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Show AMERICAN YACHT AGAIN LEADS IN GROSSING LINE Start Delayed Owing to Lack of Sufficient Breeze on Sea COURSE TODAY COVERS THREE 10-MILE LEGS Resolute Seems to Be Working Better Than Sir Thomas' Sloop SANDY HOOK, N J.. July 17 Resolute crossed tho starting line ahead of Shamrock IV today in the second international cup race. The I starling signal was blown at 1.13 p. Resolute crossed at 1 4 0 10 unofficial unoffi-cial time and Shamrock followed at j 1:46. U5. Tho two sloops stood away to sea on the starboard tack, both skippers holding their charges in tho eye e.f the wind. Resolute Seemed from the shore lo work betier than the challenger and if anything seemed to foot faster. There was not enough air. however, to l-ut iheju down on their true lacing line. Captain "Charles Francis AHams. II, skipper of Hesolute. won all tne honors hon-ors at the start. Soon after the Shamrock Sham-rock crosacd tbe line sho took in her jibs. The official starting time was 1:-4G 1:-4G 118 for the Kesolute and 1.16:37 for Sha mrock. Fifteen m lutes after the start Resolute Reso-lute was a quarter of a mile to winel-ward winel-ward ami holding" Shamrock well, Crossing the line, both skippers stood away on a starboard lack holding hold-ing as close to the wind ns possible Resolute, which crossed first in dashing dash-ing south, seemed to woik better to weather than the challenger. Shamrock Sham-rock followed under her lee, starting Within a minute and five seconds of the defender. l 2.05 both yachts were holding the starboaid lae U Poth about Ilei.k to neck. Three minutes later the de-fendet de-fendet was well to weather and In-i In-i 1 easing her lead. At 2.03 p m a wireless message sent from the destroyer elesignaW'l as official press boat stated I hat both yachts were still holding the starboard tuck With Resolute to the windward ami Shamrock a trifle aheuei but unable un-able to cross the defender's bow. Interest h.-oi been heightened by sir Thomas Lipton winning tho first race Thursday, and New York bay today v as black with bonis bearing thousands thou-sands to witness the second classic of tho 1920 series. TRIANGULAR AFFAIR. Lnder racing rules, today s contest will- be a triangular 30-mile affair ten miles to each log, starting and finishing at the Ambrose channel lightship while in Thursday's race then- were but two fifteen mile Ii ga The addition of another turning point added interest Shamrock IV wltll two victories to Win If she is to lift the America's cup, and Resolute, with a duty of taking Ibree rues, both swung at their moorings, moor-ings, trim and fit after mishaps on-countered on-countered tho first day. Unlike Resolute Reso-lute which had to drop her sails for 8 tow back to tho Hook after a hal-yard hal-yard and gaff broke Shamrock Was able to sail victoriously over the line despite B weakened bowsprit which forced lowering of al) heudsalls except ex-cept her stavsall .l.(. ) ER 1M. NS While Charles Francis Adams, II. skipper of the American sloop, was t!guilng out bis day s strategy. Cap-taln Cap-taln William p, Burton, aboard shamrock, sham-rock, also was going over Ins plans In detail For the handicap of six minutes min-utes and forty seconds which lhe challenger chal-lenger must give Resolute to compensate compen-sate for a greater sail area, second are more precious than gold to the 1 trltlsb C01 Inl hlan. Weather Indications promised a slow race, although beach combers said the wind probably would haul Into the southeast by .the time the sloops reached tho starting line A southeast breeze would glvC the yachts a beat to windward on the first log of the triangular race, 8 broad 1 each for the second anrl close reach for the third log. A Blight base lay over the sea that shimmered In the sun which burned brightly In the clear skv. COVERS STRIPPED. Canvass covers were stripped from the boom:; on both yachts early today and the crews tailed on the muln sheet In lusty lively fashion. Shamrock was tho first to get her mainsail up. Shamrock will not carry In today's rnee the Nicholson Jacket, designed to prevent back windage from th main sail. Thr pup committoiis informed Captain Iiurton If tbe Shamrock curried cur-ried the Jacket in future ruces she! would have to be re-mrasured. Captain Burton and Designer ich-' olson said this morning thai five I (Continued on l'age Two.) 1 oo AiTierian Yacht Leads Again in Crossing Line (Continued From Page One.) races was not an adequate test for the America's cup. aptain Burton showed two photographs photo-graphs taken from an airpluno Just after the start to show that the challenge chal-lenge w:is leading In Thursday's race part of the time LOSER is WINNER, Designer Nicholson ald tho great re-ceptlon given Shamrock as she mads her appearance at the start and srhen.1 she passed Ambrose light vessel I winner had caused him to tell Sir Thomas Llpton that "even If you lose I , v uu have won." Sir Thomas Is said to have told friends here that he will challenge; araln if Shamrock IV falls to lift the cup. |