The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05
HEROIC MEASURES TO LIFT CUP
SIR THONiS LIPTON'S Plan TO
BJILD THREE BOiTS.
4 Trio of Designers and Million Dollars
Outlay Contemplated - Challenger
Lacks for a Race Early I'm Season-
iachtsmen Talk OF Methods ~ Defence.

! uHllbA contemplated
Lacks for q Race Early I'm Season-
Yacht Smen Talk OF Methods ~ Defence.
While Sir Thomas Upton Is pcrfectlng his
| pluus Tor his fourth invasion of these SHORES
| 10 try to capture the Americas cup yachts
men here are quietly preparing FOR his re-
cepilon Nothing can be- done ia an Official
! way until challenge or the notification that
challenge Is coming ia received but the
members OF the New York Yacht Club talk
things over among themselves and when the
proper time arrives their plans, too. are Well
perfected and they only have 10 be pui into
execution.
sir Thomas's plans. too. are only being
/ talked OF. but IL la carries them out on any
thing like the scale that he il now scheutng
the New York Yacht Club Will have to be UP
and doing IN order 10 keep the cup here.
When Sir Thomas suffered his second de-
feat through the Columbia beating the sham
rock II he was asked II he had given ny all
hope OF over winning the cup or II he would
Try again. The Irish Farouet looked al his
questionrr a moment aud then quietly re-
piled 80 one ever accused Upton OF
quitting IN the middl" OF night aud have
not taken ny coat oil yet,
Judging by the plans he is making he IS
removing his coat now and he will be dan
gerous lie is gong TO make the EFFORT OF
his life and although he has spent several
hundreds OF thousands of dollars on his three
former efforts 10 capture the CUP ne VIII
in all probability spend Ia his fourth attempt
almost as much as lie did on all his former
ones combined
lie Is now planning 10 have boats built
from designs by Alfred Mylnc. Linton hope
and George Barnett These three are To be
raced together as soon they are re;uy.
and as much rs possible They Wlll be thur-
oughly tried out and the best Of the trio Will
be started against the American defended.
To put such "a plan INTO execution he VIII
have to get the consent OF the New YORK
Yacht Club The deed Of gilt requires that
the challenger shall be named at the time
the challenge IS sent but when Lord
Dunraven challenged with the Yalkyrie III.
In 1903 ha asked that IT N the trials on the
other side IL should be shonn that the Nalkyrie
was not the faster boat the best boat should
be substituted and be allowed to race for
the Cup. 70 this the New York Yacht Club
agreed, ms 1t would be manifestly unsatis-
factory 10 have an international race and
be successful against a boat that had been
shown TO be slower than some other one.
Having established this precedent IL il not
at all likely that the club will object 20 Sir
Thomas making the same proposition.
According TO the latest oaho adyIccs the
three challcnr, rsure 10 be buiitat once. They
should be completed some time during the
coming summer and then the racing viii be-
gin. The boats are t. be- raced during the
winter in some southern sea and then brought
to these waters and the RACES are to be- sailed
early IA the season The deed OF gift stinu-
lites that races for the cup CON only he sailed
between May ! and Nov \ challenge
received here IN .lune would with it. ten
mon - h2l',t o'l Ipl 80 iu II. nu th'l
u Sall 70 De tle -chehhr 'lHt 'H iholhHN j. now
for the defeuc. Of the Cup there ia the
Pal "a ian h.r d fh..f ne
rulutIoh "ho 'ollh9,t anu laVt "ith NE
Shamrorh III showed ihdi she - Noudefiul}
laSt ana man, MINUTES USER tnHn my mug
thht mas ye' nrol 'urh'u our rms poai VIII
surely hr ~ commission ioT ~" urlent" 81
the famous trophy, and tnerr nf" many yachts
men VINO think tidt ms boat showed her
superiority over -" others 10 such marked
way THAT II viii not Dee necessary 10 buiId
another defender ~" Rcli1n'~ Ill UJ-
douhtedv be much faster M her next season
than she vas ia her trs'. hud in her hrSi N"gr
she was seldom driven - her highest rate Of
the contest.
There are many members, However. vino
thin ihat II j. aot well to take any olancc,.
and they nre IN favor Of one or even two
boats being built 10 meet tie Reliance. Or Is
very probable that "A now HeireSAon boar viii
be- built for one syndicate and n Is possible 3
that another bout will be designed by william
The trouble that Will confront the defenders
OF the cup II May is set as the time Tor thc F.
races will be getting these boats IN proper ,
SNhIt LOT IUiHlEt u VIII ~ llHIHfNNifH- 10 !
got them ready before late m the fan aud they !
cannot be raced here m ~" winter months 7
II will be- necessary Ia either start tuning .
them up very early IN the spring or clst. send .
Thorn South and race them here until ~. .
weather is moderate enough for them to ..iil .
In the. wafer.
Sir Thomas hns ulreadv spcrt irtunez 10
try and capture this cup Hi, first sham
rock built before he had mad any experience
was costly boat II has been said that she
cost about HAIR a million dollars 10 build and .
mn Thon came tie Shamrock II and To- rrf
her in proper shape the Shamrock / was put
IN commission and raced with her on tho
other side Tn. cost with these two boqtl
was a little more than witG the first shamrock
Then came shamrock Ill and ac,nn tho
Shamrock | was an commission ana this
time she vas brought acru-s the ocean snd
used as a trial horse here The cost then was
n bout soOU 900. 50 thut in three attempts Sir
INT the America, Eup