The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
THE EOLlAN CO., IS West 23d St., NY.


Of any other nationality has ever had place
ormen who have the good fortune 70 be in the
crew of an American cup defender are not or
Ise brand. These crews include m en- who
have been CAPTAINS OF vessels and mates
coaster has given ' up his ship in order to make
certain. so far as ha was concerned, that the
cup ssoad b be p0PsTy tn S
YOU can understand Just the quality Of the
Each individual man there believes that the
cup is in his personal keeping g. and that he
If 1t is lost.
Every time a crow for defending yacht is
wanted the owner or the syndicate that owns
DO Judges Of men and know personally the
These men let it be known that a crew is
wanted and then Deer Isle, stands upas one
to do the selecting wait and watch They
don't tell any one what is on their minds.
Gw bdo o thy Tst hoy th
examine each one. tlgurativeiy sp"a king. with
microscope and then they study all the
others to see II perhaps there is not lurking
in some one Of them some quality that. prop
erly developed, will make its owner bettor than
fore, the desire to be in the crew of the defend
ing boat this year was not 50 unanimous as it
ism wouldn't down On the appointed day the
whole crowd gathers at one place and the selec-
appointed men MAKE s no difference From the
moment the selection is made every man.
woman and child is loyal to the crew.
came to be taken from Deer Isle. and that is
how they are chosen. But this does not explain
superative quality. THE sun reporter asked
that how and why question bluntly OF every
it. and from each he got a modest declaration
that they were not. and then ten reasons why
is that the Deer Islanders are not drinking
men. lntemperance is frowned upon. Until a
DGr has syed h PPrfSnGeho
right here thnta man to Deer lslanderis an APP.
prentice Until he IL is Cnrtainnhe must let rum
not before. If he hopes to have the respect OF
his people The next reason for the superla-
young. The new general on is not all exactly
born on the water, though now and then some
and when a boy gets to be II years old sturdy
Legged and energetic. he takes to sailoring
be a Captain; That's his only ambition. UNI
less it should happen. as 1t sometimes does.
tina h9 h1Ta wrong and axe to
ship and stays on that shin until they make a
man Of him-that is,a sail3rman. He is taught
everything about the ship and everything
about the water His teaching is the practical
tSiaehng Of S{perienreid When he gets to be
Captain. he is capable OF being one. and it's
only question of short time when he'll have
q ship.
quality are not altogether sufficient and the
nnt ont s apd the Deer
uI E'T twas Hss on in Maybe yoG acre
t believe u h%TedtTIy VEL just I92k at tie
there's tho srrSndiather GaPt. Tip;s grand
father was s sea G"pt9in He settled on Deer
IRE in &2 and DAY FF s0Hs s bssr c
Capt. Green was the son Of sea Captain
TOR d
father and then his father. Cart Tips
father was was h sea caPtaIn and sailed the
Deer Isle and watched tn. progress Of Tip. thu
son. Tip. the son. became sea Captain and
finally settled down to watch the progress Of
his son Cart. Tips son became Captainr when
watching his grandson growth to a Captaincy,
a ana the boys got good start, for he's one Of
tie lucky thlrtyZZthrcH, who viii defend tho
americas Cup. Now. looking At that record.
WI! apy9ody say there's nothing in hTerrsdi,y?
others-too many others to tell about-a it's |
certain that the chief reason for the supsr.e-
born 10 EN-" Six new Captains sailed from |
Deer Isle this year alone. and they are all the
Deer Isle is a mighty pleasant place. There |
are no poor people there; that is. not what the |
are some who are not as thrifty as others But |
there is no poverty The people who live there |
are retired sea Captains. They own shares in |
big clipper ships and get good Incomes. Maybe |
their sons are the Captains OF the ships. II not |
their sons. then their neiGhbor4,
Deer Isle is not exactly a progressive |
place. for the population is decreasing. It's a |
thousand less than it was ten years ago. !
Deer Islanders say that thats no sign that the |
OF the islanders who are in ships in all parts |
Of the world
al cpn1 R, a" come back" they say; they'll
- How much experience must a man have /
before he Is capable Of being member OF cup |
defenders crew." THE Sun reporter asked |
Capt George Conant
Il wouldn't take q man who hadn't been ten |
years on the water said Capt George.
sI LHI bG GaS Tx ySSn fae ths same snsTer
they'd had hundred years experience"
How much deprnds on crew in yacht
Fifty per cont, N the crew and 80 per
cent. on the captain. was the reply;
And nothing on tho boat2" asked the re-
porter.
Well" said Cart, Conant. and he scratched
when Capt. Hank Han took the Nigilant across
10 race IN, English waters? Well. Capt. Hank |
came to racing Mr. ilerreshon he said he'd
ike to steer the boat. Mr. Gould told Cant
Hank. and the Captain he didn't say anything
Well, the racing started. and. II you remember
Hank knew that he was getting the credit for
the beatinRs. and he ground his teeth. and
Mr. Could, didn't think the, boat was
he said to Mr. Gould ons morning when M,
Gould was wondering why he couldn't win
TINT either Mr. Herreshotr would have to 90 |
home or he would, and MIR, Herreshofr he went
Nigant was never headed from that day Now
you see how MUCH the skipper bias to do with
II. You take Mr.. lselin. There amt many bet
ter skippers than he Is. When they had their