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LEFT AMERICA'S CUP 145 AMES for it was held Aug. 22 of that year, when it was won by the American yacht "America," whose owners deeded it in trust to the New York Yacht Club, The THE AMERICA'S CUP subsequent success of American yachts in keeping the cup caused it to become popularly known as the America's Cup. Since the first contest in 1851 there have been, at various intervals, 32 other con- tests, all of which, except one on Oct. 19, 1871, were won by American boats. The last five challenges coming from the Royal Ulster Yacht Club were represented by Sir Thomas Lipton and were sailed by four different boats of English design, "Shamrock I.," "II.," "HI.," and "IV " His challenge of 1914, though accepted, could not be fought out on account of the war. It was renewed in October, 1919. A series of races, held off Sandy Hook in midsummer, 1920, between "Shamrock IV." and the American de- fender "Resolute," was won by the latter. AMERICUS, a city of Georgia, the county-seat of Sumter co., about 70 miles S. W. of Macon. It is on the Central of Georgia and the Seaboard Air Line rail- roads. The center of an important agri- cultural region, it also has extensive in- dustries, including cotton oil, fertilizer, and monument works. It is the seat of the State Agricultural College, and its important buildings include a library, large hotel, and a Y. M. C. A. building. Pop. (1910) 8,063; (1920) 9,010. AMERONGEN CASTLE, the property of Count von Bentinck, Dutch nobleman, located in the village of the same name, 15 miles S. E. of Utrecht, near the fron- tier between Germany and Holland. It was the place to which the ex-Kaiser of Germany fled after his abdication. He left Spa on the night of Nov. 9. 1918, and reached Amerongen on the following day. There he remained until 1920, at which time he removed to an estate at Doom near Utrecht, which he had pur- chased and furnished. Most of the time of the ex-royal fugitive was spent in cutting down trees on the Amerongen estate. He was joined there later by the German ex-Empress. AMES, a city of Iowa, in Story co., 37 miles N. of Des Moines. It is on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, and is the seat of the State College of Agri- culture and Mechanic Arts, The city has a library and is of considerable in- dustrial importance. Pop. (1910) 4,223; (1920) 6,270. AMES, ADELBERT, an American military officer, born in 1835; graduated at West Point, 1861; became Brigadier- General and brevet Major-General United States Volunteers, in the Civil War; Provisional Governor of Missis- sippi, 1868; resigned army commission, 1870; United States Senator from Mis- sissippi, 1870-1873, Governor 1874-1876; and Brigadier-General United States Volunteers in the war with Spain, 1898. AMES, FISHER, an American orator and statesman, born in Dedham, Mass., April 9, 1758. Admitted to the bar in 1781, he became a member of Congress in 1789, where he gained a national rep- utation by his oratory. Two of his finest efforts were in support of John Jay's treaty with Great Britain and a eulogy on Washington before the Massachu-