The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-05
hat Sandy is Indispensable to the sue
ess Of the Bristol boat.

that Sandy is Indispensable to the sue
cess Of tue Bristol boat.
Skipper Charlie Barr is not worr led a
bit about the result of the races, He
sticks to his original assertion that the
Columbia is the fastest single-etick yacht
ahoat, and that in windward or any 9TH
er work she IL more than q match for the
Shamrock. Sir Thomas Upton is not
worrying over tomorrow's race one DIT
When seen this evening, he felt confi-
dent that bis craft would give good 80.
count Of herself, no matter what kind of
breeze there Is blowing. He wants a
good, fresh breeze, however, so that the
relative speed of the defender ana chal-
lenger can be thoroughly demonstrated.
he had just reformed from visit to the
Shamrock when seen by the Associated
Press representative. Sir Thomas spoke
about hts sail on the grand old schooner
yacht America the boat that caused
all the trouble" to quote him exactly.
He said that hs had had a splen did snil
around the bay on her for about two
hours and that from the speed the old
boat made In the stin southwesterIy
breeze, he did not wonder that she had
lifted" tho cup on the other side 5eyyears
ago.
Sir Thomas did not care to make any
statement about tomorrow's race, except
that the shamrock would carry exactly
the same sails as she did In yesterdays
contest, ant that the crew would dc their
beat to cross the firish line urst The
English challenger Is in the best OF con.
dition for the coming race. Not piece of
wire In ker rigging, nor an inch Of can
vass was found to be damaged In the least
degree when her crew looked her over this
morning. The members Of the crew are
quite as confident as the Shamrook's own
or that she Will prove a winner and some
OF them are ready TO lay few guineas
" they get tie chance
Sir Thomas has received hundreds OF
cabiegrams today from all parts Of the
world, congratulating him ON the splen-
did showing his coat made In light air
against the defender. Some of the
CABLES" said sir Thomas. are from peo.
pie don't know personally, but that only
goes to show that a great interest is be-
ing taken In these races. One Of them
reads thus; Tommy, don't make room
for your uncle This despatch had made
US laugh more than once during tine
day"
In speaking about the manner In which
the course was kept clear. cir Thomas
said:
Il can't get over the great organization
that has been here to keep the course
clear. Yesterdays course was she clear
est we ever had Or | ever saw in Eng.
land, and only proves what ! said before
1 came to America that In all previous
races the best boat has always won.
81 may as we'll say now that the Sham
rock is the fastest boat ever built in hrit-
ain and the workmanship was the pest
that money could buy. / cannot tell
what her cost was. but Ii is probably
more than you have any idea Of. She
cost as much as six Valkyriss. The esbi-
mates already given are away below the
mark
ChevalIer De MARITIME, the marine
artist, who has been commissioned by
SIR Thomas to paint series OF pictures
OF the races, was one of the party that
enjoyed a sail on the America He said
ha was delighted with the old champion
and admired boats built of wood more
than any other. 1he CheValier has not
ed any Of hts pictures as yet, but
is making rough sketches. whioh, with
terial for his big painting, which will not
te commenced until his return to Lon
don. 49,
Amcng Sir Thomas's guests tomorrow
ON the hrin viii be Rear Admiral PniItp.
U. 3. ~, commandant of tie brooklyn
navy yard; MIR. and Mrs. thomas A.
edison, w. Bourke Cochran, Richard
ford and Lady Bers sforo, sir Arnold Nor.
ley, Sir Henry Burdette. Hon. Charles
Russell and the Lord Chief naron of Ire
land, Baron Pallas, Rear Admiral Samp-
son would have beea aboard, but as ne
goes to Hampton Roads tomorrow, it will
be impossible
On either Saturday or next Tuesday,
Admiral Dewey will [ e one of Sir Thom-
as s guests on the Erin
Lord Minto, Governor General of Cana
IA, will witness saturdays races from
the Erio, and Hear Admiral Sehley has
accepted an invitation TO be on board the
SIN e day. MIR. Westinghouse, inventor OF
tne air brake, will also be guest on Sat-
uTday.
10 offset the Columbia's mascot. fSan-
dy," the crew of tire Erin and Shbmrock
also have good luox cog-a small fox
errier puppy. be was laughirgly point
ed out TO the Associated Press man as
the rival of this American dog Toe pup
py sports an enormous green ribbon, tied
In bow at the nAEe of his neck.
Matthew, a SinRalese servan of Sir
Thomas, and another mascot, IL rahesrs-
ing song to be raudered upon the an
nouncement of the Shamrack's vic osy.
1t is set to the tune of Wearing of tbs
CIR, en-. ths last line OF the chorus being;
I'VE II say gooi bye Mistairs Yankee,
When We bring that flsson back
When asked about tie condition Of DE-
siPner Fife, Sir Thomas Lipton said:
DIR. Held Mnckey, my doctor, Is with
better. l am very sorry, for / miss him
very much. His Illness at this time is
very unfortunate.