The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-19
FITTING TIME no TRY ron our.
indications OF Change with Next Yacht
Contest, Say Engiishmen.

Intsreatin1 dominant on the America'o
c eeeshs oonhen' on na WorH
Cup racing ID maoe IN he acNy 49,
and evidently the subj ect and possible devel-
opments are engagine a good share OF the
attention of yachtan,en on the other side.
rh. 49,. ~ $500, -, ,soin, on their
ne enect Oh americas CUP ,sehs on v.S,l
ing World US follows.
Probably the very last complaint the
modern racing man would eIpeot 10 hear
HiouV.l ia"ihs man ~ouiu S.p"e' w -.
wouio Dc complaint that there Was any
single phase of America b Cup racing which
=, ,s aut,ttad ,v,h o., .h .Ao s.srannrs Of two
cont,nan,s r,.,r ,.it, aeoh other as tn which
can offer the fullest and most minute account
OF tho developments which 90 to the making
nj a On. contest n nd ,ecordinp every triiling
,no,aou, ,.hioh , ara e'Ioaa,a sor nothing
ihcideht whieh taxes piaee-vo say hU.", ,hs
OF the incidents which happen only IN the
ina gination OF the writers-it might be
reokoned thai tho nreaa nd nublic both dis
aSa.c,a t1't - e 81 49, ~ IL, which
.naIse .heL'selN 70 Al iuII Oh any IAN t ~
the contest may nave upon ther interest," and
that recent Gun oontests have been followed
with ren,arkatL, .rtbnsioem Nv thousands
", na.in ,,.hl ,,Is ta 1,,aiod w. d,st,n-
OF people VINO would be pu2Hied 10 aIsI.h-
boom. and with equal interest and more
fraternity, there is still an IMPORTANT bearing
long Ignored This pbase lies in the question
Oh
races have had TO our snort at home and the
relationship in which the contest mil ht have
been placed
ANY consideration which our racing men
have given to this Northumberland in
the very enthusIasm OF the contest-has
heen largely founded on a basis OF antagon-
ism; for Il is a common attitude to regard the
Gun contest as a dlstilrbng element in local
sport and to blame it for most of the failures
and Observation-Disclosures which come our way
II this contention were Altogether true il
would hecome n auestion whether In view
Of this circumstance' the contest were worth
CONTINUING. IA n matter of fact however,
the ASSERTION il one which even the few who
fully believs it would and difiicult to sub
In popular interest and general import
ance the Nome nxtIres IIndombtedly suffer
from bsine badly oyershadowed whenever
there in a Gun race above the horizon; but
these are matters 40 little courted by Yachting
men that thev can scarcs he considefed as OF
racer does is to saddle one or other OF our de-
siSnsrs with a tast which IA bis' but has never
been quite biz enough to prevent him meet
ins ali the ot6or calls VII icb rnfebt bs made
mon him This and the witbdrs1ai Of a sIin.
nsr and crew and n racing owner who might
ar minbt not other Wac ip1,re in the home
Seet ia nraotically the disturbances which the
local sport. ' ''' '''>''-
on,1 's co mn: nesatfYn onaIitT but
o an actual nna.r for SsooS snd th3s ia tbe de-.
az 1919. pmhio hi 80, raa.nna hiy nlsin,
r,aue sid"ratinr thsn has xet Sen, Sixen
IN IL TheTe il geneaal aareemsnt that The
No mi " ths Snn and tbe nenessitT OF de-
REM. All on t So suo n, ~ VIC NC. FAVE
sucn iiLP ae ~ nas not ! e. nao Wv W. naso