Show NO N YACHT RACE Americans who taking a 11 out of England at reg lar Intervals um r regret gret that there ther is little possibility It ity of an International yacht race for forthe forthe the Americas cup before at a the earliest No American seriously d doubts that such a a competition would result as all such have resulted for more than half a century In the triumph or of the American Americ n boat and the American sail sailors sailors ors However In the tho interval before the next race patrIotic AmerIcans may unite in lamenting that American boat builders and AmerIcan sailors are un unable unable able to produce and man a merchant marine that will compete wIth the fleet of England We may join our tears tear at the hard fate that permits us to Lo excel in making and manning play boats but leaves us Inferior in tIle bus busIness bus mess Iness department or of ship making and ship mannIng That Is we mo may do this It If w We really believe as we are assured by the shipping Interests and Its representatives that we are assur edi and other European nations in this respect As to an international yacht race the outlook for 1907 is not at aU all brIght according to the Boston Herald whIch usually Is w ti informed rm d In nautical matters It adds Admittedly It is a far cry from March 1906 to the t date on whIch V C a challenge c cOuld be sent nt for fr a a match matchIn In the summer ot of 1907 There is little reason to believe belleve however that the New York York Yacht club Is willing to accept a challenge under rules wIdely different from thos that governed the thelast thelast last trial Now that the latest cup defender the Reliance has been turned over ver to the tho yacht club by the syndicate that bunt built her it is ex cx extremely doubtful if any challenge would be considered that practically barred the Reliance from the compe competition competition Such prohibition Would be the outcome of holdIng races races under the so called unIversal rule which governs the ordinary club events of our great greatest greatest est yachting organization It is un unlikely unlikely likely that Sir Thomas Lipton Would care to go to the expense and trouble of building another challenger to meet the Reliance under the old conditions Furthermore whIle Sir Thomas LIp LIpton Lipton ton Is unquestionably popular with the American people it would be well if ifa ifa a new challenger could be found for forthe forthe the cup After his three unsuccessful trials further competition with no other challenge IntervenIng would brIng the blue ribbon of the sea down too close to the status of a trophy rep representing representing resenting conteSts between one indI hidi indIvidual vidual In England and a single club in this count country Really Reany it matter whether it itIs Itis Is the tea man or another The result would undoubtedly be the same But the Herald Is rIght in suggesting that thata a new competitor would make the test more interesting and sIgnificant |