Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-30
YACHTS WILL RACE
I h ACROSS ATLANTIC
Big Craft to Take Part in
Run From New York to
Spain in 1923.
BY the Associated Press.

DS lhe Ae>Otldtci tIeSS.
a Spanish American ocean race
between New York and Santander in
July. 1925. for Il cup donated by King
AlphonsO NH, and supplementary
trophies by number of Spanish
yacht clubs. was announced today.
The event is expected to prove an
inspiring revival of transoceanic
yachting between the countries which
met for the last time at Marhlehead
in 1910 in the sender class boats.
While several entries Of some Of
the larger sailing yachts on the At
lantic Coast have been received it
its probable that the race will be
thrown open 10 such smaller sea-
going yachts as have been partici-
pating in the Bermuda, Hawaii and
Tahiti races in the last few years.
First entries included Arthur CurtisS
James bark-rigged Aloha: Harold :.
NanderhiltS schooner NaGrant and
Frank Is. Noyes' schooner ASHORE.
Henry Howard. who initiated the
International sender class races 20
years ago, and Alexandra Padilla y
Bell, Spanish Ambassador to the
United States, are among committee
members who will take charge of the
race.
Mariana de Amoedo, counselor Of
the Spanish embassy. who initiated
the plans for the race, also will serve
on the committee. as Will George
Nichols of the New York Yacht Club
and CHARLES Francis Adams of the
Eastern Yacht Club.
Other yachts expected 10 take part
include the Atlantic of Gen. Cornelius
Vanderbilt of New York, the GUM
evere of Edgar Palmer of Princeton.
y. J.: Edward L. Hutton's Hussar
of the New York Yacht Club, Robert
w. Johnson's Zodiac Of the New York
Yacht Club. II. Wilmer Hanan's
Dauntless, Carl b. fuckers Ohun-
kara and two topsail Schooners now
being built abroad for Herman Del
richs and Richard I. Crane Of New
York.
Mr.. de Amoedo explained that the
idea was originated as an effort to
continue and reaffirm the pleasant
and enthusiastic sporting relation
ships established between American
and Spanish yachting clubs during
the contests for Sender class boats
held at San Sebastian and Bilbao
IN 1907 and at Marblehead in 1910.
King Replies at Once.
With this object in view he wrote
to King Alfonso last September sug-
costing that the King offer a cup for
the contest. The reply was immediate
and enthusiastic, the further SugGeS-
ton coming from Madrid that the con-
test take place in July so that it might
end during the Kings habitual Sum-
mer stay at San Sebastian between
July Is and August 81. In this way
royal entertainment and presentation
of the prizes by the King himself
might be assured.
The committee hopes by liberalizing
the entry requirements TO attract par
Elephants from the Pacific Coast. the
Gulf Of Mexico and the Great Lakes.
The race next July would be only
the first of frequent such contests if
the visions of the promoters of the
plan will materialiZe. AS an imme-
date follow-up they suggest that the
yachts travelling to Santander next
July should also race back to this
continent from Palos, Spain, to Mas
sau. thus following the historic route
Columbus travelled to the West Indies.
Other Races Planned
In following years Spanish yachts
might race to this country, American
clubs thus exchanging the courtesies
and hospitality which Will rail-. TO Spain
in 1928. Suitable trophies could be
offered by Americans for this purpose.
1t has been suggested that if there are
sufficient entries in the race next year
the contest might be divided into two
categories: Large yachts manned by
professional crews and small yachts
operated by amateurs exclusively.
If this division should occur it is
believed that the Queen of Spain
would offer another trophy for the
amateur event. Officials who Will act
as starters in New York also must be
chosen. The New York Yacht Club
appears to the sponsors to be the most
suited to supervise this phase of the
race, but nothing has as yet been
decided.
The race will be exclusively for sail
ing vessels. Those yachts which have
an auxiliary motor will either have
this sealed or will have the propeller
removed.