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Show I O fr 5 LIPTOW'S BOAT FIRST TO TURN TOWARD FINISH ML -: American Yacht More Than Mile Astern as Briton Heads A Toward Line JUl DEVELOPS INTO RACE AGAINST TIME LIMIT j Challenger Exceis Yankee ir Taking Advantage of i Light Breezes SANDY HOOK, N. .1.. July 20. Shamrock i" today won mi other race from the American defender de-fender Resolute ntul needs only me more victory (o lift the America's Amer-ica's eiip Bf SANDY HOOK, N. J.. Jil 20 rakl Shamrock IV was first to round the B'l eocond turning mark In today's race K? ' for the America's cup. Her turning nlrjlfl , time was 4.26 2ft. Resolute was more n jjflj ' than a mlU astern. , r Shamrock then breezed -n n ten : mile run which c onstitutes the lasl til 'leg of tho SO mile triangular course fm Resolute seeking to overtake her. took fry Lfi her bis reaching Jlba and m I up HH .-- - ae3a".Ti.ri"ff ..viua inovu uu "ISHB quarters of a mile of the mark. IfjH For both yachts It became a race iflBPf against the time limit which expire Kl , at 6.15. RESOLT7TE G.UXWfG nkfJ " Resolute sailed the last mile to th Bra second mark In fast time, gaining on SsKZl Shamrock and giving promise Of a S close race. '-4 Reso hue's official turning time was GREET ED I V l l EET EffigM Shamrock having led Resolute b) VI 600 yards to the ilrst mark, was salut- ' r J ed bj a chorus of steam whistles from Hfj JB the spectator fleet, the challenger C0 headed for the Jersey shore on the fBS second leg. followed by the American SSS sloop. There was a general shifting HMfeyp of sails and Resolute began to drayfa jJw Then tho gap widened again. Sham- PHDfl roek nosed into every catspaw while '"mv- tie defender oul ol luck is ' r MMUi a.s wind was concerned At one time Hft there was a distance of a mile and a LBjR quarter between the sloops, but Reso- lute sailed the Ia8t mile In fast timV and cut down the challenger's lead i -f shamrock rounded the first mark I at 2 :3B: 28 followed at 2 :2 41 i A 'tM The wind breezed up more t" the 6 northwest us th yachts turned Reso- lute substituted a nuinbi i two Jib top-T top-T l sail for her ballooner, whlh Sham- L. rock clung to bei nut until i mllo away from the mark, when she '." '- j A I 2 40 p in S! .i : Ck ' LS ll id Ru and hud set a bab Jib J.op sail. HB After bailing Jialf a mile Captain 9 Adams on the American sloop changed HRB to number one Jib fopsiiil unci hauled iflffis down his jib, sailing under two head jBV Resolute drew upon Shamrock in H1 the first flfteeu minutes after turning Hb the first mark HV At 3 o'clock the yachts had sailed cl.oul three miles of the second leg !3Uj with Shamrock leading by fully n half IvHw' Yachting experts conceded that at this tune Shamrock had a chance to IjB&f vln within tho time limit. B At 3 . 1 f. , with half uf the time limit lEft expired, the yachts had sailed half the 3H9 course and Shamrock was leading by AEXk fully a mile. RA4 l GETS EX ITING. HBP The race became exciting at 3 30, t i'i , . ' BMB ing the Seconal mark with two hours KBHi and three Quarters in which to finish flB Resolute, about a mllo astern, was H ' Just moving. HH! Shortly after 3:30 observers aboard VBHi a destroyer follow ing the sloops, re- MB ported Shamrock was a mile and a ji I;1 half farther ahead of Resolute. pHlfl At 4 o'clock Shamrock was still two Ul miles from the mark and moving very Bl slowly. Resolute was more than a fHH' mile astern. As the wind had worked 111 v. 1 1 into the northwest it Looked as it jttlj II would lM difficult for the yachts to fbfBllj Uiy tin- tiiirtl leg and this would make I j!j It hard to finish the race at 6:15, when lii!)1 the time limit expired I 'll At i OG the n ini shifted to south-1 'ji ward This put Shamrock well to I I Weather and In a fine place to make V the mark, while Resolute was to lee-Ill lee-Ill Ward and only able to reach It hard on the port tack. Shamrock shifted sails The shift of the wind to the south- weet Improved Mvirurock's chances of finishing within the time limit, as the lu!,t would b a run down the WL The shift came when Shamrock was 111 about a mile fiom the second mark ji and Resolute was a rnllo to a mile and fljlr . ' a half astern and to leeward. At 4 ) ,7 p m with tw o hours to go Shamrock was heading for thr mark on tho port tack jl. i brPCZ n0t reacnc'1 R80- |