The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-20
THE NEW CUP DEFENDER
Yacht Expected to Far 0utclass the
Columbia.
The HerreshoRs said to BE Fully
Prepared to Turn Ont a Wonderful
Lipton's Shamrock u-fnteresting
Test Trials Looked for by Experts

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BRISTOL. R. L. Nov. 2O.-Tae signing CT
| the contract for the new Cup defender
nearly two months later than Columbia was
contracted tor, added to the stipulation
that the work of construction must be
! completed practically two months earlier,
| furnishes the Herresaof Manufacturing
Company one of the most -stupendous tasks
ever undertaken by an american yacht
building firm.
That they are fully equal TO the demand
| is firmly believed by every yachtsnan in
this section and every worker in the ia
mouse boat shops from which every sue
ceSsfuI American defender has been turned
out in the past decade.
Weeks ago attention was called TO The
/ preparations made by Capt. Nathaniel
/ Greene Herreshoff, the Wizard of Bristol .
| for meeting and filling any order that might
! be given for Z defender. 1t was known
that he had been experimenting during the
! past year with various models. the most
successful Of which was the plan worked
out in the seventies. while a number Of
wrinkles" were held in reserve for exhi-
bition when a larger boat was turned out
| TO meet the expected challenge from Sir
/ Thomas Upton.
If that challenge had come last year,
when the Herreshoffs expected ii, ii would
/ have found the Bristol firm almost as well
! prepared and equipped for meeting it
{ with new defending yacht as they were
/ when Sir Thomas sent his def over a
short time ago.
When Designer Nat and John b, the
( business head Of the firm, went TO New
/ York last week carrying their little run
/ die containing a model of the new yacht
! with working plans and specifications. Ri
! Bristol knew that a formal order for a
Z
which makes its headquarters in the
greater city.
No one was surprised when the Her
reshof brothers returned TO see new life
infused into the working force in the boat
shops and other departments of the ia
nous yacht-building plant.
Three days after the contract was sign
ed the Duryea- Whitney seYeDty-foofer
Yankee, which had been undergoing ex-
/ tensive repairs in the south construction
shop. was sent down the launchings ways
I on which Columbia made her maiden
/ plunge June 10. 1899. and the priZe-win-
/ ming seYenty-footer Rainbow, owned by
/ Cornelius Vanderbilt, q member OF the
] Cup defending syndicate. was raised into
/ the souts shop for similar repairs.
! The Yankees wooden plaDking had been
( removed. permitting her twisted stem 10
/ come back to its original lines. Extra
/ braces were then put in and the steel
/ plates were placed on her underbody from
| stem to stern post. These in turn were
! covered with the wooden planking which
| had been taken of and then bolted 10 the
| frames, the Job being performed SO neatly
| as to defy detection of the sheathing. De-
! signer Nat says this sheathing viii make
! the yacht as stiff in heavy weather as 2
| metal hulled boat would be-
From a gentleman whose knowledge
! of inside affairs is accurate it is learned
! that while superior handling may mate
/ rally affect a comparison between Co
| Iumbia and the new yacht. the plans now
/ in progress of Development at the
Herreshoh works will surely result in a
( yacht decidedly superior on all sailing
I points TO the Iselin-Aforgan wonder of
( the present century.
Handled by any one of the able men
whose names have been mentioned in
/ connection with her management.
neither C Oliver Iselin nor any other
! yachtsman will be able to make Co
| lumbia cutfoot the new century cham
! pion nCr keep within hailing distance
/ over q thirty-n1ile course. unless De-
/ signer Nat has lost his cunning and is
/ sadly mistaken in his conception
1t is not believed that Columbia can be
! made more than five minutes faster than
| she was in 1899, while the new yacht is
expected to show her heels to her two
! year-oId sister by fully fifteen seconds
! 10 the mile Columbia may have the ad-
1 vice and assistance of Managing Owner
| Iseiin. but the new defender will have
| the steady and trained hand and eye OF
| Designer Nat at the helm, and few, If
any yachtsmen in the world are his
| equals Under such circumstances the
| result OF their warming-up trials can
| not be in doubt, and is not
| The Herreshoffs recognize worthy foe
men in the British yacht builders. but
! are not prepared to admit that American
| genius has become mediocre They will
| help put Columbia into the best possible
shape for her turning-up spins with the
new yacht, not alone because they desire
| the best trial horse against Captain Mats
! latest conception, but in order that they
may have another champion upon which
! to depend.
They have rot the slightest fear of the
| outcome Of the trial races against Co
lumbia, but in case the new defender is
| permanently disabled in trial or Cup races
| Columbia may take her place against the
! challenger. Even then they believe the
| race would probably be among the clos
| est ever contested in American water.
Assurance has been given" said this
| authority, that the races will be sailed
! next August of Sandy Hook, as mas been
the custom for years, and that not sin
| gle race will take place over the New
| Notwithstanding Most of the tuning W
| trials. however, viii take place OF New
port
THE RACES AT BENNING.