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TELEGRAMS.
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London,
July 22nd.
- The coantributions
of the various
Colonial Govts.
towards the
West
[ndia Committee
‘@dowment
fund
have
now
reaci.ed
a
total of three
thou-
sand
one
huadirad
and fifty pounds
ster-
ling.
l'hese
include
£2,000 from Jamaica,
£SOO
from
Barbados,
£SOO
trom British
Guiana,
£IOO
from British Honduras
and
£SO
from
the
Bahamas.
The
following
officers
of
the
UfSmmi‘tes
were
elected
tor
the
current
year:
President,
ihe Rt
Hon.
the
Barli
f Harewood,
K. U.
V. 0.,
Chalrman,
Rovert
Rutherford
Esq.,
De-
puty Chairman,
Oyril Gurney Esy.,
Hon.
Treasurers,
Wiilian
Gillespie
Esq.,
E.
A. Depass
Esqg.,
T.
Grecawood
Esq.
and
H:
¥.
Pravite
Esq.
Sandy dx,
July
i3ci
—The
Rasolute
tossed
six minutes forty and seconds
han-
dicap overboard
today and
defeated
tne
‘Shamrock,
boat
for beat,
in the
fourtn
race
of the
1920 regatta
for the
Ameri-
ca's
Cup.
The series
now stands
a
tie,
and
the
deeiding
race
will
be
won to-
motrow.
The
Resolute
will
enter
to-
morrow’s
race
a favourite in the
wager-
ing,
her
two
wins
having
been
more
coavineirg
than
the
Shamrock's
To-
day’s race
was
the fas.est
of
the
series
so
far.
The
Resolute
‘con.pleted
the
30 mile triangular course
in
three
hours
thirty-seven
minutes
and
forty-two
sec-
onds.
The
Shamrock
followed
three
minutes
and
forty
seconds
latar,
bhut
the actual
diffdrence
in sailing time
wvas
only
thr2e
:minutes
and
eigaiz:2n
s=2c
onds,
the
Resolute
haviag
ed
across
the
startiag
line
by
twanty-thre2
sec-
onds.
Altnough
it
lacked
the
thrilling
neck aad
neck
finish
that
pat
the
Re-
sotare’s
victory,;on
Wednesday
1n
a
class
CHRISTIANSTED.
V. L U.SS.
A.,
TUESDAY
27tH
JULY
1920
by itseif,
tedayv’s
emcounter
had
a
pic
turesqueness
ail
its own
A h:avy bian-
k2t of (o 2 hung
over the Ambrose
Cnan-
nel ligiéship until witnin
a
few
minutes
of start,
totaily blotting
out
the
excur
sion
flee:
and
the tail masted
rivals that
wer: coming
oui.from
their
haven
be-
hinl Sandy
Hook.
Suddenly
the
breeze
freshened
and
the
fog
began
sweep-
inz ouf
£ 322
As
itne
pall
ligted.
the
Snanci*k
with
har
iremendons
sails
s2f,
i2)med
tarouzhs
and
boce,
down
on
the
nacsg. - T 2 Raz3olute
followed
hard
astern
and after
a bit of
jockeying abou:
the
ligntship,
thay jwer:e. off
down
the
Jersay
3oast.
T'he
Resolute
was
atner
oid tricks on
this the windward leg.
She
prinz2l
hizh
into
the
breeze,
while the
Shamrozk
set
off
gn
a reach
that
took
her
rapidly
snoreward.
When
they
swung
aodat
for :he
first
tack,
the Re-
solute’s
work into the
weatker
had
gain-
ed
her
4an
advaniage
ol
more
than
4
quarter ofa mile.
*Again
Capt.
Adams
held
tha
Resolute
%w2li
up
against
the
wind,
with
:he
result
rhat
he
was able
t) make
the mark
wirnou:
a
tack.
[ae
Shamroz't,
headzad,
off
more,
and
was
crmpe'lad
to
tack?
which
brought
her
.‘fl%‘i){in'!th_g malrk ncfu"‘ly two. minutes
be-
nindg
“ne
nesoluie.
T ilne cnallenger
gainT =
el on
th2
second
leg
but
was
still far
™.
bzhind
wh2n
Capt.
