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Show 1 THOMAS LIPTON ON DECK WITH NEWJEFI Irish Sportsman Issues Another" An-other" Challenge for America's Cup. By Atioclattd RKTJ-AST." lrelniid. I 137 " The Itoy.il I Ister Yacht cluh ha sent a cablegram to the New York Yacht cub containing h challenge for the America's cup Sir Thomss T.lplon thrice h;is at tempted to "lift" tha America's cup. historically known na the trphv for tha "blue ribbon" event of aclitlng between the l'nttel States and Kn gland. Three Shatnrtwks have come across sens H"d fought for Mipiemscv. hut una essfull, w III Anun. s huill craft over the triatiRiilar and wlndwai-l and leeward courses off ShimIv IIooV. ami still ji not her Slminrock. called SharnrK-k IV. was being ent across tha At;nnlic in the autmncr of I :H for a contest for the cup w hen I be Kuropea n w ;ir broke out lns race for which American sn-dicates sn-dicates bad built a trio of yacht, one of which whs to defend the cup. whs neer sailed, and the Shamrock IV sinee has been lying boxed up in a Hrooklyn slipvaid. The three American Amer-ican yacht were the Itesolute. anit f and iwiUnce. After several preliminary prelimi-nary tacrs to choone a defender, the ow ners of the I fiance decided to w ithdraw their vrwft from competition. competi-tion. " I'ndcr the rules rovernlng contests for the America s cup Is the provision that the challenger shall sail on her own lMttom across the sea. While the Shamrock IV was on her way and In daiiKer of being destroyed bv suh-mar.nea. suh-mar.nea. the New York Yacht club, custodian of the America's cut. sent a wireless dispatch to Sir Thomas Upton, off the A7.ires islands, giving bun pi-ml.sion to have hi a-am iColiliiiiied on follnwlligpSKe.) SIR THOMAS LIPTON j Continuedfroiii preceding paee) j W ht. (be rirpnu i;nn. tow the Fliam- riM-k to New Y"ik. . The .VniPiw a i cup was a trophv put up by jueu Victoria in 1 M for on' International vacl t ra e. It was won ) by tbo prhrmtirr f'bt Anw'ra. w hjcli j at hifi accounts was lc in H.-fui S'r Thomuj l.iptoit i rel ,n; i.p ' HhamriTk IV for the ebsli'tice. J . - j New York Club j Surprised ' Ni:V ViKK. Ie... ii. , The rbal-1enc rbal-1enc from 'he K"a I Istep Yacht j ' biti had pot heo;i re.etf, nf the. New Yoik Ya'ht I ib last night. Sur PH." was exprrr-h'it bv menibers of , the Huh that It had bcn sent mn soon ' l Fifter the close of the war In the an- i Mmce- of Secretary Ceorce A. Cormark. i w ho ta in Washington, and t'ommo- lore Ceorgc K. Jiaker. who was not it his home or at the club, no official statement was forthcoming. I It was i-jtplavned. however, that the robAi'le procedure will te the ap-t'oiiittntnt ap-t'oiiittntnt by the commodore of a i pe- ia committee to frame a reply. " einc cup races usually are he,J in ept-mler or U toler. there will be imple time to prepare for a race If n m held. It had been the opinion 1 f the club that tir Thomas Upton ! Aould n't chalhnge for a content ncit I .ear because cf conditions folloainf be war. f Arthur Curt las .Tames, the prominent achtuman. said he was surprise! that b i challenge should be aent it pn. li Rut."-he add'rj. "if Kir TJi'-rnaa has I a hal!engd. we have the KesoHMe aMr ip. and it will e rase of one old tua iut axiuUiac" D I |