Bermuda Race Trophy, 1909

For over a century, sailors have raced to Bermuda from the US east coast in the Bermuda Race, the oldest regularly scheduled amateur ocean race. It was started in 1906 by Thomas Fleming Day, the controversial editor of The Rudder magazine, who set out to prove that amateur sailors could race offshore in boats under 80ft in length. This 1909 trophy was presented by George S. Runk, Esq., and was won by Dr. Leedom Sharp on the schooner Restless.