The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-23
Upton Will TRY AGAIN
Anxious For Another Chance at
the Americas Cup.
WILL NOT CONE OVER NEXT YEAR

Butin 1901 He Expects to Bring Over
Another Yacht Designed by Mr.. Fife.
Very Anxious That the CoIum bIa
Should Go to Europe.
New York. Oct. 23.-Sir Thomas
Upton spent yesterday on board his
steam yacht Erin. During the great
er portion of the morning he was busy
with his secretaries, but In the after
noon he took a rest. He saw few
visitors. although hundreds Of small
boats floated around the big yacht.
Some Of the most venturesome went up
to the gangway and sent cards on
board. 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 a
query. "You see. the time Is all too
short to design boat. build her and
have her tuned up to the concert pitch
to race next fall. I shall, however,
issue challenge for 1901, and shall
complete the arrangements for 1t in a
day or two. The matter must be dis
cussed fully with the committee of the
New York Yacht club. have accept
ed Commodore Morgan's invitation to
dine tomorrow night at the Metropolis
tan club. expect to meet Mr.. Iselin
and the members of the committee
there, and we shall doubtless talk tho
matter over then.
"Will Fife design the boat? Most
assuredly he will, but in his present
state do not care to approach him on
the subject. There will be plenty of
time for that. however, after the chal-
lenge Is issued. My new boat must be
between IL and 20 minutes faster than
the Shamrock. and she must be an i'm
provement on the Columbia, which |
means almost miracle, for she is a |
marvellous boat.
If any other yachtsman wants to |
challenge for the cup l shall willingly |
step aside, but in any event I 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 trial horse whose powers
are known. II my challenge is the one
accepted shall have the Shamrock in
commission, and will use her in tun-
ing up the new boat"
Sir Thomas commented on the pro-
posed trip Of the Columbia abroad,
saying.
"If she were my boat should take
her across at once. and you can take
my word for It, she would sweep every
thing before her. | sincerely hope she
will cross the Atlantic, if for no other
purpose than to show them over there
what Yankee yacht Is like. Believe
me, it will teach them something. ri
can assure Commodore Morgan and
Mr.. Iselin that they will be cordially
and we shall have plenty of
cups for them to race for. If the Co.
lumbia races in English waters | shall
put the Shamrock against
her.
1.-THE Shamrock will be fitted with
her small yawl rig at once. She will
be ready by a week from tomorrow,
which time have fixed for her and the
Erin to start on the return voyage. III
shall then feel free, and shall sail the
next day on the American liner St.
Louis. want to see the Shamrock
safely off before l start.
II want to say again that l have been
reated with the utmost courtesy by
that have met. Never for a
moment have the yachtsmen here made
ne feel otherwise than perfectly at
home. have failed to win your cup,
,ut l proved what l said before l sail
I'd for it, that any yachtsman who
anne for the cup would have every fair
opportunity to win it. l am deeply
ouched at the spirit shown by you
americans in arranging for that lov-
ng cup for me. l shall prize it above
IL things. 1t shows that my estimate
f American character is not wrong.
IL am at liberty to say now that the
iild guesses as to what Shamrock cost
we're all of them far out. The cost of
he boat alone as she is now, without
onsidering the expense of the crew
+ anything else. is about half mil
ION dollars"