The sun., 1900-12-07
LAWSON WILLING TO BUILD,
MILLIONAIRE YACHTssAv CONFIRMS
REPORT on ANOTHER DEFENDER.


Besten Experts Have ALREADY Designed .
Boat for the Trial Races only Ousstion
Il whether u Can ne Constructed In
Time scheme Meets with Approval.
with two sloops built for the defence Of the
Americas Cup. yachtsmen think that Sir
Thomas Upton has hard task before him
trying To lift that coveted trophy and the
chances Of the Cup remaining here are very
good. The fact that Boston will he repre-
sentcd In the trial races II all rangements
can satisfactorily be made has caused great
deli ght, and the interest taken In these races
will be second only to the international
contests Thomas ". Lawson, who Is ready
to furnish the capital necessary TO build the
new yacht. Is n man who has usually over
come all difficulties that have come In his
way and his friends assert that what few
troubles hs may encounter In ranging
for the building Of q Cup defender will soon
he smoothed away When he was asked on
Wednesday what his plansSwere Mr.. Lawson
dictated a statement. which Is as follows
In regard TO my building Cup defender
TO rcpres ent Bos ton. I have this TO say: sim
cercly regret that my name was publis he'd in
connection with the matter at this stage could
almost say IL was unfair TO me. and certainly
IL 70 unfair to the numerous veteran yachts
men who have always seen that Boston was
close up to the starting line whenever and
wherever yachting contests were on, and !
the Bos ton repfes entative, in the coming Cup
contest until the old yachtt men 10 whom j
have referred have sisniaed their di:lnclina,
wish that j should do so
While i do not pretend to be an active
sailing yachtsman am sufficiently acquaint-
ed with the bur dens " hitch go with an attempt
TO participate In the Cup defence 70 not be
necessarily, s9 with this honor: Jnqppcs:
tionabiy all Boston yachtspen would like
10 have their city represented in the race.
"rne fact - that B9st1n eXperis haye de,
winner. ,Bos ton yachtsmen' including myself.
have looked her over, carefully and ais g con:
referred 70 as being the ones who should
ton y in II the carrying through Of tie project,
in their judgment was best to have the city
Il was said here YESTERDAY that one q Mr..
Lawson,s irlehds was zen. mares y aln.,
Who sailed the Msvhower ana 'olIE,ser sas hli "A
and sailed The Juoilee in the trial eontssts 2,
Cen Pare II Is s?id. y muSh intt IN
induced TO manage the rev boat lie has
seen ihe , designs acby Iii b S.oEnII- EIi
being constructed from his IDEAS. II is
thought that Crowhhshieio ana zen PalIe
could turn out iaSt ooat anu w their hahus
She would be well MANAGED II Is UNDER
stood that the boat is 70 % ouiit at Lawieys
ara IS 10 be OF steel. -,, -, -
,Yachtsmen yesterday talked about the
plans oi the boston men Freely Former
Commodore james l, Smith. Who mas been
chaiTman OF several Gup tonr,iml'tees r, ~ said
,o this boat L ,b GqiI ~ y VIII 6s hne ni snlns
should be hot all throush the season, ]
shall be very giao 10 near that MT lawson
mas MADE the necessary arrangements 10
haye boat v, r .L -, a..
Atartio Yacht Ciuo sad:
Win two yachts IN ne neid ior the honor
Of defending the Cup the sport Wall receive
great stimulus: ,,,,s,,r O., ,. .
between yachts, built bv different designers.
and II Is possible that We may ma OUT mat
lierreshon Is not the only Designer we nave
J; Fred Tams SAID
MI, Lawson ie 10 be commenced Tor plan
ming TO have another Cup dei noer pulit'
and hope he % s9cceeds In making all his ar
ent designs and the old Columbia. the racing
should be particularly interesting
FRANK BOVINE Jones. secretary OF tho fdcnt
Racing Onion, said:
"Crowninshield has shown that he H. g
think he will be equally successful with a
large one. With Boston yacht entered In
the trial races the sport should be very
keen"
W. r. Duncan. Jr.. manager of the Bel
mont-Stilnan SYNDICATE yacht. SAID that he
knew nothing OF Mr. Lawson's Intentions
and that he was not IT position to say