AMERICA CUP RACE
« . SHAMROCK'S CAPTAIN NOT SUPERSEDED. Sandy Hook, July 19. Captain Burton has not been super eeded — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aasn. fMr W. P, Burton, who is regarded as one of the great nmateiir skippers of the world, sailed bis first r.ice in 1889 at the wheel of Violet, a three-ton cutter. Between 1892 and 1912 he sailed in soma 660 races, of which he won 257 and finished second in 145 others. The Nc.w York "Evening Post" says ho may bo regarded as 'by far the most dangerous skipper who hag opposed American Cup defenders.]
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 254, 21 July 1920, Page 7
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96AMERICA CUP RACE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 254, 21 July 1920, Page 7
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