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Show Too Many Rules So Fishermen Take Race Schooner to Work OLOl'CKHTKH. Masa, Oct. 14. Tha Gloucester schooner Hsnry Ford today definitely defi-nitely withdrew from tha racing for th International schooner championship of th north A tlnntlc. Captain Clayton storrlaaey asserting that hla boat and hi man had already -ii tba two races from tha Canadian Cana-dian champion Bluenoae necessary for tha poaaeaalon of the title trophy, put Iron ballast bal-last tKarr preparatory to going fishing. Th flrat race laat Katurday was declared void because of disregard of postponement slgnsla Tha Ford won again yesterday with a makeshift craw recruited with th aid of Secretary of th Navy Denby. The decision to withdraw the Ford today followed a dinner to the rac committee laat night, at which a latter was read from President Harding says tha race were a fin ci ntrlbutlon to th International good will "betwean our peopl and our Csnsdlan neighbors." Hecratery Penby Joined In tb president's appreciation of tha international good dona by these contests snd mads several observation observa-tion gained from hla two days on tha slippery slip-pery decks of tba Henry Ford. "flbould there ba any feeling regarding any decision by any committee In these races, let u forget It," he added. "Let ua not abandon these competitions between working shis end working men. Don't let Ona little fiaeeo, one Htlte accident. If It shall prove there waa an accident. Interfere Inter-fere with such contests, productive of fine good will." Aboard bla boat today supervising th work of converting her again from a racing rac-ing schooner .to a working vessel. Captain Morrlssey of the Ford aald ba was sick, but "etck mostly of commit tees and yachting rulea. snd this snd that snd the other tiling, which spoiled the sport that we set out on " |