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Show UPTON FIRST ; TO CHEER WHEN SLOOP CROSSES Yachts Now Tied, Two-Two, With Race Tomorrow to Decide FOURTH CONTEST HAS SPECTACULAR FINISH. Boats Sail Along at Terrific; opeeu as onsK Breeze Blows BANDY HOOK, N J., July 23 1 Resolute won today's international cup race after a opectacular finish and I tied, two to two. with Shamrock IV in I the fight for the America's cup Resolute crossed the lino first with I a minute and a half -to spare, accord -i (ng to unofficial timing ashore. Shamrock, after a long stern chase around two legs of today's triangular course, overhauled the defender with-'in with-'in three miles of the finish, but thej American sloop breaking out a big bal-looner, bal-looner, took the lead again within the last half mile and sped first acroj ' the finish line, beating the challenger boat for boat, according to unofficial timing. LIPTON CHEERS WINNER. Led by Sir Thomas Lipton's ohar-j tered steam yacht Victoria, a trpmon ; dous cheer of whistles greeted Reso-j lute as she crossed the line. The official finishing times were. Resolute 4:39:25; Shamrock 4 . 43 : 06. 1 les)ii(. announcement from a Stateu Island shipyard lhat the two sloops would be dry docked there tomorrow; If Resolute won today, the regatta committee at 'he end of todav's contest con-test signalled for a race tomorrow. The official elapsed times for the thirty mile race v ere: Resolute 3 : 3 7 : f-2 . Shamrock 3 41 10 By thl3 figuring Resolute won by three minutes and eighteen seconds ciaysciJ nine pius ner inuo allowance of six minuteM rid forty seconds, making mak-ing a corrected time of nine minutes I and fifty-eight sr conds. LAST THIRD EXCITING. A singlar shift in weather conditions left both boats almost becalmed at 4 o'clock four mllea from tho finish, but with Resolute a quarter of a mile I ahead. I At 4 15 the brcez came back from the southwest and Shamrock got it first. The challenger set a working top sail and a big jib and began to reach by Resolute. Shamrock rounded ho second mark a: 3:37:16 after Resolute hr.d turned at 3 25:49. The elapsed lime shov ed for tho second leg were. Resolute 51:02. Shamrock 50 18 The total elapsed times for both les were: Resolute 2 24:16, Sham rock 2:25:20. RESOLUTE LEA. j. This gave Resolute a margin of cne minute and four seconds, plus her time handicap of six minutes and 40 second", which rut her seven minute? and 44 seconds to tho good. The speed of the two vachts on the second leg was remarkable, averaging well up to 12 knots. As the wind piped to 18 knots on the third leg tho sloops tore even more rapidly through the water Shamrock seemed unable to carry her big reaching reach-ing jib topsail, which her skipper took In without attempting to replace At 3:45, with black squall making up ahead, Shamrock took in her top sail A minute later Resolute hauled her Jib topsail and also prepared to meet the squall LEADS BY QUARTER. At 3:50 Resolute was leading by a quarter of a mile with the finish line about, four miles away. Apparently most of the squall had passed for there was a big drop in the breeze which at 3 51 came around to tho northwest, forcing Resolute to taob At 4 22 Resolute shifted to a number num-ber one jib top sail aud began to close upon Shamrock. The two sloops thee were within a in lie of the finish. At 411 the yachts were within three miles of the finish line, reaching for it for the port tack with number one jib top sails sel. shamrock also had her working top sal's in place. At I 2ii both sloops were holding for iln finish at a f l speed, with Sham rock to weather of Resolute and a trifle tri-fle ahead. |