Evening journal., 1920-07-14

/ 1876 with the schooner. the Countess
of Duflerin. The defender. the Mad
eleine. defeated the challenger
Canada tried again in 1881 when
/ the Bay of Qunta Club Of Ontario
sent down the sloon Atlanta and she
was in turn beaten by the Mischief.
-Four years elapsed and the matches
were resumed with q series Of an
nual races starting in 1854
The defender Puritan defeated the
/ Genesta in 1885 and the challenger
Galatea was beaten by the defender
lMayfower in 1886. The following |
year the defender Volunteer again
won against the Thistle.
In 1893 Lord DunraVen set out to
bring the cup back to England. lie
sent over the Nalkyrie ii. The cup |
was defended successfully by Nigilant,
the first Of the line of Her@shoff |
sloops which are represented again |
this year by Resolute, the defender.
Dunraven tried his luck again in
1898 with Nalkyric ILL., The first race
, OF the series was won by the Defender
( | in light wind. In the second race,
. Defender was fouled by the challenger
+ and lost the race with a broken wing.
s A protest was lodged on the grounds
I of a foul and when the yacht club
4 sustained the protest, Dunraven with
f drew in anger and refused to continue.
, When DunraVen gave up his ambl-
y tion to win the cup, Sir Thomas LIP
Il ton, perhaps the most romantic fig
b ure in the history Of the cup races,
j took mp the task and Is still at it to
i. this day
Y The first of his family Of Shamroeks
le appeared in 1899 but she was defeated
$ bv Columbia in three straight races.
r. Shamrock II came back in 1901 TO
10 meet a sloop built and designed by
IS HerrshoiI, the Constitution. Hut she
fo failed TO make good in the trials and
Columbia WAS sent out again to meet
A. the challenger. She defended the cup
Is successfully winning by margin Of
is one victory helped by the time handi-
III cap which the Upton yacht was
\ forced To concede.
~ In 1908. Shamrock III was brought
n over by Upton. The Reliance was
chosen as the defender and she dem
in onstrated her superiority over the
ca challenger in decisive manner
n. In 1911, Shamrock ~, this year S
challenger. was the challenger. She
n was on the water when war was de-
r. clared and had to travel 1000 miles
out OF her course to dodge submar-
id ines pOn her arrival mere she wa.
81 hauled out and placed in hermeti.
eel cally sealed enclosure where she re
he manned for i've years, narrowly miss
a ing destruction by fire at tn
Jacobs shipyards early this spring.
an The New YORK 1aCnt CluD IN ~
mt had built three sloops to fight fo
nd the honor Of defending the cup.
er. The Resolute. a Herreshoff boat
lse Vanitie, designed by William Gardner
nst and Defiance, designed by Georg
got owen. met in a series of trial race
ace | which determined the uniltness q
on Defiance and left the committee j
ar doubt as 90 Resolute and Nanitl'
vas Despite the fact that Resoluie bea
cut Nantie in the majority of the trlal
at the committee was not convinced thS
,bla the former was the better sloop.
ties In the trial races this summer, Resi-
10 lutte again defeated Nanitie in Y
TO trials and she was finally named as u
the defender.
der This brings the history Of the racl
laws up to the present time and maxi
and ihe way clear for the next chapte
the races off Sandy Hook starting Z
for morrow between Shamrock ~ q
.cht Resolute, the fourteenth time Y
in Americas Cup has been fought 4