The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

MANY IMPORTANT TROPHIES
HERE AND ABROAD.
Commodore BARtlete % Royal London
YACht Club Adds Co the LlSG with Prize
FOR international NJ Metre B0Ats-seM-
sons Racing OF tine New York Y. q.

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Yacht . Adds Co enc LIST with Prize
Cor international ~ Metre BSAss-SeM-
sons Racing Of the New York Y. q.
Challenge cups are becoming 30 numerous
that yachtsmen are getting tired of them.
Americas cup, which is the blue ribbon" OF
the sea, the Canada cup for the championship
Of the Great lakes. the Sea wanhaka gold cup
for small boats. the dOry cup. and now
the Brooklyn Yacht Club international trophy.
! These are all for international races and
! nearly every organized club has a trophy
that IL held subject to challenge and which h
raced for occasionally. The Kings cup is n
trophy raced for once q year and held per
I manently by the New York Yacht Club. That
club has ~. ChnIlense cups the Cape May and
Brenton's Reef cups for ocean races. the navy
challenge cups. the naval alumni challenge
ciIps. the Bennet challenge cups and others.
while among those better known held by
other organizations are the Manhasset hay
cup. the Childs trophy and the Colt cup.
On the other side OF the Atlantic the Royal
Victoria cup is the most important trophy.
but there as here there has been talk lately
OF more trophies TO stimulate international
racing and Commodore n. II. Bartlett Of the
Royal London Yacht Club in the hope Of in
ducing sport in the international classes
has offered a cup worth 81. $50 for rs metre
yachts belonging TO the newly established
international Yacht Racing Union. Yachts
of the 10 metre class are about 10 feet on the
water line. The conditions governing this
cup are concise and plain. They are a. fol-
lows:
The FIRST race vii be sailed at COweS Isle of wight.
ON August 3, 1909.
The following viii be awarded to the winner Of
two out OF three races, viz:
A challenge cup value $50. TO be held In trust by
the yacht CLUB under whose dag the winner sails.
lBritsh yachts must sail under the nag oI the ltoyai
London Yacht Club,
Also In the ia0S races a nrmrntO. value E40. 20 be-
Kept by the winner, and a medal 10 the helmsmsn,
second and third prizes VIII he announced in the
racing programme Of the Royal London iacht club.
IN" challenge TO be open 70 any oval or iecog
nlHcd yacht club trrCDgnt1ed ny tGe national al
thOrltleS or any me .aher % sHCh ch:b.
other rules VI The nternhtlOns TArht Racing niOn.
MI vessels 20 'c 'tcrr-d by amateurs, recognized
as such by IN. national adtIorltcs.
The races TO be sailed In European waters and
over sucn courses as tho club holding the cup may
After tue year 1908 notice to be given by the chal-
lenger TO ;"t holder on or before March 81 In the
gear the sdccS VIII he sailed.
Al vessels competing In the races are 10 sail on
theiu own ho'tnrrs nom such port or country from
which the races arctic he sailed.
The model room OF the New York Yacht
club Is one Of the most, interesting in the
handsome clubhouse and the collection of
models one of the finest in the world. The
committee in charge. Of this is constantly
Ydchtna World Within the past few years
Messrs. George L. Watson \ Co, Glasgow.
have Tsn sent to the mso Ssy SSr Ky Yacht s; Club agi5s
which have taken part in the contest for the
Americas cup. LivOnia. Thistle and sham
rock IL, have already been sent across and
to this list there have just been added a very
beautiful pair Of models Of Nalkyrie II. and
valSyTls III; Ike the Cthsrs' these are IN,
club il making. OF all the racers which have
taken part in this%c contest and. like the others,
they are built absolutely true to scale and
finished with a perfection Of detail. In the
headquarters Of the club the models are shown
in pairs. challenger and defender together:
latest productions are nc TO be shown along
side any models eyer made, They illustrate
in interesting fashion two phases in the eVo-
luton of the modern cup racer"
The regatta committee OF the New York
lacht Club has issued IT'S report Of the past
Parsons, Ernest r. Lorillard and Walter G..
