The sun., 1901-09-30
20 Win the nrvt winner OF the Americas

r.cs with the hrrt winner Of the America q
What handicap would you make ssksd
Mr.. Watson laughing
oh. about three or four hours. was 'he
Alter he returned to the Erin Sir rh, mas
said: Cap, Walker and | are old friends
and the fact tina, his boat ran into mine
sccidently will not mar that friendship
for one moment. The damage l. not ="
very serious II will necesssiiaie docking
the yacht of cour-e. but that viii not b''
done until after the rpccs She Il not
hurt enough 20 prevent her following no
yachts each day hut she could hardly cross
the ooean Ia her pre-ent condition. We
are all sorry u happened. but ~ | said be
fore Cant, Walker and | ar" old friends
and as long ~ no one was Injured on board
the yacht ] shall not grumhle b-'cau-" y
might have been much worsr, You know
Speaking of the race Sif Thomas -aid
1T was a fine one. was u not ! never
saw such an interesting contest end "a"
Columbia showed what grand boat she ~
OF course ! should have preferrcd in have
seen the Shamrock Ia front a. they crossed
the finishing line We brought the sham
rock here 60 win and shall H. disappointed
II We do not succeed That ~ only nat
ural But " IA. shamrock canno' win
a. 10 verv satisfactory To have brought
over n Yacht that can make such clos"
race with tho defender ! am still very
hopeful ~ the final outcome oi these race..
Now that the first raCp has lScu sailed.
we on the Erin think that W. can -1e fair
pruereci Of sUccet.s Of coufs. we may he
mistaken. What we would IKE 20 ss'e ~
breeze that will get ths Shamrock deck
down to the water and then she will 20 last
] have always said that the shamrock
wants a good sailing bree1". = hre"z" ni
ten knots strength or i@it"- Grd We hop"
that We shalt have a chance Of showing
what she can do under such conditions
Don't for moment think. though, that
se do not think that the columbia is good
under such conditions That yacht i
wonderful boat In all conditions ~ weather
and on all polnts of sailing and she l. al
ways beautifilly handled
A morning newspaper Yesterday pIb-
hshed the story again hat on the voN age
across the ocean Sir Thomas Upton had
said that the first Shamrpck Wa beaten
two years ago bcCaus" some OF hi- men
were pail ~ lot the Columbia win Re
ferring to this. Sir Thomas said Thai -
al old story which ! denied some time agu
i really don't car" tp say anything NOR"
about II uist now
There : a hig dent ON 'hs port quarter
OF the frin whore the Gresham struck her
II II Just abalt M" gsngvav ladder IN ~"
sheer sirake The after end 81 ~" plato
4. plsh.-d IN AMI some of 'h" rivs'S ara
sheared II. wooden wearing pi,-'e OF
moulding ai tho va'"rv ay- J. sIhniered,
hut a little white paint viii cover iui- dhiii-
ag. until 81. races are over '"r~'dcrh lo
damage has been done in-id" tl" yacht
the end 81 n beam l. hurkl"t and f' repair
this IL will DO uss'c--arv to r"moN" the plate
while the vessel D.. "a dry d"ch and THIS NAV
take several day
In the afternoon Sir Thomas Upton and
his friends visited Nlr Bu'ler Am"s GA
hoard tho schooner America and ~ ? ~
o'clock the famous old -oh, oI"r started
ou, for a short sail about the hahor
Although th. Columbia has won the
first race yachtsmeu are bv uo means sure
that she will successfully defend IA" Cup
although thoy arr oil hopeful N-tom-
modore p VI Brown, who Is member 81
the Challenge Committee. talking Of the
race said. The Columbia won the most
remar kahle raCe ever Witnessed and the
margin was very small The cup In not
safe. In NV opinion, until sh" has won
three races The challenger IL boat
one NAV be proud To compete with, and
when she gets the wind that her owner
and designer thinks she needs. she may
do better vet
Chairman \ Nicholson Kane of the Re-
ratta Committee 81 the New York Yacht
eyd the closest in the history ~ the Amer
ica's Cup ln INV position ] could not
comment NJ all on the merits OF the TWO
yachte They are very evenly matched
boats
Commodore Frederick T Adams % the
Iarchmont Yacht Club said The sham
rock is giving us the hardest rae" for the
Cup that was ever put up and she may beat
the Columbia In race during the series
The contest was the grand.~' ever wit
messed and the two skippsrs handled their
boats perfectly | expect the other races
will he lust a. close
Supt Niel- Olsen Of the New York Yacht
Club said III was the preiiieei rae" ! ever
saw. | think that the Columbia will keep
the Cup here