The 'Shamrock' and the 'Columbia' racing for the America's Cup, 1899 (1906). The New York Yacht Club's 'Columbia', backed by J P Morgan, defeated the Royal Ulster Yacht Club's challenger 'Shamrock', financed by tea magnate Sir Thomas Lipton, by three races to nil. From Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]
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