The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-16
SHAMROCK MAY
LIFT THE CUP
YACHTING EXPERTS REGARD
THE YACHT AS A DANGEROUS
CHALLENGER.
Most Of the Fine Points Of Columh,.
and Constitution Embodied in Lip
tons Boat-Her Hull Not Dam.
aged in the Ocean Voyage
Examined in Dry
Dock.
(By Associated Press,

| (By Associated Press,)
view york. Aug. 16-Shamrock II.
went into dry dock early yesterday and
american experts had their first chance
TO study the lines Of the craft Sir Thorn.
as Upton has sent over in his second at.
tempt to lift" the Americas cup. The
cup challenger resembles the Columbia
very much so far as her underbody and
fin are concerned.
| That Shamrock II. was a danrerou.
opponent was conceded by the experts
VINO saw her today. From her easv en-.
trance forward to her clean run aft there
is power and speed in every line An
the curves are true and easy and there
- hotnlnR crude or coarse in any If
tnem. Mr.. Watson evidently took the
cutter brittania, his best all around hoat
as the basis Of his model.
IN improving on the Brittania Mr..
watson evidently had the Columbia In
MS eve, for the midsection of the shame
rock II. is practically that Of the con.
querer OF Shamrock I. This fact wa.
pointed out by experts as showing how
yacht designers on either side of the
Atlantic have been converging along tha
same lines to such an extent that nrac-
tlcally they have come together ana
there Is no marked difference in this
types such as existed in the day OF the
Puritan-Genesta contest.
1t would be hard to distinguish be-
tween the Columbia and the challenger
SO 1ar as their underbodies are con.
cerned. When the larger. sail plan ia
INFO
ad1udged to be an opponent worthy tn
be met.
However. that Americas Gun is in
peril of being lifted" by Sir Thomas
Upton this year is by no means the
opinion of conservative yachtsmen who
look upon the Shamrock II. today. That
sne has intrinsic merit and will doubtless
De hard to beat was admitted, but ev.
erything about her hull that is meritori,
Gus has been gathered from American
sources.
All afternoon the crew of the Sham.
rock II. were kept busily employed bur-
nishing with oil and emery paper the huh
below the water line. The plates are
OF immadium bronze and are suscepti-
BILE OF high polish, far more lustrous
and brilliant than those of any previous
challenger They had become much dis,
there was little or no trace of marine
growth and not solitary barnacle.
There was one rivet only that was started
and Captain Sycamore, who made fire.
quent circles around the yacht report
ed that not plate Mas injured.
finer surface has never been seen
on yacht than that Of the first
three strakes of the cup challenger after
the crew had finished their Furnishing.
The general opinion of experts was that
the shamrock III. Is q rare good boat
and Mr.. Watson has avoided the err
rors he made in the Thistle when he cut
away her lateral plan so completely that
she was of little use when hauled on
a wind.
Mr.. Watson they think has also avoid
ed those crudities of form which are
of the Valkyrie III. and
were also pronounced on Shamrock I.
Evidentally the Glasgow designer has
benefited by close studies of the epoch
making yacht Gloriana, designed by Nat
Herreshoff. and also from the later pro-
auctions Of that wizards brain, the Wig
liant, Defender and Columbia, for an ex-
pert can see traces Of all these craft in
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger.
The Valkyrie III. was a wider and
shallower craft than the Defender.
Shamrock II. is a narrower boat than
the Constitution. The Constitution.
while lacking the graceful c'~ved lines
OF the challenger. has the power :cd
strength that may be found wanting in
Shamrock II. Both should be pretty
close In light airs, experienced yachting
men believe. but when heeling over to
a commanding breeze, the Constitution,
on account Of her greater lateral plan.
should excel in a hard brush to Wind
ward.
In reaching or running there may not
be such pronounced difference, they
think In the absence of any decisive
figures they are inclined to be prudent
prophets, but that the challenger must
allow the defender about minute over
q 30-mile course seems pretty well es-
tablished.
AS a sea jockey the yachting men
hereabouts hold that Captain Sycamore
is equal to Captain Barr. In a flying
start; to which he has been we'll broken
in, he might get the better of Captain
but as two minutes are allowed
to cross the line in the actual cuc races,
this may not prove an important fac
tor.
1t Is said that there is little doubt
that the Constitution will be. chosen
to defend the cup. Although the honors
are easy up to date, each having scored
the same number of wins, still the Con-
stitution is reckoned as the better all
around craft.
L. A. W. Elect Officers.
.(By Associated Press)
Buffalo. N. Y. Aug. .16.-The League
D. American Wheelmen have elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: NJ. NJ. Bedding of New York.
president: c. H. Van Hoon of Chicago,
vice president: Abbott Passett of Boston