Evening star., 1922-10-27
BLUE NOSE REMAINS
WORLD CHAMPION
Fishing Fleet TitIehoIder
Scores Second Victory
Over Henry Ford.
FORMAL PROTEST FILED
American Race Committee Alleges
Canadian Schooner's Staysail
Larger Than in Former Races.
By the AssOcia ted Press.

| GLOUCESTER, Mass, October 27.-
f! The schooner Blue Nose OF Canada is
again champion of the international
| fishing fleets. Capt. Angus Walters
| and his fellow Lunenburgers yester-
| day scored a second success against
| the Heury Ford, American challenger.
and Capt. Clayton Morissey and his
| crew of Gloucestermen. The margin
was one Of minutes 81 seconds,
about the same as the Blue Nose lead
! Of Wednesday. While the Gloucester
boat. In fact. won two races, the first
was declared unofficial
Capt Morrissey himself took little
part In yesterdays activities because
| of recurring illness. In his place
| Capt AL Malloch, one of Gloucester's
hardest drivers, had the wheel much
\ of the time. A Northwestern that ran
| from a moderate speed at the start up
| to twen:y-eight knots, blew the boats
about the forty-mile course in the
fastest time attained to date-4 hours
| 4s minutes 3S seconds for the Blue
Nose and 4 hours Sc minutes % sec
| onds for the Henry Ford. This was
an average speed for the winning
schooner of 7.29 minutes to the mile
speedy sailing with one y lie beat TO
the windward. including a final three
or four miles of extra sailing.
FOrctopmnxt Lost.
On this windward leg. a dead muz-
zler, the shippers tried to carry 100
much sail. AS Il result the Henry
Ford lost her foretopmast. which
ing with it foregar topsail and bal
looner. The shippers would not muZ-
zle, SO the wind did it for them, the
Blue Nose parting ballooner stay
Capt. Walters lowered the satls cor
responding to those lost to the Chou
intent at courtesy or sportsmansnip'
saying he took the sails down wheh
he found they were no good TO hlIn
Last night Capt Morrissey said he
was going to challenge the Blue Nose
skipper to another race raGed ai.e. @
winning the first two times We nave
now won two each. I hope Angus Will
meet me again. he said.
With negotiations pending for n race
between the Blue Nose and Mayfiower,
the latter the Boston schooner. when mas
been outlawed from the international
competition, there is in prospect con-
test for the championship of the north
Atlantic fisheries. with possible fourth
contender. Capt. Ben Pine said ne wouid
ask to have the schooner Elizabeth
Howard included in such race. i
held, it will probably take place Off
here Saturday.
Before either Blue Nose or Henry Ford
can race again. however, they must De
hauled out and scraped Keel damages
delayed each this morning. The mar
gin at the finish of yesterdays race was
no mark of the keenness OF the compe-
tition. For nearly thirty miles the boats
were within biscuit toss of each other
Henry Ford Gains.
The Blue Nose had shown herself sur
prisingiy fast in the smooth seas ard
light wind on the first leg. close reach
She had gained 4 fifteen-second adVan-
tage. and the weather berth at the start,
In which Capt. Angus outguessed the
man at the Gloucesterman's wheel. But
at the turn she led only by fifty seconds
in addition to this head start.
On the second leg of ten miles. a COM
Portable reach, they fought 1t out across
up almost on even terms. On this leg
she gained thirty EIGHT seconds and at
the turn her bowsprit almost swept the
Blue Nose stern as they jibed round the
buoy, twenty-seven seconds only be-
tween foremast and foremast
On the third leg. another stretch Of
plain sailing. broad reach. they were
separated only by seconds all the way
The fight for place was so close that
at one time they started to luff it out.
With booms well out. and both run
ming full and free, now the Ford,
ag.an the Blue Nose seemed to get
the impulses from the gusty winds,
and they teetered on either side,
slight gain and slight loss. on the
dead center OF their relative sailing
qualities.
When the breeze became fairly con-
stant at higher velocity. however. the
Blue Nose tore along at fourteen to
fifteen knots speed. The men of the
Ford were called to the leeward rail
for a main haul, and the big sail
was brought in to try for more con-
centrated power. Angus followed the
maneuver. They were still only sec
onds apart
Awaah to Coamings.
Trimming sheets, and swinging
around, starting the long beat with
board on the port tack, by tie wind.