Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-26
Sir Thomas Upton HcSltates About
Expanding Another Big For.
tune on Fourth Attempt.
WANT CONDITIONS CHANGED,
British Yachtsmen Think Rules Gov.
erning Contests Should be Altered
SO Other Boats Can Try,
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence,
7 ONDON, March l5,-Under the con-
dltlons imposed by the deed of
gift which require that 10 months
notice be given OF challenge for
the Americas cup, no race for the his
torlc trophy is possible this year, and
among British yachtsmen It is now con-
sIdered highly improbable that any
challenge viii be sent for Il race to be
sailed next year.
Sir Thomas Upton values money
solely for what II will bring him, but
that 1t VIII ever bring him the cup
seems now more unlikely than ever.
Liptons Limited having suffered from
the prevailing trade depression, with
diminished profits from his business,
Sir Thomas Is not bit anxious 10 ex-
pend another fortune In fourth at
tempt TO capture II, He has lntlmated
10 his friends that he would be de-
lighted II some other yachtsman would
step into the breach and relieve him Of
The task OF lifting the cup, which he
rashly set himself when his faith In
British yacht designers and spare
no-expense policy was much greater
than now,
NEW RULES SOUGHT.
In response to his last communca-
ten to the New York Yacht club, Sir
I.r Ha1 AplN a.
that committee had been appointed
TO consider the points raised by him.
Chief among them is the question
whether the New York Yacht club will
make It's revised measurement rules
applicable to future contests for the
cup.
These rules, say British yacht-deslgn-
ers, Will have the effect of penalising
heavily In time allowance the extreme
types OF racing machines which have
competed for the cup In late years. II
they are made TO apply to the cup
contests boats might compete for It of
more Wholesome and seaworthy, II
less speedy form, and which would to
some extent be available for general
racing In English and American waters.
But these same rules would not only
practically exclude from the contests
such yachts as Constitution Reliance
and Columbia, but render them useless
as trial boats for subsequent challenges.
For this reason Linton Hope, one OF
the foremost Of the young designers
here, doubts very much whether the
New York Yacht club viii so far eN-
tend the application Of It's revised rules.
Besides" he said to the writer, II
a - Itala at,s
stand any better chance-or possibly
So good chance-Of winning the cup
under the new rules as he would under
those which have governed previous
contests. They are very complicated
and It seems to me Il would be very
hard matter to design Il yacht that
would NJ them and at the same time
take fun advantage of what oppor-
unlties they offer for evolving the
speediest form. with the rules under
which recent yachts here have been
built our designers are fairly familiar
and would encounter no such difficulties.
Providing a man Is forthcoming who is
willing to eXpend fortune on the
chance Of winning the cup speaking
for myself at least | should much pre-
fer working out "A design for him under
tNlStlnE conditions. bul lUkllk
broader view Of it--that a yacht built
10 race for the Americas cup should
be good for something else besides that
one race there is no doubt that the APP
plcaton OF the revised rules to the cup
contests would be a distinct gain for
yachting generally
WANTED, A DESIGNER,
Another difficulty that confronts Sir
Thomas should he decide TO challenge
again for the cup. IL the selection OF
a designer Watson, who designed the
Thistle, NalkyrIo II and Shamrock II
added nothing to his reputation by
building boats that were beaten and
as he has plenty OF orders on hand ne
is not anxious to tackle the Job Of de-
signing another cup challenger Fife Is
impossible.
"Sr Thomas said one OF his friends
takes defeat Ike true sportsman
and does not seek 10 blame others for
his failures No one has heard him