1921 APBA Gold Cup
The Gold Cup Race
In the Gold Cup Race only two starters showed up the first day, Miss America and Miss Chicago. It was evident that the former would win, barring accidents, but Sheldon Clark's boat gave the champion a good race. In the second heat Orlo III also started, but finished third, over a minute behind the Chicago boat, and as she had missed the first heat, she did not come out again. During the third race it began to rain heavily and the race was called off after two laps, Miss America being at that time a sure winner of the trophy as long as she finished. The summary follows :
| The Gold Cup Race | |||||||||||
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| Three 30-Mile Heats — Laps, 5 Miles | |||||||||||
| First Heat | |||||||||||
| Boat, Owner and Club | 1st | 2nd | 3d | 4th | 5th | 6th | Elapsed Time | Speed M.P.H. | Best Lap | Points | |
| Miss America, G. A. Wood, Detroit Y. C | 5:21 | 5:01.7 | 5:04.4 | 4:45.2 | 6:12.6 | 6:02.6 | 31:51.9 | 56.5 | 62.15 | 12 | |
| Miss Chicago, Chicago Y. C. Syndicate | 5:15.2 | 5:02 | 5:01.2 | 4:55.9 | 5:24.1 | 6:45.1 | 35:15 | 51.0 | 60.2 | 11 | |
| Second Heat | |||||||||||
| Miss America | 5:44.4 | 5:28.9 | 6:00.5 | 6:02.9 | 6:15.4 | 6:10.9 | 35:43.4 | 50.5 | 54.7 | 24 | |
| Miss Chicago | 6:16.3 | 5:49.0 | 6:00.6 | 6:13.4 | 6:11.1 | 6:00.6 | 36:31.1 | 49.4 | 51.5 | 22 | |
| Orlo III | 6:23.3 | 6:00.0 | 6:57.5 | 6:11.3 | 5:59.1 | 6:15.9 | 37:47.2 | 45.2 | 50.15 | 10 | |
| Third Heat | |||||||||||
| Miss America | 6:44.3 | 6:08.9 | 12:52.8 | 49.0 | 43.5 | 36 | |||||
| Miss Chicago | 7:12.7 | 7:20.6 | 14:33.3 | 41.2 | 43.0 | 33 | |||||
(Reprinted from Yachting, October 1921, pp.167-170, 195)