AMERICA’S CUP
A DEFENDER CHOSEN. NEWPORT (Rhode Is.) Aug. 31. . Harold Vanderbilt’s Rainbow was chosen to-night as defender for America’s Cup against Endeavour. 1 OWNED BY MILLIONAIRES. A WELL-EQUIPPED CRAFT. 1 Received Sept. 2, 8.40 p.m. NEWPORT Sept. 1. The Rainbow’s selection was announced by the New Y'ork Yacht Club and came after she had scored her third successive victory over the Yankee by a slim margin of one second. The Rainbow is financed by a group of millionaires. She is equipped with a metal mast, a bending boom and al! sorts of mechanical devices
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 208, 3 September 1934, Page 7
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95AMERICA’S CUP Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 208, 3 September 1934, Page 7
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