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THE CHINA MATE

TEMBER

NO FLUKE IN RANGER'S FOUR WINS

BETTER BOAT THAN

ENDEAVOUR

VERY GOOD WORK BY

THE LOSING CREW MISSED CHANCE OF USEFUL TRIALS (By Major B. Heckstall-Smith)

THE

Newport (Rhode Island), August 7.

HE conclusion that remains with us after the de- feat of Endeavour II. by Ranger in four straight and fair America's Cup races, without fluke or favour, is that the better boat won.

WHILE SUPERIORITY OF DESIGN HAS BEEN EVOLVED THROUGH SCIENTIFIC TESTS WITH MODELS IN AN EXPERI- MENTAL TANK, THE RESULT OF THOSE TESTS HAS NOT RE- VOLUTIONISED YACHT DESIGN, NOR IS THE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENCE IN SPEED DERIVED FROM THE TESTS NEARLY AS GREAT AS OBSERVATION OF THE FIRST TWO RACES, WHEN RANGER BEAT ENDEAVOUR BY 17 AND 18 MINUTES, LED US TO SUPPOSE.

The defender obtained no small advantage from the superiority and greater area of her head sails. The helmsmanship in Ranger was more skilful Mr. Vanderbilt's hands at the wheel showed him to be a natural-born helmsman.

C.C.C

SATURDAY'S BOWLS

K.C.C

FIRST DIVISION

K.D.R.C

C.S.C.C.

LR.C.

- 82 PRC.

74 H.K_F.C.

SECOND DIVISION

C.C.C.

--PRC.

C. de R.

Just a yellow china dog, but he's the pride and joy of the Ran- ger's crew, one of whom is shown giving him a cleaning-up Yel Jow Dog" is the mascot of Harold S. Vanderbilt's America's Cup yacht Defender, which has been showing her heels to the British.

challenger, Endeavour II.

All agreed that his steersman- ship was faultless and unequalled cent death of his wife. since the days of Charlie Barr.

UNNECESSARY THEN

STARTING MANOEUVRES

In the last two races, when Mr.

handled the boat smartly and were quite good enough to win.

The whole series of races

was

Endeavour II., weeks before the Nicholson was aboard, Endeavour's attended by the greatest good feel- race, had an opportunity of trials speed proved little inferior and was ing and sportsmanship on both sides. against the cld Endeavour. Had sometimes even greater than that of The New York Yacht Club's arrange- those trials combined trimming of Ranger

ments were perfection, and the Mr. Sopwith showed skill in the American coastguard service show- tests of seamanship, it would not starting manoeuvres. In the first ed great efficiency in patrolling the have been necessary to retrim the two starts he, outjockeyed Mr. Van-course and handling the enormous vessel by the removal of weight after derbilt. In the third race the start fleets of vessels carrying sightseers. her signal failure in the first two was slightly in favour of the Ameri-

All the races were sailed in plea can, and in the fouth start Mr.sant light breezes on sunlit blue seas, Sopwith was recalled.

42

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55 K.B.G.C.

70

the bull flótation concurrently with

43 C. de R.

76

56

74 K.C.C.

44

71

C. de R. 53 H.K.F.C.

61

71

64 KFC.

THIRD DIVISION -

41

races.

was

This oversight, however, doubtless due to the absence of the designer, Mr. Charles Nicholson, during the trials owing to the re-

LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE

In every contest ten minutes after the start it was apparent that Mr. Sopwith's chance had expired.

and the spectacle was picturesque beyond description. Those who saw Ranger finishing the last and the fastest race in the whole history DESERVE HIGH CREDIT

of the Cup, winning by three-quar-. The English crew of paid handsters of a mile and flying home with deserve high credit. Despite the her bows breasting the foam, will heat and climatic conditions they never forget the sight.

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