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PLAN (OFSPORT 
International Yacht Trophy. 
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A NEW international cup has been offered for 
npetition next season under the auspices ot 
the Royal Victoria Y. C. This trophy will not 
be a challenge cup, but will be offered for a series 
oft two out of three races for yachts of the 15 
meter class built to conform to the European 
rule of measurement. This 1s meter class on the 
other side is a very popular one. In it are Brito- 
marte, Sonya, Shimna, Maymon, Moyana and 
Ma’oona, and orders have already been placed 
with Fife and Mylne for more boats with a view 
f competing for the new cup. It is under- 
stood in yachting circles on the other side that 
ome of the European yachtsmen will enter for 
he races. 
The Royal Victoria club will change the con- 
litions governing the gold challenge cup and 
nake it for yachts of the 23 meter class. White 
Heather is in that class and Sir Thomas Lipton 
ordered a new boat for the class from Fife 
The Field says: 
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“We interna- 
tional cup, which will not be a challenge cup, but 
will be won outright by the successful vessel, has 
been offered for yachts of the 15 meter class, 
measurement and sailing rules according to the 
International Yacht Racine Union. to be sailed 
for at Ryde in August,’ 1908, under the auspices 
of the Royal Victoria Y. C. The value of this 
cup will not be less than £60. It is proposed 
that the contest for this prize shall consist of 
two races and if necessary a final race. The cup 
will not be given unless at least one foreign or 
colonial yacht competes. The name of the donor 
f this cup has not yet been made known, but 
> annotincement should give great satisfaction 
chtsmen, for nothing tends to encourage 
racing in British waters so.much as a visit from 
foreign competitors. 
“The sportsmanlike offer of this prize is pre- 
sely what we advocated in our last issue when 
we pointed out the desirability of the members 
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WASHINGTON 
ONE-DESIGN CLASS 
of our leading clubs, such as the Royal Victoria 
and the Royal Thames who take a pride in foster- 
ing racing, and especially class racing and inter- 
national sport, coming forward to encourage sail- 
ing between yachts of about fifty tons, costing 
from £2,500 to £3,000. We should say that 
there are plenty of German, French and Scandi- 
navian yachtsmen who could afford to build a 
yacht to sail for the trophy referred to above 
We may name it for the present the international 
15 meter cup to distinguish it from the Royal 
Victoria gold challenge cup, which is at present 
held by his Majesty the King, who won it with 
the cutter Britannia many years ago. 
“The gold cup has lain dormant c 
time, but in the coming season it will probably 
be given to the 23 meter international class. This 
will be a very good thine, and notwithstanding 
the considerable cost of a 23 meter cutter it is 
quite possible a German yacht may challenge for 
it. We should have liked to have seen the Royal 
Victoria Y. C. gold challenge cup offered for the 
15 meter class because we think a fifty ton cutter 
is a more likely tonnage to suit foreign chal- 
lengers than meters or 160 tons, and we stated 
for a long 
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this view in our last issue. Since these com- 
ments were passed, however, the international 
I5 meter cup has been announced, and the offer 
of such a prize—a cup to be won outright is 
really far more pleasing than a challenge trophy 
—will be sufficient to encourage a 15 meter class 
and make the offer of the Royal Victoria Y. C. 
gold cup to the 23 meter class quite feasible. 
“In addition to the international 15 meter cup 
and the Royal Victoria Y. C. gold cup, which 
will be sailed for in August at Ryde, it has been 
decided to hold-amateur yacht races of an inter- 
national character in connection with the Olympic 
games of London, 1908. These races will also 
be held at Ryde, under the direction of a com- 
mittee of the council of the Yacht Racing Asso- 
ciation, on July 27, 28 and 29. The classes for 
which matches will be arranged are those of 6. 
7, 8, 12 and 15 meters. The races will be sailed 
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over the Royal Victoria Y. C. courses for s 
vessels, and the sailing committee of that c 
will do all it can to assist in making the ta 
for the Olympic. championships a success. 
helmsmen and every member of the crew in 
Olympic races must be an amateur and a nx 
ber of a recognized yacht or sailing club. 1! 
more than two yachts can represent any « 
country in any event. ) 
“The prizes in these events will be the gd 
silver and bronze medals of the British Olym}} 
Council allotted to the helmsman and to e: 
member of the crew; commemorative medals y/ 
also be given to all who have competed and c}} 
tificates will also be given to thé designers a 
builders of all competing yachts. The compi| 
tors, yachts and crews will be selected by 
authenticated representatives of their respect 
countries. Not less than twenty-eight days | 
fore the date of the first race, July 27, that |. 
to say by June 20, the entries for the Olym|! 
races will have to be forwarded, and all partic; 
lars relating to the events may in the first ple} 
be obtained from the secretary of the Brit 
Olympic Association, 108 Victoria street, Lec| 
don, S. W. 
“We hope that the announcement of the inti 
national prizes mentioned above may portend t 
publication of other valuable trophies for the 
ternational classes to be sailed for in Britil, 
waters in 1908. Donors should remember tl 
the earlier the races for such special prizes 2 
made known the greater the probability of fc. 
eign yachtsmen visiting our coast next seasor|. 















































































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A CORRESPONDENT writes to Yachting World 
follows: 
“Dear Sir—Is it not a little curious that, ; 
sooner is there some public talk of starting 
new International yacht race over here, for 
new British trophy, than the Americans wei; 
in with a proposal to do the same thing? | 
mean this proposal of the Brooklyn Y. C. 
inaugurate a contest for a cup that will be real 
American, not one that was British and is nc 
termed American. More significant still is t' 
fact that they are making all possible haste-|: 
under the circumstances even undue haste—|, 
bring the matter to a head; in fact, to announ)': 
their new race before the British plans for o1|' 
are sufficiently advanced for an affirmative a: 
nouncement to be made. Do they think that 
they are the first to declare such a new conte. 
there will then be no British Richmond in tl) 
field? It appears to be so. Again, are the! 
too reluctant to build vachts that will have 1)! 
cross the Atlantic on their own bottoms befo1\; 
competing in a race? It almost seems as |! 
such is the case, even under the new Inte 
national rules of measurement. 
“SPANKER Boom.” |1 

Dinner to Executive Committeeof A. C. 4 
AFTER an all-day session of the Executiv)! 
Committee of the American Canoe Associatio 
at the Quincy Hotel, in Boston, on Saturda:| 
Nov. 2, the committee and invited guests sz 
down to a dinner given by the Eastern Divisio1}. 
About, one hundred men were there, and jollit|' 
prevailed. Commodore John R. Robertson pre| 
sided, and W. W. Crosby made an exceller| ‘ 
toastmaster. Speeches were made by R. ||! 
Wilkin, George P. Douglass and Charles VI: 
Winne, all ex-commodores. Mr. Winne hell! 
office nearly twenty years ago. At that time h 
urged the securing of a prominent camp site 
and the reports of the committee to-day justil: 
fied all that he expected. Mr. Winne gave sev|! 
eral of the recitations that he gave in the cam: 
in former days. Percy F. Hogan delivered 
characteristic speech. E. H. Barney, of Spring 
field, made some practical suggestions as tit 
getting to the meet. |: 
Mr. Dodge showed a large number of lantert 
slides taken by himself, Mr. Andreas and others|: 
Those showing former meets, as far back al! 
1888, were of special interest. \ 
On the whole, it was one of the most suc 
cessful and enjoyable entertainments ever give1 
at a meeting of the Executive Committee. 
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