New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-01
Hard Names for Sir Thomas
Lipton's Cup Yacht Mean
Little or Nothing.
WINNING OF DERBY
OPENS AN OLD SORE
Class Tells in Baseball and the
Evidence May Be Found in
the Standings.
BY Herbert,
&C. HERBERT DtLEYl

&C. HERBERT DtLENl
Judging by the news which has reached
this country from abroad concerning tho
Shamrock ". challenger for tho Amer
ica's Cup. Sir Thomas Iipton's long and
earnest plea for a modification of the
deed OF gift 10 the end that yachts OF
more wholesome and seaworthv type. ~
opposed 10 the mere racing machine. could
he built has been overlooked. Il not
totally dSrcsardcd. hy Charles Nicholson,
tho designer. The fourth Shamrock has
been called crime Of Yachting. a skim
ming dish. a freak a rule Cheater. and II
this he deserved il looks as il Sir Thomas.
Cespairinc Of his lifelong ambition to lift
the cup. had decided on desperate meas
ures and that a free hand had been given
his designer TO beat the rule. II such
thing were possible. Judging from re-
ports, then. II looks as il Sir Thomas was
coming over with the much malRned
scow type Of boat to sail against yachts
the hulls Of which. at least. are OF reason
ably normal design.
u must not he forgotten, however, that
Sir Thomas Upton must sail this Yacht OF
his across the broad Atlantic. and the
boat OF necessity must have been built
with enough stability and seaworthy
qualities to stand the test Ugly she may
he. and a freak, too but II she can
weather the long sea journey and defeat
the accepted yacht Of the three which
have been built for the honor OF defending
the famous trophy, no word Of criticism
should he heard. our designers here have
not been nisled by any altrustic motive.
hut have pitted their brains against those
Of Nicholson in an effort 10 get the great
cst amount Of power with tho least
amount Of displacement. our designers
have been beating the rules these many
years. and II the shoe now is on the other
foot no alhi can be written.
The winning OF the Derby by Herman 3.
Duryea's Durbar II in England on
Wednesday has aroused fresh discussion
among horsemen here against what some
presume 10 call discrimination against
American thoroughbreds by the English
and French turf authorities in the matter
o. registration in the stud books In
Point Of fact, II could not be called dis
elimination, as the rule is general that
all horses so registered must run TO what
is called a tap root. the purpose, of course,
Icing 70 preserve inviolate the blood lines.
II IS true. however. that this edict works
a hardship in many cases. for while Eng
Nsh and French breeding authorities will
not recognize the Lexington cross this
once great horse and potent sire is well
A. % ,D1o with
Added satisfaction was lent to the VIC
tory Of Durbar II from the fact that he IS
out Of Armenia. a Neddler mare, but
purely American on her dams side. For
this reason Durhar II is not eligible fo-
registration in the English stud book and
could not have raced IN France except in
special races but for the fact that Ar
nenia was imported TO that country be-
fore the rule went into effect. While Dur
lar IL is not considered good enough. for
fear Of blood pollution. TO be registered IN
the English stud book. h turned out to
he quite good enough 10 win the Derby
the greatest OF turf classics. This, at
least is something of which 10 boast, and
il may be said In passing that three OF
the four American owned horses-lro-
quois. Orby and Durbar (which have
earned this signal honor 20 back along
the very lines which are barred.
Armenia as said before goes back 10
Lexington. as Wanda was by Mortimer
Minnie Miner, and she by Lexington. In
speaking Of this great horse. which was
foaled I'm 1870 and met with only one de-
feat In his turf career, The Thorough
bred Record" says: "Od English turf
writer's have been extremely fond Of Civ
ing the number OF winners hy l1erOd,
Matchem and Eclipse. the three great
strains Of the English blood horse, but the
following comparison is distinctly favor
able 10 Lexington Ilcrod produced 497
winners. which won $4,000; Matchem
produced 354 winners which won SGl COO;
Eclipse produced 3H winners. which won
S545.5-0. Lexington produced 30 winners,
which won sl.l59S2l." Many Of Licking
tons seasons were made during the war,
so that his get had few places al which
20 run. and the purses were extremely
small
Murphy. who prepared Durbar II FOR his