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GOOD LUCK SIGNS:
Sun rises 5:43 a. m.
Sun sets 8:15 p. m.
Length of Day 14 h. 39 ro.
Day's Decrease 2 m.
High water 10:09 P-,ttV
Moon sets 2:53 a.m.
Low water 4:45 a. m.
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as a dollar and a half.
ANT) EVENING FARMER
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1920
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VOL. 56 NO. 177 EST. 1790
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Yachts Ordered Off
Id Deciding Race
After A Long Delay
No Wind At Noon and
the Committee Waited
Until Nearly 2 O'clock
Before Ordering the
Yachts Off on a 15
Mile Beat to Wind
ward and Return.
Bandy Hook, July 27 After
raiting around for nearly two
hours today for wind enough
for a race the yachts were no
tified at i:4S to prepare for fif
teen mile bent to windward and
a run home.
The committee had been or
jderinjsr postponements of the
race at fifteen minute inter
vals from 11:30 o'clock.
Shamrock IV. today led Resolute
cross the. starting line.
There were clear skies a smooth
Ma. and a seven knot wind from the
atorthwest at 8 o'clock this morning.
The race, postponed Saturday be
cause ol too much wind and declared
off yesterday after the two cup sloops
Jiad floundered around four hours in
a calm, today was ordered postponed
at 11:30 o'clock, at 1 5 minuto inter
vals, while tho crews whistled for a
wind.
Resolute and Shamrock IV found
near rely a. cupful of air when they
reached the starting point.
