The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-15
YACHTS BIG DAY.
j. HAS COME AT LAST
A,,ericaa and British Sloops
Are Ready for Contest
OF Sandy Hook
(By United Press3

NOW 1OIA, SNAy 49,
:xulls. princesses Of the sea, rae 1919 snv
With heads barred for the crown tna'
win make one of them queen.
Two slim sloops, pulsing with the
,Aluest of tho old and new worias
1lue blood, stagger under q mountain
~ canvas awaiting the races for Am
erica's historic cup and all tho non
~ that 20 with the greatest trophy
Of the seas.
Resolute. the American, the 11neal
descendant of family that has held
he throne for 50 years will night
TO drown in wake OF speed snam.
rock Nv, the thirteenth In a line OF
foreign invaders that have asplreo
for the crown.
With the exception of a smaller
crowd OF spectators, the race, three
out of five, will be just as colortni'
Just as spectacular and just as tnral-
ling as any since 1851 when the Am
erica sailed across the Atlantic and
won the cup.
Fewer than 10000 will see the
races, it is believed. This is not due
to a decrease of interest in the classic
OF the ocean but is,the result OF the
scarcity of sightseeing vessels and
the smaller capacity to which the
available ones are limited by the new
safely laws.
Private yachts by the score, excur-
sion boats, steamers and all KINDS OF
light craft and government vessels
will line the 30-mile course off Sandy
Hook from the Ambrose lightship
and return.
The course will be patrolled by
government vessels to enforce the
regulations and keep back the spect-
Ators.
The race committee, the officials
Of the New York Yacht Club, and
the referee will follow the two sloops
in q yacht commanded by Capt. Blk
the New York Yacht clubs racing
superintendent.
Weather conditions entirely GOV
) ern- the starting time OF the race
Upon past experiences and the wea-
Their forecast for the day it Is
thought that the defender. and the
challenger will not be able to get
away from the starting line before
4 o'clock.
Shamrock Nv is the fourth repre-
sentative of Sir Thomas Lipton's mill
1ion-dollar bid for the cup. Previous
efforts were made in 1899, 1901 and
1903 without success.
The cost of each yacht is not
known but it is estimated that each
represents the expenditure of at
least $4,000, the cost Of Reliance.
which beat Shamrock III in 1908, the
last race of the series.
Shamrock w will be sailed by Cap
tain William P. Burton. vice-presi-
dent Of the Yacht Racing association
of Great Britain, one of the most ia
nous amateur shippers Of Europe, a
veteran Of 1000 races but new
conner to the ranks Of cup shippers.
It is a rather strange coincidence
that although the challenger is an
Irish sloop. there will not he an
Irishman aboard her. Her crew is
entirely English and she is English
built and designed Two of the crew
are Cornishmen and the others are
all from Essex.
Rear Commodore George Nichols,
of the New York Yacht club, cot
tom merchant in private life, will sail
the Resolute. He has sailed racing
Yachts for twenty years but never
has handled a cup defender before.
He sailed Vanitie in the trial races
Ger the selection of a defender and
when Resolute was selected he was
appointed the skipper" in place of
Charles Francis Adams who handled
her against Vanitie
The crew of .>esolute will consist
Of a. picked number Of sailors from
both Resolute and Vanitie.