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Yachting Lipton's Cup Challenger Plans Revealed
The article discusses Sir Thomas Lipton's renewed effort to lift the America's Cup with a large, likely 70-foot metal-hulled Herreshoff defender and a rival 70-foot American challenger. It notes Morgan backing Columbia as a trial horse, possible Shamrock II, and leadership by Jameson and Sycamore.
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Sper
Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Royal Ulster Club of England
Fec
Columbia
Nin
England
Herreshoffs
Mineola
Newport
Nat Merreshoff
Bristol
Herreshoff
Shamrock
Hermeshoffs
Challenger
London
Hendersons
Clyde
Sycamore
G. Jameson
Atlantic
United States
Bekker
Thomas
York Yacht Club
Jameson
Great Britain
Mr. Oddie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
Herman B. Duryea
Newport Yachtsmen
Vanderbilt
August Bel- Mar
Shim
J. Pierpont Morgan
C. Oliver Tstin
Yachtamen