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Show It is said that Sir Thomas LIpton will soon of- H fer a purse of ?2,500 for the swiftest and most per- r H feet steamship that can be produced by indlvidu- H als or nations. That would be a trophy worth H winning, but it would elmlnate one of the most . H important features of the -yacht contest. That H would be he contest between crews. The de- jH signers of he hulls and the builders of the en- H gines would be about the only competitors. Of , jH course, there is something in sailing a steamship 9 and something in getting all the speed possible H out of a ship's engines, but the humanity ,'part H would play but a secondary part, the chief trial 1 v H would be between machines and the interest in ) H the outcome of the race would be confined to a j H few classes of men only. The boys and girls In H all the villages of the country would not be wager- H ing gloves and kerchiefs on the result. H |