Lipton’s Latest Plans. 
Sir Thomas Lipton is to visit this country, 
and he will bring with him a challenge for a 
race for the America’s Cup, which will be made 
regularly through either the Royal Ulster or 
Royal Cork yacht clubs. The challenge will be 
for a race according to the Deed of Gift, nam¬ 
ing a yacht 90 feet on the waterline, and the 
races to be sailed in accordance with the meas¬ 
urement and racing rules of the New York Y. 
C. The difference between this challenge and 
his last is that two years ago a yacht about 
70 feet was named, and this year a yacht up to 
the limit of 90 feet will be named. 
John Garretson, of Cincinnati, a friend of 
Sir Thomas, who has been visiting him in Eng¬ 
land, brought this information. He was author¬ 
ized by Sir Thomas to make a statement on his 
behalf and this is what he said: 
“I hope to lift the America’s Cup before I 
die,” said Sir Thomas. “But it will be useless 
for me to attempt to compete with a seaworthy 
yacht against a freak. That would be like the 
competition of a candle and an arc light. 
“If the leading spirits of the New York Y. 
C. to-day are sportsmanlike they will permit me 
to race under their own rules. If they do not. 
there is but one thing left for me to do. I will 
leave a sum in my will and my executors will 
be directed to build a yacht to compete for 
the America’s Cup whenever a new and better 
generation of sportsmen secure control of the 
New York Y. C.’s destinies. 
“I will race for the America’s cup if I am per¬ 
mitted to do so on even terms. But I will not 
engage to sail a marine freak across the ocean, 
to sail against a skimming dish. A yacht which 
would stand a chance to win the America’s Cup 
would be as seaworthy as a saucer. It has 
never been printed that the Shamrock III. 
came within an ace of sinking with all hands 
on her trip across the ocean. I shall never ask 
another man to subject his life to such useless 
risk. More, if the New York Y. C. insists upon 
the old conditions, it is equivalent to asking 
me to connive at murder.” 
Mr. Garretson supplemented this statement 
with his own opinions of the matter, which he 
gained partly from Sir Thomas and partly from 
other yachtsmen while in England. It has al¬ 
ways been said here that Sir Thomas was not 
supported by yachtsmen of Great Britain gen¬ 
erally in his efforts. This is true because they 
thought he would do better if he took some 
interest in home sport and did not devote his 
time to booming yacht racing in these waters. 
During the last two years, however, he has 
raced the Shamrock in all British regattas. 
He has won lots of prizes and now has the 
support of yachtsmen and the public generally. 
Mr. Garretson said: 
“Lipton is being solidly backed by every 
yachtsman in England, peer or commoner. 
More than that, King Edward himself is deeply 
interested in yachting. He has been trying to 
restore Cowes to the premier position as a 
yachting center, just as the Kaiser is working 
for the pre-eminence of Kiel. Sir Thomas’ 
renewed effort to secure a race upon fair terms 
from the New York Y. C. has the enthusiastic 
support of the king, and that means that the 
aristocratic circles of England will give him 
the countenance that it is claimed they re¬ 
fused him on his last effort. 
“But it should be understood that they are 
with Lipton to a man in his demand that the 
terms of competition shall be fair. If Lipton 
is handicapped out of the race, as he has been 
in the past, it is certain that their interest in 
the America’s Cup will die. It is very doubtful 
if any other yachtsman will ever issue a chal¬ 
lenge for it. They feel now that the New York 
Y. C. has kept that cup in a burglar-proof 
safe, surrounded by every ingenious defense. 
The New York Y. C.’s attitude has not been 
that of a body of sportsmen, but they have ap¬ 
parently determined to keep the cup by any 
means whatever, rather than expose it to the 
risk of loss in competition.” 
The difference which will stand in the way of 
the club accepting such a challenge as will be 
issued on behalf of Sir Thomas is the rules that 
are to govern the construction of the yachts 
eligible for the contest. When the last chal¬ 
lenge was considered, the club decided that 
yachts to race for the America’s Cup must not 
be built under any rule that places any re¬ 
strictions whatever, except that mentioned in 
the Deed of Gift, that a sloop must not exceed 
90 feet of waterline length. It also decided 
against the 70-foot sloop because that size was 
not in keeping with the dignity of the cup, 
which should be raced for by yachts of the 
first class only. The rules of the club now 
place certain restrictions on the construction 
and models of racing yachts. These restric¬ 
tions limit over all length, draft and sail area 
and place a premium on displacement, and the 
rule has worked out so well that the new 
yachts are vessels of good, wholesome type. 
The contention of the challengers has been 
that, according to the Deed of Gift, the rules 
of the club holding the cup must govern all 
contests. This clause of the deed had ap¬ 
plied to all former races. The measurement 
rules have been changed several times since the 
cup was first raced for, and each time there has 
been a race, the rules then in force have been 
applied, and they argue that following prece¬ 
dent, the present rules must apply to races to 
be sailed while they are in force. 
Hudson-Fulton Motor Boat Races. 
The motor boat races held in connection 
with the Hudson-Fulton celebration began on 
Sept. 29, with races held off Yonkers. These 
races were for speed boats only, and as they 
formed part of Yonkers Day, great interest 
was taken in the little craft as they speeded 
around the course. The start was off the 
Yonkers Y. C., and the course was ten miles 
in length, and those vessels over 33 feet in 
length went three times around, while the 
smaller ones went twice around. 
