SHAMROCK WINS
KING'S CUP YACHT RACE
BRITANNIA SCRATCHED
I (British Official Wireless.) KUGBY, 4th August. The race for tho King ?s Cup at Cowes to-day was won by Sir Thomas .Lipton's Shamrock in 4 hours 16 minutes. It is the .first time that, Sir Thomas < Lipton has been able to enter for this trophy. The King's cuttor, Britannia, was scratched from the race by His Majesty following "on the accident " yesterday, when the second.mato was swept ovorboard and drowned.
Recently Sir -Thomas Lipton "was elected a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, in probably tho most exclusive club in'the world. This'entitles him to race for the King's Cup.
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Evening Post, Volume 32, Issue 32, 6 August 1931, Page 13
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