THE AMERICA CUP
Sir Thomas Lipton, who sailed from Liverpool recently <n the Carmania for New York in connection with Ins challenge for the America Cup, expressed himself in an interview as very confident of at last being a'blc to lift tlie trophy (states tho "Observer"). "I believe I have a better chance tins time than I have ever had before, he said. "I am paying a (lying visit to seo that all is going well with Shamrock I\ al her headquarters at Long Island Sound, where she has been since beforo tlie war. Sty confidence is shared by her designer, Mr. Nicholson, who lias just tctnrncd from New York after a visit of inspection. When Shamrock IV is ready and we tune her up wo shall test her against ..the twenty-three metres Shamrock, which-has done so well on this side, . "Captain Burton is going to sail Shamrock IV, and he is a fino skinner. I have suggested that tho laccs for the America Cup should bo sailed next- June, but nothing definito has yet been settled. As to the course, I personally hopo it will uo off Sandy Hook." ,
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 75, 22 December 1919, Page 10
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190THE AMERICA CUP Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 75, 22 December 1919, Page 10
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