The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-26
THE TWO YACHT OWNERS.
j. p. Morgan and Sir Thomas Lip
ton Are Millionaire Sailors.

The Sport Is n Business to One and
Fun TO the OthcT-COIumbIH's Pro
prietor Keeps in the BacI. ground
Some Interesting characteristics.
NEW YORK. Sept 25.-There are not
| two more interesting characters in the
United States and England than the own
rrs Of the Columbia and Shamrock IT.. =.
Fierrout Morgan and Sir Thomas Upton
Both are keen sp0rtsmcn. both are liz
ma1seIy wealthy, but there the similarity
| ends Mr. Morgan is power i'm the world
| OF finance. Sir Thomas Upton a power
| ia the business world. the actual produc-
I ms, buying, and selling Of commodities.
/ both however. own great transportation
| lines which travel the waterways Of the
world Mr. Morgan has been for years
am enthusiastic yachtsman. 1t IS the one
! recreation and sport which claims his at
teuton and every hour during the sum
mer th9J he can divorce himself from his
great business problems are spent aboard
| his yacht No one ever heard Of Sir
Thomas Upton as a yaChtsman before
his first challenge for the Americas Cup.
I but since that time yachting has become
| as much Of a business with him as il is a
pleasure with Mr.. Morgan The owner Of
| the Columbia, while deeply interested I'm
] l.lh it.ltllNt OF the CUP. mas Kept an the
( background this summer. although he is
/ also "A member Of the cup Committee. Sir
/ Thomas Upton has for months devoted
| all Of his energies 20 the building and
preparation of the Shamrock II and since
/ her launching the challenger has received
/ his personal attention.
| Three months ago J. Pierpont Morgan
/ had no thought Of owning the Americas
! Cup defender this year. The Columbia
/ originally was built by a syndicate com
posed Of Mr.. Morgan G. oliver Iselin,
/ who, as managing director. successfully
| sailed the Nigilant, Defender. and Column
/ biz against the two NaIkyrics and the
/ Shamrock I; w. X. Vanderbilt. jr. and
| E D. Morgan, the son Of New Y0rks
] war Governor. and ex-commodore OF the
| New York Yacht Club. After the Cup
! races two years ago. J. p Morgan bought
/ out the interests of the other members
/ Of the syndicate and became the sole own
/ ct Of the Columbia. He retained Captain
/ Barr. whom he admircs as skipper and
/ this summer asked r d. Morgan. to take
! charge Of the old Cup defender in the tri-
! al races against the Constitution Cap
| tain Barr had orders 10 try out the new
I boat thoroughly, and in carrying out
1 these orders he searched the highways
/ and hyways Of New England shipping cir
/ cies until he claims To have q smarter
/ crew than sailed with him on the Column
/ bia two years go. How well r. D. Nor
/ gan and Captain Barr carried out }. p
I Morgan's inyunctions is shown by the fact
/ that after sailing in eighteen preIimina-
( ~ and formal races against the C0usti-
/ tain Barr had orders to try out the new
! York Yacht Club selected the old boat to
| defend the trophy J. F. Morgan. who
] IL. 20
present at these meetings. and IL is said
/ that ne questioned the wisdom Of the
I choice. and T. d. Morgan openly stated
/ that he thought the committee had made
| a mistake In rot choosing the Constitution
| TO defend the Cup. Since that time every
! possible effort has been made 70 tit the
| Columbia for the difficult task OF repuls-
| ing the green streak now in the Erie
/ basin. but in the matter Of speed-prOduc-
! ing power she Is more poorly equipped
! thaa any defender in The last fifteen
/ years
/ The owner Of the Columbia has studi-
OuSiy kept himself in the background In
J the trophy be lost through the COlumbia's
I lack OF equipment he VIII be heard from.
I J. PICrpOut Morgan has found time 10
I keep in close touch with yachting. The
Z owner Of the Cup defender IS in no sense
I a self-made man His ancestors settled
/ in Connecticut I'm the seventeenth cen
! fury. His grandfather was a man Of
| wealth, ard his father one Of the richest
. men of his day. J. PicrDBut Morgan was
! born IN Hartford. slNty-fOur years go.
3 lie was schoOled both IN tAis country and
( IN Germany. receiving q special training
I In the banking business. stepped into one
+ of his fathers banking houses, and car
Tied out great financial projects which
! have come before him He has simply
/ awaited himself 10 the fullest extent Of the
opportunities offered him.
There Is an uncertainty, an uurealitV.
about the coming contests for the Amer
lea S Cup. an introduction of unusual con-
ditious in connection with the preparation
/ for the defence Of the old trophy. which
Z has unsettled the people of the country
and made them fearful Of the outcome.
/ These conditions extend even To the own
ers Of the yachts. Contrary 10 the usual
habit this time the challenger is tho self
made man. while the American owner Of
. the defender was born with the golden
/ spoon Heretofore when BritOu and
/ American met the conditions were re-
B Nefsed and 10 was the man from he
states who had heWed. or picked. his .or-
/ tune from grubstake. while his com
T pfttor had been reared close TO the pur-
J pc.
Sir Thomas Upton. now the friend Of
Edward VII, the multi-milliOnaire phiIan-
/ thrOpist. and sportsman, while Of Irish
descent. was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
Nhen hlJeen years Of age he ran away
I from home and came TO the United States
[ 70 seek his fortune. Two years on q
South Carolina rice plantation convinced
I him that he was not on the right path
and he returned home by way Of New
York
His parents had saved 500 and after
some persuasion entrusted this to the
young man. He went 20 London. one
| thing he had learned in the United States
and that WAS the value Of ADVERTISING
and. investing a part Of his capital in a
modest little store in a side street he
advertised his wares as though they came
| from the largest establishment in Lon
| don His business grew, and instead OF
concentrating his capital in one spot he
opened other stores. until now there are
I IN England and Scotland 80 general stores
1 In cities, towns. and villages which bear
| his name. He became interested in teas
Today he practically owns the Island Of
/ CsylOu, and 5000 natives are on his pay
rolls The packing industry attracted
him. and now over 5000 hogs an, daily
slaughtered IN his Chicago and Omaha
packing houses. Six hundred cars and a
great fleet Of merchant vessels carry his
| products all over the world
| He has applied the same concentration
! Of thought and energy in his efforts 10
| lift the Cup that he did I'm his business
and that, more than anything else makes
him the most formidable challenger that
has ever appeared in New York H4rbUr
! II has been stated that If successful in
1 lifting the Cup. King Edward VII will
/ elevate the Irish barOuct 10 the puerage
AFTER THE WRONG TAYLOR.
NentucISInns Were About to Kid
nap IndiHnH's Attorney General
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept 26-It was learn