Sir Thomas Lipton has received an enthusiastic welcome, in spite of his defeat in the Cup contests.' Various contradictory statements have been made with regard to his intention of competing again; but the fact is that he has not yet definitely made up his mind. He has as yet made no plans for building " new yacht, but while he admits that the Shamrock IL was fairly beaten on its merits, he feels that the two yachts were so equally matched that some slight alterations to the Shamrock might enable her to win the Cup. The conditions, however, prescribe that a beaten yacht cannot challenge again until after another yacht has met the challenger. Possibly therefore Sir Thomas desires that someone else should go to the expense of building a new yacht, and then, if he failed to "lift" the Cup, the Shamrock could enter again.
Ist November.
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