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Show Lipton Challenges for Cup1 Will Rely on Shamrock IV. - SHAMROCK IV A2ID SIK THOMAS LIPTON jpl ; ' . ; , 1 1 - 1 V.;-:- y - fssf J . J ' if-y .V - rV -; ' v 1 a . v .-" !.- "v x , - I - ' f . ' - : i - - . ' - -. i cv. ,"L:'-:: ' , J ' BELFAST, Irelaml,' Dec. 12 (By. tlio Associated Press). The Royal Ulster Yacht club has, sent a cablegram to the IS'ew Yurli Yacht club containing a challenge for the America's cup. , Sir Thomas Lipton ia relying ou Shamrock IV for the challenge, which is made ou behalf of Sir Thomas. t . Sir Thomas T.ipton thrice lias attempted attempt-ed to "lift" the America's cup. historically histori-cally known as the trophy fur, the "blue ribbon" event of yachting- between 4-he diked States and inland. Three Shamrocks Viuve come aeVoss seas and fought for supremacy, but unsuccessfully, witli American-built crafl over the triangular tri-angular and windward and leeward courses off Sandy Hook, and still another Shamrock, called Shamrock JV, was being be-ing senL across the Athmtie in the summer sum-mer or !U4 for, a content for the cup when the l.nropcan war broke out. This race, for which American syndicates had built a trio of yachts, one of which vas lo deffiid the cup, was never sailed, and the Shamrock IV since has been lying botvod up in a Brooklyn shipyard. The t h roe A m erica n yachts were the Resolute, Reso-lute, Vanitie and Defiance.' After several sev-eral preliminary races to choose a defender, de-fender, the owners of the Defiance decided de-cided to withdraw their craft from coni-pcTition. coni-pcTition. ruder the rulus governintr contest for America's cup is the provision that the challen;:er shall sail on her own bottom across the sea. "While the Shamrock IV was on her way and in danger of being d':st royed by submarines, the New York Yacht club, custodian of the America's cup, sent a wireless dispatch to Sir Thonias lapton off the Azores islands giving him permission lo have his stcarh j a cht , tlie fatuous LTrin, tow the Shamrock Sham-rock to New York. The America's cup was a trophy put up by tjucen V ictoria in 1 Sfl for an intermit in-termit iona yacht i ace. J t wiui won by (lie s.iiooner yacht Americ:. which at last a' l.-ounts was lyintr in Boston. |