New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-19

HE HAS PRODUCED GREAT BoAlS' AM
HE KNOWS THE CONDITIONS
IN AMERICA

~ 1901, .,,,a,l,s of .'The London Yachtsinan'
snow that some of the English are sun 'li'e"s ~
tho idea that the new defender OF the AiheI''"
Gun will as THE Yachtsman' says, DE Ne''
n,msy craft" But the present is an carry hou'
Al which to bring on excuses for subsequent re-
.,,,s and on both sides II may be wen 10 ""i'
tiu some outsider knows for certain wha' NV
structure Of either OF these boats Is inc
concerning the Shamrock which was given u" ~
Tribune OF last Sunday was received from i'''
reliable source-from an amateur VINO mas "''
large dealing with Fife. and who had reason 10
-. 4, - eenoraI way what the designers IDEAS
,.oro for a cup challenger these being gained al
time when Fife had no immediate prospect OF nav
ing his present honor conferred upon Mn"
these views CLEANED In a general cohNe'S'''o" ="
tween two experts. it may be regarded a. w
taintv that Fife is going to send over boat 'h''
will be the latest and most up-to-date thinE NJ no"
ever turned out And. as already twice S"'u ~
,bese columns he Will send craft that VIII nave
aatter floor and shallower underbody IMAM ',i'
Herreshoff defender that is now being pu'' ="
other words It will be nearer to the shape OF t"c
Cartoon. which was the fastest BOAT ol "'' '"''''
length that was ever produced
New-Yorkers have not been advised OF tne 'e''
dangers Of Fife. because he is very little KNOWN
in these wa,ers and. rule the men WIZ
cather the news are not personally acdu"''''"
with his best work The last thing ne SEM 'e.'
was the Kestrel for John b. Minis OF inc N'"-
look at but for some unexplained reason ala no''hs
O, tho stort-off on this continent Fife Is pest
known in the great yachting centre on Lane ~"
,orio because I'm that region his succession ol IIn-
,rove,nents has defeated everything FOR hedr3
ten wears his las; boat always beating MS pre'o"
one til he completely ran Watson OH 'i' mr.
There was a time when. with the Two Nci'''' "
Vreda and other Watson boats, the subsequent "
sinner of the VaIkyries had a great name hut Oh
tho lakes no one has been able to talk watson
for nine years. since Allen Ames oil 'he - 60
Yacht club got the Yama from flie III low DV"
biob b.ou. low she went up to windward OF Do"lS
four classes higher, I'LL they thoushI ."'' 49,,
n ghost Whole fleets couldn't find her a''e' an
bo,r ont She was in home with her canvas a.,
slowed and her owner half through Ms ~ -
town before the rest got IN! ,eoo ,, on, in sec
to,s n Toronto and put together as flie ordelruii
She had one or two brushes with the ma Tho
then the Yama disappeared anu "'''
Then came the Chicago challenge FOR $50 aHn1
Commodore Lucas OF We no' hnntd fo defend the
tropbv but on the order Of tommodQit =; n IIfo
Jarvis Of the Royal Canadian ia'" IL i've came
sent out another boat. the ,a1in'' t t,d balf
yav She could give the Telma ahoul nan so,
minute in mile. and. As h9at Of ioI h chicago
I TIesanr which now races with the Syce at Nm
YORK in the 5l-foot class. The tanada wa liz
So ightlv that YOU could see her decks MVInbanf7
SO ~ m T!,tched In a seaway. This shows that
flib ca" and n is a fact that he knows all the
ssne~ial requirements Of the racer when VII We
fastest H. America. So far from a ne to- ~
man being right in speaking o. We hnt that the
Shamrock will be many tons nEntt IT,. nimsest
Herrcshoff boat. and that she VIII DC M h mnean
h roofs Of Wat the younger Fife can DO nave
ali gone to the Great Lakes ah" IL +, t. he.
IAN ~ %eH,York has not been getting the fastest
boats.