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Show Ipir Thomas Lipton Says Every-M Every-M one ShouHd Take Up Yachting m THOMAS MPTON. who la now In this country on a visit that may may, not mean another. Visit w.ilh a cht or two built for the purpose or pturlng the America's cup. believes .'Sthat there la uomethlng more than ..il6ere pleasure to be derived from me j3S?rt ot yachting He thinks It has a ;ifjrect Influence In bundlne up the per-,(ffififfnnel per-,(ffififfnnel ot a nation'? ouvy According jifa Sir Thomas, the , yachting gamej (Ifeeds in ita follower a love for me Knta that In turn has a sure effect on (Ine oplrlt ruling the battleships The jJCountry that playa at yachting will )i3'orli at war more effectively than one .'.Ihat does not, and that is ono reason ,ra why hla advice to young Americans is. ". -JLvTaMt up yachting." If yachting were ,j3caxried OD more eatenslvely In this 3 country Sir Thomas' vlewa on the sub-jgject sub-jgject lead to the conclusion that "the I United States would have an even stronger navy tnan she bos at the present time." There Is something ot tho Viking about Sir Thomas Lipton. Ho is n big man. to begin with, and then there Is B certain carriage of bis head and a peculiar set to hla shoulders that always al-ways clings to men who possess more than p. crossing acquaintance with the JKL MI baren't yet come to any decision Id regard to another race for the cup." he said In answer to a question, "but I Rxn going to talk to soma members or the New York Yacht club, and there may be something to say about theme the-me In ft few weeks, I know that the WNew York Yacht club will do what is 5Jfrih.t in the matter. They have always been most kind and courteous In their treatment or my proposals, und I think they ..would llke-lo see another racu-nr-rangetl. It would give yachting in this country n considerable Impetus. I think. It would stlrnuluto the game und turn the attention or your sportsmen sports-men onre more to the sea As for my-seir. my-seir. I will say that there Is no place where 1 would rather race than in I America. "To my mind." continued Sir Thomas, "yacht racing Is the cltiahest ana beat Sport In the world. It is n good thing, too, ror a nation lo foster It breeds In young men a love ror the sea that prepares pre-pares them for the navy in time of war. Look at Germany, for Instance. In that country the yachting game is nationally encouraged. The kaiser nets the example by taking a personal Interest In-terest in the sport, and as a consequence conse-quence there are a lot or young chaps or the right sort taking to the sea as naturally as ducks to water They go In for the sport ot It and stay in tor the pure lovo of 1L From the decks of their yachts they go finally, many or them, to tho quarterdecks of the kaiser's kai-ser's warships. Germany's strength aa a sea power Is. I believe, accounted tor to a considerable degree by the tact that yachting Is made so populor there. "As sports go. yacht racing Is not particularly expensive. You can get a small boat tor comparatively little, and the returns In pure enjoyment and healthy recreation will more thnn ro- - pay you for your expense, if I were a young man In New York city I'd have a little boat out on tho bay for my leisure moments." |