The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-16
AMERICAS CUP RACES.

The Enterprise the American yacht in the flf- teenth Americas Cup contest, has won two of the races and will probably win another race and the contest. However, ten years ago. the last contest before the present Shamrock " won twice before the Resolute scored. The latter then won three in a row and held the championship cup for the New York Yacht Club.
 The America's Cup that is generally accepted as the emblem of yachting championship, is named for the yacht first to win it. It was offered by Queen Victoria in 1851 as trophy to be competed for by all the yachts of the world that might enter the competitive contest Many English yachts entered but only foreign vesel, the America, schooner yacht of Botson build The was around the Isle of Wight, and the American yacht easily de- feated the British fleet of a score or so. Nearly twenty years later Capt. Stevens, owner and skip per of the America, gave the trophy to the New York Yacht Club to challenge cup, rep resenting the worlds championship. It was pro- vided that the New York Yacht Club must defend it in a contest whenever any recognized yacht club of a foreign country might challenge.
 Thirteen chalengers have been defeated by Am- erican yachts since then. The fourteenth seems fated for the treatment. The first race on this side of the Atlantic was in 1870 when the American Magic from the English Cambria.
 The next the following year, 1871, when the American Columbia won two races and the NNN~' The rules had been changed and provided for seven races the victory to go to the that first won four The Columbia disabled in the third race and lost The Sappho substituted for the Co., lumba and stated
 In 1876, the American Madeline won two races and the contest from the British Countess of Duff fern The rules had been changed to provide the victory would go to the yacht winning two out of three.
 In 1881, the American Mischief won two races and the contest from the English Atalanta
 In 1885, the American Puritan won twice and the victory from the English Genesta.
 In l886 the American Mayfower twice defeated and won the contest from the English Galatea
 Tn 1887, the American Volunteer was victorious in two the English Thistle.
 In 1893 the American vigiant three times and the contest the English valykrie II. The rules provided for five races, three victories for the winning yacht.
 In 1895 the American Defender won three races from the English valykre III The committee gave the American yacht the second because she had been fouled In the third race Lord Dunraven withdrew his yacht after she crossed the starting line so as to make it a race The London Yacht Club which Dunraven represented approved the action of the American committee and censured Dunraven for quitting.
 In 1899 the American Columbia three races from Sir Thomas Lipton'S first challenger, Sham- rock.
 In 1901 the Columbia. sailing again, defeated Liptons Shamrock II three times and won the contest.
 In 1903, the American Reliance won three times from the English Shamrock III.
 In 1920, the American Resolute won three races and the English Shamrock " two The American yacht disabled in the first race, and lost. The second victory of Shamrock " was the only race in all the contests to be lost by American yacht when the race was sailed from start to finish and without accident of any sort
 For the fifth time in thirty years Sir Thomas Lipton is attempting to lift the famous trophy and take it back whence it originated It is the fif- teenth international contest in the seventy mine years since Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, her consort witnessed the first American victory The last fourteen have been in American waters. Am erican syndicates built four yachts to defend the cup this year and the Enterprise built by the Vanderbilt Syndicate. was chosen for the honoi after she had shown superiority in series of trial races Harold S. Vanderbilt, head of the owning syndicate is skipper of his yacht.
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