European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Continued from Page is but the full Impact had not been  also had prohibition with us but its effects were not noticeable either inthe stately Homes of the Newport Rich nor in the highly democratic an wide open waterfront saloons along new port s main  is the surroundings of an International meeting  As this quite Smuch As the actual contest itself that create an atmosphere of grandeur an glory. The press is there the yachting experts the pseudo experts the Fea Ture writers and the Plain leg men. The wealthy Are their with their yachts ranging from j. P. Morgan s big Black Queen of the seas the Corsair to Small 50-foot cruisers. The coast guard is there with a de Stroyer and a flock of cutters herding the civilian yachts into line Clearing the course for the racers. Corsair sports three Gold chevrons on its stacks a reminder of its War service and wherever it moves the coast guard ships seem to dip their bows deferent  this year of 1930, the talk centers around the mechanical gadgets harolds. Vanderbilt has installed below decks in Enterprise. The whole boat is de scribed As a floating machine shop As there is some murmuring about the sportsmanship of pitting winches against the Brawny Muscles of Lipton s  is no protest from the old sport himself sir  great White yachts move quietly out to the starting Point in the sound followed by a Fleet of pleasure yachts while the coast guard rides Herd on the Squadron. The newspaper reporters Are comfortably ensconced on the de Stroyer s decks. Enterprise easily takes the four race from Shamrock and throughout the match the superiority of Vanderbilt screw its precision and training and his mechanical aids Are evident. His spinnakers ride easily to the Peak in stops and break out seconds later witha snap that can be heard a mile away. Every time he comes about or goes on another tack this professional Preci Sion gains a few seconds Over Shamrock. Commodore Harold 5. Vanderbilt at a class wheel. And then on a dismal sept. 17, in the third race of the series Shamrock suffers a crowning blow a spar col lapses and a Spinnaker Falls balloon ing Over the deck and trailing disastrously in the swirling water. Shamrock is disabled and Enterprise sails triumphantly past the final buoy. American observers Are sad they wanted to see Lipton win at least one Victory. In 1934, Sopwith s endeavour did bet Ter against Vanderbilt s Rainbow win Ning two of the six races. But in 1937, the last of the a class series the air plane manufacturer s endeavour ii lost four straight to Vanderbilt s Ranger. Then the world wide depression stepped in to end the contests. A boats were fantastically expensive to build and to race Only the wealthiest of sportsmen could possibly afford  towering 165-foot masts carried sails that required brute Force to hoist that in those Days could Only come from a professional Crew. And so the a boats were scrapped towering Graceful boats they were magnificent creatures of the sea. To Day s America s cup contenders Are Lovely things too it is hard to conceive of an ugly Sailboat but the vision of a boats coming up to the line is on that will forever stir yachtsmen s hearts. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers our daughter Lottie is a cocktail waitress she works in a cos tume which i consider inde cent Short Short Short skirt Low Cut Blouse and Black net Hose. My wife says it is  neighbor of ours passed away last week. Lottie said she wanted to go by the funeral Home to pay her last respects by she would Nave to go on her Way to work in the cos tume. She said she would Wear a Raincoat Over the costume the Raincoat is transparent i said Lottie would be out of place dressed like that and if she could t put on a skirt Andlous to stay Home. My wife said sly should go in her cos tume and Raincoat if she wanted to because clothes Aren important. Lottie decided not to go and my Vii e Lias been sulking Ever since who was i Fht big daddy dear daddy i m of Luck Lottie had enough sense to listen to you instead of to her Mother. A cocktail waitress outfit nude a transparent Raincoat is not appropriate Ili Ess for Call ing n a bereaved family. Page 14 dear Ann Landers my Hus band is tall dark and hand some i m usually proud to Beceden with him. But he has a very heavy Beard and if we gout at night he should shave a second  says he would t shave twice a Day for Queen Eliza Beth. I told Tarn Queen Eliza Beth does t care if he trips on his Beard but 1 am his wife and i want him to look present Able. Slaybe should consider my self Lucky because this is the Only thing 1 have to complain about but it really docs Bug me. What do you say mrs five o clock Shadow dear mrs i say if this is important to you your husband should shave a second time on special occasions. I won t kill him. For not so special occasions he can slap on Home Talcum powder. A now a word to he manufacturers of  musics shaving creams lotions electric  and Kindred products Iam not going to mention the name of any special Brand in this column so please do no phone write or Send me any samples. Thank you. Dear Ann Landers my Hus band and i had a Darling Little boy eight months after we were married. Our son is 2 years old no Wand already he is talking in sentences. Everyone says he Isth smartest child they have Ever seen. One of these Day she will find out when we were married and How old he is Anthell figure out that he was born  feel we should Start to explain now that sometimes when people Are Young their emotions run away with them an they do things they should t. Then he will grow up with the truth and it will not come As a Shock to him. Do you agree thinking ahead dear ahead no. Don t try to talk to a 2-year-old kid about runaway emotions there is plenty of time Tor this sort of talk like 10 years from  babies