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Show SLOOP RESOLUTE I ! TO BE PESO! TO : 1ET1I0CK Second Cup Race of Regatta Due to Commence at Noon Tomorrow i SAM'Y HOOK, X. J., July 16. fte-J I pairs on the sloop Resolute, whose i throat halyards parted In esterday s I tace when Victory over the Shamrock: IV seemed Well In hand, proceeded rapidly loda" and there was every prospect that the defender would be ready lor another Joust in the Amer-j ica's cup race off Sandy Hook loinor-row! loinor-row! We will complete our work of ad- Justing new halyards today," said Rob-1 ert W. Emmons, 11, managing owner A new metal guff was to be stunt; on the Resolute and Captain Charles KrancisAdanis. the cup yacht skipper, did not seem unduly chagrined over! the accident that robbed him of a fine chance of viobr ii at i iri niu:i. Nat Hcrreschof f , des.gner and builder of tho Resolute, made a care-; tul Inspection of the seventy footer I and superintended the repairs on board. Sailors on the Resolute declared the' Lipton challenger cannot lift the cup.J pointing out tnat the fifteen mile beat li Windward yesterday in light airs in which the Lipton sloop is supposed tu show to the best advantage, the' American racing machine beat the' Englishman boat for bout, without any advantage that might have come: from n time allowance of six minutes, 10 seconds, which Resolute Is allowed over a iU-niilo course. The Shamrock's crew were happy louay aboard their tendei Kllarney,! wr.lie Sir Tnomas Lipton beamed Wlttl rinc good humor on isltors who called1 to congratulate him on board his steam aeht. the Victoria. It was shown, however, In yester-j day's race, that the Resolute exhibited heller weatherly qualities und that In the light airs she is several minutes faster up the breeze than Shamrock! IV The two yachts have yot to test j their relative abilities down the breeze1 or broad-off under largo reaching sojls. This Is expected lo come to-' morrow In a 30-mlle rac over a triangular tri-angular course. |