New-York tribune., 1922-10-27
BluenoseVict
Will Race With
The Mayflower'
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my judgment there must be practical
rules for the governing Of the races
but In fairness to all they should be in.
terpreted and carried out by men who
know every phase of the fishing and
shipping industries
! John Raymond, part owner of the
Ford, appeared tonight with $4,000
| in his clinched right hand. Raymond
wants another race with the Biuenose
1 "I'll not race the Henry Ford again
| this year." Captain Walters said "rll
race tho Mayhower If their owners
want to race, hut I'll not race the
Henry Ford" The matter rests there
temporarily.
Protest Filed for Ford
| At midnight tonight the interna-
| of protest from William j. MacInnis,
chairman of the~American Race Com
| mittee, on behalf of the Ford. 1t
reads:
II hereby protest to-day's race be-
tween schooner Bluenose and schooner
Henry Ford on the ground that the
schooner Bluenose carried no official
observer. also protest on the ground
that the Bluenose used a different stay
sail from the one used in the previous
races, and that the different staysail
was. Of larger area than the staysail
previously used. and that the staysail
was not part of the regular equip
ment of the vessel and that the substi-
tuition was made without the permission
Of the international committee"
4 To-day'ss race ends for all time the
question OF the superiority of the Bluo-
nose over the Ford. Captain Morrisey
himself admitted that, when he said
tonight that had the Bluenose carried
full sail over the last leg and half
of the course she would have beaten
his boat by twenty minutes. A high.
wind and comparatively smooth sea
are Bluenose weather To-day the
wind was high and heavy, while the
sea was broken into short chops. but
did not run heavily. In this going the
Nova Scotian outfooted the Ford over
the entire course. She crossed the
start and the finish line ahead, and
there was no period Of the race when
she did not have the challenging
schooner we'll in her wake.
"You can't make these Gloucester
shippers think little Of their ships"
after it was all over tonight "Clayte"
Morrissey remarked thoughtfully as
he chewed the end of his long and in
tensely black cigar.
"D' y know, if it was race under
i
believe we'd be pretty near beating
Angus's boat" Morrissey accepted the
beating in good spirit, and admitted
that the Bluenose had demonstrated
her value. But he still knows the Ford
is a mighty good vessel. And he's
right.
On the other hand Walters showed
no disposition to gloat over his
triumph.
1T ives good race, and we had the
foot on her." he said.
When there is any wind out there
Clayte can't beat US in a year; but
Clayte's mighty good fellow, and If
we had to be beat I'd rather have his
boat beat US than any other boat I
know. III race Clayte Morrissey any
time he wants me to. That's the way
feel about it,"
Tc-day's result buries the raging
controversy which has run Gloucester
ragged ever since the sailing commit
tee muffed the false start of the first
race last Saturday. Offspring of the
dispute will be found in hot arguments
on every street corner in Gloucester
sue is dead. Not only is it dead, but
neat epitaph has been provided for it's
tombstone
Captain George PEBBLES is the au-
thor of rae epi:aph. He spoke it to-
day as the vessels neared the finish
line. On the fourth leg the Ford car
ried away her foretopmast, and she fin
ished the race with only her maintop-
sail flying of all her kites. The acci-
dent was tough racing luck. but the
circumstances were such that, aside
from the delay of minute or two
while three men went aloft and cleared
the wreckage, it made no difference in
the result. In fact the Ford |
sailed better without her tops than she
did with them.
Nevertheless. the accident was made
the text for one last frantic appeal
on behalf of those one or two indi- |
who with one and q half eyes
on what passes for public opinion, have
persistently intrigued to have the cup
given to the Ford. William j. Mac
lnnis, chairman of the racing commit
tee for the American eliminations. was
the author Of this wireless message,
which was handed to Captain PEBBLES, |
chairman of the international sailing
committee, on the bridge of the Cana
dian cruiser Patriot few minutes be-
fore the finish:
II appeal to you for square deal
for the schooner Henry Ford. twice