Mr K. E. Pope,- jv yachting man from Boston, iv ho arrived m Sydney by the Ventura on a. holiday trip, remarked that thfl) Americans bud very little fear of losing the , America Cup. " While admitting that the English challenger Shamrock IV., was n. fine craft, he remarked that ii was 'a. great trial for a yacht to cross the Atlantic. "We can skin our boats much finer than England can." lie added. If any difficulty arose m connection with the American arrancoments for the Cup, he said, it 'might, be on the question whether the captain of tho defender should be an amateur or a.-; professional. Last time lu> wns a. professional, but an amateur would now probably ba chosen.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13428, 9 July 1914, Page 3
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