Bluenose
the customary whistles.
Final Test To-day.
What there will be tomorrow will
depend on the wind and the committee
hut whatever the wind Is Gloucester
hones that the committee Will consider
the fact that but one-fourth of ves-
sers life at sea Is spent In beating
"a windward. Three-fourths of 1t is
spent in close reaching. head reaching
and running. The committee to-day
chose number two course, ensuring fit-
teen miles OF dead to windward work
In a sIop sea and Bluenose's strong
roint. against only 25 miles of sailing
on the other three points. the other three
points favorng the Henry Ford.
What with having her foresail cut
last night. having to cut down her sail
mainsail twice under the orders OF
Boston expert, who on his own admis-
sion made two mistakes In his figuring,
having race most men here think she
fairly won taken from them, these
things have not left the Henry Ford's
crew In a much better humor than they
we're yesterday.
The Rluenosc beat them to-day with
out fluke. but they are saying to-
night that they hope the COMMITTEES VIII
remember tomorrow that windward
work in choppy weather is not all OF
fisherman's life. 1t Is not the only
thing fishing vessel has to do at
sea. The winner and loser of to-day's
race depends almost entirely on the
choice of course,
The official times for start, first, sec
ond. third and fourth marks ana nnish
follow:
BIuenose. II :o0:5a: II :46:i6; 2:f2:f1;
3:O7 10: 1886 :09; 4:5I:4l.
Henry Ford. 10000: 1l:46:0o; 2:So:W; |;
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