The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-22
Remarkably Fine Boat to Contest
for Cup.
PLANS OF SIR THOMAS Upton
Gives Noted Builders Carte Blanche
The American Interest in
Best of Hands.

A white-winged beauty is coming
over the Atlantic once more to try to
wrest from the Americans the trophy
that is the prize OF the fastest yacht
that sails the sea. The cup has many
years been unsuccessfulIy sought by
the crack yachts Of England. This
time an Irish boat is coming over in
search Of the yachting trophy that is
regarded as the most coveted prize of
the nautical amateurs. None the less
for the nationality of their opponent
will Americans do their best to keep
the prize they have won, and success
fully defended for so long
The challenger, Sir Thomas Upton
has been heard to say that he will
make the boat that he is going to
bring over the most costly that ever
raced a yachting course. No money is
to be spared to ensure the yacht chal-
lenger being the best designed. finest
fitted and most speedy that brains and
money, particularly good combina-
tiOn, can make it, Sir Thomas is a
man to whom dozen yachts of the
most expensive kind would be but a
bagatelle so far as the outlay is CON
cerned. He is millionaire and a
sportsman who spends his money with
royal magnificence 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 countless dollars. Against
the Irish millionaire America is pit
ting three Of her millionaires: Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr, Harry Payne
Whitney, son of William c. Whitney.
and Herman b. Duryea, who is related
TO the multi-millionaire starch man
ufacturer. With the aid of their mill
lions they Will cause to be designed
and built at the most famous yacht
building center in the world, a boat
that every patriotic American hopes
and believes will be able to show a
clean pair of heels to the boat that
Sir Thomas Upton will bring over on
his cup-hunting expedition. The task
Of building the racer that Will carry
the hopes Of America on the interna-
tional race will be entrusted to the
Herreshoffs, who are tried and proven
boat builders and have a world wide |
reputation for being the builders of the
best and spaediest craft that sail the
blue waters
While the millionaire cup defenders
have been summering at Newport, they
have had many anxious conferences
over the design of the new boat. Capt
Nat Herreshoff has participated in
these conferences and as a result of the
combined experiences of the amateur
yachtsmen and the veteran boat build
er, yacht has been designed that Will
be q combination of the finest quail
ties OF the boats that have been such
invincible flyers in the international
races of the past few years.
In the opinion of Mr. Herreshoff it
is advisable to make a few alterations
in the design Of the Defender, that was
the winning boat in the race that sent
Dunrayen back to England with his
extraordinary story OF unfair treat
ment.
The old boat is favored by c. o. Ise-
lin, ana he is arranging to bring off a
series Of trial trips between the new
and the old boat when the former is
finished, in order to test the alleged
superiority of the later design.
Prior to the beginning of the work
on the new cup defender the HERES
hoffs Will make a few alterations in
the old boat-alteratiOns that We're
suggested 10 Capt. Nat Herreshoff in
the 1896 contest between the Defend
er and the Valkyrie. After that Mr..
Iselin will waive any claim he may
have upon the exclusive services of the
Bristol builders and the new cup de-
fender Will begin to rise from the stays
in the HerreshOff yard
In the meantime Sir Thomas Upton
is making all necessary arrangements
10 have the plans Of his new boat, the
Shamrock, completed by William Fife.
just as soon as it is possible Harland
Il Wolff, of Belfast. will begin to build
the challenger, and as they, like the
HerreshOffs, have received instructions
to proceed regardless of expense. the
two finest boats ever put together will
be the product.
Sir Thomas has already deposited
$500 600 TO the credit Of the designers
and builders, and more money awaits
them at a moments notice. The
Shamrock Will have an Irish owner
an irish crew ana VIII occupy the
same position toward the Green Isle as
did the Thistle TO Scotland and Val
kyrie 10 England.
It is no wonder that the British long
TO possess the cup once more, for they
are a pertinaceOus race and the fact
that they have been trying to get it.
back ever since 1851, when it was cap
Jured by the old America in series of
races off the Isle. Of Wight, instead Of
discouraging them, makes them only
more determined to continue their eff
forts. Since the victory OF 1851, the
Magic, Columbia, Sappho, Madeline,
Mischief, Puritan, MayflOwer, Volun-
teer, VigiIant and the great Defender
I. have beaten the British boats in a
series Of remarkable races. The re
tentiOn Of the cup first became q mat !
ter Of serious international importance !