The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-08
Sir Thomas Upton,
Gentleman.


It is something to be the largest
retail merchant in the world; it is
much to have an income of s. pei
minute; but it is MAGNIFICENT tC
have every man, woman and chile
that you meet raise their voice IL
praise Of you manly qualities. For
getting for the moment the merits
of the Shamrock and the Columbia
or the wealth of the ISeins and the
knighthood O. the Upton, it is but &
just tribute to the Scotch-IrisE
challenger to say that better all
round gentleman never crossed the
water And you cannot be that
sort of man unless you have lived
it all your life.
There is much printed in New
York about the ';Lipton" way Of
doing things. I have watched him
both on shore and aboard the Erin,
but fail to discover that that way is
any different from the manners of a
natural gentleman. It is possible
that New York is not familiar with
this manner. Upton takes the
newspaper men on board the Erin
and treats them like gentlemen.
Upton stands by the gangway as
you come up and shows you what a
wonderful memory he has. To one
he said
i'Ah, | met you last year at Chica-
goat the Annex. Now just make
the Erin your home while you are
Gown here.
Washington wires Upton that a
storm is brewing. Ee sends the
message over to the Columbia with
his compliments and tender of any
assistance desired. He tells the
shippers on his boat.
"You are strangers in strange
land. Any criticism on your part,
of the Columbia would be in bad
taste. Well beat her if we can, but
no criticism and no boasting. >
Rear Admiral Schley said to him:
.1Are you fond of Watching? Is it
sport with you?"
Sir Thomas laughed from the
crown of his head to his toes.
my dear SIR he said, Il have
mo more knowledge of yachting than
the man in the moon, but I like
water, and, you know, | think the
cup ought to be on the other side for
time. After the Shamrock was
built told my shippers 70 sail her
for all she was worth; that they
know hew to handle yacht, that I
did not, and that they must win;
the Shamrock was built to win in
any kind of a sea. I have every
faith in my shippers, and they sail
the Shamrock to suit themselves"
There are a great many yacht
men who believe that the unfavor-
able showing Of the Columbia in the
first four efforts to race was due to
tie failure of Mr.. Iselin to let Capt.
Barr sail the boat his own way.
Barr has been .hampered, as the
Brooklin Eagle puts it:
''By having on board a woman, a
dog, a mascot and several amateur
yachtmen filed with opinions.
Sir Thomas Upton has not been
aboard the Shamrock in a single
race.
One of the first things you notice
after you have gone aboard the Erin
is that you--not Lipton-are the
central figure. That is the Arabic
form of hospitality. You are one OF
30 or 60 guests, and if you speak to
each you will ascertain that he or
she feels singled out as the guest of
honor Lipton's Sin gal csc servants
have either learned the courtesy
FROM him or he has taken it from
them. but wherever YOU turn on the
yacht the impression is given you,
pleasantly, delicately, without slob-
Der or gush, that the owner is glad
to see you and that his name is of no
consequence.
When the host does speak he has
nothing to say Of himself, nothing to
say of all his possessions, but that
ugly, gamy bit of canvas and metal
the Shamrock. But he will tell