Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-10 | Page 12 | Britishers Will Try Once More for Cup

BRITISHERS WILL TRY ONCE MORE FOR CUP It begins to look as If we are to have another International yacht race In 1905. Sir Thomas Llpton Is seriously considering consid-ering the. bulldlngof a new boat, and another British yachtsman, J. P, Coates, stands ready to furnish a challenger, chal-lenger, If he does not. Llpton and George L. Watson, England's foremost designer, are not very friendly, and the story goes that Watson only consented con-sented to draw up the plans for Shamrock Sham-rock II. after being directed to do so by King Edward, then Prince of Wales. After three Shamrocks had tried and failed, it was generally believed that there would be a considerable letup In British endeavors to "lift the cup," but such is not the case. There are still a number of millionaire subjects of King Edward who aro willing to spend fortunes for-tunes in trying to regain tho "blue ribbon of the seas," and it is needless to say that there are just as many American millionaires who will tako pains to see that they are not successful. success-ful. In 1903 there were numerous stories In circulation about members of the New York Yacht club having tired of being forced to continually go down in their pockets to defend the cup. Of course, only a very few men have constituted con-stituted themselves a committee to do so, and. despite unpleasant murmur-Ings. murmur-Ings. they will go nobly to the scratch when the next challenge arrives. So great is the national pride in the cup that, were It necessary, a national purse, to defray the expenses of keeping keep-ing it here, would be subscribed many times over. Neither the Reliance nor the Constitution can bo used again In an International r'aco on account of their excessive draft. Tho now rules of the New York Yacht club, under which a race would be held, put them out of the running. A challenge has to be received ten months before the day of tho race, so one maj' be expected before tho 1st of October, at the latest From all that is said of Mr. Coates he must be a sportsman of fine parts, 'but Americans hope he will remain in the background until Sir Thomas makes one more effort, and U1I3 time with a four-leaf Shamrock. Illustrated Sporting Sport-ing News.