The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1920-07-15
Yachts big Day.
Has Come at Last

the Atlantic today with heads bare
for the crown that will make one o
them queen.
! Two slim sloops, pulsing with tn
bluest OF the old and new world
blue blood, stagger under mountain
of canvas awaiting the races fo,
Americas historic cup and al the hon
ors that go with the greatest trophy o.
the seas.
Resolute, the A.nerican, the Inca
descendant of family that has helt
the throne for SO years will fight Il
| drown in a wake of speed Shamrock
4 ~, the thirteenth in line Of for.
eign invaders that lave nspired fol
I the Gro w. n
With the exception Of smaller
crowd of spectators, the races, three
out of FIVE, will be just is colorful
just as spectacular and just SIS thrill
ing q any since 1851 when the Amer
lea sailed tcross, the Atlantic end won
the cup.
Fewer thnn 10000 will see the
races, it is believed. This is not due
to decrease of interest in the classic
of ocean but is the result of the scare
| ity Of sightseeing vessels and the
smaller capacity to which the avail
able ones are limited by the new
safety laws.
Private yachts by the score, excur-
sion boats, steamers and allskinds of
light craft and government vessels
will line the 30-mile course off Sandy
Hook from the Ambrose ightship and
return.
The course will be patrolled by gov
ernment vessels to enforce the regu-
lations and keep back the spectators.
The race committee, the officials
of the New York Yacht Club, and the
referee will follow the two sloops in
a yacht commanded by Capt. Blk, the
New York Yacht Clubs racing super
intendent.
Weather conditions entirely govern
the starting time Of the race. Upon
past experiences and the weather
forecast for the dsy it is thought that
the defender and the challenger will
not be .cble to get away from the start
ing line before o'clock.
Shamrock Nv is the fourth repre-
sentative of Sir Thomas Lipton's mill
lion-dollar bid for the cup. Previous
efforts were made in 1899, 1901 and
1903 without success.
Shamrock Nv, termed the most dar-
ing of the modern yacht building art,
was designed by G. E. Nicholson, de-
signer of Fife, Watson and numerous
other famous yachts. He is said to
be the brightest light in British yacht
ing circles and in Shamrock w has
designed what is said to be the su-
preme bid Of the old world.
I Resolute, the cup defender, is own
ed by syndicate composed of the
flag officers of the New York Yacht
Club. She is Herrshoff sloop built
in 1914 as defender candidate in
the races that were called off because
of the war
The cost of each yacht is not known
but it is estimated that each repre-
,ents the expenditure of at least $175,-
600, the cost of Reliance, which beat
III in 1908, the last race
Of the series.
Shamrock " will be sailed by Cap
tain William P. Burton, vice-president
of the Yacht Racing Association of
Great Bl itain, one Of the most famous
shippers of Europe, vet
eran of 1000 races but newcomer
to the ranks Of cup shippers.
1t is a rather strange coincidence
that although tie challenger is an
Iris hsloop, there will not be an Irish
man aboard her. Her crew is entire
y English and she h English built
and designed Two of the crew are
and the others are all
from Essex.
Rear Commodore George Nichols, of
the New York Yacht Club. a cotton
in private life, will sail the
Resolute, He has sailed racing yachts
for twenty years but never has han.
lied a cup defender before.
He sailed Vanitie in the trial races
Tor the selection of a defender and
when Resolute was selected he was
appointed the skipper" in place Of
Charles Francis Adams, who handled
Ter against Vanitie.
The crew of Resolute win consist
If a picked number of sailors from
10th Resolute and Vanitie.