Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-31
Gloucester Entry Clearly
Shows Superiority - Fresh
Wind At Start Dies Out
Ford 2 Miles From Finish
AT Expiration of Six Hour
Limit-Shamrock And How.
ard In Luffing Scrap-Race
Again Today At 1890 A. NJ.

Gloucester. Mass. Aug. 2o-The
Henry Ford Of Gloucester showed
her heels to two rivals today but
lost race against the clock when
the six hour time limit set for the
open fisherman's race tor the Upton
and Prentiss cups expired with the
leader still two miles from the fin
ish line. The race. the feature event
of Gloucesters 300th anniversa~ -
celebration, will be run off tomorrow
with the rest of the ami ersary pro-
gram already finished. Today's post
ponement was the second, the start
having been aclled off on Monday
because Of fog.
The Ford, gaining on the Elizabeth
Howard and the Shamrock on every
leg, until she was alone in the race,
justified the faith Of her Gloucester
admirers who fitted hef out with a
new mainsail SO that she might
enter. @But the dramatic element in
today's contest was furnished by
Captain Marty Welch of the Sham
rock and Captain Ben Pine of the
Howard On the second leg of the
race. seven mile run in light spotty
airs, the two, already distanced by
Captain Clayton Morrisseys Ford.
engaged in three luffing matches In
which Marty bore off the honors.
The Shamrock. blanketing the How
ard while their crews exchanged deep
sea compliments, stubbornly resisted
every attempt by Pine to get through
her lee. Twice the two vessels man
oeuvered far from the course in their
duel of luffing, while Morrissey IN
the Ford kept on increasing his lead.
Marty will GO ali the way 20
Europe before he will let Piney
through" said the watching fisher
men. recalling Martyrs exploit at
Halifax in 1921 when he held the
Canadian Bluenose back for 81 miles
of the course. On this leg Pine did
rot get through.
1t was only at the second mark
that the Howard at last Won ahead
of Martyrs boat. At the buoy the
Howard was nearer the mark and
had the right of the :urn. She
rounded the buoy 81 seconds ahead
OF the Shamrock and after that re-
manned second in the race. But it
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Ford was running a race OF her own
a mile or SO ahead. When the race
was called off Norrissey wGs over
two miles in the lead.
4 fresh north to east wind L. the
start promised we'll but the breeze,
after varying constantly, finally died
to nothing on the fourth leg, the
hardest of all, seven beat north
east to Milk Island buoy, and it was
here the contest died. The Ford
more than held her own in this diff
ficult going but the seven mile drift
and the half dozen tacks ate up the
time. The Ford was around the
fourth mark and more than half way
home on the final five mile run when
the coastguard cutter Modoc's siren
called the racers in. The Shamrock
and the Howard were struggling
between the third and fourth marks.
The start was at 1890 instead OF
10 o'clock because the committee boat
was late in reaching the line. Cap
tain Marty WEIGH won the advan-
tage of windward berth. after the
Howard and Ford had made bids
for it in turns, but starting too early.
The Howard came up to the line first
and had put about on a big turn. The
Ford came up next but was two min
utes too soon. She cut across the
bows of tile Shamrock, loafing near
the line and came about to cross
second after the gun.
The Shamrock crossed at 1920:
60; the Ford fat 10:3l:20 and the
Howard at l0:31:55. Captain Nor
rissey set out at once to overcome
the Shamrock's windward advantage.
He held we'll off to lee and footed
faster than the little Shamrock, pass
ing her in the first leg. a five mile
run from Eastern Point to Milk Is
land. In this leg the Ford beat the
Shamrock by two minutes % sec
onds. She gained two minutes 30
seconds on the Howard The five
mile stretch also gave the Shamrock
only triumph of the day, for she COW
cred the distance in one second less
than the Elizabeth Howard. Their
times at the first mark, Ford 1117:1O:
Shamrock 11:19:09; Howard 11:2G:
Is. The story of the second leg. al
ready told, was the battle between
the skipper of the Howard and the
Shamrock. The times of the three
boats at the second mark we're: Ford.
12:31:05; Howard, -: Az; Shamrock,
12:42:32
At the third buoy the times were:
Ford 1906; Howard 1:33:01;
Shamrock 1920. The only YES
sci that rounded the fourth mark was
the Ford. Her time was 3:35:14.
The starting time tomorrow was
arpounced MS 10 o'clock