Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-07-18 | Page 22 | Yacht Race Pretty View as Witnessed from Big Airplane

YACHT RAGE RACE PRETTY VIEW AS WITNESSED FROM DIG BIG I Contest Proves Prove Picturesque Ra Rather ler Than Exciting From on High i t Associated Pre s Tty fly Dr Racing Course CoUrS Over Course Coursel rotu a n sc Seaplane plan om from front the air the therace raco i ar l IV IY British between Shamrock today Americas America's cup and for tor the challenger Resolute American defender deCender proved pro ea than exciting Tho more picturesque clearest of oC blue skies fading through the tha medium of or a a. veil el of oC fight mist into lent a lustre blue of or the sea 0 the tho deeper sa the tho raceS races races' sails to the snowy white of oC sall costly pearls exhibited ex ox- which suggested two on a background nd of ot azure velvet vel Seldom catching enough of or the tho errant breeze to cause causo more moro than a barely perceptible per per- the tho two fleet vessels list teet most frequently as fixed and motionless as they posed for tor a photo photo- a the was hardly graph Even the sea ruffled b by the air When hen the race was called cled off ott the tho sun was wa Just beginning to sink Into New NewYork NewYork haze which hung over oer the smoky hae hunS which during most oCth or of orthe York City and ad most th the afternoon hid the jagged skyline of the from the view of the tto metropolis tom aerial observers Fair weather veather had attracted to the tho vessels of ot all aU fleet of oC scene a a. a great great feet sizes Before Defore the appearance of or the tho two racers the Ue White Star Liner Jiner Celtic of or oris crossed crosse the tho course and with a blast coure its is crosse siren saluted the long Ions necklace of ot destroyers and tugs tug mal making their way to the cover to o escort escor the yachts achu to the starting point point The seaplane in which the tho Associated Press ess correspondent was a riding was ono one of ot tho the small s srm of or such Mich ca craft r circling above above the tho Indistinguishable were to triangle over which the yachts achl rac race Up to the moment when the tho starting signal fluttered on the masthead of or orthe the control boat far below the tho aerial observer er the swarms of ot little craft craf had held back from Ambrose Light out of or respect for the formidable fleet feet of or destroyers which played traffic police polee and kept boats at a distance dis dis- dis- dis tance tance Immediately the tho start was wa's ma made e however the little litte boats some mere mee specks specIes on the water spread out Into fan formation and followed closely closely