The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-15

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 MT. Nicholson, speaking on the subject, said the question of. towing had not troubled him at all Any vessel so weakly constructed as to be unable to make the passage under sail would stand a poor chance of arriving on the other side in tow.
 Another feature of the cup rules which does not appeal to the average EngIishman is that which permits the defender to increase her waterline but does not extend the same privilege to the challenger. On this point an Apart from the troublesome delay and attendant risk of crossing the At lantic under sail there is a further point in the conditions of the race framed by the New York Yacht club committee which appears to us most unfair. to the challenging yacht. We do not say that the point is unfair in the. sense that the New York Yacht club has not the legal right to insist upon it, because as that club holds the cup and frames the rules 1t is obvious that it can attach to it any conditions it pleases. If the party conteInpIatin challenging does not like the conditions of course he need not compete. We contend how ever that the following conditions is unfair, inasnuch as it gives a better Schance to the defender than it allows the challenger. The cha1lenger's wa ter-line length must not exceed 75 feet. The defending yacht is not bound by this condition; therefore, if it is found that she would do better with little more ballast, she is a5-5 lowed to add the weight and increase her waterIine to a certain percentage more than5T5 feet
 Every yachtsnans knows that in certain eases if this privilege is al- lowed to the American yacht and withheld from the British yacht It may be immensely in favor of the former vessel For example, suppose both yachts measured 75 feet and sup pose both were of equal merit, but both were rather crank and would go all the better for little more bal last Such a state of affairs is a. very comInon one in yacht racing, The conditions of the race framed by the New York Yacht Club allow the American vessel to add the ballast and thus increase her waterline over ' 5 feet; but they do not allow the Brit ish yacht to do the same
 That the English are somewhat prone to- evolving rules Which appear to work hardships on foreign en- trants can be seen from a glance at the regulations which govern the fa~ nous English Royal Henley Regatta Two American eight-oared crews are to row in this greatest of all English
 
 Union Boat Club and Harvard second varsity eights race against the best crews of the British Isles. In order to be eligible to compete the present and former Harvard oarsmen had to certify that they were amateurs un- der the English definition which states that a competitor is not an amateur in the Henley stewards eyes
 Who has ever been employed in or about boats, or in manual labor, for money or wages.
 Who is or has been by trade or em- 1 ployment for wages, a. mechanic, arti- san or Iaborer, or engaged in any menia1 duty
 Another restriction provides that stno eight-oared. four-oared or pair Ioared crew shall be allowed to com pete if within four weeks prior to the comm encement of the regatta the crew shall have been coached during any practice in rowing, or controlled or directed in training by any person not considered an amateur oarsman. scuIler and coxswain under the fore ] going definition.s