The New York herald., 1922-10-26
Is Miles Dead to Windward
Work in Slop Sea Helps
Canadian Vessel.
BOATS TIED IN SERIES
TO-day's Race to Decide Fish
in Sloop Championship
Of North Atlantic.
by JAMES n. CONNOLLY.

Special Dispatch to THE NEw York HERALD.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Oct. 25.-The sec
ond official race OF the International
series for the fishing schooner cham
pionship of the North Atlantic went to
the Canadian Bluenose to-day when
she led the Henry Ford by seven and
half minutes at the end OF the forty
mile sail. Each boat now has one win
to her credit and the tie will be sailed
off tomorrow.
Yesterday morning the Henry Ford's
crew took their bags ashore and all
day yesterday they walked Main street.
They were through with racing and
international cups and committees, so
they said.
Last evening, before it was yet too
dark, some genius rounded them up,
hoisted them into motor cars. ran
them off and sat them down to supper
somewhere over on the back shore
where the millionaires live when the
weather is pleasant. The doors were
barred aud the curtains drawn. 1t
must have been a good supper or a
long argument because it was nearly
midnight when the crew came rolling
back to Gloucester. Most OF them
calculated they would race in the
morning If the skipper asked them to.
Somebody else must have got 10 work
on Capt. Morrissey with blocks and
tackle. but nobody ever expected to see
him agree to race again. This morning
there he was TO the wheel OF the Henry
Ford. and she was standing down TO-
ward Thatclers on her way 70 he
starting line.
The Bluenose was bidding up toward
Normans Woe at the same time. Tho
Henry Ford tackled offshore, and when
she did. rippp-p went her foresail up
near the gaff. They hauled IL down
and found that the threads which held
the sail to the leach rope had been cut
Well. thank the Lord. they found il out
in time. They sewed up the sail and
legged over to the line.
A Breeze md Swell.
There was a twenty-five mile breeze
blowing this morning ashore. and out
side was a good ground swell with a
short chop. The launches serving the
warships were passing the spray over
their open bows In good shape as they
bounced out of the harbor all of which
meant that It ought TO be a big day for
the Bluenose. Subsequent events proved
that Il was So
II drew near the starting time, and
into the rigging of the committee boat.
s..f.~
of the Canadian navy, went the number
2, which surprised many of US. Wind
conditions were pretty much what they
had been before the start of last Satur-
day and Monday. Course had been
sailed Saturday and course on Mon
day. why course 2 again? However.
more of that later. In the meantime the
wind had Topped, but the slop sea was
still there meaning that the Bluenose
would benefit. she being the bigger
vessel
The gun doomed. the vessels crossed
the lire. the Henry Ford ten seconds In
the lead. The wind was so nearly dead
aft that soon they were winged out be-
fore II. The Henry Ford drew away
and was before long two lengths ahead,
but she could not pull out any further in
front The Buenose placed her big sail
plan between her and the wind and laid
there. Just before the buoy was
reached the Bluenose ran the wind down.
swung across the Henry Ford's stern.
and still carrying the wind, ran ahead
10 the buoy. II was prettlly done and
gave great announcement to the visitors
on II. NJ S. Patriot, II being the first
time they had seen their vessel in the
lead since these races began here.
Biuenose Gains.
The Bluenose hauled sheets in smart
ly and went offshorc. The Henry Ford
a,ood Off after her. At first she pointed
higher than the big fellow but II dli
not get her anything. The Bluenose
was moving faster through the water
When she tackled inshore half an hour
later she was a quarter mile ahead
They tackled ofshcre. inshore, offshore
again, the Bluenose getting one favor
able slant, but gaining something on
her own account also.
once the Henry Ford caught a wind
slant she started her sheets and then
she did come along. But in three min
utes the wind was back In tho old quar-
ter. The wind was freshening and
softening all along the way. Just be-
fore making the buoy. the southerlv
one. the Bluenose got a fine fresh
breath. She carried II around the buoy
and half a mile up 10 the reachout 10
the easterly buoy. She heeled we'll
down 10 Il, splashing white water wide
from each how The sun shone down
on her great milk white sails as they
lifted and bellied. She made n grand
picture then.
The Henry Ford rounded, but TO not
such fresh breath. She had lost seven
minutes on that last ten miles 10 wind
ward However. she now mad wind over
her quarter. the way she likes Il. 10 the
easteriy buoy. Tho wind picked up all
along the line. and she began to walk.
but walking so steadily even when she