The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-19
BRTTONS TAKE
SECOND CUP
RACE EASILY
Outsail American Sloop,
Hanging Up Records
Experts Gasp

(IP)-I hOmaS octave "uiuOSA
Sopwith's Royal Blue challenger
for the Americas Cup yesterday
won her second race against Har-
old s. Yanderbilt's Rainbow,
speeding over a 30-mhe triangu-
lar course in record time.
The Endeavour, outsailing the
American sloop in every leg OF
the race, hung up a series of rec
ords that last night had the yacht
ing world gasping.
She went over the course in
faster time than it has ever been
done in an international cup race
She negotiated the windward leg
more speedily than any defender
or challenger has ever done IN
official matches. She was the first
foreign sloop to win two races IN
any match since Shamrock ~,
back in 1920, and the first chal-
lenger ever to win two races
without a huke.
The race was the more amaz-
ing because she had trouble AT
the start. No sooner had Prest-
dent Roosevelt, comfortably quar-
tered on Vincent Astor's Nour-
mahal, waved a CHEEKY greeting
to Endeavour, than her Difficult
ties began. She had set her Dig
vain sail and run up her heavy
genoa. Suddenly, two minutes
before the starting signal, a rent
appeared in the minney ji6, at
the clew. 1t grew wider and the
canvas topped in the wind. There
was no time to douse it and hoist
another. Sopwith went across the
line with the torn sail still flying,
while all the admirals shook their
heads and muttered.
The good fortune that has
watched over the Britisher, how
ever, chung to him through TINS
trial. The rip was not serious
enough to force him to change
his sails and thus lose valuable
minutes. So away they went on
a broad reach, for the mark III
miles away.
Vanderbilt put his boat over IN
the windward berth at the start,
and was presumed to have the ad-
vantage, but Sopwith overcame II
within the first half hour of sail
ing, and thereafter he was never
headed.
They were footing it well in a
fresh breeze, and the big fleet OF
bouncing boats that danced after
them found it difficult to keep
the pace. The black smoke of the
excursionists became a distant
haze, and the only accompanying
ships that watched them round
the first mark were the officials,
coast guard, navy, and a few OF
the greater yachts like Nourma-
hal and Corsair.
Half way over the first leg
there was speculation among the
unofficial afterguards as to
whether or not they wouldn't
crack the record for the reach.
But about that time the Britisher
decided to take down his reaching
lib and Immediately there was
confusion aboard Endeavour. The
canvas went overheard and for
minutes it seemed the crew were
fighting to haul it in. After an
exasperating delay, her quadri-
lateral jib, the now famous "Greta
Carlo" sail, was finally set.
Vanderbilt followed this ma
newer on Rainbow, but had less
difficulty.
They rounded the mark smart
~, and again Sopwith's enthusi-
astic-but less OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
had trouble with their sails. Go
ing into the beat, on the second
leg, Endeavour chung to the wind
ward berth, but Rainbow ap'
peared to be picking up some dis,
lance. There was a difference OF
15 seconds AZ the mark. 1t looked
as though it even might be closer
at the next buoy.
One of those brief lacking
matches came shortly after they
went away on the beat. Rainbow
and Endeavour made a short dou-
BILE tack, squared away, and then
returned to the port tack. The
operation never gained an inch
for Vanderbilt, and it was clear
that the Royal Yacht Squadron
boat had much the advantage,
She was working steadily to
windward of the defender, and
footing fast.
Shortly after 1890 p. M, the
race could have been regarded as
won.
They came about on the finaI
tack before fetching the mark,
For the first time in the race En-
deayour's advantage was clearly
discernible to the accompanying
feet. She was at least a quarter
of a mile towards the turn, and
Rainbow was taking up a stern
chase, almost hopeless under. the
conditions.
Endeayour flew over the sec
ond line in an elapsed time fo1
the leg of l17:01, lettering TIT
cup record by two minutes ant
81 seconds This was; her arst rec
ord breaking performance.
Then they began ths hong STos
reach homeward bound. Their
was nothing IN vSnderbilt'si 'ba
Of tricks that he could possibl
null out to overtake the DARN
Young man on his flying trapez'
Endeavour was flying through tn
air with the greatest Of eases Sn
had lost a few seconds at the tur
through a delay in sheeting nom
her tremendous reaching jio, Of
she wasn't worried. :.
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