AMERICA CUP.
SIR T. UPTON’S YACHT. EXCELLENT FIRST IMPRESSION. (Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 18. Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht Shamrock V., which has been specially built to challenge the holder of the America’s Cup, created an excellent first impression yesterday when she won a race over a course of 40 miles at Harwich. The international trophy, which Sir Thomas Lipton is again to try to win for Britain, was originally a cup given by the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, Isle of Wight, on August 22, 1851, and won by £he American yacht America. The cup was afterwards given to the New York Yacht Club by the owner of the America as a challenge trophy and named the “ America’s Cup.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18024, 20 May 1930, Page 7
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119AMERICA CUP. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18024, 20 May 1930, Page 7
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