New Britain herald., 1914-04-25
COST HALF 4 MILLION
 TO DEFEND THE CUP
American SpoItsmen -WilI Bt Forced
 to Spend That Amount.

Some idea of the amount of money
 involved in the defense of the
 Americas cup in the coming interna- t'onal yacht regatta off Sandy Hook in September may be gained from the assertion recently made by an au- thority who stated that twenty-two American yachtsmen will spend more than half a million dollars this sum- mer in defending the trophy In ad- dltion to the expense of preparing for the trial races it will cost $10,0O0 or
 $1 5000 more to bring the defender through the cup races.
 Alexander Smith Cochran of New York will be under the heaviest out lay since as sole owner it will require close to s200,000 to pay for the build ing. fitting out and sailing the Vanitie now rapidly nearing completion at Neponset. Six present and past flag officers of the New York Yacht club have given an unlimited order to the designer, builder and manager of the Isesolute, the Bristol production and will probably be called upon to con- tribute between $35,00O and $4o.0o0 each by the time the season is finished. This syndicate is composed of Vice Commodore George F. Baker, J. T former Commodore Frederick c. Bourne, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Arthur Curtis James, and former Vice Com modore Henry Walters. It is esti- 1 mated that $20O,O00 will be required Resolute during June, July and August. Of the fifteen yachtsmen who l combined to build the Defiance at Bath at an estimated expense of $10O,- 1 900 eight are from Boston, six from ] New York and one from Philadelphia. ] The syndicate is composed of F. C.. 1 Fletcher. F.. s. Webster, Eliot Wads- worth, Charles Hayden, F. F. Peabody, J. c. Cobb, Oliver Ames, and Henry 1 Taggard of Boston; George M. Pyn- ] chon, George Lauder, George D. Bar ron, James B. Ford, E. Trowbridge
 Hall, and Thomas c. Durham of New
 York, and F. Walter Clark of Phila- delphia.
 The exact sums paid to the Heres
 shoff company for the last five cup yachts, including the Constitution,
 have never been revealed, but other
 builders believe that they know them approximately. From such data it is
 estimated that the contract for the
 Resolute with two masts, two or three 1 sets Of sails, minor SparS, and rigging
 complete, called for close to $150,0O0
 It is thought that $75,000 will be | necessary for her upkeep during the tpreliminary season from May 1 te August g. The contract price fo1
 the Vanitie is placed at about $100,00C ard it is expected that with her pro.
 fessional crew, and large tender, MT Cochran will have spent another s100,000 by the time that the com 1 mittee on challenge of the New York Yacht club renders it's decision as te 1 which yacht shall be intrusted the 1 defense of the silver tankard.
 As the Defiance is of composite build, with steel frames and a. double | wooden skin, it is estimated that hel building cost will be considerably less than either of the two bronze yachts probably in the neighborhood of $4O,- 900 just before launching. Her masts
 and spars will cost s10.000, her sails $1O,000, blocks $3,O00 and rigging $1,000, with $6,0O0 more for inciden'
 tals, or total cost of $70,000. As the Iyachts of several of the syndicates are to be used as tenders, the cost of run ming the Defiance for tho three