The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-09
SIR THOMAS ENTERTAINED.
MEMBERS or THE NEW YORK
YACHT CLUB GREET HIM.
Informal Tank Of Another Race for thc
Cup Be,wccn the shanfrock and Co
iumbia or Constitution --latest Chal'
icnEer WIN De Kept at the Erie Basin.

iumbta or Constitution --latest thal.
longer VIII he Kept at the Erie Basin.
Sir Thomas Upton and his friends from
tho Erin and Shamrock were entertained
by thu membcrs Of the New York Yacht
C1ub ut th" clubhouse. a. West Forty-fourth
street, last night. The attendance was -
large that the capacity Of the clubhouse
was Jared 60 its utmost and with the en-
o"ption Of the formal opening ccremonie-
there have never been ~ mnny members
In tho house.
Tho ~reception was held In the model
room and many 81 tho cups for which tho
yachts OF the club race were on exhibition.
Among these was tho Americas Cup. tho
trophy that Sir Thomas has tried twice to
! MT and for which he Is now anxious
10 have another contest.
Among IN" other trophies were the Brcn-
tons Reef chnllenR 90 cup which was brought
back from England by the Navahoc, tho
Bennett challenge cups. the tive new Navy
chsllcnge cups and several Goclct and
Aston cups. Sir Thomas reached the club
houso shortly after o o'clock. lie was
accompanied by Designer George l. Wat
son, W. G. jameson. Sir Henry Burdctt,
Thomas Rat~av. Commodore J. n. Hiliard
Robert IRE. DR.. Resi- Nackay. David Bar
ne. Col. Sharman Crawford. Hugh {. Kelley,
III. NJ M~cthldowney, Alexander Denny,
George kcpIsl, John Westwool and VIII
liam Duncan. All the visitoru were re-
ocived by Commodore Lewis Cas- lS~dyard
and they th.ii met the members of tho
club. who had gathered In the model room
Sir homas chAitcd with different members
for some time, and then, expressing a wish
90 500 the new house, hc Wa taken through
the ons The reception was All Informal
one. hut h. talking 70 the members Sir
Thomas expressed hs wish Ia have another
try 10 win the Cup, and thought that hc
could win with his present yacht VI another
race could be arranged.
Sir Thomas Rlid that h. had not given
W oil hope Of winning tho Cup yet and
from hi- remarks tho member gathered
That he would like another race Ia bc ar
ranged next year II possible between N"
Shamrock and the Columbia or Constitu-
ton. but II tins could not be done many
thought that Sir Thomas would get Ttudy
10 challenge again for the Cup. lie said
that h. was having the shamrock In these
waters for thu winter and irtitnat-d that
the yacht might take part IN races here
next SEASON II the Columbia and Cpn.ti-
tuition werc Ia commission and ready TO
NEST the Shamrock
For two hours the visitors cha',cl with
the members and listened 20 music that
WAS furnished 10y "A NAL Seloc; orchestra
aud then upper was served IA The a.
room A long table beautifully decorated
with hower- was arranged IA the centre
OF the room and small tahl"s were plaCd
AT the sides Of the room and extra tables
were laid In the billiard room adjoining
Commodore lsdyard Sat al the head AID
on his right was the popular Irish huight.
There werc no formal -ls-'cl,- made, but
Commodore Ledyard toasted Sir Thomas
and todd hin how much the m"mbrr- OF
the club thought Of him. Sir Loma
thanked The club for the way be had been
treated and for 'hc utmost fairness with
which tho races had been conducted II
was late when the members adjourned.
Among those pr'Hent were Commodore
Lewis Cas- Iedyard. NtCe-Commodoro
G. 7 l. Robinson, secretary J. V. = Oddie.
Treasurer Tarraut Putnam, Ex-Commodore
;. Nicholson Kane. Chester Griswold,
Newbury u 1AWton, ES-Comrnodore r.
NJ Brown, EN-tummodOrs =. ID. Morgan,
Col Robert Emmett, Clifford Tower. James
Parker. ". u. Ducnan. Jr. Newbury ID.
Thorne. &. oliver l-elin. Capt. Walker.
L. y X C., Frederick G. Bourne. Frederick
T. Adams, Gen. Thomas l.. Watson, Fred
Jenkins. Archibald Rogers. Aaron Ward.
George A. toTmack, John HyslOp, john
T l>ov"ioy. r y Hayens, Dr. j Barron,
G"orsc scott. ]. \ Bronson, j Fred Tams.
T. = Hatch. J MURRAY Mitchell. Thomas
Manning. Th,-odorn , Meyers, Commander
J. ID J Kelley, {. ) y. 4 Cary Smith.
Prank BOVINE Jones. ". \ Parslow, t-'oTgc
Drakeley, n. { Ward. Alfred g. Wander
blAI, NlliAatu tdlb0als "llliiA Naihs
Gen. Il NJ Whitlock. A. Il Jones, 7 {.
Henderson, stephen Peabody, . u Dury"a,
Admiral Erl-n. Percy Chubh, Hunter
Wykcs, G. y Mason, William OSg0od.
spencer Swain, II Il Harper and Capt.
barry Duval
The work Of ~dismautliug the shamrock
In the Erie Basin went ou yesterday, and
by tho end Of tho week the Yacht viii h" Ia
winter quarters. Sir Thomas !As decided
not g. take the yacht 80 New London after
all. but will have her kept At the Eric Basin
until The spring, and then if "a" New York
Yacht Club mcnlsrs want some iiri-cla--
racing the yacht will H. fttcd out for a ssa-
sUn In thes, watoT~, lut q ia" 9O-fuoterS
are not in commission the shamrock will
H. taken acruss the Atlantic.
The Erin will start on her trip across
the Atlantic next "Wednesday, and Capt.
Matthews expects Ia make the IasSage
a. about ten DAYS The Grow Of thu sham
rock will e. home on some trarsatlantic
steamer that will leave next week To-
morrnw night thcT will h. entertained 10y
SIr Thomas a. a banquet az thu Marlborough
Hotel sir Thomas spent n quiet day on
the Erin His beg i troubling him again
and be j. giving II all the rest hc an ON
SATURDAY night Il" H. tn dine with a
few friends az the iotos Club and
sunday he will have for Chi
WHORE he Is - 10 fct"i by tho mcr-
there At ~" hous, Of tho Chicago
Athletic Association.