THE TRAIL OF THE SHARP CUP: THE STORY OF THE FIFTH OLDEST TROPHY IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS. By S. Kip Farrington, Jr. who started the International Tuna Cup Match and had the trophy put into competition.

1974 1st edition. 8vo (156 x 235mm). Ppxvi,176. B/w photographs, maps, map end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"In 1935 S. Kip Farrington, Jr. conceived the idea of a Davis Cup Match of fishing to be held at Wedgeport, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. The resulting international competition for giant tuna began that year between teams of the British Empire and the United States, with the author as captain of the U.S. team. The success of this first match and those that followed was the inspiration for all the other fishing tournaments that have since been held in many waters around the world." Chapters include:- The match idea is born; The first match; Liverpool; Resumption after World War II; Three days of "Ode"; The 1948 match: a play-by-play account from the judges' boat; The best match ever: seventy-two tuna caught; Officials, rules, regulations, 1949; 1950 through 1955; 1956 through 1972; The sportsman workers; The Intercollegiate Game Fish Seminar and Fishing Match; Goodwill among nations; The United States teams; Official rules and regulations, 1969. There is also some preliminary material concerning the Sharp Cup and the International Tuna-Fishing Competition by Tony Hulman and Harold Connolly as well as an introduction by Dwight F. Davis, Jr.