Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-12
CUP DEFENDER Is ALL
READY FOR BIG RACE
Shonc Like n New Penny When She
Left the Mays for speed Test
on Sand! Hook.

NEW YORK, july l-JaueF "
liEh, e.Sgze' r" 6Sur' ,h fs0M Am slN
cup defender Resolute today had her
first trial spin over = part {. Ihs
SANDY Hook course, on which she
ienser. Shamrock II. The mrs; race
for the international! trophy, long
coveted by the noted British yachts,
agalns; his Efforts 10 lit 1t on three
former occasions, W.! be hc.t next
II noon On Thursday a sigma! from
boat Will send the con;endlnE yachts
across the starting line 10 decide the
1870 chapte! ~ the sea CLASSIC =.
VIII iaauguTaie The tai?teeAtA sf:tt*
yacht racing. &:teT . streateehsEt
i~nterrnIssion, although The tHo boats
wSich VIII clash IN Inc coming con-
LISTS wsre GGt!, 5or w6 = sef wa !" t"''
The dates Of the races are Thurs
day. July Is; Saturday. July -; Tues
day. july 20. p If neither boat mas
!. won three straight. on July - and -,
three starts.
Millions OF dollars and years OF et-
fort viii be represented In the races
this week and next, for the Americas
cup-an attractive hAuh!c but one
which II is ard 10 say what Sir
Thomas Upton would not give TO
TIE Reso,ute took the water yes
terday. after nearly a week on ;he
ways at the =. +. Morse sh!pyard in
BROOKLYN; She shonc Ike q new
.let the water into her dry dock. for
her crew had spent almost every hour
of the time out OF the water in scrap
ing her hull, poiia.,ins hg' decks ne
ing OF white paint. When she was
ahoat and ready to be towed 10
Sandy Hook by her tender. the steam
er Montauk, i was declared that
everything was in readiness for the
s s~upcrlative effort the Rcsolute VIII
De called upon 10 give next Thurs
day.
: on the Shamrock ~. today she TOO.
chad been scrapcd and polished ana
y her crew We're engaged in giving not
I only her hull, but her deck as well,
a coating OF brilliant green paint.
With the Rcsolutc a shining white
Asnnd the Shamrock green. II will hc
an easy matter for Spectators 10 dis
: tinguish the TWO craft.
sa. Before the RaSolutc was lowered
the water Professor Harold
Webb. of the New York Yacht CiUl.
and Columbia University. official
IS h~andicapper, had completed her meas
{ nremcntS. ToH!ght hc had practically
q, completed the more important meas
K uremcnts and mathematical computa-
a5tions on the Shamrock. ana he an
- re- fNt' Wv alNF
work would be finished. and that the
time allowance the Shamrock mus,
give would be announced Tuesday
There IS already quite Il little bet.
Ting on the outcome OF the races
with hackers OF The Ecsoluic oner!nu
2 TO ] against the challenger. Thos,
bcttors are basiuG their odds NOR,
q on loyalty than facts. however. Sine,
there has been nothing 30 ind:rat.
sufficient superiority In the defender
TO warrant such q price. and NOR,
conservative Suppor~ers OF the RcSol
cup would not 70 back to Enrland
Since the t-wo-nasted sloop. Amer
lea. captured the cup which sine,
then was born its Uamc. in a ~.
y around the Isle of wight In 1851
twelve attempts 10 ~recapturc tn
~ trophy have been made by Britisl
yachtsmtn. Three OF these tries wcr
made by Sir Thomas Upton. VIII bn
never admitted tn" task c~onfrortini
him was impossible. as witnessed D.
this, his fourth endeavOr to take nom
the cup.