Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-17
The Once Over
RADIO DESCRIPTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL
Yacht RACE

copyright. 1880, BY The Associated Newspapers1

wei. here we are folks, at the international polo
=. at the international yacht race. I mean. This is,
as you probably know. a contest between the Ameri-
can boat Wichone. the American boat Enterprise, /
should say, and the Shamrock Fifth, owned by that
well known Irish sportsman whose name is a house
hold word, Sir Alfred Liptoni
That was my mistake. folks. The name is, Of
course, Sir Arthur Upton, but it is very hazy up
here and it is very easy to make mistakes. Perhaps
a little description of the rival shells. Il mean Of the
rival yachts, would. be appropriate right here. They
are about the same length, the Whirlwind being a
little longer if anything than the Shamrock The
American yacht has a much longer mainmast, the
total area Of which is 4.861 square feet, but the En-
terprise. 4. the Shamrock, I should say, has a larger
foresail made Of aluminium. 1 think.
So
"One Of the Vanderbilts, General Cornelius Van
derblt, ii I am not mistaken, will sail the Weetamoe
and Earl Sande viii have the mount on Gallant FOX
....Beg pardon 1t is very difficult to get every
thing straight out here on account OF the way the
ship Is pitching about. 1T seems that Captain Ted
Heard will have the mount on the English Boat and
that. as 1 said a few moments ago, the Enterprise
viii be driven by one OF the RockefeIers. !. John d.
Junior, I think.
The race viii be run sailed. I mean. -. over a
track nine miles southeast Of Ambrose Channel
Ightship. just a minute. there IS evidently some
mistake there. nine miles southeast Of Breton Reef
Ightship. That's where We are now, folks, nine miles
southwest OF Barnegat L%ightship, which Is off New
port, Connecticut. Each race viii be thirty furlongS
y. thirty fathoms. just a second. thirty miles.
A mile, you know, is equivalent Of a British knot. IN
some countries It IS called a s~pinnaker.
ss
Both elevens are now i~ockeying. both boats are
now iockeying for the start. The American yacht
has her mainsail, jib, staysail and pinnacle set, while
the Shamrock is using only her mainmast. lee Soup
pers and balloon blge. There is a lot Of action on
the Shamrock now. The crew Is raising another
sail. 1 think Sir Arthur I mean Sir Thomas is
going to hoist his forward struts. Yes, he is Chewing
down the beam now. This is a big surprise to every
body. It shows that the Shamrock is going to risk
everything on a long beat 70 halyards.
They're Off This is the start Of the first interna-
tional cup race of the Hatteras ~lghtslip. folksl
The Question Mark got over the line first, but the
Enterprise, sailed by General Aaerbury Of the Penn
sylvania railroad, is creeping up on her. The Sham
rock seems to be having trouble lufflng her star
board shrouds. Both boats are on the staysah tack
now, and doing very well at II. There's something
going on up forward on the American boat, the Reso-
lutte. now ....J. Pierponl Morgan, skipper Of the de-
fender, is having his battens leeched. This Is a very
daring maneuver.
This sure is exciting. folks. BY changing his bat
tens that wa the American skipper stole a march on
the Shamrock. He Is leading now by seven or eight
spinnakers. Sir Thomas Is having trouble with MS
winch. It appears 70 be Tapping.
Look The American boat IS falling behind
Something's gone wrong on herl ! can't say exactly
butt Il looks to me as II her galley had ripped! Yes,
her galley has ripped, folks. and there's q big tear IN
the topgallant ~taffrailsl They are running up the
scuttle butts now In a desperate attempt TO hold her
spindthrifts IN place! Gosh, but this IS excitingi
This is the international yacht race. folks, between
the Athletics md the Shamrock, nine miles of the
Baffin's Bay Ightship. Etc. Etc"