Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
YACHT RACE PLANS
NEAR COMPLETION
Committee to Work Out
Transatlantic Contest De-
tails This Week.

again next year. and once again Il
will be the Spanish crown that vii
offer the prize to the heirs of Column
bus who will brave the ocean Ioi
glory.
For the first time since 1905 an in
ternational yacht race across the AT
lantic VIII be held next Summer, the
windiammers racing between New
York and Santander. Spain. for cup
offered by King Alphonso Mi.
To an enthusiastic young Spanish
sportsman now stationed in this city
belongs the credit for initiating the
movement again to enact the drama
Of the Atlantic. The energy and re-
sourCefulnesS of Mariana Gle Amoedo.
counselor of the Spanish embassy.
has brought to the point of realiza-
ton the plan. which had been unsuc-
cessfully agitatnd several times during
the last score of years.
Mr.. de AmoedO was impclled by a
love of sport and by a desire to CON
tinue and reatfirm the enthusiastic
sporting relationships established be-
tween the United States and his coun-
try during the contests for sender
class boats held at San Sebastian and
Bilbao in 1907 and at Marblehead in
1910.
Working Out Details.
Plans for the race already had pro
gressed to the point where 1t was a
certainty before they were announced
by Mr.. de AmOedO, but for the past
two weeks he he's been more active
than before, working out details with
the American committee and proVld-
ing against the possibility of some
thing going wrong. There now re-
mains only to complete the entries.
secure a full list of the trophies which
will supplement the Kings Cup and
appoint an American club 10 attend
to the starting of the race. Mr.. de
Amoedo will meet with his committee
this week and after this meeting will
announce these features.
several entries for the race have
already been received, and the posi-
bility Of opening the race to small
oceans going yachts may swell the
entry list past Il score. In addition to
the cup offered by King Alfonso. other
trophies will be donated by number
OF Spanish yacht clubs.
The race will be limited to sailing
vessels Among those already listed
for the contest are the schooner
Ashore. owned by Frank p. Noyes of
Washington; Arthur Curtiss James
ha1k-riCged Aloha and Harold S.
Nanderbilts schooner Vagrant.
The Atlantic, which won the last
race and the KaiSer's Cup in 1905, is
expected to enter the lists. The At
lantic, which was refitted and used as
a submarine chaser during the war,
was burned to the waters edge two
years ago and laid up for repairs. but
she is expected to be in shape for the
race next year. She is owned by Gen.
Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Other Probable Starters.
Other starters probably will include
Edgar Palmers Guinevere, Edward
f. Hutton's Hussar, H. Wilmer
Hanan's DauntIess, Albert Y. Gowan's
Spec lacks, Robert w. Johnson's
Zodiac and the two topsail schooners
being built abroad for Herman Gel
richs and Richard T. Crane.
Mr.. de Amoedo wrote to King AL
fonso last September suggesting that
the King offer cup for the contest.
The Kings reply was immediate ana
and suggested that the
contest take place in July so that 1t
might end during the Kings Summer
visit in San Sebastian. This would
assure presentation of the cup by the
King himself.
The plans now being pushed by MT:
de Amoedo and a committee OF
American sportsmen call for MAKING
the race the first Of series. Inc
suggestion has been put forward tnat
the yachts race back to this contl-
nent from Palos, Spain, to Nassau,
thus following the route first taken
by Christopher Columbus.
In following years, Mr.. de Amoedo
suggests. Spanish yachts might race
back to this country. American cups
returning the courtesy that Will be
extended BY Spain in 1923. Suitable
trophies could be offered by Amer
lean clubs for this purpose. 1t mas
been suggested further to Mr.. DE
Amoedo that the race next year
might be divided into two classes;
large yachts manned by professional
crews and small craft operated by
amateurs only. In this event. the
Queen of Spain probably will oiter
prize for the junior race.
Will Meet This Week.
ar d. Amoedo has been in con-
slant touch with lis associates dur
ing the last few weeks, and at
meeting which probably will be held
in New York this week final plans
will be drawn up. After this meet
ing a list of the prizes Will be an
nounced, further entries VIII be maze
known and American handlers or the
race will be chosen. 1t is considered
likely that the New York Yacht Club
will be chosen to supervise the Sc
lection OF starters and other matters
(which must be attended to on THIS
side.
, The committee which is in charge
IF the plans is headed by Mr.. ue
Amoedo in the absence of the span
ish Ambassador, Alexandra Padllla Y
Bell. who is nominal chairman or the
committee. Other members are
Commodore George Nichols of the
New York Yacht Club, COMMODORE
Charles Francis Adams OF the East,
ern Yacht Club Of New York ana
Henry Howard, who initiated the IN n
ternational sender class races ~
years ago.
That race, which was born or good
feeling and sportsmanship, had an
aftermath Of bitterness, which, now
ever. has nothing to do with the race
itself. The race was won by inc
American yacht. Atlantic, then owned
nv Wilson Marshall. which broke all
records. crossing from Sandy HOOK
IN the Lizard in Il days, hours ana
3 minutes.
Eleven yachts went W INC IA" ~
The race. Never nursed for a minute
hut forced through the seas at a
thrilling speed. the big black three
master sailed by Capt. Charles Barr
came home Just ahead Of the German
schooner Hamburg. Behind were the
N,Ihalla. the SchoOnerS EndVmion.
14iIdecrade. Flour de Lis. Thistle and
J,tomana, the yaWl Ailsa. the old Sun
beam, owned by Lord Brassey, and the
bark Apache.
K2iser's Cup Sma shed.
The Atlantic won the five-foot gold
Gun offered by the German Kaiser.
which bore the emperor's face ON one
side and representation Of Frederick
the Great on the other. Until the war
the Kaiser's Cup was treasured
trophy. But during the war Mr.