Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-18
DEFENDER
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A New One Is to
be Built.
Order Will be Placed
at Once
When Lipton's Challenge Has
Been Received.

New York, Sept 1s.--The members
of the New York Yacht club who are
working for the successful defense Of
the Americas cup are completing all
their arrangements, and when the
challenge from the Royal Ulster Yacht
club on behalf Of Sir Thomas Upton
is received the order for new yacht
vii be placed with the Herreshoffs and
work will begin at once on the yachts
construction.
Herreshoffs are now making prep
arations for the work, and, with the
orders that have already been given
TO the Bristol firm and the new cup
defender. the Herreshoffs will be very
busy. About twenty of the Ber Har-
Dor thirty-footers are to be built, a
class of forty -three-footcrs Is to be
built for Newport yntchmeD, some
steam yachts are to be constructed, a
11-foot schooner for Cornelius Wander
bilt has been ordered, and now the cup
defender IS to be constructed as quick.
ly as possible.
A new shop is now being built in
Bristol. and some of the work will be
done in this. The new ninety -footer
will be built in the same shop where
the Constitution and Columbia were
nodded into shape. Herreshoff has
been notified that cup defender Is
wanted, and he is now making arrange
ments so that the new boat can be
started as soon as possible after the
challenge has been received and accept
ed A syndicate is to be formed to
defray the cost of building and running
the boat and it Is said that ex-Comom-
dore Z. d. Morgan, who last year had
charge Of the Columbia, is to head the
syndicate and will sail the new boat.
If Mr.. Morgan will consent to do
this, yachtmen will breathe easier A
member of the New York yacht club,
talking of the defense Of the cup, said.
"This time Sir Thomas Upton is
more dangerous than he ever was
because of his experience in the two
former races, and if we have to find
new men to manage the boats they will
be at a serious disadvantage, and 1t
is for that reason that the members
of the club hope that e. D. Morgan,
w. B. Duncan, Jr, and few others,
who have been identified with the for
mer races, will take active parts in the
coming races Just now it seems hard
| to pick out the right men to take hold
of things. When the time comes il
| will be seen that the men who are tc
have charge of the defenders are good
ones, and they will pick out able
shippers and crews to sail the boats
There has been some talk of Cornell.
ius Vanderbilt having a cup defender
built instead of big schooner. Mr..
Vanderbilt has become very enthus,
iastic yachtman,and on the Rainbow
this year he has had Il. A. Willard
and Captain Clayton Half. The Rain
bow has won her share of prizes ant
there is no reason why ninety footel
in the same hands should not do well
Little work will have to be done
with the Columbia and Constitutio,
to fit them out for. the season. They
will want new sails, but that is all
and it is understood that the HERES
hoffs are already at work on the sails
so that they will not be bothered will
the work when they have lots O.
other work to do later on.
i 1t is expected at the New York yach
club that the challenge will be received
about the Goth cf this month.