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Newport, R. I., Sept. 25--T. O. M. Sopwith and his sloop Endeavour lost today's America's Cup race with Harold Vanderbilt because he strayed far from the course on the second...
With Secretary of War Bern ashore to observe and report on Rhode Island textile troubles (see p. 22), the President declared a week-end holiday from official business. On Sunday he invited Challenger Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith and Defender Harold Stirling Vanderbilt to tea aboard the Nourmahal, chatted about the disappointment of seeing the first race called for time, wished both sides the best of luck and better racing weather the coming week...
...since Shamrock 11 in 1901. Last fortnight she was favorite at odds of 7-to-5. Last week, after the start of the four-out-of-seven race series, U. S. Yachtsmen had no reason to alter their opinion. In two days of sailing, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt's Rainbow had been better handled, shown herself the faster boat in light airs. But Endeavour had proved that she is a fine boat in a stiff breeze and that her skipper's reputation for quick thinking has not been exaggerated. More than that, she had won the first race...
Famed for his skill at the start of a race, Skipper Vanderbilt got Rainbow across within five seconds of the gun. Endeavour was a full minute behind. She had first hoisted a double-clew jib, then changed to a Genoa just before the start. On the 15-mile beat that started the 30-mile windward and leeward course, Rainbow tacked first, crossed Endeavour's bow, held her advantage in a tacking duel as they neared the turning buoy, rounded it almost three minutes ahead. Coming back before the wind, both boats broke out parachute spinnakers, took them in when...
...Europe, it is a fashionable sport. One of the three drivers killed at the Monza Autodrome last year was Count Czaikowski of Poland, whose car overturned and burned when it skidded in the middle of the track. Same day Whitney Straight, cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, narrowly missed death when his car skidded on an oil spot. Only U. S. driver entered at Monza last week, Whitney Straight finished ninth, in a Maserati...