In class A, Dixie II., Barber and Sonora 
started, and Dixie II. won without being 
pushed. The first ten miles was made by 
Dixie II. in 23m. 14s., the second in 20m. 28s. 
and the third in 20m. 23s. Her total time was 
ih. 3m. 5s. Barber was beaten 30m. 47s. and 
Senora retired after the end of the first round, 
when she was far behind. 
There were six starters in class C. which is 
for boats 26 feet and under. Max C. Fleisch- 
man entered Haida-Papoose, which made a 
fine showing. She was beaten on elapsed time, 
by Gunfire II., but on corrected time won the 
race handily. H. Darlington, Jr.’s Haduar was 
to have been a starter, but on the way to 
Yonkers, she struck a log and lost her rudder. 
This accident was much regretted, as the con¬ 
test between the winner of the race and 
Haduar would have been a fine one. 
In class C there were nine starters. George 
J. Gould’s Vivian finished first, making the 
30 miles in ih. 32m. is. She has not been 
officially measured, so the result of this race is 
in doubt, but it is thought that she finished far 
enough ahead of the others to be a winner. 
Lansing de Long’s Elmer L. was second. 
Several of the yachts in this class were not 
timed as one of the conditions was that in 
order to get a souvenir medal yachts had to 
finish before 6 o’clock or half an hour after sun¬ 
down. The summary: 
Class A—High Speed Boats, 33ft. and Over—30 Miles— 
Start, 4:00. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Dixie II., E. J. Schroeder. 5 03 05 I 03 05 
Barber, W. E. Dodge. 5 33 52 1 33 52 
Senora, H. E. Holmes. Withdrew. 
Class B—High Speed Boats. 26 to 33ft—30 Miles—Start, 
4:10. 
Vivian, George J. Gould. 5 42 01 1 32 01 
Elmer L., Lansing de Long. 5 60 33 1 40 33 
Den, T. H. Hoadley. 5 52 11 1 42 11 
Peter Pan II., James Simpson. 5 54 51 1 44 
Barbara If., C. A. Bird. Not timed. 
Scioto, G. C. Sutton. Not timed. 
Tan II., Walker & Covern. Not timed. 
Ta-Ta, Ludwig T. Siegman. Not timed. 
Nellie B., G. L. Barloo. Disabled. 
Corrected times: Elmer L., 1.29.22; Den, 1.32.44; Peter 
Pan II., 1.33.32. 
Class C—High Speed Boats Under 26ft.—20 Miles—Start, 
2 : 00 . 
Gunfire II., W. J. Brainerd. 3 03 15 1 03 15 
Haida-Papoose, M. L. Fleischmann... 3 07 19 1 07 19 
Say, Herbert Smith . 3 23 07 1 -3 07 
Arrow, Sprague & Schall. 3 36 13 1 36 13 
Mercury, T. W. Littlefa>r. tt 
Corrected times: Haida-Papoose, 0.58.49; Gunfire II., 
1.03.15; Arrow, 1.16.30; Say, 1.17.10. 
NEW YORK, SEPT. 30. 
The races in New York were held on the 
Hudson River, starting from a line off the New 
York Motor Boat Club’s house at the foot of 
West 147th street on Thursday. Sept. 30. It 
proved to be the best regatta of motor boats 
of the year, as thirty-four started and nearly 
all finished. The course was a io-mile triangle, 
which some went around three times, and 
others twice, and in addition to these events 
there was a long distance race for cruising] 
boats to Peek-skill and back, 60 miles. This 
race was started at 10 o’clock in the morning. 
F. C. Havens’s Avis was the largest of the five 
starters, and she had to allow Alabama 1 5 - 34 - 
Wanderlust 29.36, Puyram 1.09.00 and Water 
Witch, 2.04.54. At the turning mark off Peeks-] 
kill the times taken were: Avis, 12.24.22; 
Alabama. 12.42.00; Wanderlust, 12.4 7 - 3 2 !. Puy¬ 
ram, 1.34.00; Water Witch, 2.17.10. Avis fin-] 
ished well in the lead and secured the race cm] 
corrected time, beating Wanderlust 15m- 53 s - 
and Alabama 18m. is. _ 1 
The high-speed boats were started in the] 
afternoon. Dixie II. was alone in her class 
but she made a good showing, covering the 3 C, 
miles in ih. 30s. She could have done better 
as at the end of the first round she ran oft 
her course and some thought she was going tc 
withdraw, but she straightened out later anc; 
completed the course. She made the first ter 
miles in 22m., the second in 18.45 an d the thirc 
in 19.45. Her second ten was almost recorc 
time. It was at the rate of 32.14 nautical, o 
37 statute miles an hour. 
Five speed boats under 33 feet compete! 
and the race was a very close one. rhesi 
boats went 30 miles. Gunfire II. made a ba< 
start and was in trouble. She almost turnei 
over, but was straightened out and got to th> 
first mark, where she had more trouble and re 
tired. Haida-Papoose, a small boat owned b 
Max C. Fleischmann, took the lead on th- 
first round, with Elmer L. second. 'I hese tw‘ 
made a very close race, and Haida-Papoos 
crossed the line is. in the lead and Den was if 
astern of Elmer L. Haida-Papoose won th 
race on corrected time. _ _ - 
There were sixteen in the class for cruisin, 
boats, and these went 20 miles. Belle, whic 
had to allow time to all the others, got agroun 
and was pulled off by Wamego. Belle finishe 
last, but in time to secure a souvenir meda 
Irene II. finished first and Elmo II. was 5 n 
40s. astern. On corrected time Irene II. wo 
the race. 
Seven started in the race for launches. Th; 
fastest time was made by Ourselves, but o 
corrected time Vixen was a winner, wit 
