Adams Cup

Once each year the fairest women sailors in the land vie with each other for the Adams Cup, to decide who sails fairest and fastest of them all. This year it proved to be Allegra Mertz (right) of Rye, N.Y.'s American...

BOATING

Marcel Boussac, France's cotton king who dotes on racing fast horses (Macip, Apollonia, Philius), made his hobby pay off to rich tune of $228,500 in 1956 to lead all other French owners in winnings for second...

NORTH AMERICANGene Walet, III, 19, of New Orleans won Mallory Cup, youngest winner and first repeater in brief history of series.

The indomitable Mrs. Mertz is the best woman sailor in American waters