The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03

fell over one another I'm the rush 20 gee
hold OF stock. Last year that stock
paid "a per cent dividends More than
one-half OF this stock Upton himself
owns.
when at ;he time of the queens dia-
mond jubilee the Princess OF Wales pro-
posed 20 give all the poor OF London a
great dinner in honor OF the occasion.
her plans almost fell through because
OF the impecuniosity OF the weaithy
persons OF London on whom the prin-
cess had relied for support. The din
ner was all but given up by the princesa
I'm disgust. when one day Upton learned
OF the true state OF affairs while dining
with the lord mayor, and, taking oUt
his checkbook, wrote out a check for
sl25,000. Since then he has given $780,
600 20 found eating houses throughout
/ London for the accommodation OF the
| poor where such persons might secure
food al it's absolute cost price. Liptons
| sovereign saw nt TO reward such
generosity with a knighthood. Tommie
Upton, once the Glasgow messenger
boy. became Sir Thomas Upton, Bart.
When. In the name of the Royal Ul-
ster Yacht club, Sir Thomas first chai-
! lenged for the long contested Amer
] ica's cup. there were certain proud
aristocrats connected with yachting af-
/ fairs in Great Britain who sncered AT
! the 'pretentious teaman.' They were
/ aristoCrats by inheritance and not by
worth. and they did not like this
| parvenu sportsman's intrusion into
their ranks. But the first gentleman
OF Europe" soon settled that little difh
Guilty. II must be borne In mind that
! whomsoever the Prince OF Wales hob
nobs with is no longer OF questionable
social rank. Such royal association
glurifies him az once. so when Albert
Edward grew shummy with the great
merchant printr and il was seen that a
tea seller could be as much a gentle
man as a born nobeman and more self
respecting a yachtsman than Dun
I raven, the upper classes began 20 re-
lent and said that Sir Thomas was not
such a bad fellow after all IL is said
in London that when Lord Dunraven
declined To allow Upton 10 use the
NallSyrio III as a trial horse against
the new challenger he Prince of Wales
himself silently hut significantly re-
, buked the chlldishly snobblsh earl by
, Offering TO the Irish sportsman his own
, , yacht. the Britannia The prince. u
, prevent any misunderstanding in the
matter took great personal interest in
the trial races and So when Sir Thomas
Upton sailed for America on the Efbt
he found those English yachismen who
had at first looked upon him ana his
yacht with a jealous eye only too giad
TO be recognized by him as the sham
rocks owner. Since coming 20 Amer
ica. too Sir Thomas has proved himself
one of the best OF sportsmen, and by his
amiablity and kindliness and modesty
has won many friends even In the
camps OF the enemy. And il - tine end
il so falls out that the historic cup of
the old America must 80 back 10 Eng
land there Is no one whom Americans
would prefer 10 see carrying IL back IN
triumph than Sir Thomas Upton hlm-
self. But whether t goes or not is al
together another question. II the
shamrock does win and tho cup Is car
ried back across the Atlantic. then the
dream of tire little Scottsh-lrish boy
who used to watch the ships from the
docks OF Glasgow shall have been
realized. ana he who was once known
as Tommie Upton win own the fastest
yacht IN the world.
ROGER p. BARNUM