The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-09-25

signed, finest fitted and most speedy that
brains and money, particularly good COM
bination, can malle it. Sir Thomas is
man to whom u dozen yachts of the most
expensive kind would be but a bagatelle,
so far as the outlay is concerned. He is
q millionaire and sportsman who spends
his money with royal ma gnificence when
yachting is concerned.
He must bear in mind. however, that he
is coming to a country that is the richest
In the world, and to compete with men
whose sporting blood is backed by count
less dollars. Against the Irish millionaire
America is pitting three of her millionaires:
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., Harry Payne
Whitney (son of William C. Whitney, and
Herman 3. Duryea (who is related to the
multi-niilionaire starch manufacturer).
With the aid of their millions they will
cause to he designed and built at the mos.
famous yacht-building center in the world
boat that every patriotic American hopes
and believes will be able to show n clean
pair of heels to the boat that Sir Thomas
Upton will bring overf on his cup-hunting
expedition. The task of building the racer
that will carry the hopes of America in the
International race will he entrusted to the
Herreshoffs who are tried and proven
boat builders and have worldwide repu-
tation for being the builders of the best
and speediest craft that sail the blue
waters.
While the millionaire cup defenders have
been summering at Newport they have had
many anxious conferences over the de-
sign OF the new boat. Captain Nat Her.
reshoff has participated in these confer
ences. and as a result of the combined ex-
pcriences of the amateur yachtsmen and
the veteran boat builder, yacht has been
designed that will be a combination of the
finest qualities of the boats that have been
such invircible flyers in the international
races of the past few years.
In the opinion of Mr.. Herreshoff it is
advisable to make q few alterations in the
design of the Defender which was the
winning boat in the race that sent Dun
raven back to England with his eXtraordi-
nary story of unfair treatment.
The old boat is favored by co Iseln
and he Is arranging TO bring off a series Of
irial races betweee the naw and the old
boat, when the former is finished, in or.
der 20 test the alleged superiority of the
later design.
Prior to the beginning OF the work on the
now cup defender the ferreshoffs will make
O few alterations i'm the old boat-altera-
tons that were suggested to CAPTAIN Nat
Herreshoff in the 1896 contest between the
Defender and the Valkyre After that Mr.
1sclin will waive any claim he may have
upon the exclusive services Of the Bristol
builders. ard the new cup defender will
begin to rise from the ways in the Her.
reshoff yard
In the meantime Sir Thomas Linton Is
making all necessary arrangements to have
The plans OF his new boat the Shamrocl,
completed by Mr.. William Fife. Just as
Poon as 1t is possible, Harland & Wolf Of
Belfast VIII begin TO build he challenger.
ard as they, like the Herreshoffs have re-
served instructions to proceed regardless
or expense. the two finest boats ever put
together will be the product.
Sir Thomas has already deposited s9oo :