Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-07
TO RACE FOR
CANADA CUP

Next In Importance from an interna-
tional standpoint to that time honored tro-
phy-the Americas cup--is the Canada's
cup, won from the Royal Canadian Yacht
Club In 1903 by the Rochester Yacht Club
with the sloop Irondequoit. This trophy Is
now about to be contested for by the two
fastest boats that Canada and America can
produce. The cup races start August II
and continue daily until one the other of
the two boats win three races.
The two rivals for the cup are the Teme-
raire, designed by VIII Fife of Fairlie,
Scotland. and built by Capt. Andrews at
OakvilIe. Canada, and the Iroquois, design
ed by Charles F. Herreshoff. a nephew of
Capt. Nat Herreshoff, and built by George
Lawley Of Boston.
The Fife boat is owned by Frederic
Nichols and the Herreshoff yacht belongs
to a syndicate headed by Frank T. Christy
of the Rochester Yacht Club. The races,
which begin on August -, will be sailed off
Charlotte. N. Y.
Unusual interest is shown by yachtsmen
in this years races, for they are to be sailed
with 30-foot yachts, the former contests
having been with yachts of larger dimen-
sions.
Three boats were built to defend the cup.
The other two were the Rochester. designed
by Gardner & Cox Of New York. and built
by Miller Brothers, at Charlotte, N. Y, and
one owned by C. J. and w. P. Pembroke of
Rochester which was designed and built
by them.
Lorenzo G. Mabbett, the present fleet cap
tain of the Rochester Yacht Club. who SAIL
cd ba in no trial ha hepN
selected to sail the defender in the cup
races.
The first contest for the Canada's cup,
which was donated by the city Of Toledo,
was an invitation match race under the
auspices of the Lincoln Park Yacht Club of
Chicago. A yacht named the Canada, be-
longing to the Royal Canadian Yacht Club,
sailed against the American yacht Venice
dor, and won, and that club, as the holder
of the cup, presented it to the owner Of the
yacht. who by deed of gift made the trophy
a perpetual one for international competi-
ticn.
The cup was named after the first winner.
In each race since held the challenging
yacht has been victorious. The cup is open
to challenge in accordance with the deed
of gift made on January 16, 1897. The rec
ord to date is as follows:
Year. Challenger. Defender
1896 Canada tCanadian). .Vencedor (Amercsn)
1899. .Genesee american. Beaver (Canadian)
1871 invader ttanaulanB CADILLAC tAmerlcan)
1903 .Irondequot (American) strathcona (Canadian)
1905, Temeraire Canadian. .Iroquos tAmerican)
After the initial race for the cup the Chi
cego Yacht Club was the first to challenge
for the trophy. Five yachts We're built to
defend the cup, and the Genesee, sent from
Rochester, easily won in the trial races.
Later. the representative of the Chicago
Yacht Club, she defeated the Canadian
yacht Beaver, the defender of the cup.
When in 1901 the Royal Canadian Yacht
Club challenged for the cup, trial races were
again held by each club, and finally the
Cadillac was selected by the Chicago Yacht
Club and the Invader by the Royal Cana
dian. The latter yacht won three out of
the four races sailed.
The fourth series of races for the cup, on
Lake Ontario, off Toronto Island, were the
most sensational of all the contests for this
trophy. They were sailed in 1903 on Au-
gust s, 10, IL. II and 10.
The challenger Irondequoit, of the Roch-
ester Yacht Club, victorious, defeating
the defender. the Strathcona, of the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto, Can, in
three out of five races.
The Strathcona won the first two races
with ease Then Addison G. Hanan of the
Larchmont and other eastern yacht clubs
who is an amateur skipper of remarkable
ability, was sent for He took the place OF
John Barr, the professional, at the helm of
the Irondequoit, and she won the next
three races
The first was a twenty-one mile triangle,
the second nine miles to windward and re-
turn and the third another twenty-one mile
triangle. Those who saw these three races
were unanimous in agreeing that the sail
ing of the American boat was a splendid
exhibition of seamanshp.
The principal measurements of the Iro-
QuoiS, which will defend the cup this year.
are as follows: Length over all, 80 feet;
forward overhang, 10 feet; after overhang,
IL feet. water line, 80 feet; extreme beam,
10 feet inches: beam on water line, 10
feet: draught, feet; ballast, tons; sail
area, 1,5oo square feet; mainsail hoist 20
feet inches. boom, 81 feet inches.
An invitation has been extended by the
Rochester Yacht Club to the Royal Cana
dian Yacht Club of Toronto to contest an
international regatta in conjunction with
the Canada cup races following the deci-
sion of the cup contest. The day following
the final race it is proposed to hold the re-
gatta.
The feature event will be a race for thir-
ty-footers in which not only the challenger
and defender of the cup will contest. but
all three boats built on each side of the
border as candidates for the honor of rae
ing for the trophy. including the Fife boat
Temeraire, the Mylne boat Zoraya, the
Hamilton boat Naniva, on the Canadian
side, and the Herreshoff boat Iroouois. the
Gardner boat Rochester and the Pembroke
boat kee Lox II, on the American side
This race, bringing together the products
or prominent designers on both sides of the
N n nd a1e.t,