The record-union., 1899-10-23
SIR THOMAS
Upton TALKS.
Will Build Another Challenge
Yacht.
He viii Try Again for the Cup In
1901.
Hopes the Columbia Will Go to
Europe to Show Them What a
Yankee Yacht Is Like--Says She
Will Sweep Everything Before
Her Enthusiastic Over His
Treatment in This Country.

NEW YORK. Oct 22-Sir Thomas
Upton spent to-day on board his steam
yacht Erin. During the greater por-
tion of the morning he was busy with
his Secretaries, but in the afternoon he
took a rest He saw a few visitors, al
though hundreds of small boats fioated
around the big yachts. Some of the
most venturesome went up to the gang
way and sent cards on board. The own
er Of the unsuccessful cup challenger
talked freely to a reporter and chatted
fog more than an hour about his plans
for the future
Il shall not challenge for the cup next
year." he said in reply to a question.
| You see the time is all too short to
design a boat, build her and have her
tuned up to concert pitch to race next
fall. I shall, however, issue challenge
for 1901, and shall complete the ar
rangements for it in a day or two. The
matter must be discussed fully with
the committee of the New York Yacht
Club.
Il have accepted Commodore Nor
gan's invitation to dine tomorrow
night at the Metropolitan Club. I ex-
pect to meet Mr.. Iselin and the mem
bers of the committee there and We
shall doubtless talk the matter over
them
will Fife design the new boat?' !
Most assuredly he will, but in his
present state I do not care to approach
| him on the subject. There will be
plenty of time for that, however, after
| the challenge is issued My new boat
must be between fifteen and twenty
minutes faster than the Shamrock and
she must be an improvement on the
! Columbia, which means almost mir
/ acle, for she is a marvellous boat.
! IF any other yachtsmen want to
challenge for the cup l shall willingly
! step aside but in any event l shall
stand willing to give every assistance in
my power to the man who tries to lift
| the cup. The Shamrock and my crew
will be at his disposal, so that he can
/ have a trial horse whose powers are
known. If my challenge is the one ac-
cepted 1 shall have the Shamrock in
commission and will use her in tuning
up the new boat
Sir Thomas commented on the pro-
posed trip of the Columbia abroad, say
| ing:
Il
! her across at once and you can take
my word for it she would sweep every
thing before her. 1 sincerely hope she
Will cross the Atlantic if for no other
purpose than to show them over there
what a Yankee yacht is like. Believe
me, it will teach them something.
Il can assure Commodore Morgan
and Mr.. Iselin they will be cordially
welcomed, and shall have plenty of cups
for them to race for. If the Colum bia
races in English waters / shall cer-
tainly 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 be-
gin early tomorrow. She will be ready
by week from Tuesday which day I
have fixed for her and the Erin to start
free and shall sail the next day in the
American liner ST. Louis 1 want to
see the Shamrock safely off before I
start.
| I am deeply touched at the spirit
shown by you Americans in arranging
for that loving cup for me- I shall
prize it above all things. 1t shows
that my estimate of American charac-
ter is not wrong. / am at liberty to
say now that the wild guesses as to
| what the Shamrock cost were all of
them far out. The cost of the boat
alone as she is now, without consider
ing the expense of crew or anything
else, is about $500000."