Bisbee daily review., 1914-07-12
SHAMROCK " COMES THIS MONTH FOR RAGE HELD NEXT SEPTEMBER
Elimination and Practice Trials
 Between ResOIute, Vanitie and Defiance are Held Every Few Days; First Looks the Best.
By R. L. RIPLEY

cas cup. has challenged again and will race an American defender off Sandy Hook in September of this year. The first three racing days already are set by the New York Yacht Clubs racing committee for the 10th, l2th and 18th Of Chat month
 The Americas cup, valued at lOp guineas, was originally put up by the Royal Yacht squadron in 1851 as a prize to be competed for by yachts ot an nations in @ race around the Isle of Wight At the time it was hardly anticipated that any but British yachts would participate. but t SO happened that Commodore J. C. Stevens of the New York Yacht Club and four of his friends had a l70-ton schooner, which they believed could get around the Isle of Wight faster than anyelse anoat She had been taken over to- Harve looking for trouble" and was the first yacht to cross the Atlantic in either direction
 Thus it was that the America was entered in the race for the lOO-guinea cup. and won in s hours and 37 min utes. her nearest opponent crossing the line IS minutes later The prize, ever since has been called the Ameri- cas- cup.
 In 1857 it was presented by the five owners of the America Commodore Stevens. Hamilton Weeks. George L. Schuyler James Hamilton and J. B. Finlay to the New York Yacht Club, Go be held against all challengers as an international trophy
 Tle rules under which the yachts race for the Americas cup are sub jec.ed to constant revision as to de- taI but in the main are that the wis 'iung yacht must be built in the coun- |uy hat challenges and must proceed . t0 her destination under her own sail and on her own bottom; the race must holding the cup. The competition is open to any foreign chartered yacht club having for its annual regatta an ocean water course on the sea or on an arm of the sea or one which com. pines both. Competing sloops must measure not less than 65 nor more than 90 feet on the load waternne .sChooners not less than 80 nor more than ll5 feet. Ten months notice must be given by the challenger and mo race must be sailed before Novl and May l.
 The American yachtsmen who con .Uibuted over a million and a half dol lars to build three cup defenders arc certainly getting a sail for their mon ey Daily races between all thret boats have been in order and an told there will be thiry-nve trial contest. arranged for the water fIiers befor, the actual elimination uns, whici win be sailed off Newport Aug. 10 This long series of races scheduled should result in determining which |. tho speediest of the three All thre, have shown tremendous speed in thel trials up to date the Resolute partic . ularly as she has won almost ever! race SO far.
 Alexander Smith Cochran, who bull the Naniue. is as enthusiastic as eve - despite the defeats his boat has sui . fered The wind may blow =his wa. . yet
 The Defiance, controlled by the tr
 city syndicate, is not discourage ] either
 At present one guess is as good a . another as to whether the Defiance
 the Vaniue, or the Resolute will rae
 against Lipton's latest sailing creation
 but most of us are guessing the Ne'
 York Yacht Club boat the Resolute. i Lpt7n's newest hope, the Shamroc ! ", will start across the Atlantic O her quest about July 20, according | present arrangements. In design Si | Thomas craft differs markedly tror all previous cup chalengers, nor doe she bear a close resemblance to an American boat Designer Nicholso
 boldly carried out his own ideas wit | the result that Shamrock " is ce | tainly original if somewhat freaHsi l Let us hope she does not carry he | originality SO far as to win back th
 cup, for your Uncle sam is having
 decidedly bad year with his uoph
 collection
 Not until 1870 did England attemI
 to win back the cup she lost in lS5. ' Then the Cambria came over in Cha
 year and finished eighth among
 competitors. In the following yea
 another attempt was made by the l.
 vonia. which was defeated in four ol
 of five races. Since then the briuH ! have tried unnecessarily in 1885, l6s | 1887. 1893, 1895, 1899 1901 and lgO | Canadian chaneugers made attempt
 In 1876 and 1881.