Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1909 — VALMORE WINS YACHT RACE [ARTICLE]

VALMORE WINS YACHT RACE

Amorita Falls to Overcome Time Allowance Granted Rival. Mackinac Island, Mich., July 27. — William Hale Thompson’s trim schooner yacht Valmore. last year’s winner of the Mackinac cub race, has repeated the trick. Valmore at 9:33:03 a. m. crossed the finish line 04:54 behind her big rival, Amorita, which had given the Thompson boat a time allowance of 2:42:32. Valmore, therefore, won by 2:37:38 over Amorita, which however, secured second place by a large margin. The trip was made by the winner in 42:33:03 for the 331 miles. Amorita broke her spinnaker boom, and Valmore an iron band securing the topmast shrouds.