| Show Till THI r HACK 11 San Ban Francisco Chronicle While the race demonstrated th superiority of ot tho the Columbia In running free Cree before the wind In light weather It also proved that Shamrock II It Is quite as good If It not a 11 better bettor boat In n a 11 thrash to windward under the time same lame weather went her conditions The next rues race to bo he sailed Balled will bo be over a 1 triangular lar court 1 which If It the th wind triangular regains ns true Irue throughout the contest will do de decide chic cide the respective merits of ot the two yachts on other points point of oC sailing St SI Paul Ia l Pioneer Press Perhaps there has hIlS been more de tic despondency despondency than Ihan tho the situation warrants For Kor If It as Sir Thomas maintains maintain the shamrock I N is a n better antI and faster boat I thin year ear than she he was WM when she raced meed I the Columbia It IL is III also probable as all It I Is III maintained d by the own ownen en that the tha Columbia has hili Improved with I e So 50 that unless Shamrock II 11 can Mn beat bent Shamrock I by larger matS mar gIns Bins than thun those by which Columbia l beat bent Shamrock I J two to years ago 11 0 the tho cup will again remain with us Boston Hoston Herald At this time It Is ls useless to reason renson speculatively on the merits of oC the con ton contestants contestants All that can be said Is ls s that neither has hns a n sure thing thIn So 60 Inc Yar as betting Is an Indication of ot good Judg Judgment ment uncut the tue American boat bont U Is not In dis disfavor disfavor favor lavor either cither nt at home or abroad In Indeed Indeed Indeed deed Interested Englishmen seem less confident titan than they the were expected to tobo tobo tobe bo be hut but IliUm may bo be due partly to the many disappointments they have hae suf sut suffered During the preliminary train training traInIng ing hug of ot the yachts If that expression Is tolerable so many accidents have oc occurred occurred occurred that one feels that chance will have havo some sOUle part In tho the fray Worcester Spy There Thero Is III no disguising the fact tact that the Interest In the yacht race this time tUne In is I considerably less leRs than that ot of any other race In III previous years This is to I Inot not saying that Interest Is lacking however We should all feel leel a 11 pang lIang of oC ointment If It the Columbia were defeated At the same name tIme there thero hay ham been no challenger In a n generation that hns hiss been more popular with Americans than Sir Thomas Thomnas Lipton Philadelphia Record It Is to be trusted that the fluky alto alts of or yesterday will not prevail off ort Sandy Hook again during the current series of or races In hum shirting shiftIng zephyrs there timers cn etsa be no real test teat of or sailing capacity while tho the chances of ot postponement as asIn In 1899 1893 when seven attempts were wert made before the first race was sailed lalle l act as a wet 11 blanket upon u on yachting enthusiasm and popular Interest t Tin Th outcome of o the tho series Is Ia scarcely In doubt and In nil all quarters an nn curtly caily call final settlement of the formal question of ot custody of oC the International troph wilt II be welcomed Chicago Tho The first race lias Imas demonstrated what hat wo we 0 have hase all nil known know that the tho Columbia model Is IH a 1 marvel marel In getting netting through the water on an even keel before tho the wind Hut But It also showed lI that the tIme Shamrock li is a boat of splendid capa caps capabilities working Into Inlo tho the wind anti and one ono that tha t mummy may 1111 well smell develop winning powers pow before a n strong breeze Every true truc will III hope to see one race mee sailed In n a cracking goed steady wind of ot fourteen or over oer nn an hour New York 1011 Evening Sun When the tho wind wini blows blow high or tho time wInd blows blow low when Columbia Is In front or Shamrock Is In front Sir Thomas Is ma cheerful This la is one aims of ot tho time conclusive lo proofs that he Is a mm atrue 1 true sportsman He tie proved td to be a good goat loser lotter tho the last lut time St Paul Globe The Tho Is ie astonishing U is II not that the BrItish have been unable to rapture the lie American cup uP but hut th that t they have hao been able to rom cora so to very ver war to doing It HOW Jiow two yachts cn cAn bo ho constructed 0 alike In tail sail tailing lag ing qualities that thai neither can beat b at the tho r by II more than timan n a minute or two to over tr a B thIrtymile course corn com comprehension |
