Sept. 27.
All true sportsmen will con-Jgratulate the skipper and crew of the Rainbow on successfully defending the America's Cup against the very determined effort that Mr. T. JO. M. Sopwith made with the Endeavour to take that most coveted trophy back to its original home. They will also have a warm feeling of regard for the keen manner in which Mr. Sopwith raced his yacht, the fine performance he un-Jdoubtedly gave and the bed luck which was attendant upon his forts. That he had bad luck is apparent right from the time when he was almost ready to sail across the At professional crew which he ha@ engaged and Jwhich was already familiar with the working of the craft, held a pistol at his head in a demand for fiarger wages, and met with the Jonly response the owner could properly have given. A large number of amateurs readily sprang into the breach, and though they made a gallant show of it, it seems Japparent that they had' not the training which the crew of the op-[posing vessel undoubtedly had had. Tt constituted a definite handicap, Jas is clear from the cabled repens lof the race, and the comment of ithe: American experts which is published in another column. Toa certain extent it seems to have been a somewhat varying factor, for there were races in which the JEndeavours crew appeared work together in a way approach-jing, if not equalling the highly trained men on the Rainbow. But unfortunately varying factors are
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