Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
ANOTHER SHAMROCK LAUNCHED.
Lady Shaftesbury Smashed the
 Bottle of Wine.
SIR THOMAS VERY HOPEFUL.

SIR THOMAS VERY HOPEFUL. He Thinks Shamrock TIT Is By Far
 the Best Boat That He Has Sent for
 the Cup-There Was Large Crowd
 Present to See the New Racer Sem
 Of.
 Glasgow, March 1.-The Shamrock III, Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger for the Americas cup, was successfully launched at 1:15 o'clock this afters noon.
 A heavy gale prevailed on the ClydA during the morning, and for time thf Dennys, constructors of the vessel. thought it would be inadvisable to send the yacht into the water. The weather moderated toward noon. however. anu the launching program was carried ! out.
 At l:l5 p. m., Lady ,Shaftesbury broke the bottle, saying: q christen you Shamrock. May God bless yorr ana may you bring back the cup
 Then, amid loud cheers, the Sham- rock III slid easily into the water.
 After more cheering the visitors pro- ceeded to luncheon.
 Large crowds gathered at the Den- nys yards at Dunbarton, in spite of the drenching rain, which, however, ceased before the arrival of the special vis- 1tors' train. Sir Thomas Lipton escort ed Lady Shaftesbury to the christening da1s. Among others on the platform were the Earl and Countess of Mar and Kellie, Lord Overtoun, lord provost of Glasgow; the Hon Charles Russell, Reginald Ward, William Fife and Caps tains Wringe and Bevis.
 An examination of the Shamrock III in the launching shed, showed that Fife had struck out boldly on entirely novel lines, instead of trying to tinker or im< prove on either of the previous Lipton challengers. Like her predecessors. however, the Shamrock III is buiIt l close up to the ninety foot water 1inx limit Her length over all Is 40 feet. l The most striking feature of the cha1-. lenger is her extremely short fin. It is just twenty feet long. Her draught is | nineteen feet and the fin is almost level along the bottom. The lead in the hull | is drawn we'll down the fin, suggest-| l ing the deep body typical of the British l cutter, rather than the extreme flat | doored type adapted from the Ameri- can center-board yachts and used in all. the recent challengers
 l American wheel-steering for the first time replaces the British tiller, and the lesson learned with the Shamrock IF through her pounding in head seas has led to longer and finer drawn bow, giving the challenger the appearance of being boat capable of negotiating comfortably any moderate sea. With lesser draft and not being so flat, foored, as the previous Shamrocks, the challenger will not have so much sta~ bility, so Fife has either gone in for a light weather boat or has cut down her sail area. There are daring novel fea- lures in the design, the effect of which cannot be accurately gauged except by actual trial. They suggest difficulty i'm | getting the new boat to trim, steer and carry her canvas. If, however, she ac- l prove the most formidable challenger ever sent out.
 The under body of the Shamrock TIT | composition. Her topsides are white and she has broad bands of green along l the water line and rail Her hull. | frames and plates are all of nickel steel specially made The deck is of alumni mum plates covered with wood fibre | which gives safe foothold.
 The workmanship of the yacht is su~ l perb in every detail. Neither dent. rivet or joint is visible under her paint.
 After the launch Sir Thomas Upton said to the correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press:
 My third and perhaps my last shot at lifting the AInerica's cup will be the most serious and I think the most hope ful of my efforts The Reliance may beat US, but it will not be because have not got the best boat British brains and workmen can produce. if the cup stays in America it will stay there because of the extraordinary genius of the American yacht builder. If he can produce a still further in~ provement in his art I shall begin to think he is bit more than human. There IS no question but that the best boat wins in the international races. I believe the Shamrock III will come near filling the bill. To my mind she is marvel in which Fife and Watson have outdone themselves. With good trial races and no accidents, her arr rival in New York should mark the coming of the most formidable chalk lenfer ever sent over. sarcely need add that much as long to win and ex- pect to win, third defeat will only in- crease my admiration or people who can beat us at game that was once our own. However" added Sir Thonl-
 as. laughing, a third defeat Is, Of
 course, quite out of the question" T NEW YORK, March 1.-The name
 of the new cup defender to meet the
 Shamrock III.. will be Reliance. This Is officially announced by the secretary
 of the New York Yacht club in behalf
 of MT. C. Oliver Iselin.
 The intended cup defender is now
 about two-thirds finished. The work
 men in the Herreshoff shops are work. n lr--L ---- ..--