The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-01
ENGLAND LOOKS
AHEAD TO RACES
Criticism Of lipton's Selection for
Skipper of Shamrock

for the l1l4 yacht race for the Amer
iaa's cup are rapidly being completed
ou both sides of the Atlantic. Long
before the challenger and defending
candidates slide off the ways. the sail
ing masters, shippers and crews will
have been selected and slll plans ar
ranged for the trial and tuning up
races, both OFF the English and Amer
ir.m coasts. Three possible cup de-
tenders are assured for the United
states, and one or two others may be
built if those interested can find sat
isfactory yacht builders To undertake
the work.
In England the actual construction
Of Shamrock ~. Sir Thomas Lpton's
challenging yacht, was started on
November }, and the 75-footer is eX-
pccted 10 take the water early in
April. Although FIVE months will
clapse before the tuning up process is
started English yachting circles are
already busily engaged in discussing
the plans for the test races and the
selection of the crew and officers for
Shamrock ~ \ prominent yachting
authority, in discussing these prclim-
lusIieS, says.
Plan Trial Races.
In the trial races between Sir
Thomas Lipton's cutters, the new chal-
longer shamrock w and the old
Shamrock 23-metres, built i'm 1908, w.
T.. Burton will have sole charge of
both the yachts, ANA will sail the chal-
lrnger assisted by his sailing master.
Albert Turner. The 23-mctre will be
stored hY Captain Gould, a skipper
who has a high reputation in racing
circles. That the professional shippers
whose names are SO familiar to yacht
ing people are not connected with the
matches for the Americas cup for.l
lJH will appear extraordinary TO
many, ana IL is undoubtedly a circum-
ference OF much interest and viii
form a topic of conversation amongst
,arhtsmcn for many months To come"
However. good men as they are,
Sir Thomas Upton has failed before
with them in command of his yachts,
and h" can bat try again with new
hands i'm charge. Captain Gould is not
young man, but he Is skilled racing |
man. and, while w. =. Burton and |
Albert Turner are, of course, typical |
Of the latest school of seamanship in
modern racing cutters using all the
science and forcthought that is re-
q1ircd in handling the beautiful tall
spared racers of the day. it may per-
hape be said that Captain Gould is a |
Skipper of an older school"
Want Younger Pilot.
tn" one point raised at present APP
pears to be- regret that "a younger pilot
ct the modern yachting school was not
appointed To- send the trial yacht
against Shamrock ~. Criticism is
voiced by another Yachting enthusiast,
as follows:
We know Captain Gould's record is
good one. We very much doubt,
however, if ne himself expects To be
ADJ" To 80 straight into his new COM
maud with a new crew and get as
much out at her as Captain Sycamore.
Ih" latter had carefully tuned Sham
rock az and had had the best oppor-
iunitN of doing so, opposed as he was
0a\ after day to vessel to which he
could not afford To give anything away,
aud which was also handled by a skip
per as Keen and experienced i'm the
class as himself. II will take some
little time to find ont the form of the
boat, with which her former skipper
Is already acquainted. and by that time
the short period available for prclim-
mary trials may have nearly or quite
"E,"sed aud the trials will have been
lacking Inv conclusiveness. The new
skipper and all concerned undoubtedly
VIII do their utmost To bring the old
boat up to the highest pitch possible.
Nevertheless, there will Ice through
out an element of doubt as To whether
even those most Intimately associated
with the trials will be- abb to gauss
lh' merits OF the new boat AZ conclu-
SNcly as if ihe old yacht were sailed
under Captain Sycamore's command
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