Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-02
Three Possible Cup-Defenders
Assured for United States;
Construction Started on the
Shamrock 4.
tAssuclnicd PROSE- Correspondence

tAssuciafcd Press Correspondent
New York, Dec. preliminary
details for the 1914 yacht race for
the Americas cup are rapidly being
completed ON both sides OF the At
mntic, Long before the challenger
and defending candidates slide of the
ways. the sailing masters, shippers
and crows will have been selected and
all plans arranged for the trial and
tunninE-up races. both off tho ENG
fish and American coasts Three pos
sible cup defenders arc assured for
the United states, and one or two 9TH
org may be- built Sc those Interested
,nn find satisfactory yacht builders
.o undertake the work.
In England the actual construction
of Shamrock ". Sir Thomas Lipton's
challenging yacht. was started on 40.
yemhcr @. and the 75-foutor a. cx-
pcctod Co take the water early IN
April Although five months viii
clapse before the uning-up process D.
started, English yachting circles are
already busily engaged in discussing
The plans for tho test races and the
selection of the crew and Officers for
Shamrock ~. a prominent yacht
INK authority. in discussing these pre-
liminaries, says:
TN the trial races between sir
Thomas Lipton's cutters. the new
challenger Shamrock ~. and tho Old
shamrock 23-motres. built zoo 1893.
N IT, Burton viii have sole charge
ur both the yachts and win SAN the
challenger. assisted Ly hls smiling
master. Albert Turner The 23-mo'ie
w.u ho stccrcd hv Captain Gould. "a
skipper who has % high reputation in
racing circles That the professional
skIppers whose names ere so familiar
.to yachting people are not connected
uith tho matchc7 for the Amorics g
cup for 1919 win appear eNtraordi-
nary 90 many and 81 is undoubtedly
"a circumstance OF much interest and
viii form topic 81 conversation
amongst vachtsmcn for many months
Go come.
However good men as they SIRE.
Sir Thomas Upton has failod before
with them In command at his yachts,
and ho can but try again with new
handa In charge Captain Gould ig
noi % young mon. bur hc is skilled
racing man and, while W Y. Burton
ana Albert Turner are of course, typi-
can 90 tho latest school of seaman
ship in modern racing cutters using
lam tho science and forcthought that
is required IN handling tho beautiful
tall-spnrrod racers of The day n may
/ perhaps be snid thlt Captain Gould
Be- skipper of an older school"
Tho one point raised al present APP
pears Co be- regret that younger
! pilot Of the modern yachting school
was not appointed to send the trial
yacht against Shamrock ~ Criticism
90 voiced bv another Yachting onthus-
| last as follows;
I'VE know Captain Guuld'g record
| rs good one. We very much DOUBT
hoWeVcr. &C. ne himself expects To- Doe
able 10 go straight into his now CONF
mand with new crow ana get ns
much out of her as Captain Syca-
more. Tho latter had carefully tuned
! shamrock up and hal had the best
opportunity of doing so. opposed as
| ne was day after day to vessel IA
@ hlch ne could not afford 10 give nns
thing away. ana which was also han,
| ~ w IN FhlNl'i wv h''N NNN w.
| pcricnccd Ia the class rs himself II
wll take some little time 90 fiEd uul
tn form Of the boat. with So lict
her former sk phcr o. already ct.
leunlnted. and by that time the fior'
IIor.,d available for preliminary uhl
may have nearly or quite elapsed 40,
tho trials will have been lacking o.
conCUsiycncss. Tho new skipper an,
an concerned undoubtedly win a,
their utmost 90 bring the old boa
nap 10 the highest pitch possible New
crtholcss, there viii bo Throughout
nn element az doubt as tU whether
oven those most intimately associate,
with the trials viii boz able to gaug,
the merits Of the now boat as con
l'lusively us if the old Yacht wcr
smiled under Captain Syc1more's com
mand"