Bisbee daily review., 1920-07-04
AMERICAS CUP RACE, BLUE
 RIBBON IF TRE SEA-, WILL K BE SPORTING EVENT IF YEAR

1 sAet back" their respective owners about $50,000 each. when they raced in 1887. The New York Yacht Club had an expense of nearly S3.0OO in the management of that series of races.
 The real heavy expense of defend | ing the cup began in 1893. the year ] Lord. Durraven issued his first chal- lenge. In that year. four candidates were built Vigilant finally was chos- en- It was stated after the series that IVigilant cost something like $15O.0G0 to build and race This sum was reduced to possibly S100,000 through the sale of the yacht. after the races. to George and Howard Gould. Colonia, Jubilee and Pilgrim. { the other three American boats. cost about S25OO0O. making an overhead cost of at least S350 .000 for the de fense of the cup that year.
 In 1895. the New York Yacht club spent sS0O,OCO tc build and race De fender As there was only one boat built in 1895. this series was not as costly as the previous contest, still Defender was the first cup boat for which there was practically no use after the series.
 These astounding sums, however. are insignificant when compared with the amounts that have been spent since Sir Thomas Lipton entered the international racing game
 According to reliable information Sir Thomas spent S990,OO0 in his first attempt to capture the America's cup. That waA in 1899.
 That sum included s4OO,000 that Sir Thomas spent in the purchasing of steam yacht that he renamed the Erin. and another s1OO,OOO to refit the boat This boat. the Irish Baronet fused until the world war started when the gave it to the British government and she was torpedoed in the Medit- erranean- Deducting the sum that Sir Thomas spent for the Erin. the cost of the 1899 race left the Irish man out of pocket s400.0OO after his first attempt to lift the cup.
 In that year. Columbia cost the New York Yacht club s260,000 to built and race. Defender was used as a trial horse that year. at cost of about S60.000 The series cost the club at least S15,000 of which at least S2.O0O a day was spent for tug boats and other vessels In the rough it cost the organization $3350OO to defend the cup Both sides probably expend- ed sS00,00O for the cup series of 1899.
 Shamrock II cost Sir Thomas S450,- 600. Constitution was built. that year. at the cost of s250,O0O to defend the trophy. Commodore Morgan. who i then was the sole owner of the Co lumbia. put her into commission as | trial boat She finally was selected to defend the trophy. For that hon. or. Commodore Morgan paid close to S100,000 The club spent good $2O.- 900 on the series. making a grand total of more than S400000 for the race. By that time, the contest had 1 become million dollar affair.
 Tn 1903. Sir Thomas built the third ! Shamrock He also brought the first Shamrock over as a trial boat That year the Irish baronet had his first big armada anchored in American wa ters. Besides the racing yachts. he had a steamship. tugboats, steam launches. and a steam yacht. When he went back home his bank account was shy S60OO00 The cost of ,the defense that year was equally as much. The Reliance was the defend CT and was built and raced at a cost of $455 0O0. Both the Columbia and the Constitution were put into com mission as trial yachts. To maintain these. another S1O0.OOO was spent. The race itself. cost the club $25,000. The total outlay for the defense there fore figured up to s5600O0 That race saw the million dollar mark passed by good margin.
 At the end of the 1903 series. all hands agreed that an America's cup race was entirely too costly. Even Sir Thomas found that he could not afford it and there was no challenge for several years. Finally, the Irish yachtsman got the "bee" again and after sending several impossible chal- lenges. race was arranged during the winter of 1913. Remembering the cost of the 1903 race. both Sir Thom- as and the New York Yacht club were willing to race with smaller boats Lfhan the hig % fnnters with which