Show FIELDS disgraceful FLUNK american Arner icari yachtsman afraid afra id of rough weather WAS A CLEAR CASE OF QUIT owner of the ethel wynn FO round und himself nine minutes behind and retired noticed broux froux the race will ite be maln main on dry land today dun dull L raven will race jacc defender again two americas cup contests oyster day bay sept ag the race between i the halt raters cpr spruce tic IV arid and ethel ann which was w as sailed ia tied today on the sound found off this PI place ace ended in a very unsatisfactory manner sail ins one ona round six miles in llesi sir mir field the yankee decided that he would not continue the journey because the wind was van no BO tron gand and the sea so choppy that th the condl conditions tons were not those in which a halt half rater should rail ball nevertheless th elless spruce the british craft continued anil and covered the entire tanco despite wind and see sea when ethel wynn quit she was eight minutes ind find fifty eight seconds behind tire the action of 0 mr field in giving u up P the race occasioned many uncomplimentary remarks Too lays race which wi was over P a course of three miles to the lee leeward w a r of a and nd turn and repeat or twelve m miles I 1 on in all was nas the third ot of the cerles each boat having won one before the cup will be given to the yacht which wine best three out of fic there we was blowing all day a hard wind for or such small craft its v velocity ranging from ten to fifteen knots knot 3 ail ail hour jut just before crossing the line nt at the start the signal gun being fired at a t 1230 p in a slight flight collision occurred between the th yachts E ethel thol wynn wyn 11 had come about on the starboard tack while jockeying for position and expected that spruce who was v vey cry close to her would do the same spruce held hed on to tile alie port tack however and ethel wynn ran into h her s tern stern with a blow that was not more than a graze spruce at once displayed a protest nay flag but the committee could do no more than represent ben t that they would consider it and a ordered the yachts to proceed mr field and 1 helmsman ball ot of the ethel wynn did not know at that time that they had been protested and when they learned the fact on coming ashore they were much surprised both assorted that they were in the right having been on the starboard clar board tack and therefore having the right of 0 way when the collision happened at all events spruce got over the line one minute after the signal and ethel ann was about twenty seconds behind the racers went away before the fresh wind with facts and spinnakers akers and when they had both made the first turn spruce who rounded at was eight seconds ahead after having been passed only on oil the run out by ethel wynn who r scooted coo led by her to leeward when nearly halfway half way on the leg spruce had lost considerable time through a miscalculation as to tile the position of the mark but when she pot got it located she out tooted ethel wynn to the end ot of the second leg ethel wynn sailed a good race notwithstanding that she was interfered with to a small extent by IL a big tow coming up the sound the tow also interfered with spruce on the beat home ethel wynn gained on her OPP opponent somewhat and when nhen she dropped out ot of the race at the end ot of the first lound it looked like a clear case ot of quit the time that the boats made the turn tun that marked half the course was spruce 2 03 00 ethel W wynn Y mr ball the yankee hankee skipper did not want to give up but the owner onner inhaled spruce nevertheless showed sonic some very pretty sidling sailing she finished alter after the second halt half nt at 32 11 27 the outcome of sir mr fields action in withdrawing hla his boat was that skip per liall bell refused to sail with the owner field field made another withdrawal nith at this stage arid and got a out t of the kamo game altogether call ball sent word to elizabeth for life his brother fred fre to come to oyster day bay by the first tran in tho the morning and bonnot tow hall bros broil will sail nall ethel wynn the committee have hav taken no action on i spruces spruced protests protest which sir mr brand the clever skipper of the english 3 acht said tonight should not have ben beef made as the ethel wynn did no harm but whatever the committee does the lace belongs to spruce it if III the e briton gets one more tomorrow s pho he will take home tho the trophy |