Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-10-23
Upton TO CHALLENGE FOR AMER
ICA's CUP IN 1901.
ONE YEAR NOT TIME ENOUGH.
HOPES COLUMBIA WILL BE SENT
ACROSS ATLANTIC.
Says He VIII Enter Shamrock Against
Her If She Comes to British
Waters-The Cost of the
Shamrock, He Says,
Was $5OO,O0O.

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-Sir Thomas Upton
spent to-day on board his steam yacht
Erin. During the greater portion of the
morning he was busy with his secretary.
oul IN the afternoon he took a. rest. He
Sd" d 1e" visitors, although hundreds of
small boats ftoateQ around the big yacht.
some OF the most venturesome went up to
the sangWay and sent cards on board. The
owner OF the unsuccessful cup hunter talk
ed freely to q reporter and chatted for
more than an hour about his plans for
the future
L shall not challenge for the cup next
year, he said. in reply to a query. You
see, the time is all too short to design
boat, build her and have her tuned up
to concert pitch TO race next fall. l shall,
however, issue u challenge for 1901. and
shall complete the. arrangements for it in
day or two. The matter must be dis
cussed fully with the committee OF the
New York Yacht Club.
Il have accepted Commodore Morgan :
invitation to dine tomorrow night at The
Metropolitan Club. l expect to meet Mr.
lselin and the members of the committee
there, and We shall doubtless talk the mat
ter over then.
VIII Fife design the new boat?'
ent state, l do not care to approach him
on the subject. There will be plenty of
time for that, however, after the chal
lenge is issued.
My new boat must be between fifteen
and twenty minutes faster than the Sham
rock and she must be an Improvement on
the Columbia, which means almost mira
Gle, for she is marvellous boat.
If any other yachtsmen want to chal-
lenge for the cup l shall willingly step
aside, but, in any event. l shall stand WILL
ing to give every assistance in my power
to the man who tries 10 lift the cup. The
Shamrock and my crew Will be at his dis
pcsal, so that he can have trial horse
whose powers are known. If my chal-
lenge is the one accepted, shall have the
Shamrock i'll commission and Will use her
In tuning up the new boat
Sir Thomas commented on the proposed
trip of the Columbia abroad, saying: If
she We're my boat, should take her across
at once, and you can take my word Tor il
she would sweep everything before her. l
sincerely hope she will cross the Atlantic
over there what a Yankee yacht is like
Believe me, it will teach them some thing.
Il can assure Commodore Morgan ard
Mr.. 1selin that they will be cordially well
coined, and we shall have plenty OF cups
for them to race for. II the Columbia
races in English waters. 1 shall certainly
put the Shamrock against her
The Shamrock will be fitted with her
small yawl rig at once; in fact, the work
Of preparing her for sea will begin early
tomorrow morning. She will be ready by Il
week frcm Tuesday, which time l have
fixed for her and the Erin to start on the
Ieturn voyage. l shall then feel free ard
shall sail the next day on the American
liner St. Louis. l want to see the Sham
rock safely off before l start.
II want to say again that l have been
treated with the utmost courtesy by every
have the yachtsmen here made me feel
otherwise than perfectly at home. l have
failed to win your cup, but l proved what
L said before l sailed for it, that any
yachtsman who came for the cup would
have only fair opportunity to win it.
Il am deeply touched at the spirit shown
by you Americans in arranging for that
loving cup for ME. L shall prize ii above
all things. II shows that my estimate of
liberty to say now that the wild guesses
as to what the Shamrock cost We're all Of
them far out The cost of the boat alone
as she is now, without considering the eX
pense of crew or anything else, is about
O,O9I"
Sir Thomas has received hundreds of
letters from admirers all over the country,
expressing sympathy with him in defeat
The crew of the Columbia had day Of
complete rest to-day. the first that they
could enjoy since October 3. Hundreds OF
persons went to the shore during the day
to get a view of the winning yacht and
comment upon her. She Wore no sign of
except the yacht ensign. Mr.. Isein could
not be seen to-day TO ascertain what was
to be the course followed relative to the
boat next year.