The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-21
SAILING WITH SIR THOMAS.
JOYFUL DAY FOR 600 FOLKS
ABOARD THE ERIN.

And the Irish Baronct stlll Has Conf
| dence i'm His Shamrock--what He and
other Marine ShHrps, Including TIM
Woodruff, Have to Say About the Race.
Sir Thomas Upton saw nothing in yester-
days proceedings down the bay to dis
courage his opinion that Shamrock Ill,
! is better boat than Reliance. As soon
as il was seen that the yachts had given
! UP the race under orders from the COM
mittee boat, he went into the music room
| of the Erin and chatted awhile with as
many Of his two hundred guests as the room
would hold. He began, with character
istically roguish smile:
"There il one matter that we have all
| noticed. Heretofore, the Shamrocks which
have sailed for the Cup, and as we know
have lost, have always been ahead when
ever the race had to be called off.
Sir Thomas's genial eye flashed swiftly
along the circle Of faces about him. while
he let the inference sink in.
AS to this day he continued, when
the fog came down, the Shamrock was be-
Gained. The wind was very fuky after
that and Shamrock got very little OF it.
At one time, as you all noticed. the wind
changed its direction 30 that 1t was almost
opposite to what it was at the start. When
the wind was blowing honest and square
Shamrock held her own. / am more con-
fident than when we started this morning
that I've got the best boat"
Hear Hear" cried some of the
Britishers in his little audience. Facing
Sir Thomas was Henry Watterson, the Sage
Of Louisville.
"Sir Thomas said Marse Henry. in his
most impressive and cordial tones, MAY
God grant that you have the best boat!
1t will make for sport; it will make for better
international relations; and it will make
for Sir Thomas Upton, whom We all adore.
Chats a strong word adore | meant
70 Use it,
Everybody cheered. Sir Thomas waved
his samtations across the table TO Mr..
Watterson,
Sir Thomas was not allowed to go back
to the two score ladies' (who seemed to
regard his rounds among them as the only
practicable antidote to the horrible ground
swelD until ne had settled a bet.
Lord Trimlestown, eighteenth Baron Of
from 146l. but who has sailed before the
mast in the merchant marine and has mad
navy experience, is full of thoroughly
Irish enthusiasm. He was very sure that
Sir Thomas was native of Ireland. Ho
was so sure that when he offered 10 bet
1000 to 1-guineas," the Yankee who was
arguing with him backed down inconti-
nently. Sir Thomas was asked TO settle
the controversy, anyway.
Il was born in Glasgow, Scotland" said
Sir Thomas. MY parents, who were
Irish, were on their way TO America to
better their fortunes, as had many of their
fe!low-countrymen. was born while
they were waiting to take ship in Glasgow"
Never you care" said Lord Trimles-
town. Because a man Is born in a stable
you know, he's not horse"
There were two distinct periods of some.
thing almost like triumph on the Erin's
bridge. One came when Sir Thomas and
his friends thought that Capt Wringe
got the bet er of Capt. Barr az the start
The glow oil good feeling beginning then
continued for the time, while the wind, as
Sir Thomas described it. held honest and
true"
After the squat struck the racers there
WIS period of nearly an hour when neither
of the yachts was visible from the deck of
the Erin. When at last their topsails were
made out above the gray Of the fog it was
quite little time before ANYBODY seemed
to be- able to tell which was which As lhe
outlines became clearer nobody could tell
which boat was ahead. Sir Thomas. in a
black sou'wester hat, n long black slicker
and glistening rubber boats, with rain
drops dripping from the ends OF his mus
tache, ran up to tho bridge and down again
and consulted nervouSly with Lieut..
Takeshit9, the Japanese naval attach6:
the Earl of Shafteshury. Col f. d. Neill and
others of his more intimate friends They
tried to assure him that Shamrock was
ahead.
Wait until she comes about" he said
.Then we'll know something worth know
ing"
When Shamrock came about it looked
to everybody on the forward deck Of the
Erin as though the British yacht were
going to cross the bows of Reliance" His
friends began to clap Sir Thomas on tho
back. He shook hands quietly with Col.
NELL and several others. and the rather
anxious expression which had drifted
over his face between hospitable smiles
for lNt while, But when the yachts
crossed Reliance was clearly ahead Sir
Thomas kept his nerve, but some Of his
friends did not attempt to conceal their
disappointment.
1t was a very distinguished company.
that which sailed out of the Horseshoe
with Sir Thomas on the Erin Yesterday
morning. Most Of the baronet's guests
went down from the city on the sidewhee
tender Fletcher, which left Pier at half
past O'Clock in the morning. Breakfast
was served TO those who went out on the
Fletcher by the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
Among Sir Thomas's guests. besides
thOsa already rnpDtioDeI uara. (nl Che,
mani Crawford, Gen. and Mrs. Corbin.
Gen. Bates, the Hon. Charles Russell, Sena-
tor Kearns Of Utah, John Arbuckle, John
c. Calhoun and Misc Calhoun, f. p. Benia-
min, John d. Crimmins and Miss Crimmns.
Capt. Campbell, Capt. Cameron, Mr.. and
Mrs. James II: Flagler, Lady Swetenham
vesey Knox. NJ. p: Daniel O'Day who
with Marse Henry Watterson nominated
Mr.. Crimmins for Mayor on the run DOWN,
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Siegel, former Lieut..
Gov. Timothy i, Woodruff and Commodore
Penchen Of the Royal Canadian Yacht
Club.
The Erin was cheered noisily every time
she got within cheering distance OF anv
other craft. The first yacht to come within
hailing distance on the trip out to the course
was Fl. II. Rogers's Kanawha with Gen
Adna r. Chaffee on the bridge. Sir Thomas
recognized Gen. Chaffee and using his
hands for a trumpet shouted: SGood
morning, General
Good luck to you, Sir Thomas" roared
Gen. Charfee through megaphone. Sir
Thomas whooped back his thanks and
called Gen. COrbln'S attention 10 Cen CbnP