Word: squadrons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from the next day's racing and left the King's cup an easy prey for indefatigable Sir Thomas Lipton. He had won it once before, in 1908. This year he won it as a member of the most exclusive club in the world, the Royal Yacht Squadron...
Reporters know that the little parallelogram of green lawn beside the Yacht Squadron is many times harder to get into than the Royal Enclosure at Ascot. Royal influence means nothing at all to the Squadron's admission committee. Sir Thomas Lipton, probably the best known yacht owner in the world, was one of Edward VII's best friends. Despite all King Edward's blustering, the squadron consistently refused to admit Sir Thomas. No reasons were ever given, but gossipeers said it was because Sir Thomas was "in trade," that his America's Cup racing was considered...
Last week, however. Sir Thomas was a member. The Squadron's burgee flew from the Shamrock's truck and from the stern of his steam yacht Erin floated the White Ensign, a flag which only ships of the Royal Navy and yachts of the Royal Squadron may carry. But he did not set foot in the clubhouse last week or step on the sacred lawn. That was his rebuttal for the years that he had been denied membership...
Many U. S. yachtsmen were on that lawn last week. The Squadron may be proud, but it is also punctilious. The U. S. owners of the yachts which had raced across the ocean (TIME, Aug. 3) were all given the privileges of the club for Cowes Week. They were quick to learn other peculiarities of "the most exclusive club in the -world...
Strikes gripped Valencia, Tarragona, Bilbao. In Guillena began the first cowherds' strike in Spanish history. Hundreds of cowherds rode in off the bleak Andalusian ranges, demanding more pay, leaving hundreds of black Spanish cattle bellowing pitifully for water. The Governor of Se ville mobilized a squadron of cavalry and sent them forth with a ringing message that reporters wired round the world: "Soldiers of Spain! Go to Guillena and lead the cows to pasture...