LIPTON’S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18992, 11 February 1930, Page 8

LIPTON’S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT.

OIR THOMAS LIPTON’S determination to win the America Cup deserves a reward, for most men at his age—and he is in his eightieth year—have entirely lost the youthful enthusiasms that sustain them through middle age. His fifth attempt to win the Cup will be made in September, according to his sailing adviser, in an interview at Wellington yesterday. It is a sporting challenge that involves in addition to lavish expenditure, the most careful organisation, and the utmost skill on the part of designer and captain. Sir Thomas raced for the Cup in 1899, 1901, 1903 and 1920. He challenged in 1914 and 1918, but the conditions were too unsettled to permit of a race. There will be important changes in the conditions this year, as the course will be off Newport, instead of Sandy Hook, and tlie rules of tbe New York Yacht Club will govern the race. However, the odds are all against the challenger, as he has to sail his yacht across the Atlantic, a feat that demands a strong and heavy hull, not suited for speed in racing. If Sir Thomas Lipton should bring back the Cup, which was taken from Britain as long ago as 1851, it would, indeed, be a national as well as a personal triumph.