Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-05

a UGUST is 20 be the banner yacht
N ing month this year. Followers
of fresh water sailing will have
all they can attend TO in that month
learning about the tactics used by the
sailors ON the two yachts that COM
peted for the Canada's cup in Lake
Michigan water. Those who think
that all yachting that amounts 10 much
is that which is had on the salt water
viii pay strict heed To the costly
racing toys of rich men, built express
ly TO contest for the Americas cup.
Old Glory now waves over the boats
that won these trophies and the silver
cups that are the direct cause of so
much stir in the yachting world repose
in club houses over which fly the stars
and stripes. Canadian yachtmen are
certain that the cup win once more go
10 the Dominion boat while Sir Thomas
Upton and his friends are quite posi-
tive that his visit 10 United States
waters this time viii be productive of
better results than when Shamrock i.
tried to lift" the Americas cup from
Columbia. There is a deep set feeling
among many thousands in the United
States that any 90-footer built on this
side of the Atlantic and labelled "cup
defender" will be quite able to sue
cessfully sail against the British chal-
lenger and keep that old furnished
silver trophy on this side.
1t is a matter of regret to many that
the New York Yacht club has elected
to abide by such a strict interpreta-
ton of the deed of gift of the Amer
ica's cup, that the Boston defender
yacht Independence will not be given
an opportunity to contest in trial races
with Constitution. Thomas w. Law
son believed that the "blue ribband"
of the sea would be open TO all yachts
He spent $250,000 on the Independence
and despairing of pitting his CROWN
shield pet against Shamrock III. in an
Americas cup event will content HIM
self with respectfully asking Sir
Thomas Upton for a contest between
either of the Shamrocks and the In
dependence.
Would it be disloyal to suggest that
there may be a decided opinion, held
by great many good citizens of this
country, that the Shamrock ii. should
capture that cup and take it whence it
came, so that in the next international
cup contest, the United States might
furnish a challenger? 1t is so many
wears since the America won the tro-
ply. and so many hundreds of thou
sands of dollars have been expended
by challenging and defending syndi-
Gates, with the monotonous result
defender wins"-that the edge is
wearing off the big event.
Manager Butler, of the Constitution,
declared when his wife. at the night
launching, broke a bottle of cham
payne over the bow of the Bristol boat
and christened the latest Herreschoff
creation with the name that famous
old frigate has made famous wherever
English is spoken, that it was not pos
sible to build racing machine that
could outsail this grand yacht. by
common consent il seems that ii is the
province of the New York Yacht club
to be the medium through which de-
tails for all Americas cup contests
shall be arranged. This organization
will not permit the boat which flies its
pennant to compete in trial races with
a Yacht that is not formally entered
bv some member of the big Gotham
club. Thomas Lawson before the
launching of his boat said that he