The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-21
SPORTSMAN AND GENTLEMAN
Sir Thomas Upton Shows the Stuff
He Is Made Of

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He Is Made Of.
New York. Oct. 2O-Sir Thomas Lip
ton bore his defeat like the gentleman
and sportsman that he is.
The best boat won,'' he said, land
sfat as as IL Should be, and has always
been in the races for Americas cup
He was very hopeful and sanguine.
in fact, that the Shamrock would win
Today's race when the wind came up so
strong.
This is regular Shamrock weather. /"
he exclaimed to his guests as they
came aboard Later, after the racers
had passed the outward mark and had
covered a. third of the distance back to
the starting line, Sir Thomas came
down from the bridge, where he had
been watching the race and said:
We have no chance to win now. The
Columbia Is the better boat. had
hoped for another result, but it is no
use now. Nothing but an accident to
the Columbia could give us the race,
and l would not have that happen for
the world. Let us all go below and
have luncheon"
And so the man who spent a million
dollars to Win the Americas cup calm
~ resigned himself to the inevitable,
left OFF looking at the now hopeless
fight his boat was making, and devoted
himself to entertaining his guests.
When luncheon was over the guests
remained at the table while Sir Thomas
rose in his place at the head of the
table and said:
My friends, I came over here to lift
the Americas cup and take it back to
England, and have failed to do it,
never said that l would do it. for did I
ever say more than that had an equal
chance for it. My rival has never said
more than this; there has been no
boasing on either side. If it had been
a sure thing either way, there would
have been no sport in it Whatever I
may have thought in the past does not
matter now. L am convinced that the
Columbia is the better boat. and she
richly deserved her victory The first
race was disappointment, and the
second was lost to us by an accident,
but that matters nothing.
We had today perfect Shamrock
weather: our boat was handled mag
nificently, not a chance was neglected
The Columbia Won because She ought
10 have won, and / ann satisfied that it
is So.
Il am glad Of one thing. and that is
while l have failed to lift the cup l
have succeeded in proving TO the Brit
ism public that l was right when said
that an English gentleman could come
over here with the absolute certainty
Of getting fair play. If he behaves like
n gentleman he Will be treated like a
gentleman. and he will be accorded
perfectly fair and spOrtsmanlike treat
ment.
This has always been my belief, in
spite of all assertions to the contrary,
and / think have convinced the world
that I am right in this belief. My op-
ponents have treated me not only fair
~. but generously. Not a single re-
quest of mine has been refused. They
have granted all that asked freely and
unhesitatingly. In short, / have re-
ceived nothing but kindness and sports
manlike treatment from first to last.
Under these circumstances I feel that
1 can truthfully say that if 1 must have
host, it is a pleasure to have lost to
such friendly and generous rivals
Sir Thomas then proposed the health
of the Columbia, her crew and her own
ers. which was drunk amid cheers and
handclapping. Sir Henry Burdett added
TO the enthusiasm by declaring that
Sir Thomas has, it is true. failed to
lift the cup, but he has succeeded in
lifting the hearts of the American peo-
pie
Il desire to add, resumed Sir Thorn
as, that / mean TO challenge again if
I can arrange matters so Is to make il
possible. At this time / cannot go into
details, but I'll try it again some day
] have long regarded Mr.. Herreshoff as
the greatest designer of yachts in the
world. and the future possession of the
Americas cup depends solely upon the
ability of English designers TO excel
him I'll get il if ] can find the man
TO build the boat. My ability in that
directions ends with my ability to pay
for it. / can neither design nor build
boats"