Kerr. The report saws: During the season
PDt days. The number Of yachts. started
was Isl, which does not include a duplicate
Entry OF a zach! starting IN two events on
and no postpOnements were necessary" The
report also shows that OK 900 was appropriated
for racing. The expenditures of the regatta
committee amounted TO 81. $50 and the balance
available for prizes IL sA,5jO. The estimated
which makes the total value OF prizes raced
for sln.O5O, besides the Kings up
In Class y the oueen, owned by J Rogers
Maxwell. won I've first prizes. This yacht
also won the Kings cup. yiCe-CommodoTe,s
cup and rear ConNmOdOre's cup. The FL
NINA. owned DN hetT = OinNtOuOTe r. -
Brewster, Won one first and one second in her
class. She also won the AstOr cup and com
niodOre's cup. The lngOnaT won one first
and. two second prizes and the Alumni $50
cations challenge Cup,
In class y schOoners the Katrina, owned
by J. Il. Ford, won four nrsts and one special
prize for a mixed race. She also won u com
mOdOre,s cup. TCe-rOmmOdore's cup and rear
G~ommodore.s cup each IN the secondd division.
L.. j. CallanAn'S Eclipse won one first prlHe
in her class and q Bennett challenge cup.
The TaorInina won two second prizes.
Seymour L.. Hustled lr,'s schooner CRU
suder IL. won three races in Class &.
Several special classes were arranged dur
two frsts. the Similar aud VenOna each one
first and the Lasca one first and one second.
The Nenona won the navy challenge cup Tor
The Vrncedor was the best Of the motor
suxiiiaries. winning -four irsts and one second.
In the sloop classes the ET"rt. owned by
+. NJ. Smith. was the largest winner. This
yacht captured seven FIRST prizes in Glass !.
The Nicola won one first and he WeetamOe
four aeconds. Once the Effort was dis
qualified for %fOuling. the Irolita. This cosr
her g iirst prize and the rear commOdore's
In Class K the AvenEer. owned by Robert
". EmmOns, I'd, won the most prizes. She
took three frsts and one second in class races
and the Aston cup for sloOps, Alumni AssOcia-
tion, challenge cup and Commodorecs cup.
~. r. Iinpitt'S MinsOme Won three ilrsts in
class racing and the vice-COmnOdOre's cup.
Commodore Cornelius Nanderbilt's AuTOra
won two frsts and three seconds in class rae
is,alena. owned BY @. NJ. Pynchon. won one
first prize.
Morris and sailed by A.. II. W. Johnston. won
six first prizes In class rlclng. and in the Sec
Ond division OF sloops she won the vice.
commodore'S and rear comm0dOre's cups.
The Kestral won two second prizes and the
PellegIina one second.
The 10 fOoters furnished az usual lots of
snort. The Alera was the most successful.
She won four fr-ts and four seconds. the
series prize and q cOrnmodore's cup. The
Phryne won two lrsts and one third and the
navy challenge cup for sloOpa. The Ade-
laide won two hTsts and one second. The
NPpsi won one first and three seconds. the
BGnZa. won one second and the Mink on"
third.
The new steam yacht Liberty. which has
recently been launched from the yard Of
Ramage & Ferguson at Leith for Joseph
Pulitzer. will be one of the best equipped
yachts ever built when she ia completed.
The YGcbhno World gives this description OF
the vessel:
by q. L. Watson 4 Co. She il essen
TALLY built for ocean cruising. and this has
had considerable eject on The construction
and design Of the vessel. She has two sets
% tTipic expansion engines: tlyD boilers. very
large bunkerc aDacity--sO thur she can easily
cross the Atlantlc and back again without
coal!ug very large water supply. and gen
orally pyarVfhinW 10 1--WE reliability and