AMERICA CUP.
LIPTON TO TRY AGAIN. (Australian Press Assn. —United Service.) LONDON, May 5. Sir Thomas Lipton has, through the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, challenged the New York Yacht Club to a race over the Sandy Hook course for the America Cup, for which he is having built a new yacht, Shamrock V. The challenging yacht must cross the Atlantic to compete. In spite of his age, 79, Sir Thomas keeps evergreen, liko his emeraldpainted yacht. His ambition is to regain the America Cup for Britain.
Sir Thomas Lipton.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 105, 6 May 1929, Page 7
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