The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
COLUMBIA'S GREAT RECEPTION
MANY SALt TIES ron VICTOR
ON TRTP TO CfTi ISLAND.



The Columbia. twicr defender Of the
Americas cup. was royalty greeted A.
she wa towed up the harbor and through
the East River on the way to CITY Island
yesterday. She had ls.en lowed up the
lower hay soon after the deciding contest
of the series had been decided on Friday,
and on the way her crew unicnt th" racing
mainSail. The yacht anchored IN staple
ton for the night. with her tender ia" Park
City alongside. Soon after colOrs ye-ter-
day the yacht was gnily decorated WITH
flags. and strings Of flags were hoisted
on the PARK civ Capt Barr ard th"
crew boarded M" racing Yacht and about
n quarter bsfurr n O'Clock the anchor
was weighed and the Park City started
of with the champion In tow MIR J. u
Morgan'- flag. the Maltc-r cross on a black
ground. wa flying from the STAN on III"
Park CITY. IN. naphtha launch that has
been USED 10y Mr.. Morgan and his friends
led the Procession and then came III" ten
der and the Columbia, while Alongside
the racing Yacht, wa the Cor-air. owned
by eN-Commodorc j Picrpont Morgan.
The Cor~air had Commodore Lows ta~s
I.dyard on board From early morning
every vessel that passed down the hay
went out ~ it, cour-c To- salute the Column
. hia. and when she started OF Tor city Island
every vessel In the vicinity -alut.-i, ami a
crowd that had gathered on the piers
chacrrd
The harbor At TIA time 81 the dcy II
usually we'll flied with boats aud o%vrryon"
of these footed it, whistle a. the Yacht
went nv The frrrvh"ats running TO
-. 4 H-I - =. A-..L II H. -
out II their ,uur~.~ 20 meet the Yacht and
th' Passengers on these boats waved their
hats and haudkerrhi"f- 10 th" men of the
crew who Tavcd their hats In arknowL-dgc-
meut ~ "a" attention. Around the Battery
the din ~ the footing whistles from all
kinds u crGft attracted a big crowd To- tho
wall and thus" who had gathered there also
chorrcd Then the Yacht wen on up the
Past River. and all the nav, a. soon a.
the yacht was recognized. the ~-alutins
commenced ard il lasted until tine yacht had
passed by. The crows of tugs cli0hsd CA
IA. rails ~ thu-s vessels and chsor,d and
the men on lighters. harccs and sailing
craft Joined In tho applause The Park
CITY whistle was kept busy answering
salute- and the men who we're standing on
the deck Of the Columbia were waving
'If1H IllH AL wv N'IAAfa INV 49, NH'NANNA
the sane way a. the Columbia Juine~i m
the procession aud followed some distance
up the river
90 T~wcnty-third street there were about
twenty steam yacht. AZ anchor and - soon
"a those on the v,~-els sighted the yacht
they started the whistles and sirru-. and
the noise was kept up until the Yacht had
passed by. The yacht reached city Island
early IA the afternoon and then Capt Barr
went to his home and the sailor received
shore leave. The vach, will be dismantlcd
az once and will IT, laid up In the same berth
she occupied from the time she defeated
the hSt Shamrock until last spring when
she waS put Ia commission for this seasons
work.
Down AZ SANDY Hook the lipton feet
anchored all night. Every one from Sir
Thomas to the boys was down-heari"d.
hut hey tu,d to make the best 81 the dis
appoiutment. The men boarded the sham
rock soon after they had eaten their break
fasts and iegau AZ once - strip the Yacht.
The l,b, which was "A little wet, wa hui-t"d
to dry while the men uni-'nt the racing
main.ail. Sir Thomas Upton went over
20 the shamrock from TIA" Erin about 10
ucIu,k and talked with Capt sycamore
for a short time. Then at hiS request the
captain mustered all hands aft and Sir
Thomas Lipton addressed them a. follows
Men, | thank YOU for you work since
YOU calne into my service | am ~ pleased
with YOU a. II YOU had won You did your
heet. and no man can do any more. You
have been sober and well behaved and a
cpSIit IA every way 10 our country ] did
not hft the cup. but II Wa not through any
fault og your or your skipper | thank you
from the bottom 81 my heart, and YOU have
my best wishes You have done noblv. aud
If We were b-atcu W. made at least "A gallant
hght"
That Sir Thomas felt IN disappointment
keoulv wa shown bv IA" waV ~" spoke
Tear came into hi- cyss. and hi~ voice Wa
husky Thea bcfoun ~" left th" yacht Ia"
suuok hands with every man IA the crew.
bTgiu4ii.g with ZAP NNCahnut" " "a"
LAUNCH loft the side uf the Yacht to "a the
Irish knight ba,N To- th" Euu th" m"r gave
thr,-. rpu.ing ch.-.r-. and they could not
have cu,-'r'd mon" heartily " the NhamtOck
had Won IN" ,uI.
\ report va, Published in a morning
paIar That ha~ caused much ANNOYANCE
To- Sir Thomas aud his friends aud Ia the
meuber- at the New York Yacht tlub
The story alleged that the race might nav"
bg+u thrown and said that MI ~Jain'~"n,
who had absolute" Authority bl NV va w
was angrv ts-au~'. sir Thomas would not
ag,-, 10 allow Mn Jameson to sail GA the
Shamrook IN ia" cup races Sf Thomas,
speaking II thi- Said i cannot understand
II and am sorry. iHd,-~i, That such a state
rnent has is-'n puhi~h,-i ~ has at-o-
lut.ly no foundation and h. nukiud, cruel
and unjust. Will" admitting that mis-
tak,~ might hav" been made. u j. uut Of the
question for ~ moment Co thiHk that
thov wcrr made with any mallviOus motive
Mr. Jameson - a gentleman and b" would
rather lose his right hand han do any
such thing Intentionally a. would cau-"
the shamrock On 100" the raro. cannot
s,, What mutiVr. th" writer Of the rrIOrt
had
Al the Ncw Work Yacht Club the story
wa condemned Just ~ strongly and the
mrtnl-tS felt very batter that wiVD "a"
Narht-mcn ut tur two countries a." On such
caplial terms sucb a story should h. Iuub-
I.lcd tnat might cause fH,tuH. IA
Inmmodurr = Nichol-ou Name who h. tl"
CHAIRMAN 81 t}" Regatta COMMITTEES. wh,u
a-k,l alsput th' story. said ttat tot himself
and fut Mr. N"Wbuty - lavton ahd Mr.
Chester GnrvuLi. hls a~-ssiaie- GA ~"
COMMITTEE. io d-'lin'i o. make any ut.,r
statement than THAI tr' ~Hrgp~tluu va too
pf.ir .trfHg- ~ U'r' ati.utiun.
a.. = surprk dr,pIs~i i"" mnuTinrs tn
a.. Hprs -'"' N ~ 90 b~rk aut. 10 t"N