The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-18

The race for the Americas Cup seems
to be setting yachtmen by the ears and it
| looks as if there Will be hard feeling on
all sides as legacy of the forthcoming
! battle for the coveted trophy" says a
| traveing man from the Atlantic coast in
the corridor of the Butte this morning.
THE tactics Of some Of those who
have suffered disappointment in the con-
| nection border on the hysterical. First,
we have Lawson Of Boston giving or
| ders that his beautiful new Independence
be torn asunder from truck to keelson
and that the bronze plates which
sheathed her shapely hull be cast into a
group of statuary typifying the dog in
| the manger policy of the New York
| Yacht club in refusing to permit her to
compete in the trial races.
'On the heels of this comes the news
| that fifty Boston citizens" have banded
| together for the purpose of enjOining the
! New York club from delivering the cup
to Sir Thomas Upton in case he wins it.
con top of that we are informed again
that Nat Herreshoff feels so miffed over
the turning down Of Constitution that
he actually refused to speak to Captain
Barr of Columbia when the skipper
named called on him at Bristol, r. L., to
talk over business in connection with the
race.
TT is all a pretty kettle of fish and it
must be highly amusing to the unemo-
tional Britishers, who are quietly watch
ing the trend OF events and praying that
Sir T. Upton may be successful in lifting
the cup.
Meanwhile the pale green Shamrock
II, with her snugly fitting sails and her
we'll trained crew, is putting IN big ticks
at practice and inspiring all interested in
her with confidence in her ability to
Wreak revenge on the American craft for
the indignities thrust upon her elder
sister.
"Lipton may or may not take the prize
back with him, but one thing seems in
evitable If he should lift the cup re-
crimmina ton among the yacht folk on
this side of the water will be an extern
s1ye feature of the Aftermath
1T will not be w. c. Whitneys fault If
he does not win an English Derby with
horse of his own" said F.. r. Petts of
Brooklyn, who travels for wholesale
liquor house. This year Mr.. Whitney
colors flashed in front at the winning end
of the English classic, but it was a leased
, -Volodyovski-thatc carried them to
victory, Next year Whitney will have
two starters in the big transatlantic
event, to wit, Yankee. winner OF the re-
cent Futurity, and Nasturtium, the hlgh
, priced Watercress colt.
"Mr. Whitney has just closed deai
with John E. Madden by which he be-
comes sole owner of Yankee. The latter
| IL by Hanover, out of Correction. and I'm
, both name and breeding he Is American
from head to hook. Already Yankee mas
been referred to by enthusiastic tur!
| critics as the horse of the century, and
for the sake of the enterprising owner II
/ is to be hoped that everything will go
we'll with him in tn ecourse or ms oeVel-
opment into three-year-oid.
"The Northern Pacific railway is pre-
, pairing to shorten its transcontinenta
; time schedule with the object OF oper
ating the fastest trains which cross th'
conf .nent," said a prominent official O
that road in Butte today. Zone expected
result will be to increase the amount O
| travel going to or coming from Calltor
MIA resorts. It's run of 1900 miles IRON
the Twin Cities to Tacoma and Portland
is now covered at an average speed o
30 miles per hour, including stops ant
mountain grades. This time is made b!
the North Coast Limited. which Will ~
operated all winter this year on &C
: count Of heavy travel, though In previ
GUS years It has been taken on In tn
fall, The Northern Pacific's annual re
port to be made public at the annua
meeting in New York next month will
make the most satisfactory showing II
the history Of the road. The expens
account Of the past year has included
100000 worth Of new equipment"