20 SEPTEMBER 1930, Page 3

The 'America' Cup The races for the 'America' Cup so

far have been a bitter disappointment to those who believed in Sham- rock V.' Although the winds off Rhode Island have been uncertain and there has been drifting fog on most days, there is no doubt that the weather has provided a fair enough test of the capacities of the two yachts. And from those tests 'Enterprise' has emerged all too handsomely. It is strange but true that an enormous number of Ameri- cans have been sincerely hoping that ' Shamrock ' would win. It is not merely that they genuinely admire the persistence and the good sportsmanship of Sir Thomas Lipton ; they rightly foresee what a great revival of interest there would be in yacht racing of the large class if American yachts had to come here to win the Cup.

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