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Show I- EPWARD OFFBJtB OTJP. Will be a Yacht Trophy .at .'(Tamest o.svn Exposition. Tr.ibiiDe Special Sportfn; .Scrrice. JAMESTOWK. Vn,, Sept. HQ. Vi-om the Tliost .reliable source ' it is learned that King; Edward of England has offered to tho .Jamestown Exposition a yacht trophy for the big interna- fiojial regatta that will take place off -Jmestowu next September!. Jfis fajesty had' 'been approached by the regatta committee early jn the fip.i'Ing and, although he was willing to donate a cup, ho did not care to have lijs intention .made public until the ICing'.s Cup, which he had offered Jast year fo.r American yachting, bad been won. .lust what the regatta committee will do with the cup "is not, as yet, known. The trophy "his been, given a.nd jt has been lef L to the Araerjcau Corinthians, who have charge of the rogatta, to form the rules that wjll govern tho deed of gift. i Tu all probability, King Edward's Cup, as the new trophy has been named to distinguish it from .the Ifjngls Cup, will be the pri.c offered m the International C Class championship cham-pionship race. It is said that tho cup will cost not less than $5,000. |