The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-14
BLUE NOSE GETS
WARM WELCOME
AS She Reaches Gloucester
After a Stormy
Trip
TO MEET YANKEE
CHALLENGER
Meanwhile Four Entries in
Elimination Contest Be-
gin Second Race

Gloucester, Mass, Oct. 1.-The fish,
ermen racing for the schooner cham
pionship Of the American feet and for
the right to challenge Blue Nose, the
Canadian champion, for the interns
tional cup, resumed their racing to-
day after having welcomed the big
Nova Scotian schooner which had been
missing several DAYS.
The Blue Nose, sails furled, had ap-
peared outside the harbor as the first
Of the fleet going out to see the start
or. to-day's American elimination race
past the breakwaters. She was IN
tow of the Canadian cruiser Patriot
which had lost her in a fog off Sable
Island two days ago and found her
again of Cape Ann last night. The
defending champion was given a ratI
cous welcome by foghorns and sirens
from these vessels.
The second Of the elimination races
to determine the American challenger
had as competitors the four vessels
that took part in the racing Thurs
day when the Henry Ford, under Gap
tain Clayton Morrissey, was the win
ner. The Elizabeth Howard, which, in
that race, met with an accident to her
topsail while she was leading, returned
to the course to-day with the breaks
repaired although hnrriedly.
Her white body, the only vessel of
the lot to depart from the fshermen's
conventional black, glistened in the
morning sun.
The Yankee, with Captain Mike
d. h. - -. Ill 7
Dunton, under Captain Felix Hogan.
prepared TO make their forlorn chance
fight against the two bigger boats
around which enthusiasm was cen
tered, and about equally divided.
In their meeting Of Thursday the
Henry Ford and Elizabeth Howard
sailed against each other only in a
run and in a short stretch of reach
ing before the Howard was disabled.
On these points of sailing the Howard
was the better. but fishermen found
much to interest them in speculations
over the relative merits of the boats
to the windward.
'sThe Blue Nose is best by wind and
in a good blow. We got TO beat her, IN
to deciding our own cham
pion and we got to get the boat best
able to do it," one member Of the
committee remarked this morning, in
discussing the windward phase of the
Howard's and Ford's racing rivalries
and expressing hope for stiff sailings
by the wind to bring out the quail
lies of each boat to-day.
Henry Ford's Captain Confident.
Captain Morrissey said he was con
ident that the Henry Ford was the
,est boat of the fleet on windwsrd
work. Captain Ben Pine of the How
lrd said that his schooner, while not
,ointing as high perhaps, would foot
is fast or faster than the Henry Ford
Ind her ability to run better and to
each as well or better as shown on
made her the better all
ound boat. he contended.
The weather was clear, cool. with
ight breeze from the southeast, with
that 1t would pick up lit
lie before racing time.
A sharp ten knot breeze was COM
ng in the harbor as the four fisher
nen sped out TO the start. As they
cached Eastern Point all dipped their
olors TO the defending Blue Nose,
yhich dropped anchor inside Dog Bar
shortly after sunrise.
The sky was very clear and old salts
redicted i5-knot breeze later in the
ay.
The Elizabeth Howard was the last
> round Eastern Point and followed
he others in jockeying for place at
be start.
The race committee chose the mum
or two course. with a run of FIVE
tiles TO Thatchers Island, beat of
IN miles up the bay, reach of TO
tiles of shore, another l0-mile reach
rck TO the island and a beat Of fye
lilies back 10 the finish. The wind
I'd increased TO IL knots with white
lps running.
As the American fishermen passed
n. the Blue Nose ran mp o British
lsign at her main and the Stars and
tripes at her fore and all hands lined
le rail. The L. A. Dunton passed
ose TO the defender, but the Henry
ord gave her = wide berth. Giouces
r men remarked at her extremely
gh bow and her short overland aft.