Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-03-24


formed Sir Thomas. Two years will
have elapsed before the coming match,
and now Sir Thomas, since he has met
Fife, has made up his mind to alter
the Shamrock. Fife has asked him to
get absolute liberty from the New York
Yacht club to reconstruct and alter
her in such manner as seems to him
best.
Designer Watson has been given the
order to get out the lines of the new
challenger, which, by the way, will be
called the Erin. Mr.. Watson is now
working up the preliminaries and
thinking matters out, and he will be
prepared to give out the contract as
soon as the terms for the next match
are arranged between the Royal Ulster
and the New York Yacht clubs.
Charles Russell. who is Sir Thomas
Lipton's legal adviser. has looked into
all the terms of former matches and
has found out that the New York
Yacht club in the Valkyrie III match
is on record--viz, "In case Valkyrie III
is not the fastest British yacht after
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lowed to substitute such yacht for the
challenger"
These terms will be asked by 81.
Thomas because he will send both the
Shamrock and the Erin over to your
side in the late spring of 1901 and thus
give them a chance of at least two
months of trial practice before the
grand event comes off. Should the
improved Shamrock be faster than the
Erin then, as in the case of the Val
kyrie III, Sir Thomas will ask that
the faster of the two yachts be named
and what the members of the New
York Yacht club offered Lord Dun
raven they will surely grant to Sir
Thomas Upton. Both yachts, In ac-
cordance with the terms Of the mutual
agreement clause previously agreed on,
will be towed over under the same
conditions as the Shamrock. and they
should make the passage in Is days.
The practice sails will take place off
Sandy Hook. and every day outside of
Sunday will be given to racing over
the regular Americas cup course dis
lance.
Sir Thomas is undecided whether he
will be in America in July or August,
| but that he will be over during one
of these months Is a certainty. He
will have the members of the Royal
! Ulster Yacht club with him, and, as
before, the match win be speedily
| closed. The chances are that the
| matches viii be sailed during August
or early September, and it may be
earlier, for Sir Thomas intends If pos
! sible to have both of his boats on this
side in late April or early May and
have them ready for a match not more
than 60 days after arrival
On an early day Sir Thomas viii in
formally send a letter to the New York
Yacht club informing the members of
| his intention to challenge, so as to
have a holding above others who may
contemplate challenging. AS he has
stepped aside for a year, he feels be-
fore the match takes on that his future
attempts to lift the cup should not be
! uncertain so far as the Judgment OF
the challenge for 1901 is concerned.
The alterations in the Shamrock will
be made by Thorneycroft, and in that
event she will be lowed to the yard in
che south.
Mr. William Gibson, a very wealthy
Irishman. from County Antrim, is a
very close friend of Sir Thomas. He
has suggested that he would like to be
a party in building the Erin. Sir Thorn
as likes the fun so much that he will
go 1t alone When Sir Thomas will
have completed the 1901 match, the
outlay will be close to three-quarters of
a million dollars.