Adams
straigntzned
-
the
Resoiuie
out
on
the
homestreteh,©
['ne Shamroeck
was
closiag
the gap that
s@peraced
them
op
this
leg,
when,
a
freaky
bit of weathar
blew
up that Too-
led
even
the
Jersey
skiopgr
Capt.
Bur- |
ton
nad
on
the
¥allenger
as
an
ad-
visor,
and robbed
the
Sbamrocks
of«
whacever
chance
she
nad
of taking the
lead
and
wmnpning.
Tn:
slßops
were |
ranninz
tast
in
add
knot
breeze
when
sizas of a terrific squall became
apparent,
The
Shamrock
took
down
her ciub-top-
sail
and
her
large jib, and prepared
for
rough
weather,
rhe
Resolute
ploughed
ahead
under
full sail for
a time, apparent-
ly bent on getting all the tast sailing she
could
before
the
squall
struck,
and
the
squal!l
did
not strike,
at least,
not
with
the intensity
that
the
Shamrock’s
ap-
tain
had obviousiy expecied.
There
was
a brisk blow for
a few
wminutes
ard
aiso
a short
torreni
of ‘rain,
waiich
the
Re-
solute
Weathered
without
taking
in
any
sail save
her
jib-tup siil.
When
it was
ovar
tae
Shamrock
was
unabie
to
re-
set
club
topsaii,
and
was
forced
to
sat
a small
top-sail.’
while
the
Resolute
had
her
original
rig
intact.
A
briet
calm
intervened,
and
then
the
wind
picked
up
again
a#id
Shamrock
caught
it first and
crawied
slowly
dp
until she
wl7l
i
was
nearly,
.
not
fully, abeam
of
the
Resolute,
bur when
the defender
caught
.
the
wind,
she
fourged
ahead
with
her
superior
rig,
breaking out
a balloc n-jib-
'
topsail
to aid
her
progress.
The
Sham-
-
rock piled canvas
on
them,
breaking
out
.~
both
baloorer
and
spinmaker,
but
the
.
finish
was
ciose
at
hand
and+she
was
|
unable
to
close
the
gap.
The following
|
1s the summary:
Resolute
start
1.01.38.
'
Finish
4.39.25.
Sbamrock
start
1.01.56.
+
Finish
4.48.06.
Elaped
time.
Reso-
i
lute
3.37.52
Correrted
time
38.31.12.
.
Elapsed
time
Shamrock
3.41.10.
Cor-
'
rected
time 3.41.10.
The:Resolute
wins
-by
hree
minutes
eighteen
seconds,
-
elapsed
rtime
nine
minutes forty-eight
seconds,
corrected
time.
Each
vacht
was given unti¥
nine
o’cinck
tonight
to
ask
for
a
postponement
in
the
event
that
1t found
it
would
not get
into
con
dition
to
race%
tomorrow,
but
at
that
~
hour
no
word
had
been
received
from
,
the
rival
captains,
and
the
committee
.
went
abhead
with #its_plans
to
run
the
.
race
=ns
scheduled.
A
States-Island
shipyard where
both yachts had
request-
~ed
drydock
space
tomorrow
and
facili-
!
ties
for
cleaning
their
hulls,
reported
; f.:iftonigsot that both
orders
had
been
can-
! Feelled.”
‘The
™Resolute
time-allowance
-
will rem¥in
at 6 minutes
and
40 seconds
i
The
official
weather
forecast
fer
the
race
tomarrow
is
as
follows:
Fresh
winds starting from
the
south
to south-
-
west
and
weather
unsettled
end
pro-
.
bably thunder
squalls
1n the-afternoon
G
SRR
e
S
S
"CLYDES.S.CO.
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|
*
OPERATING
THE
‘
(RAPOREL LINE.)
THE
s.s.
Katahdin sailed” from
Now
York, Thursday
July
22nd*with
170
tons
Cargzo for
Christiansted.
[mporters
2re requested
1o send
theis
orders
to
cateh
the
"8 '«
(jedrgiana
'
Weeins
schedule
to
leave
New
York
on
or
about
Aug.
106th.
JOHN ALEXANDER
.4_(]«’l?’.
Christiansted,
July 24
1920.
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