New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-26
RACE CHEERS Upton.
Shamrocks improvement Leads Him
to Augur Victory TO-mOrrO10.


The narrow victory Of the Reliance yesterday
has made Sir Thomas Upton believe that he
will win the race tomorrow. After he was told
that the Shamrock had been defeated by little
more than minute. he said
I'VE ought to have won the race. Had the
Shamrock got a better start. we would have
won. All. but it was a close one"
How the boat saied?' asked
Excellent excellent" was the reply After
the start Captain wringe handled the yacht
faultlessly In the second and third legs the
Shamrock gained continually. but not enough.
Nevertheless. am satisfied that the best boat
Won"
How does Shamrock III compare with the
Shamrock OF 1902" asked a Canadian yachts
man, who was continually wiping off his
glasses.
Better. and there's no doubt about It," was
the reply. THE present Shamrock IS doing all
that be done to win the Cup. She has per
formed better to-day than last Saturday, and
If she shows the same improvement on Thurs
day we ought to win that race and the two
others necessary to lift the Cup"
Then you have not despaired?' asked the
Canadian. wiping off his glasses
Not bit OF it, and the owner Of the chal-
lenger looked around the group that had gath
cred about him to see IL any one doubted his
sincerity and added with wink:
There is one good thing about these races
anyhow. and that is getting licked by such a
man as Captain Barr. There is a real pleasure
to be licked by your own stuff. for Bars a
Scotchman. you know"
Lord Shaftesbury said: I'VE are licked. The
Reliance is jolly we'll the best boat"
But don't you think" asked Lord Trimbles-
town, that the breeze died out just at the verv
END, so that the Shamrock did not have wind
to finish with?'
But the owner Of the defeated boat only shook
his head. and would have changed the subject
had not some one asked him if he would keep on
challenging until he brought over Shamrock
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Never he replied with emphasis "I'u have
the Herreshoffs build boat before then"
No one replied to this sally. and Sir Thomas
turned the theme by telling story about a
blind man who lost his place in reading his
Bible because some one had filled a page with
sand.
The guests Of the Erin left the Battery yester-
day on the William Fletcher under a forbiddfng
SKY. There were such expressions Of opinion as:
There's not enough wind to move smoke"
mo race to-day. that's plain"
Wen get soaked sure"
The William Fletcher had hardly startAd a.,
ties behind and a tug steamed I'D alongside
with three belated guests. Before any one
could find out who they were the sparks from
the tugs smokestack had set fire to the thin
dresses Of several women The Countess of
Shaftesbury just escaped the cinders by run
ming under the cover Of the main deck The
sparks were found to have left only little black
holes. The tug had disappeared.
Halfway down the Bay the Kaiser Wilhelm
H. bound for Europe, passed the party. There
was crowd along the rail of the big liner. and
among the rest could be distinguished Colonel
Bird, the private secretary of Governor Odeu
Just before the William Fletcher had reached
the Hook one of the young women. who wore
red jacket and carried red bag marked M
A." wanted to know where Mr.. Takashira was
Mr. Takashira is the japanese naval attache at
Washington. When she was told that Mr.. Taxa
shira was so sick last Saturday that ne decided
never to try another race. the young woman
was compelled to get her smelling salts out Of
the red bag.
Aboard the Erin, Sir Thomas first entertained
his guests with his performing canary. who
rings bell twice for drinks and then pulls up
bucket Of water. The canary also picks out en-
velopes in which are folded fortunes The fort
une which the bird picked out for Sir Thomas.
but which he threw away without reading II,
was:
you will marry an American girl"
After the start of the race Sir Thomas stuck
to the Erin's bridge However keenIy he may
have felt his defeat he did not show it. and it
was with smile that he received souvenir. in
a black seal case. which was presented to him
by committee representing the guests he enter
tanned aboard the Erin August Z. John W.
Vrooman made the presentation speech and
read a poem which was concocted under the
title of The Upton Cocktail" The guests on
board the Erin included almost ell those who
have enjoyed Sir Thomas's hospitality on previ-
Gus race days.
When the William Fletcher was returning
after the race to the Battery with the Erin's
guests. a heavy squat rocked the boat about
violently. Several waves swashed over the rail
and terrified one woman much that In run
ming for safety she fell over the paddle wheel
axle She was not seriously hurt by the fall.
and refused the assistance of doctor who was
aboard.
After the race Captain Barr said:
That's No. 2. Now we will get ready for
Thursday"
L don't suppose anybody ever saw two boats
better handled than those two were to-day" said
c. Oliver IseIn. 1T would seem. however. that
the Reliance has proved her superiority in all
kinds of weather and under all conditions.
Mr.. WILCOX WANTED TO SEE THE RACE
The Dock Board boat Manhattan put into the
Barge Office pier early yesterday TO take on board
a special customs inspector armed with authority
to take off Park Commissioner William r. Wilcox
at Quarantine from the North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and transfer
him to another steamer going TO the yacht races.
A special permit was issued by the Surveyor. and
With fba pareSSarv Tn-