Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-23
Upton WILL TRY 1t AGAIN
Sir Thomas Proposes to Challenge for th,
Americas Cup in 1901.
INTENDS TO BUILD ANOTHER YACHT
Thinks Columbia the Most Wonderful
Boat lie Ever Saw and Wants
IL to Take n Trip Across
the Water.

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-sir Thomas Upton
spent today on board his steam yacht Erin.
He saw few visitors, although hundreds
of small boats floated around the big yacht.
The owner of the unsuccessful cup hunter
talked freely to reporter and chatted for
more than an hour about his plans for the
future.
IL shall not challenge for the cup next
year. he said, in reply to query. You
see, the time is all too short to design boat,
build it and have 1t tuned UP to concert
pitch to race next fall. l shall, however,
issue challenge for 1aol, and shall conf
plete the arrangements for 1t In a day or
two. The matter must be discussed fully
with the committee of the New York Yacht
club.
II have accepted Commodore Morgan's
invitation to dine tomorrow night at the
Metropolitan club. l expect to meet Mr.
iselin and the members 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, l do not care to approach him on the
subject. There is plenty of time for that,
however, after the challenge is issued. My
new boat must be between fifteen and
it must be an improvement on Columbia,
which means almost a miracle. for it is a
marvellous boat.
"If any other yachtsmen want to challenge
for the cup l shall willingly step aside, but
in any event, / shall stand willing to give
every assistance in my power to the man
who tries to lift the cup. Shamrock and
my crew will be at his disposal, so that
he can have trial horse whose powers are
known. If my challenge is the one accepted
l shall have Shamrock in commission and
will use it in tuning up the new boat
| Compliments Columbia.
Sir Thomas commented on the proposed
trip of Columbia abroad, saying:
"If it were my boat / should take II
across at once and you can take my word
| for it, it would sweep everything before
| it. l sincerely hope it will cross the At
lantic, if,for no other purpose than to show
| them over there what yacht is like. 1t will
teach them something. l can assure Com
modore Morgan and Mr.. Iselin that they
will be cordially welcomed and we shall
have plenty of cups for them to race for. II
Columbia races in English waters l shall
| constantly put Shamrock against it. Sham
| rock will be fitted with its small yawl rig
| at once; in fact, the work of preparing il
1Or sea VIII DeSln early tomorrow morning
1t will be ready by a week from Tuesday
which time have fixed for it and the Erir
to start on the return voyage. J shall theg
feel free and shall sail the next day on th
| American liner st. Lous. l want to Sc
Shamrock safely off before I start.
Il want to say again that l have beer
treated with the utmost courtesy by everyone
whom / have met. Never for a moment
have the yachtsmen here made me feel 9th
erwise than perfectly at home. l hav'
failed to win your cup, but 1 proved wha
l said before l started for it, that an,
yachtsman who came for the cup would hav,
only fair opportunity to win it.
Il am deeply touched at the spirit shown
by you Americans in arranging for tha
loving cup for me. l shall prize it abov
all things. 1t shows that my estimate o
American character is not wrong | am
liberty to say now that the wild guesses a
to what Shamrock cost were all of them ia
off. The cost of the boat alone, as IL Il
now, without considering the expense o
crew or anything else, is about $500 OOO."
The crew of Columbia had day of com
plete rest today, the first that it could enjo
since October 8. Mr. Iselin could not b
seen today to ascertain what was to be tn
course followed relative to the beat mex
year.