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Show I ' A MORAL TRIUMPH FOR SIR THOMAS LIPTON. Sir Thomas Lipton did not. come ovc in vain. Mr. Fife, it is true, has failed to design a yacht fleet enough to "lift" the coveted cup, but Sir Thomas, by his sportsmanlike behavior, his serene and genial temper at all times, his generous gener-ous spirit toward his opponents, and his indomitable pluck in defeat, has earned the good will, esteem and friendship of the American people, and the moral triumph tri-umph thus won fs a distinction of which he has reason to be proud. He may be sure that if he had succeeded in lifting the cup, he would have our heartiest congratulations, and we should feel that when the contest was to be renewed on the other side of the Atlantic, it would be in that spirit of wholesouled , and courteous rivalry which he has done so much to put on the highest plane. The America's cup seems to be as far away as ever to British yachtsmen, but the series of 1899 has given a fresh luster and attraction to the sport and brought Its admirers closer together in the bonds of amity and good fellowship than they have ever been before. |