Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-11-02
THE GREAT METROPOLIS has
SETTLED DOWN AFTER THE
OVATION TO DEWEY.
AND THE RECENT YACHT RACES.
Everybody Friendly Toward sil
Thomas Upton, Whose Sport
Was Indeed COstly--But
the Titled Tea Msr-
chant Can Afford
It, You Know.

Correspondence Of the LEDGER.
NEW York, Oct. 25.-Now that the
last of the golden goddesses who
mutely welcomed the Admiral has
been sawed into convenient chunks
and Uarted away and the silver cup
that has tantalized covetous English
men for half century has been
wrapped in chamois skin and put
back I'M its corner In the big safe at
Tiffany's, there to stay until the gal
liant irish knight comes challenging
again, New York has settle down to
politics and theatre going. Sir
Thomas takes his defeat as becomes q
true sportsman, says he was fairly
and squarely beaten by Yankee skill
and has the courage to announce that
he will challenge again in 1901, II
someone else doesn't get in ahead Of
him. Everybody Is pleased with the
titled tea merchant. he has won one
of the the things he came after even
II he did lose the cup--the good will
OF the American people. And that's
worth having, though it cost him
almost, II not quite million dollars.
But q man whose income is $3.50 q
minute, day and night, can afford
such costly sport.
Speaking Of cup-races, heard an
interesting account of the first race,
back in 1851, as told by woman who
saw the clumsy looking American win
the cup that has since been known by
that name. The cup, you know, was
offered by the.Queen and was origin
ally known as the 5000 guinea cup"
which In those days was quite q sum
Of anyone's money The race was
started OF Cowes, the great English
resort, and the little island was crowd
cd with men and women from all
parts of England and the continent to
see the sport. When the American
arrived In English waters, several
days before the race, the newspapers
and comic weeklies made great sport
Of her wide, fat huh and odd appear
ance. She WIS DUBBED the "xankee
tub'' and no one thought she had any
chance at all against the several
other yachts entered In the race--for
it was free-for-all, so to speak. And
sure enough, when the day came and
the starting gun was fred, the wind
was 80 light that the captain of the
American decided not to start and the
other yachts drew of without the
Yankee.
About fifteen minutes after the
start the wind freshened considera-
bly, and the America was started after
all, a good two miles behind the little
bunch that now looked like flock OF
big white sea-gulls In the distance.
The onlookers almost laughed them
selves sick. A few hours later their
laughter was changed to tears. The
Yankee tub cut through the water
like q fish. Now she had caught the
vachts: now abe had uassed them:
now she was a mile to the good and
uow-couId IL be ,possibleP-she had
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