THE AMERICAN CUP.
THE CHALLENGE LIMITATION. VIEWS OF MR CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. [United PrE33.. Association.— Copyfiioiii:] (Received .Sept. 28, 8.40 a.m.j . . NEW YORK, Friday. ,Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt, interviewed regarding, Sir • Thomas , Lipton's America Cup Challenge, declared that he favoured racing with the .largest boat permissible,, remarking: "Call a boat a freak, anything you like ; but we cannot handicap ourselves, even if our boat is only fit for a junk heap the day after the race."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 September 1907, Page 3
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74THE AMERICAN CUP. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 September 1907, Page 3
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