Arizona republican., 1914-05-31
ID TRY OUT
 CUP DEFENDERS
Defiance, Nanite and Rcso- lutc to Meet Next Week for Elimination Rarc - Herreshoff Craft Appears to Be Favorite
Special To Republican,

.Ab'PtNAdA I V
 NEW YORK, May 5o.-The De-
 fiance, Resoute ami Nanitie. the
 thrce yachts built bs candidates for
 the defense Of the America's Cup,
 are to meet for the first time heX'
 week. Three races are scheduled for
 the trio or defenders the first to be
 held Tuesday and the others on the
 succeeding days. The races will be
 conducted under the auspices of the
 New York Yacht club. They will be
 sailed in Long Island Sound with
 the start off Great Captain Island.
 near Greenwich. Conn.
 These initial la.es VII meIn mach
 10 the owners and mana gers O. taa
 thfen sioOpf, though the 'esul:s WIli
 have no decisive bearing on the s.-
 lectiou of 'th2 detender. The act'I;l : trial races. the winner of whicn Nl:.
 be selected to meet Shamrock " n | the cup coptests. will take place rfi | Newport during the third wecK oi August
 On June fc, II and 1. the three
 candidates will be tried out over the regular cUp course of Sandy Hook. : The distance will he the same as in ihc international races
 Of the trio of candidates the Her roshoff yacht ResoIute appears to be T favoTite among yachting sharps. The ma jority of the experts have eX- pressed the opinion that the reduced sail area plan which is to be used on
 the Eesolute will give that craft q decided advantage in allowances over the Nanitie and the Defiance. Her reshoffs reputation of turning out , winners also cuts considerable of q figure when it comes to picking the f1Vorite before ti,e trial races. In de signing and building speedy racina; yachts the Bristol skipper has few if any equals This fact alone is bocud to influence the betting on the com h.. l"rCs.
 But mo race iS won until the Win ner crosses the finish line 90 the
 owners and designers of the Nanite anu the Defiance may be excused if they tigur" the chances of their craft tC De as good as those Of the ReSolute Tac Nantic is known as the CO'h- ran. q yachting enthusiast of Yonkers N Y The yacht was designed DN William Gardner and built by the George I.aWley and Sons company at Neponset. Mass.
 George owen, the designer of the Defiance. has been backed by. what is known as the tri-city syndicate. com
 posed of New York. Philadelphia ana Boston yachtmen. The Defiance WIS 1 built by the Bath Iron Works. Bath, l Me Her distinguishing feature is Iis-foot mast which is said to he i the taliest stick ever placed on d
 racing yacht.
 The Resolute. the third candidate 1 is owned oy q syndicate of which | Robert W Emmons is the managing 1 director The yacht was designed h! 1 Nat Herreshoff and built at the Her
 rcalloff yards al Bristol. F. l. ] It is unnecessary to state that IT
 expense has been spared in buildin- l the three yachts Those who have 1 had eXperence ir the sport estimate that the total expense of defending 1 the famous trophy against Sir Tho mas Lipton's Shamrock " will come close to hal! a milton dollars. 1 The defense of the cup is nationa affair and is regarded bH yachtsD1en l as of such importance that the best 1 design. the best material and the best work kmanship must be had d' | any cost The work of designing | cup defender entails many tlmss d. much laoor as is employed in de signing an ordinary craft Of the sane size Every detail is calculated to i the greatest nicetX. The size ot every part is proportioned tn its work and the strength of every bit of materia' that goes into the boat is closely cal culated.
 In addition to the large initial eA- uense incurred iu the designing ana the building of the racing yachts. l there is the expense ot the crew, and charges for towing, repairs and num- erous other things that would never occur to the lay mind.
 An expert skipper and crew oi fifty or more men are engaged ano under pay weeks before the yacht iS launched The members of the crew are paid their salaries and provided with food and clothing for period oi seven or eight months and 1t is GUS | tomarv to charter special steamti upon which to berth the men during l the entire season of racing.