THE AMERICA’S CUP.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20001, 17 July 1920, Page 10

THE AMERICA’S CUP.

f; THE FIRST RAGE. /ADVERSE CONDITIONS, Occident to resolute. By^Telegraph-- Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. v" (Received July 17. 10.15 a.m.) f : NEW YORK, July 15, ' ■ 4-t Oie start of the yacht race a ton kn.pt: south-west breeze was blowing. minutes' later rain killed the Jj r ||? e . Tile rain was followed hy a squall, almost, amounting to a hurst, accompanied by lightning. p.m. both yachts were offshore on ,;tho starboard lack, in a six knot breeze, Resolute being half a mile in theVlead, slightly to windward. After nnclionr and a half six miles had been cohered. At 1.43 pun. Resolute nus jlowly increasing her lead, Shammer. jßime about to starboard, and followed Bi Uer wake. At 2 p.m. Resolute was . Palf a mile ahead ten miles out. iTte frind veered to the westward when the yachts pointed for the turning maik, and. the sea, then became flat and the ftir. dead. Resolute handled her sails better than Shaimoek, and was w.rpvmugly better in the light air, fool • ingj faster, and she was four and a half iniiiutes ahead at the turning mark, Shamrock lost half a mile on the inshore tack, and off Long Branch she heeled over in a rain squall. The American boat, picking up the first 1 of .'.every puff of wind, increased her lead. Resolute held up better to Hie-mark, going fast on the port tack. Then the accident happened to l.iio gaff, which fell half down, and Shamrock passed hoi. Shamrock covered they course in four hours twenty minutes. SHAMROCK’S BAD START. RESOLUTE’S TIME ALLOW* i ANCE. ■; , .i,|V . .. Australian and N.Z. Cable Aisociatlon. :dr (Received July .17, 11.15 a.m.) Jj - r NEW YORK, July 15. V got away with a had v. v fltatt, crossing the line before the signal, and having to recross, thus giving Resolute a two hundred yards lead, which was quickly increased to tlu;en hundred. Shortly after a tropical rain shower began to.fall, and . ... tbif breeze fell to the faintest south- ‘ west, breath, The official starling time was—Resolute 12-0-40; Shamrock 12-1-38. v Shamrock concedes Resolute Gniiu 40s,w. This cliaugo is due to ieMdasuroment. Before one o’clock a fog from wirul-ws-i'd made the conditions worse. The Shamrock's backers declare that her , get:, away was the worst ever made by V tbdLipton challenger. They were '“V plainly discouraged.