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Show I U. S. Defeats Canada In Fishermen 's Race I SCHOONER FROM UNITED STATES i LEADNG RIVAL' First Race of International Regatta Attracts Much Interest AMERICAN TAKES LEAD SOON AFTER STARTING Neck and Neck Struggle Before Be-fore First Point is Rounded I! M il , . S.. Oct 30. The American schooner l i- i-smto to-day to-day won the first race In the m-(ci m-(ci national MshCtinati's rcgatu off Halifax harbor. v ill m oi t h annd an ooati ndcr Dciawa is sgain Monday in another contest, nnluli, n sin , vlctorlons ku- tnc SOCOnd time, will gic her tin-(.'liainpk tin-(.'liainpk iop HAJJIFAX N Bk. Oct 30. The American schoner ISseranto and the, tnnLiad.a:, two sticker Delawanno : dasheu off on their f.ivst race of the International' f .-.loimoi's regatta at 9, o'clock toe. hippt d along l. ,i fre.-hemng ten , knot breeze from th southwest, the;; tuenburs, N. S.. ci-aft swept across i he st:inlng line ut 'J 4 r offocial time.1 . BCCOnds ahciU oi tin- Uloin hester man. Shortly aftCS ihe start. Esperanto! edged up to the windward of Dela-ji wanna and the schooners started on j i the fir.t leg of their J(-mllc course close hauled, beam to beam I U H MM, SK.N .1 LOth schooners carried mainsail, t foresail, jii Lop sail and main gaff salt, when the start was made In H ti harbOT UrTh wen1 hair a mtlr f-orn , the starling line when the warning j Mipnal was sound'.'. ' j Both skippers let out foregaff top-sails top-sails oiiu as thc aproachea :hc line, the Ameribail Slightly :n ihe rear, both I , set their stuya l.;. Jockeying fo: po- s.tion, the fishermen swung aJ, point or v,o off ine wind and head- j ed lor the i'ir: mark. . M. Mli I . VI!.1 Although Deluwanna led through , the flrsi of the five legs Esperanto; overtook her on the second, demonstrating demon-strating th.i Bhe .va.-; considerably I faster than Delawanna off the wind, At 'j.oO Bspeiranto was fully a minute ahead of I eiu v.anna. The Ei?et pom; irora T"ojnt Pleasant breakwater to the automatic buoy, six ' and a half miles down the harbor, showed a neck uud net k struggle. v hen tip fn-sc mark Wits rounded. ' however, the Nova Scotia n was leading by a length and a halt. The turning times were; Delawanr..i . 9:85:10. BSpi ratito 9 : 35 : 22. At 1:25 p m schooner skippers on j the press boat Tyrian est linn w-d thatj Ksperanto was leading by about five1 minutes Esperanto was about two miles in the lead when the schooners v. ere four miles from the buoy Oclawanna how-! ever Was receiving a more favorable I purf and was pointing higher than! the Olouchester boat oo |