The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-18
A CUP DEFENDER ORDERED.
HerreshoT VIII Build Boat for Arehibal.
Rogers and New YORK Syndicate.

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Rogers and = New YORK Syndicate.
For tho first time since 1885 New York will
have a boat OF it's own in the trial races which
will be hold to select boat to defend the
Americas Cup against Lord Dunraven's VAL
kyric.
The first order for cup defender was given
on Friday to J. r. Herreshoff OF the Her
rcshoff Manufacturing Compan Of Bristol. r
l.. by Mr.. Archibald Rogers OF Hyde Park. N.
Y. representing q syndicate OF Now York
yachtsmen.
Mr.. Rogers Is widely known as the owner OF
the cutter Bedouin. and later Of the Herreshoff
4G-footer Wasp. The successful manner In
which Mr.. Rogers handled the Wasp last year
argues we'll for the new boat, as 1t Is safe to
say she will be sailed for all she 10 worth II
Mr.. Rogers has anything to do with her.
Tho syndicate. it is said. is composed OF fonr
or five well-known yachtsmen. In addition to
Mr.. Rogers the only other member OF the syn
dictate whose name could be learned last even.
Ing Was Mr.. John T. Brooks. tho owner OF the
crack !O-foot schooner Lasca
4. Cary. Smith last year. and was without .
doubt tho best schooner In her class. which
embraced some OF the fastest boats In the
A member Of the syndicate. who did not
care to have his name appear lust yet. said
RoEers was the head Of the syndicate and tho
,snt i hs1 tin. SsW YS PSps,
was alive we felt that Gen. Paine and tie
YsS [k sGdGS En- ana h iSs s
It's hi shIy protsSe u that ,si Boston will DO
boat tco Cen p. Tsne and Porbss
the owner of tho Puritan. have, had several
long conferences together. and the result. 1t Is
One OF the test.informed yachtsmcn in tho
eonintry: who has jnst returned from Boston:
that Cen Paine would not be interested In u
cup defender next year.
Paine will be very much in it. II he does not
build himself he will have an interest in some
brcSsrs sn afns " bu TAI tho soms
Bs1s1o1., De go l%"The H.rreshefrs have re;
togers Of New York. as the head Of a syndi-
cate OF yachtsmen in that city. and will begin
tho work of construction as soon as the Car
ro!l S4-footer can DO got out of the shops.
whether the new boat Will be keel or centre.
important fact-the placing OF the order-is
Final agreements as to the construction OF
boat viii BE- Euilt in the most thorough man.
ner, PIT with speed in view as tho primary
mThs cGSmpany, has p c2ntracted to build
s9hn b. wis ars
Archibald Rogers Of New York as The head Of
u syndicate. But we do not know who the
been with Mr.. Rogers. The boa, will be built
OF steel. and set UP as soon as tho Carroll 81
footer can be got out OF the way.
g The material is contracted for. some OF II
Will be here next week. and all OF 1t within
aonssi II vsw of th n Of the
secret about it until tho challenger Is under
way. trust that both you and your readers
the q bon IKE Is or
dered, and will be built as fast as We can
You misht at least give the tyre Of boat.
IN Isny even % ona said NJ
spesaia'e und "r on when she she may ' be. % -
Win you give her water-line length"
time comes her dimen sons will be made
known Gl., but at pHscnt they must remain Sc
e" 1t is known. OF course" said Mr.. N. G. Her
reShoI. who entered the office at this moment.
that her water line length cannot exceed that
ner cent. and that is nl the firm will say about
tho boat. put the plncinE of the order is a as-
met by tho hest possible production OF the
@ whsn h t thus far d all tho racing
Next in in i'm portancs. however. to having
boat built to defend the cup is to have Il proper
The champion 4e.footer Wasp was sailed
last season by Capt. Charles Barr. and it would
not not be unlikely y il tho former skpper OF the
sidercd byth syndicate OF which Mr.. Rogers
is the head
In Capt Barr tho syndicate would secure .
sEirer Of great ability, Eastern yachtspen
TO sea him at the wheel of the cup defender
LONDON. Dec 1.-THE Fed day makes
cant reference to the acceptance by the New
, York Yacht Club Of the challenge Of Lord Dun
raven fora race for tho America Cup. All the
paper has to say on the subject is that accord
| ing TO tn" latest advices from New York the
challenge has been accepted. but that no init
| nation Is given as to whether tho New York
| Yacht Club will undertake to modify the con-
| ditions of the new Iced Of gift as it was re-
| quested o do in tho challenge.
VANITY Far. in its article on the subject. do
cares that though tho challenge has been
accepted there yet mains much dissatisfac-
ton among English and American yachtsmen.
which materially diminish shes interest in tho
race Lord Dunraven. it says. has merely
| svaded the obnoxious deed. and has nowhere
repudated il. as other English yachtsmen
have declared to be essential.