The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04
Upton TROPHY FOR
LOWER BAY YACHTS
Sir Thomas to Let Atlantic Y.
G. Decide on Type of Boats
to Race for Cup.
PROBABLY 80 FOOTERS
Glass Is Popular With Yachts
men and May Get Call
Over Other Craft.
PROBABLY 30 FOOTERS

Believing that the future OF the sport
lies In the racing of small yachts and
realizlng that the pastime will need con-
siderable booming during the coming
summer IL II Is to return TO It's pre-war
popularity. Sir Thomas Upton, the Irish
yachtsman. who now is here seeing
about his Shamrock ~, the yacht with
which he hopes to win the Americas
Cup next summer, has just given to
Howard G. Borden, commodore of the
Atlantic Yacht Club, a cup TO be raced
for on the lower bay this year.
Sir Thomas has placed no strings on
the trophy. He has left II to the COM
modore and regatta committee OF the
sea Gate Club to decide the class and
the conditions that are to govern the
races. The Irish yachtsman simply in
formed the senior flag officer Of the At
lantic Yacht Club that he would give a
cup provided the lower bay organiza-
lion would see that a suitable series was
sailed this summer. Sir Thomas inti-
mated that no believed the Gun should
be for small boats
Although no announcement has been
made. 1t is believed that the Lipton Gun
will be offered for series Of races among
the well known thirty footers of the
New York Yacht Club. The class liz the
most popular small boat division ever de-
signed for American yschtsmen. Or,gi-
nally built for members of the New York
Yacht Club, they have been raced for
many years by some Of the best known
corinthians In the country. Many are
still owned in the New York Yacht Club
others have been sold out OF the organ
ization. and there are now two to form
the nucleus of class on the lower bay
Two 80 Footers in BAY,
The yachts that are owned in the At
lantic Yacht Club are Alice. the pron-
erty OF Gherardi Davis, and Banzai.
winch belongs to Nicc-Commodore Ed
mund Lang. II is Understood that at
least two more thirty footers will be seen
on Gravesend Bay this summer. II
four thirty footers are seen below the
Narrows they would make an excellent
division to race for the Upton trophy.
IN all probability a special series will
De arranged so that other thirty footers
may come down from the Sound and sail
for what promises to be the most inter
esting trophy OF the year.
The trophy is the third that Sir
Thomas Upton has donated to lower bay
Yachting. The two other cups were
given through the Crescent Athletic
Club. The first was given about ten
years ago and was responsible for the
building OF a class OF small yachts that
created plenty of sport. II was a spe-
cial division built under restrictions
drawn up by the Crescent Athletic Club.
Unfortunately the New Moon Club did
not live up to the restrictions. Instead
OF having all the yachts measured and
inspected prior to the starting Of the
series the boats were not officially in
spected until well along in the summer. |
1t then was found that all but one had |
not compiled with the cabin restrictions
Yacht Is Protested,
The owner Of the yacht that had been I
huilt strictly in accordance with all the !
rules protested the other craft. The |
committee decided that as all the yachts |
nut ono were out Of the class in so far !
as cabin restrictions were concerned !
1t would be better to forget the restric- |
ton clauses and let the yachts finish out |
the season. At the end of the year the |
yacht that had been built according 10 |,
restrictions was last The cup was |
given TO the yacht that had finished fret\l
In 1910 Sir Thomas Upton offered an
other trophy. Instead of Offering Il for !
a special division the Crescent Athletic !
Club decided that the trophy should 20 !
as prize for the "S' class n tyne OF |
small boat very popular on the lower |
bay. Also II was decided to give II 10 !
The yachtsman wh7 first scored three |,
legs on the prize. Tha final race was |
sailed Just before the United States
went 10 war