Evening star., 1909-06-21
KEEN RIVALRY FOR nONORS
TROPHIES OPEN TO CREWS OF
THE NAVY.
Highly Priced Battenburg Cup Of
Gold-Success of the Men Of
the Louisiana.

Keen is the rivalry in the navy for the
honor OF winning one or more OF the
many challenge cups and trophies pre-
sented to be contested for in rowing. sail
ing and athletics The battleship Louisi-
ana holds the majority OF the challenge
trophies and owns outright a number of
others. The crew Of picked men OF the
Louisiana has beaten every crew that
has rowed against it. capturing seventeen
handsome trophies. Sixteen of these tro-
phies are of silver. ranging from six to
sixteen inches high. all handsomely de-
signed and engraved.
Most Highly Priced Trophy.
The most highly priced of all the navy's
trophies now held by the Louisiana is the
Battenburg cup Of solid gold. which
stands about 26 inches high. 1t is a
challenge cup. which was presented by
the enlisted men of the British Second
Cruiser Squadron. which visited the
United States In 1905, under command of
Prince Louis of Battenburg. 1t is con-
tested for every three months by boats
from ships of the Atlantic fleet. and the
ship winning the cup must defend 1t
when challenged. If a ship Of the British
navy is present when the race is rowed
an. invitation may be extended to enter
In the event of a British ship winning
the race. her name must be inscribed on
the cup and then the trophy is returned
to the in-chief of the United
States fleet and held by him until again
won by one of the ships of the fleet
The race for this cup is with twelve
cared cutters for three miles. The British,
cruiser Argyll defeated the American
crews in 1907, but the Louisianas crew
successfully defended the cup twice in
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British crews.
The trophies belonging to the Louisiana
are the Callao cup. offered by the Cal
lao. Peru. Rowing Club. and presented
to the Louisiana's crew by the President
OF Peru after race in which there were
four Peruvian entrants and two Ameri-
can; the Chinese cup. presented by the
Chinese government during the visit to
Annoy; the Thompson cup, presented by
Col. r. NJ. Thompson to be pulled for by
and Japanese fleets at Yokohama, 1908;
the Annoy cup for gigs. presented by the
Chinese government: the Seattle cup for
deck crews. the Seattle cup for marine
crews. The Seattle cup for engineer
crews. and the Seattle cup for picked
crews. all presented by the city of Seat
tie; the San Diego sailing launch cup and
the San Diego marine crew cup, both
presented by the city of San Diego. Cal.
The trophies won and held by the Lou
ls1dna are the Belmont cup. presented by
o. H. P. Belmont; the Swedish cup. pre-
sented by Prince Wilhelm of Sweden in
1907 and won by the Louisiana from the
Swedish cruiser Flygia; the Dunlap cup.
presented by Mrs. r. II. Dunlap; the
gilded rooster. awarded by the Navy De-
partment to the ship that excels in boat
racing: the Football cup. presented by
the New Orleans Times-Democrat; the
Pedro cup, presented by Mrs. r. de Dod-
son of San Pedro. Cal, and the Annoy
Picked Crew cup, presented by the
Chinese government.
The Louisiana is custodian Of number
of cups. One is the Pensaco cup, pre-
sented by the citizens of Pensacola. Fla.
and another is the Havana cup. presented
by the United States Club of Havana