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THE CUP RACE.
The first contest in 17 years for
the America’s cup is now in prog
ress off Sandy Hook, the contesting
boats being the cup defender Reso
lute and the challenger, Sir Thomas
Lipton’s Shamrock IV. The Sham
rock has two heats to its credit and
the Resolute one. It may be inter
esting at this time, both to yachts
men and to a great many who are
not acquainted with this form of
Sport, to read a few facts in con
nection with this historic yachting
trophy.
To begin with the America’s cup
at first was not an international:
trophy. In fact, it had no signifi-1
cance other than being a prize of- j
fered by the Royal Yacht squadron 1
for a race around the Isle of
Wight, England, which was open to
all nations. In August, 1351, the
schooner yacht America, owned by
Commodore John L. Stevens and i
four other members of the New j
York Yacht club, won this race and
the cup became their property. Six
years later, Commodore Stevens and
his associates conveyed the prize to
the New York Yacht club in trust as
a perpetual international trophy
which has since been known as the
America’s cup, taking its name from
the schooner yacht which won it in
British waters.
The first race for the America s
cup, as an international prize, was
held on August 8, 1870, over the
regular course of the New York
Y'acht club in New York’s lower
bay. The challenging boat was Cam-1
bria, owned by James Ashbury, of j
the Royal Yacht squadron, England, J
and the cup was defended by prac-1
tically the whole fleet of the New:
Y’ork Yacht club. That, however, j
was the only race in which the j
challenger ever had to sail against !
a fleet, and the only contest in
which the issue was decided by a
single race. Cambria, by the way,
finished tenth in that event, while
the old America finished fourth, the
race being won by Magic, the yacht
Idler finishing second.
In all there have been twelve
contests for the cup, in the second
of which Mr. Ashbury challenged
with the schooner Livonia and the
New York Yacht club agreed to de
fend the trophy with only one boat
in the race. The 1871 contest was
the best four out af seven races.
Livonia won a single race owing to
the steering gear of the defender
Columbia breaking down. Only
twice since that day, October 19,
1871, up to the beginning of the
present series, had a challenging
yacht crossed the finish line ahead
of the defending boat. On Sep
tember 10, 1895, Valkyrie III, after
following the defender, finished 1
minute and 16 seconds ahead of the
American boat, and on October 4,
1901, Shamrock II finished two sec
onds ahead of Columbia, but lost
to the defender by virtue of con
ceding 42 seconds time allowance.
In the races of 1876, 1881, 1885,
1886, and 1887, the contests were
decided on the basis of the best
two out of three races. From 1893
to wo last race, in 1903, the agree
ment was for the best three out of
five races.
On only three occasions has one
j of the competing yachts for the
j America’s cup failed to finish. In
the last race of the 1895 contest.
Valkyrie III withdrew immediately
after crossing the starting line. On
October 17, 1899, Shamrock lost her
topmast and withdrew in the second
race of that year, and on September
3, 1903, Shamrock III did not fin
ish. in the final race of the series,
as she was already beaten and had
nothing to gain by continuing.
Just once in the history of the
cup races has a competing yacht
been disqualified. This was in the
second race of the series of 1895,
when Lord Dunraven’s Valkyrie III
was disqualified for fouling Defend
er.
The fastest time ever made in a !
race for the America’s cup is cred- j
ited to the old schooner Columbia. '
On October 18, 1871, the day before'
she was defeated by Livonia, she I
sailed 20 miles leeward and 20 |
miles windward, 40 miles in all, in I
3 hours, 1 minute and 33 seconds, j
It must not be inferred, however, 1
that the Columbia was the fastest j
yacht that ever sailed for the cup.
There is no method of determining
the relative speed of two or more ;
boats other than by the results of ;
a race in which they sail together, j
When Columbia made the fast time j
referred to, undoubtedly the condi- ■
tions of wind, weather and sea were 1
most favorable. !
The fastest time ever made on a !
l.r>-mile course, straight away and;
return, 30 miles in all, is credited
to the defender Vigilant. In a race
on October 13, 1893, she covered
the course in 3 hours, 24 minutes j
and 29 seconds.
The fastest time in a triangular'
race for the cup was made by Co
lumbia on October 3, 1891, the
time for the distance, 30 miles, be
ing 3:30:18.
In the first three contests for
| the cup the challenging boats were
schooners and the defenders for the
!
second and third also were schoom
|ers. In all other contests, however
'the yachts have been sloops or cub
I ters.
| The smallest challenger in the
history of the cup races was At
lanta, which was built at Belleville,
.Ontario, Canada, in 188'1. She mea
i
sured 64 feet on the water line and
■was the first sloop to appear in a
.contest.
| The first yacht ever built especial
ly to defend the trophy was Poca
hontas. This was in 1881. Prior
to that year the New York Yacht
jclub had selected from its fleet the
j yacht considered to be best suited
! for the purpose. Pocahontas did
'not come up to expectations and
^as rejected in favor of Mischief,
Jone of the finest sloops of the fleet.
.Since that year, however, new de
fenders have been built for every
contest.
| There were two candidates for
(the honor of defending the cup in
1885, two in 1886, and four in
,1892, and in every contest, except
ing one, since the race between At
lanta and Mischief the cup has been
defended by a yacht built for that
particular race. The one exception
'was in 1901, when Constitution,
: built for the race of that year, was
discarded in favor of Columbia,
[which successfully defended the
I trophy in 1899.
481 FARMS OUT OF 6,000,000.
It may be the fact, as announced
; by the Department of Agriculture,
! that the wheat crop of last year
was produced at an average cost to
!the growers of $2.15 a bushel, which
jis three times the average farm
j price of wheat for many years prior
i to the World War and which would
j leave little or no profit to the grow
er at the Government’s guaranteed
price of $2.26 a bushel.
But, questions the New York
World, a survey extending to only
fourteen districts of the country
land to only 481 out of its total
of 6.000,000 and more farms is a
little too limited to be popularly
I impressive in demonstration of this
■officially proclaimed fact. It leaves
I to be explained why farm-land val
ues have risen so greatly in the
meantime, and why so many farm
ers have been selling their farms at
high figures and retiring with a
Competence to the cities, and why
| the automobile industry could flour
ish so mightily on a demand whose
ruial growth is more notable than
any other, and why costs of wheat
growing should have increased so
greatly out of proportion to all
known increases in the wages and
costs of industry in general.
A survey to prove what is claimed
to be proved in this case must ex
tend beyond a tiny fraction of 1
percent of all the farms of the
United States.
KNU SHOES cut the high cost of
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In the Probate Coart, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
Nenana Precinct.
iln the Matter of the Estate of Al
i
! bert Fngstrom, Deceased.
! Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, Administrator of the es
tate of Albert Engstrom, deceased,
to the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against, the said de
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the said Administra
tor, or to, R. S. McDonald, at his
office, for said Administrator, at
Nenana, Alaska.
Dated this 8th day of July, 1920.
ANDREW ANDERSON,
Administrator.
First publication, July 8, 1920.
Last publication, Aug. 5, 1920.
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Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North Nenana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
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and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
* The following change of schedule
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change without notice:
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arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
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with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
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