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Show Sli THOMAS HIS' HE WILL LIFT GUP i - Thirteenth Contest for Cov-eted Cov-eted Trophy May Prove Luck for Foreigners. Thoro have boon twelve contests for tho America's cup on this side . of the tlantc An even dozen times the Nc York Yacht club has successfully defended de-fended It. Thirteen may not provo an 111 on.cn, but it is known, that Sir Thomas Upton think the Shamrock TV a perfect shamrock, i, always four- -TJ-wiiT ofTsot any 1 H luck that for-leavcfl for-leavcfl wyi onspi- a contend S S woTkTng a opell In favor of the S&ncer and ngulnst tho baker s dozon pSpoflitlon "ho dofemloru will havo to dsir Thomas has good advisors on this nt,fi of tho water, and ho has been told SL1?0!? . that things worn :wvor more fyvSo "rV o ila winning tho cup Suramor. And ho has always been ?nL?no that the yacht doslgnora, yacht SP.Mrli and yacht sailors of Greut Br Sf" could w'm9back the cup.. J3yoii rnmnetlnr under tlie old rulos that n"rmlttSd of radical and flo-callcd freak 5 S" iw , felt that only curtain cau-tlonor cau-tlonor conflon-atlvoneas on tho port of T?ff 7mfl Wataon fettered tho posslblll-m posslblll-m , nf their creations, while ho Is con-dent con-dent that Nicholson: who Is turn ng mit his new chnllopgor. posseascs tliat ".ff.Vr. nuallty of daring, or whatovor cel mnv Ml It. to take the final stop mat Tiff InAw sOccew. Then he has &b Mt that if ho could got away fmyracinff under tho old conditions thn? "nnuestlonably favored tlib .!-fcudor .!-fcudor "njul compete under ruhm that would favor tho building of wholesomo boatas Instead of winged scow3 ho would at least start with an even break. Heretofore the challenger in order to cross tho ocean has had to be stronger or heavier built than tho defender, whlc,h has lad , to race only over courses on the bound off Newport or off Sandy Hook, If ft stormed she couW remain at a sheltered anchorage and In light or modoraio weather go out and race. Slnco 1S93 the conlestn have novbr meant anything aside from the fact that they were International strugglos, and the results have determined nothing eavc tho superiority in handling a combination com-bination wind and water freak. Peculiar significance therefore attaches to tho coming contest In that it will bo bo-tween bo-tween tho best real yachts two countrlos can produce. They still will bo beautiful beauti-ful creations to look upon and will hayo tremendous driving power and speed. Tho lato A. Cary Smith, veteran designer de-signer and a closo obsorver of every cup match sailed in Amorlcan watoi-a. said when Sir Thomas first cpolco of challenging with a Shajnrock TV: More cup races, ,eh? Well, that opens up another chapter of yadhtlng possibilities, and wo had belter think a tnfuule. U will not do any harm to look back a few years, and, in doing so, consider tho boats engaged, their dn-slgnors dn-slgnors and tho sailing nmstei-.i mixed up with these cui races. Experience gained In designing and rigging small boats Is of little use If the Jump to largo ones Is ma do without the pco-grcsslvo pco-grcsslvo stops. Tho man acquainted with the Bmall boat, under these circumstances, cir-cumstances, does not chaugu, and when In tho largo .boat falls to reul-lzo reul-lzo that tho weight of the gear and tho strains Incident lo It grow as tho size of the boat Is Increased, Thus, the perfect k of a mall boat would bo usoleffi on u large ono. Then In the cup contests, as it has boon proved so often, with perfect rig on tho cup boata thoro must bo something some-thing approaching- "perfection in the uatllng master to obtain tho proper roturns. A man may bo invincible with a small boat and crow, but would bo lost In charge of n large vchsc!. It is tho old army problem over again. Hundrodu may successfully command a pmall body of men. but fow are ou pa bin of .toeing at the head of a large body. . Ui tho last fow years very littlo has been done to develop professional aklp-l aklp-l pors In this country. Yachtsmen here Hko to tall their own vessels nnd use the sklptior to advise and care for tho yacht. Therefore, experts are at a premium. |
