Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-28
SOME CUP RACE WHY'S
John R. Spears on the Latest
Upton Challenge.
CALLS BRITISH INSINCERE
Facts About Championship Yacht De-
signs.
REAL RACERS AND HOUSEHOLDS
Says the Americas Trophy Is Not for
a Contest Between Float
ing Bedrooms.
REAL RACERS AND HOUSEHOLDS

NEW YORK, September 2S.-John r.
Spears. the yachting expert and writer on
marine topics. makes long statement in
the World today the latest Upton chal-
lenge for the Americas cup and the refusal
of the New York Yacht Club to accept it.
He makes clear some points in the present
yachting controversy that are not clear to
the average layman. In the course Of his
remarks Mr.. Spears says:
The action of the New York Yacht Club
IN H. declining to accept the challenge of Sir
Americas cup with a boat not only of a
size inferior to those that have recently
raced for it, but of a type decidedly slower
ought to have the hearty support of every
sportsman In the United States and Of the
world.
mo argument on this assertion is needed
by those who are familiar with the whole
situation. but for those who have not fol-
lowed the evolution Of yacht designing
carefully statement of the facts Is neceS-
sary. The Americas cup is without peer
as a trophy for outdoor sport because it
has always stood as the prize of the swift
est yacht in the world of the large type
and because 1t has been successfully de,
Tended against the attacks of the ablest
designers and yachtSmen of the best va chit
ing nation of Europe.
For years the British yachtsmen came
after the cup with yachts of their favorte
designs, entirely confident on each occa-
sion that their models We're superior to
those of the American designers The
fidence with which the British declared that
the blade models. Ike the Genesta and
Galatea, the cutter yachts. would drive the
Yankee skimming-dish off the sea They
failed to do so, and then the British began
adopting first one and then another of the
features of American yachts.
This, too, failed.
Talk of Monstrosities.
I'm the meantime one British feature
had been found superior to an American
idea; the of outside ballast Ameri-
can designers adopted that, and thereafter
they continued to hold the lead as before
Having failed to build a yacht that
could take the cup, the British yachtsmen
ers being monstrosities 1t will be remem-
bered that this talk did not begin until
after the day of the Defender. The De-
fender was in fact, very good cutter.
With her we beat them on their own model
But the Columbia was a racing machine
But the Columbia was a racing machine;
the Constitution was q worse one; the
Reliance was the worst of all necessarily
from the day that Shamrock l was de-
feated we have heard the changes rung
the wholesome ship idea. What was
wanted was a ship that could go cruising.
The talk from beginning to end has been
a sham. and contemplate sham at that.
Sir Thomas has had many friends in
this country help him to talk about the
wholesome model. This talk was in
slstent that all clubs have given way to
it more or less. But l repeat that the talk
was not sincere, for when a new rule OF
measurement was provided, that was to
develop the more wholesome model, they