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A CHALLENGE FOR THE

AMERICA'S CUP

Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith Will Compete Next

Year

The America's Cup, which for eighty-two years has remained on the opposite shore of the Atlantic, has found another English yachts- man to contest for its possession. It was announced yesterday at the International Yachting Conference that the Royal Yacht Squadron had issued a challenge to the New York Yacht Club, who won the cup at Cowes in 1351.

NELSON'S OWN

LOG-BOOK

Lord Wakefield's

Gift

under which Shamrock V. suffersd when she was defeated by Enter- prise in 1930, may be avoided. It was after those races that Mr.

Neither the glory nar the remem- Clark Neill and myself, represent-! ing the British Yacht Racing Asso-brance of Nelson ever fades. ciation, conferred with the Com- York Yacht mittee of the New Club in America, and came to an agreement upon the rules relating to the building of yachts,

clans

It is therefore of national interest noble to learn that among recent gifts to the British Museum, which the trustees keenly inspected. on Saturday, was Nelson's own Log- The challenging yacht will be named Endeavour, and Mr. T. 0. The Americans met us in a most Book, which (as announced in "The M. Sopwith, her owner, will steer sporting spirit, and I believe the Daily Telegraph" on July 14) was her himself in the cup races. result of the details of that agree-presented by Lord Wakefield. He She will be built of steel, by ment may very well be that several had given £3,000 for it to a descen- Messrs. Camper and Nicholson's, of those advantages which Eater-dant of Nelson's favourite sister.

This inspiring relia will take its of Gosport, and will be a "3" class prise had, such as a.much lighter yacht of similar type to the Volshe-mast, will not recur in the race of da, which the same firm built for 1904. On the other hand, the masts place by the side of the famous Vie- of the two yachts will be of equal tory Log-Book, kapt by "Nelson's Mr. W. L. Stephenson this year.

Probably the races will be hold weight, and neither ought to be trusty sailing-master, Thomas' At- off Newport, Rhode Island, in the likely to obtain sny marked advan-kinson. Long in the possession of middle of September next year. tage in general construction."- "Barratt of Pears'," this was saved

Mr, Sopwith was first a successful for the nation by Lord Woolaving The actual date and the arrange- ments will, of course, be settled by helmsman in the 12-metre class, ton (then Mr. James Buchanan) in discussion with the New York Yacht being top of that class with his boat 1919, at an outlay of £3,000. Club.

Mouette, and he handled Shamrock Mr. Sopwith thus succeeds theV. very well. "The Daily Tele- late Sir Thomas Lapton as Chal- lenger for the Cup-a position which Sir Thomas held for thirty

years

PICKING THE BEST DEFENDER

Mr. Gerard Lambert, who owns one of the boats built to race against Sir Thomse Lipton's last Amerion's Cup challenger, is, I hear, willing to head an American syndicate to meet Mr. Sopwith's challenge,

Nelson's own log enda just before graph" announced at the end of the action began at Trafalgar. His last yachting season that he had sailing-master's record contains a decided to build a new "J" class short and sharp account of the bat- ressol a type of Boat suitable for tle, including the statement: the America's Cup races-to chal- lenge for the Cup under the flag of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

PREVIOUS CHALLENGES Since 1881, when the schooner America won this Cup from the Royal Yacht Squadron on Aug. in a race round the Isle of Wight, there have been fourteen unsucces-

Partial firing continued until 4:30 when, a victory having been report ed to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B. and Com- mander-in-Chief, he then died of his wounds.

The last entry of all runs: "Served wine and grog." There is a chance of a race next year, but I learn from members of

When these two log-books are the Club that they would much pre-ful challenges for it.

The Royal Yacht Squadron, how publicly shown this week there will fer 1935, A challenge' such as the l British yachtsman has issued would ever, has only attempted to recover be with them the original of Nel- be met by the construction of at the Cup three times. The first

challenge

son's world-famous Trafalgar Me- was that of least two, and possibly thres, de- R.Y.8. fenders, whose chances of selection Genesta by Sir Richard Sutton in morandum, presented by the late would be determined by a series of 1895, the other two were those of Mr. Benjamin Woollan, of Tan- tests with Enterprise, Westaanoe, Valkyrie. II. and Valkyrie III. in bridge Wells This had been sold 1893 and 1895 by the Earl of Dun- for £3,600 in 1906 as the lawful pos- raven.

session of a Clapham Junction After the Dunraven challenges bus-driver. His Mather had been came the five efforts of Sir Thomas the body-servant of a distinguished Lipton, from 1890 to 1930, with his admiral, who gave him an éscritoire Shamrocks. All Lipton's challeng-with its contents," among which ers, except Shamrock V., have been was the historio manuscript that broken up long ago, but the latter had been missing for many years. was bought by Mr. Sopwith who raced her against Britannia, Velshe- da, and other vessels.

