Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1914 — Yachts May Never Be Used. [ARTICLE]

Yachts May Never Be Used.

Stripped of their spars and rigging, with their sails stowed away and their decks boxed up for the winter, the three cup defenders and the challenger, Shamrock IV, lie at different shipyards in the United Statevqnd .s«*rve as pathetic reminders of the great America's cup contest that was to have been held in September. While the exact amount of money involved is not known, the three racing yachts, with the money spent in elimination races, in preparation for the final. race and ‘in the numerous changes in rigging and equipment, are thought to represent an investment of at least $1,500,000. ' ' The contest has been officially postponed to 1915, but if the war should last two or three years the money invested is as good as thrown away, as in that event the r deterioration of these yachts would be such that It is not likely any of them would be in condition to use in the cup race.— Popular Mechanics.