Evening star., 1937-08-02
LEAD0F OVER MILE
SE|zEDBYRANCER
IN % CUP RACE
Defender Is Rated Easy Fa-
Vorite After Passing Rival
Before First Mark.
ENDEAVOUR, STARTING
OUT RAPIDLY, LOSES
Vanderbilt Ship Carries Big Quad
rilateral Jib, While Sopwith's
Has Double Head Rig.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ABOARD COAST GUARD CUT
TER ARGO, Off Newport, r. l., Au-
gust q Harold S. Vanderbilt's white
hulled sloop Ranger rounded the first
mark, 10 miles from the start, at :26
pm (E. S. T) today, with the British
challenger, T. o. M. Sopwith's En-
deavour II, three quarters of mile
or more astern.
Ten minutes later Ranger had in
creased her lead more than a mile
The sloops were sailing a triangular
course.
Vanderbilt remained on the STAR
board tack. thereby saving the right
of way. The first critical test drew
close as the rivals neared each other.
Endeavour had established a lead
of two or three boat lengths at 1920.
Ranger went over on the port tack
as the boats were converging on op-
posite tacks, indicating clearly that
the invader would have crossed the
defenders bow
Ranger Takes Command.
ton and when she returned to the
etarboard tack at 2:35, Ranger had
taken command. The American sloop
had worked through the challenger S
lee, out-footing and out-pointing her.
SopWith held to the starboard tack
only minutes before returning to
the port and taking up the stern chase
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etead Oily. The extra tacks we're costly
to the challenger, although the crew
was handling the sails very smartly.
At pm. eastern standard time
Ranger led by about three-quarters
OF mile and was increasing the mar
gin steadily
Rangers coming from behind to
overtake the challenger was a clear
cut demonstration of the defender s
superiority, because passing a rival
during heat to windward is one of
the most difficult feats of sailing.
Ranger went through Endeavour' s
lee, then began working to windWard
until the challenger found herself in
disturbed air and was compelled to
tack away.
When she returned to the chase
Ranger was far ahead, although not
pointing as high on the wind as
Ranger. the challenger seemed to be
pinchcd and her staysail fluttered
frequently. After furnishing most of
the excitement, and barring the un-
expected, Ranger should make it two
straight.
The sloops got away promptly at
ii 40 a m. (E. S. T) today on the 30
mile triangular course marked for the
second race of the cup series,
Ranger, with one victory already to
her credit in Vanderbilts third defense
of the international trophy, was carry
ing her big quadrilateral jib. while
Ehdeavour had double head rig, with a
staysa1l and small quadrilateral.
Close to Even Terms.
The rival sloops hit the line close
to even terms a second behind the
starting signal. Vanderbilt came about
on the starboard tack two minutes
after the getaway
They were separated by about 300
yards and it was difficult to indicate
whether either had benefited by their
opposite starting tacks
Endesvour took the lead shortly
after the start. Although Ranger was
slightly to the weather side, the Brit
1sher footed faster on the starboard
tack and the defender lost some time
coming about after crossing the line
on the port tack
Despite the lightness of the breeze.
the contestants were making about 7
knots on a smooth sea. Their tall
pinnacles of canvas moved ghostlike
through the haze that had hung over
the ocean all morning
Thirty minutes after the start
Vanderbilt appeared to be getting
the better lift, was closing the gap,
and there was not much to choose be-
tween the white-hulled defender
and the blue-hulled challenger as
both remained on the starboard tack
The haze made the scene look semi
deserted from a position near the
racers, but the spectator fleet was
half the size of Saturdays near
record turnout of between 800 and
1000 craft of all sizes and descrip.
tions.
SopWlth switched to the port tack
at 1917 pm. eastern standard time)
Having completed her 10-mile beat
against south-westerly breeze while
Endeavour still was tacking up to the
mark, Ranger started away on the
second leg, 1o-mile broad reach east
by south.
Endeavour rounded the mark at
1860 pm. (E. S. to. trailing by IL
minutes and 10 seconds and consider
ably more than a mile behind the
defender.
Ranger set a staysail inside her
quadrilateral jib for the second lee
as the wind freshened to about eight
knots. Endeavour still was wearing
the canvas she started with-a staysai
and small quadrilateral
While the spectator fleet waited fol
Endeavour at the first mark, Ranger
was 50 far along on her second lee
shat she was only ghostly shade ir
the haze and appeared almost as fal
ahead as in Saturdays finish.
Sopwith substituted his big reach.
ing Genoa jib for the quadrilateral
soon after turning and kept the stay
sail.