"Why Sir Thomas Lipton Has So Much Trouble Challenging for the Cup"
Newspaper article
By: Charles P. Tower
Date: October 31, 1909
Source: Tower, Charles P. "Why Sir Thomas Lipton Has So Much Trouble Challenging for the Cup." The New York Times, October 31, 1909, S3.
About the Author: Charles Putnam Tower (1854?–1919) was an avid boater and secretary of the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound. He contributed frequent articles about boating and yacht racing to The New York Times in the 1900s and 1910s. In 1905 he helped found the Motor Boat Club of America and served as its temporary chairman.
Introduction
Like golfing, yachting was a sport for the rich man in the early twentieth century. Only those with the leisure time and money for the sport could afford to participate. Indeed, the costly yachts used in races were often no good for pleasure sailing, having no room for crew or passengers. The sport was...
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