DETAILS OF THE RACE.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 167, 17 July 1920, Page 5

DETAILS OF THE RACE.

AN UNFORTUNATE: AC'dIDENT

Aus. and -N.Z., Cable Association. (Received July 17, 10:15 a.m.) ; NEAtf YORK* July 16. • At 'the start,, of .the. yacht"race a. t*;vknot Kpu,th-we vst breeze was blowing- , Ten minutes later rain killed the breeze^ whiqh was .foliowed by a. heavy sqiiall almost amounting to a, cloud-bur^t, accompanied by .lightning. ■ "■'r , ' . ~

At 1.5 both yachts.,were off-shore oh the febarboard tack in a six-knot breeze:. The liesolute was, half a iplie in the lead slightly to windward. •Alter, aii 'hour and a half six miles bad been covered. At 1.43 the Resolute- was sl6v,'ly: .increasing her lead. Ihe Shamrock came about to gtaav board and'■ followed in her wake. At two o'clock the Resolute was half a H:ile: ahead ten miles out. ■Th<\ wind veered westward when the yachtsi pointed for the turning mark. . The waiter then became flat and the dead. Tlie Resolute's crew "•"idled "©I1 sails better than did the bhamrock's men. The Resolute Avas surprisingly better in the light air, looting it faster four and a half nomites ahead "* of the Shamrock, which lost half a mile on the; in-shore tack.' Off Lone; Branch she heeled over m a rain squall. The American, picking up first every puff of Avind, increased her lead. , The Resolute neld up better to the mark, going ia-st on the port tack. ~ Then the accident happened to the gaff, which fell halt down, and the Shamroct passed her. . : i . The Shamrock covered the course m 4 hours 20 minutes. ,