Whirlwind, and Yankee.

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No defender would be nominated until the end of next summer at the earliest, and the race might take place any time after Aug. 15.

THE NEW ATTEMPT

The Cup races of 1934 should prove & most fascinating trial, of skill in yacht architecture and sea- manship, and certain disabilities,

RADIO BEAMS TO

GUIDE 'PLANES

Successful Tests Made

At Croydon

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Nov. 1. Successful first tests have been made at Croydon with a remark- able new system of guiding air liners between London and Faris, particularly in fog or bad weather. a wireless Under this systern

radio beam is sent out from a tower at the aerodrome, in a given direction, and the pilbt alles to his destination by keeping his aircraft flying down the beam.

When he is dead on his course'

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PRINCE GEORGE

Nelson's own last letter to Lady Hamilton, found on his cabin-table in the Victory, and written just after the order for advance at Tra falgar had been given, is another

Visit To South Africa national possession.

Emma's last letter to her "own, own Nelson" unfortunately, is some- where in America. Addressed from Canterbury, Oct. 8, 1805, Emma be-

Special Air-Mail Service)

London, November 1. The following official announce-gins: Inent was issued from Bucking- ham Palace yesterday:

My dearest lite, we are just come Prince George has been official- from church, for I am so fond of ly invited by the Government of the Church service and the cantons the Union of South Africa to visit (sic) are so civil; we have every day

the early a fine anthem for me." South Africa during

next year. With the part of King's approval his Royal High- ness' has been much pleased to accept this invitation,

Bail from

Prince George, under present

will arrangements. England about the mddle January,

of

The Daily Telegraph" learns

a thick white horizontal line ap- that no definité date has yet been pears on a black background on fixed for Prince George's depart- the clock face of his instrumenture. His trip will be arranged so on the dashboard in his cockpit.

When he errs to left or right of his course this line separates into two thin white lines. The thicker of the two shows on which side of the course he is drifting.

He has merely to change course until the two lines become one thick line again, and then he is on the correct course again.

It is expected that the new radio beacon will give a range from Croydon up to 100 miles.

A similar beacon has been es- tablished at Le Bourget Aero- drome, Paris. It will throw a wireless beam to a point on the

French coast.

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that he will arrive in the Union after the opening of the South African Parliament. which will last ten take place during the days of January.

According to present arrange-. ments Prince George will travel to South Africa as an ordinary passenger on one of the liners. He will take only a small staf with him.

THREE MONTES' TOUR Expectations are "that Prince for about George will be away three months. He will visit war- ious parts of the Union of South Africa and will make his head- quarters at Government Cape Town, staying with the Earl

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House;

Pilots will fly down this beam. On the opposite side on the Eng-of Clarendon, the Governor-Gen- lish coast they will pick up the

Although Prince George has al- Croydon beam and be guided

ready seen much of the world, direct of the airport:

These signals are not to replace this will be his first visit to After a voyage df. South Africa. the wireless directional-finding system, but are to be additionato about 17. days his ship will cast anchor in Table Bay, and he will A high technical official of the and the Cape enjoying the glory Air Ministry tested, the new ap- of its incomparable summer. paratus, which is known as the

IC.

Radio equi Signal Beacon, at being visual and not aural Croydon.

The pilot in the United States With a pilot he flew in a special dies between towns on hearing the machine, equipped for radio bea-night signal. When he erra, from con flights, between Farnborough the course the signals change to and Croydon,

Leta warning note. He cannot, how- This is a 30-mile flight. Despite ever, while listening in to these s 30 m.ph. side wind, which would signals, call up an aerodrome for normally blow the machine off its a weather report or for other in- course, they few blind" that is, formation.

purely by observation of the in- Experiments are also being struments and landed at Croydon, carried out with a delicate type of within 220 yards of the beacon.altimeter which will register ac- Another test was made this time curately height down to five feet with a 30-mile-an-hour tall wind off the ground.

They picked up the beacon ray while the radio beacon will be and dying this time at 140 mph. able to aulde the airman zight to quickly passed it.They turned the aerodrome through fog, these round, still nying "blind, and new altimeters will enable him to came over Croydon Aerodrome descend safely, knowing there are

no obstructions in the way and that he can rely on the instru ments as a guide for a safe land-

again only 220 yards in error WSTHE AMERICAN SYSTEM

This new system has the advan tage over that used in America, of! ing,

And what pathos is in the lines; And may God send you _victory and home to your Emma, Horatia, and paradias Merton, for when you are there it will be paradise.

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