Are born it seven months and j see no reason to t o into detail even later. I tit up Buttera newspaper Syndicate 1m6 stars and stripes continued from Page 13 fantastic Speed. However the Earl of Wilton invited the americano take part in the Royal yacht Squadron 100-Guinea cup race for vessels of All rigs and  was the race from which the current America s cup has descended. The course was around the Diamond shaped Isle of Wight Waters notoriously. The most unfair to strangers that can be selected As a British paper put it. But the Isle was favorite of British yachtsmen and after All it was their race. It was in these Waters against 14 yachts of from 47 tons to 392tons that the America won lasting Fame. The Start was at 10 a.m., and thousands lined the coasts of the Island to watch the race. Queen Victoria and her Consort Prince Albert watched from the Royal yacht. Despite the loss of a newly installed Jib Boom which Cost the America 15 minutes she crossed the line at 8 37, All alone and eight minutes ahead of her nearest rival the Aurora. All of which gave Rise to a Story still quoted when the race is  to legend Queen Victoria asked her officers As the yachts neared the finish which is first the America waste reply. Which is second she asked. A your majesty there is no  Story but simply not True writes Boswell. A newspaper report said the Exchange was on every onlooker s Tongue an from there love of a Good tale put it higher and higher until it was credited to the Queen. The Royal pair did visit the americ after the race however the Prince did have to wipe his feet before he was allowed aboard which is a satisfactory note for present Day yachtsmen who spend hours getting Sand cuts out of varnished  America raced once More in English Waters in this Era against the titania and won 100 pounds in the Effort. But by no the Syndicate was bored with it All and they sold the America to lord John de Blaquiere for 5,000 pounds then $24,300which by counting the 100 pounds bet gave them a Small but solid profit of about $1,750 for the whole affair As their expenses in racing were but $3,750. The America with its new owner then tried the Mediterranean returned to the Isle of Wight and lost a race and then another and was sold to Viscount Templeton who in 1858 sold it to a ship building firm which rebuilt her. From there she was sold to a rather mysterious Henry e. Decie there Are nine recorded ways of spelling the name and allegedly was involved in slave trading. In 1861 she was sold in Jacksonville fla., to the Confederate states Navy for $60,000 four months later she was scuttled in dunns Creek above Jacksonville. The . Navy towed her to port Royal s.c., for a refit and then she became a Union Dis Patch boat before joining the blockade around  War record was Good. She captured the Schooner David Crockett helped ground and capture the Steamer Princess Royal which had a cargo of  and ammunition helped with ground ing the Steamer Georgia and with the Memphis caught the Schooner Antelope. In 1863 the America joined the . Naval Academy move from Annapolis to Rhode Island for the War Fleet and took part in one More War Mission a Hunt for a rebel Raider. From 1868to 1869 she was Laid up at the Academy and then overhauled for the America s cup race of 1870, in which she was fourth in 15.she served three More years As a school ship before being sold for $5,000 to the Only bidder one John Cassels who bought Herfor maj. Gen. Benjamin f. Butler a civil War Leader and Boston politician the excursion into the life of Butler is probably the High Point of the Book. While political deals have been a Way of life in Amer Ica since Manhattan was sold the one that gave the Good general the America for $5,000 is one of the More fascinating. It include bribery threat and collusion at the highest Levels and alone is Worth the Book Butler was a Happy Warrior for All his faults and he raced the America with fair Success. Better yet he took care of her and As any Yachtsman knows that can be a crushing Burden. In the years from the time he bought her in 1873 until he died in1893, the America received handsome treatment being in and out of the Yards regularly. She repaid him with Many victories but she was going downhill. From 1893 to 1897 she was Laid up but then raced again i september for a trophy with two other veterans. She won the race but it was her last  1898 she carried convalescent troops from the Spanish american War on rest cruises. In 1901 she was beaten in her Las Trace and went out of commission As a yacht. Sixteen years later she was sold As a packet but american sportsmen found a substitute vessel and saved the America she was the object of a fund drive for restoration and berthing at the naval  1921 she was towed to Annapolis where rear adm. Henry b. Wilson paid the sportsmen a symbolic $1 for her. He the refused to let the fund gathered for her be used for her repairs. She moulded in wet storage for a decade until the Norfolk Nav Yard looked her Over. Cost to repair $80,000, and in the Depres Sion Days there just was t $80,000 , in 1941 the Navy let a contract for repair to a local Yard and she was towed to the Annapolis yacht Yard and hauled out. Workmen built a shed Over her and worked on her in their spare  death was somehow fitting. On March 29, 1942, Palm Sun Day a massive snowstorm dropped up to 36 inches of wet Snowdon the shed protecting her. With a Roar it collapsed and the America was no More. Parts survived and Are in various nautical  tells the America s Story with wit with sensitivity and a relish for the Lively times in which she lived. Lie uses Little of the professional Yachtsman s jargon and keeps the narrative rattling along in Lively style. In Short his style matches his sub  Graceful vividly alive and a pleasure to try on a Windward j beat b Sam Bauman tuesday september 12, 1967