THE YACHT RACE.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1920, Page 3

THE YACHT RACE.

START OF THE SECOND HEAT, FAILURE OF THE WIND. By Telegr^.—Press Assn.—Copyright. New York, July 17. Starting for the second race, the Resolute crossed the line at lhr. 46miu. 23 sec, and the Shamrock Osec. later, Th« wind was very light, blowing from a south-east direction. Beating to windward, the Resolute was footing faster than the Shamrock. At 2.1 a the yachts were still heading for Long Island on the starboard tack. The Resolute increased her windward advantage on th'i third mile. The Shamrock, trying to outfoot her, sagged to leeward, although forging ahead. At 2.30 the Shamrock was 400 yards ahead, hut 700 yard 9to leeward. At 3.2, tackmg for the turn, the Resolute was nearly a mile ahead. At 3.15 the wind freshened to six knots, and the boats split tacks. At 3.50 both were far out to sea almost heading for the mark on the port tack, the Resolute being 400 yards ahead to windward, but the Shamrock was gaining steadily. At, 4.10 the mark was a mile to weather and ' the Shamrock 100 yards, under the hi. The wind then dropped, and the yachts, tacking to windward, failed to fetch the mark. The wind hauled to the southward, letting the Resolute up. The Shamrock was left astern and almost becalmed a mile away, when the Resolute turned to the mark.

The first mark was turned by the Resolute at 4hr. lOmin. ssec. At 5.15 the Shamrock was five miles astern and nearly becalmed, while tlr; Resolute was going fairly fast under a new breeze from the south. At 5.25 the Resolute was five mileß from the second mark. At 5.45 the Shamrock was two miles astern. The Shamrock failed five times to pass the first mark, owing to shifts and calms. At 6.30 the Resolute was a mile off the second mark and turned at 7.1. She broke out her big reaching jib topsail in an endeavor to finish under the time limit. The Shamrock was a mile and a half astern. The Resolute, after fifteen minutes' sailing in a halfmile to 2-3 knot breeze, found it impossible to finish.