Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1914 — NAMING THE NEW DEFENDER [ARTICLE]

NAMING THE NEW DEFENDER

Whatever Yacht May Be Called Rest# Entirely With Owners or Syndicates —Good Suggestions.Now that a series of races for the America’s cup are assured for 1914 and work is under way on at least one defender, the problem of naming the yacht which will represent this country in the international event arises. Sir Thomas J. Lipton has clung tenaciously to the name Shamrock with numerals added, and this country’s craft have had political and historical names, including the Puritan, the Mayflower and the Columbia, as well as such pther characteristic names as the Volunteer, the Vigilant and the Reliance, not to mention some of the earlier defenders, the Sappho, the Madeline, the Mischief, the America and the original Columbia. While the question of a name for each of such defenders as may be built rests entirely with the individual owners or syndicates, the suggestion of a name or names for the American vessels built for the honor of upholding American supremacy on the high seas is one which will soon attract the attention of the yachting fraternity. There are many American t Indian names particularly suitable to be applied to America’s cup defenders, and there are other branches in the sphere of yacht nomenclature which may be drawn upon. The first requisites are that the names suggested be easily pronounceable and not too long. Interest in the new yachts that may be built for the honor of defending the America’s cup is not limited to the comparative few who will subscribe toward the Jr construction and maintenance, but in reality they will become national and this will cause all who are in any way interested in the sport to at least contribute a suggestion for a suitable name for the defender.