Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-10
AN ALYS|S OF
PRELIMINARY
SHOWING seen

New York, july 9.-American vachtsmen
who are IN close touch with the prepara-
tions being made by Sir Thomas Upton for
has fourth attempt to lift the Americas
Cup, have recently received an interesting
analysis Of the preliminary showing OF
Shamrock ". According 10 this report
the challenger designed by Charles Mich
olson i likely to prove the most dangerous
yacht ever sent across Inc Atlantic IN quest
Of the famous trophy. Although the Eng
liSh yachting expert will not commit them
selves regarding the chances Of the chal
len.ser n vet. the impression appears 10 be
growing that IL Shamrock Nv makes the
ocean trip without straining She viii prove
far more formidable than any of the Sham
rocks or Nalkyries that raced for the cup
between 1898 and 1903.
As in the ease with the cup defense
yachts ReSolute. Defiance and Nanitie.
there still remains much 10 b. lone Oh
Shamrock IN before She sails for America
late this month. Several changes IN rg
and ballast have already been made and
the experimenting and drilling Of the crew
will continue until the challenger i pat
under jury rg for the long voyage 10 the
cup course. All this experimenting and i'm
proving meets with the entire approval of
the English Yachting experts. but when il
comes To the crew and skipper the same
confidence and support j. lacking. IN fact
the command and manning Of the Yacht
\ the subject of much talk. and wide HI
vergence Of opinion. The Ola Yachting
hands, while acknowledging that Captain
Burton. who = Ia command. l. probably
the hest racing man IN Great Britain to-
day. do not like the idea of Captain Svca
more. with all hiS experience of racing off
Sandy Hook. being entirely eliminated.
This move was doubtless decided upon,
To avoid the friction that occurred in 1903.
owing To n sort of dual command. This
year Captain Burton, will be- in sole com-
mand. lie will have a. his assistant. how
ever, Captain Turner, who acted IN Il sim
liar capacity for Burton in most Of the biz
races IN English waters. and recently Oh
Sir Thomas Lipton's twenty three metre
yacht Shamrock IN English regattas. Aside
from the lack OF experience in America
Cup races, some doubt Is expressed among
racing yachtsmen whether these two will
get "a much ont of the crew a. would Cap
tain Sycamore, who j. better known among
the men forming the crew.
A yachtSman who has had experience
with each Of the yachts Sir Thomas ha~
sent across the Atlantic. expresses the
opinion that one Of the chief causes III fail
IRE ~ the past has been the lack 81 train
ing Of the crews Of the Shamrock. The
Americans. he points out, spend weeks IN
getting their crews into training. and hour
after hour they are put through practice
of lowering and raising sails, until orders
given by the captain are carI.ed ont with
a quickneSs that Is a marvci and .nu,-..,.
TO English yachtSmen. Whine the Amrri
cans are prncticing. he said. the British
crews take life easy. The result Il seen
when the race Is on, since quickuc~. III ear
rying out orders marks the dilfr.an,
tween success and defeat.
hat Captain Burton realize. III. Il
shown by the fact that the shamrock IL
men are being drilled harder than any pre-
vlous cup challenging crew. Tho%r who
are inclined To be peSSiiuiatic. however.
contend that the real test viii come via -
the amateur skipper OF Shamrock ~ er
beavers 10 arouse the enthusiasm Ia thu
crew necessary Tor To hrin. about the III
most speed and harmon, spng Il. in,li
vidnal members. They hold tu the upini N
that 4 veteran professional like Capiain
Sycamore can always yet better result
from the men before the hast than al am
ateur. Time alone can solve ,li~ problem.
which = of far greater Importance than
uraaIst ut.sXa.n ga. -