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Show I SHAMROCK MAY WIN Having won bi a fluke the firsl race for the America's cup, and having defeated lb solute in a close contest on Tuesday. Shamrock IV is within reach of victory, as one more successful race will give the cup to the Trish boat Alter years of trying to lift the cup, no one in America would much regret if Sir Thomas Lipton gamed his ambition. The Irishman Irish-man has been a good sport He has borne defeat so manv times without complaint thai he i deemed most worthv of a triumph. In the last race Shamrock wns more fortunate than Resolute in finding the wind and, thereby gained an advantage, but so far there has hern no real test of the relative merits of the two boats On Tuesday, while Resolute was ahead and going well, the critics crit-ics commented on the bungling manner in which Shamrock was being handled, as the skipper persisted in using a little staysail, while Resolute had a big ballooner Nothing .succeeds like success Had Shamrock lost, the defeat would have been chargeable to the tpw of the Irish boat. But evidently Skipper Hurton in his judgment judg-ment was not at fault as he was vindicated by the results. |