Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-30

Charlie Barr. of the Columbia, visited
some friends on shore. but Captain
Sycamore remained on board the Puer-
TO Rico all day.
Soon after noon the revenue cutter
Gresham anchored in the bay Just
ahead of the steam yacht Erin. As
soon as she arrived Sir Thomas Upton
made UP party including George L.
Watson. MIR. and Mrs. jameson. the
Duke of Alba. DIR. Mackey. Commodore
Hiliiard and Robert Tire. and boarded
the cutter In his steam launch. His
purpose was not to find fault with Cap
ming down the Erin during Saturdays
race. but rather to assure him that the
damage was trifing and at the same
time repay special call which the
Captain and Mrs. Walker had paid him
recently. Sir Thomas and his party
were shown all over the Gresham. Mr..
Watson and Mr.. jameson took particu-
lar interest in the engines and the
rapid fire guns. Mrs. jameson was en-
tertained by Mrs. Walker. Mrs Hall
and Miss Hall. After leaving the
Gresham Sir Thomas and his party. at
the invitation of Mr.. Butler Ames. of
Lowell the owner of the schooner
yacht America. the famous cup winner
of fifty years ago went on board that
schooner. which was lying at anchor
close by and took sail down the bay,
They left at $3.50 y. m, returning
about an hour later to the anchorage.
The schooner carried mainsail, lib,
forestaysail, lib and gafftopsalls, and
In the nrtheast breeze she slipped
through the water at brisk pace.
On board the Erin later Sir Thomas
said;
Captain Walker, of the Gresham
| and | are old friends and the fact thai
his boat ran into mine accidentally Will
not mar that friendship for a moment
The damage is not so very serious. Il
will necessitate docking the ship ol
course, but that can be done after The
races. We are all sorry It happened
| but as | said before Captain Walker
and / are old friends and as long as nc
one was hurt on board the yacht
shall not grumble at ALL because Il
might have been SO much worse you
know"
When asked II he wished to say any.
thing concerning the alleged story thai
| his captains had sold him out lasl
year, Sir Thomas said
THAT is an old story which denied
| some time ago | really don't care to
say anything more about 1t Just now.
OF Saturdays race he declared he
had nothing to say except to repeat
that with a good strong breeze the
Shamrock would do better than she did
on Saturday.
From the outside the dent in the port
quarter of the Erin where the Gresh-
am struck her shows a deep depression
in the sheer strake plate just abaft the
gangway ladder. The after end of the
plate Is pushed in and some OF the rlV-
cts are sheared The wooden wearing
piece or moulding at the waterways Is
splntered but a little white paint will
cover up the damage temporarily so
that 1t can hardly be seen from lit
tie distance AT the same time CON
siderable damage has been done in
side. The end of a beam having buck
led and to repair this and the plate
will require several weeks in dry dock
so said naval architect to-day and
the expenditures of quite a sum OF
money.
Mrs. VIM. G. Jameson, who was re-
ported seriously hurt by being thrown
down when the vessels came together,
was looking as bright and cheerful as
ever to-day.
81 am not on crutches, you see, said
she laughing, although | was hurt
little"