Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-06-29
WINS THE GOLD CUP
Uncle Sam Takes Second Race Of the Great
Regatta at Kiol,
YACHTS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
Emperor William Has Made Event Most
Brilliant Of Year.
HUNDRED RACING CRAFT TOGETHER
Many Of Them Are French, British, Swsd-
ish, Danish and American,
HUNDRED RACING CRAFT TOGETHER
MIMosA OWNERS ENTER A PROTEST
objects to Awarding American Yacht
Gold Cup on Ground that IL
Started from Wrong side
of Buoy.

KEEL, Germany, June 2s.-Emperor Will
liam has made the Kiel regatta the most
brilliant yachting event in Europe this
year. The English yachtsmen agree that It
surpasses the Cowes meetings which have
occurred during the two years Of the South
African war. Under his majesty's per-
sonal stimulus 100 racing craft were
brought together a quarter OF them being
French, British, Swedish, Danish and
American vessels.
Most Of them are small raters, but ten
or twelve are large vessels and represent
some of the best work Of the British and
American builders. Emperor Williams
judicious distribution of the invitations
made the event distinctly international.
About twenty beautiful gold and silver
cups, the prizes in this regatta, are set on
a table at the Yacht club Nine Of them
are gifts of his majesty, the emperor, and
Prince Henry OF Prussia. The American
participation has been a disappointment,
because Prince Henry personally invited
several members Of the New York Yacht
club. But months before that intimations
Of Emperor Williams desires were con-
veyed to yachtsmen in the United States.
His majesty called on Mrs, Ogden Goe-
let on Nahma. Thursday. She, following
custom, first left her cards on board the
imperial yacht Hohenzollern The en-
peror was jolly and chatty while on Mrs.
Goelet's yacht. He remarked that he had
been on board of many yachts, but Nahma
was the finest he had seen.
Riggs Yacht Wins Second.
Uncle Sam, owned by F. B. Riggs Of New
York, today won its second race at the
regatta and the kaisers gold cup, beat
tnO ~ hn Ham 1httroy lnh hu
eleven seconds and Hansa of Lubbock by
three minutes and thirty-hve seconds.
There were seventeen starters and the
course was the same as that over which
Uncle Sam sailed a winning race last
Thursday.
The finish of the contest was a long
| luffing match. Mmosa led by two length
| until within fifty meters of the finish line,
| when 1t luffed under the lee of hill and
| lost the breeze, while Uncle Sam squared
! away and crossed the line, eleven seconds
in front Of Mimosa
| The conditions of the contest for the
kaiser's gold cup were not, as has been
before stated, three out of four races, but
! two out of three, the fourth race being
| for consolation prize.
After the finish of today's race the
owners of Mimosa entered protest against
the prize being awarded to Uncle Sam on
the ground that that yacht started from
! the wrong side of the buoy, and snapshot
| photograph was submitted to the COM
mittee in proof Of the assertion. This
photograph showed what purported to be
| Uncle Sam starting outside the buoy.
Protest Turned Down.
]. Hopkins Smith, jr., Of Harvard, 1902,
commodore Of the Harvard yacht club, and
| G. Barclay Rives third secretary Of the
United States embassy at Berlin, who sailed
Uncle Sam, are positive they crossed
the line on the proper side Of the buoy and
| their statements we're accepted. Later II
was shown also that the photograph sub
mitted to the committee was a picture OF
John Bull, an English contestant in the
race.
When this was brought out, the owners
| OF Mimosa quite agreed that they were
in error in making the protest. The mem
bers Of the yacht club express pleasure
| that Uncle Sam won, as they think the
| result will stimulate American interest In
| Kiel regattas.
George Won L. Meyer. the United States
ambassador to Italy, telegraphs that he
will arrive here tonight on pleasure trip
The action of Emperor William in Great
ing King Edward an admiral a la suite in
the German navy was carrying out an in
| tended coronation honor, but is was also
designed to indicate in the most public
manner the emperor's sympathy and es-
| TEEN for his uncle.