Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-18
UPTON SELECTS SKIPPER,
w. p. Barton, With Long Record of Victories Will Sail Shamrock ".


 Sir Thomas Lpton is not letting the grass grow under his feet now. He finally has arranged another series of cares for the Anericals Cup and Is determined to win the trophy if pos sible He has secured the best de- signer in England. has two of the most expert sailing masters, Sycamore and Wringe, and now has induced W. P. Barton to take charge of his c11aA- lenger. MT. Burton is the most ex- pert amateur who sails in British wa- ters and he has accepted the invita- tion of Sir Thomas to take charge of the Shamrock ".
 Some idea of Mir Burton's success as a. yachtsman is had from the fact that he won 265 races before he had an opportunity to sail for a Kings Cup and then he won the first that he sailed for He also had the distinc- ton of winning the last cup offered by King Edward and the first offered by King George. Each season the British sovereign offers several tro- I phies for yacht racing which are dis tributed through the Royal Yacht clubs. These prizes are much sought after and are for yachts of the larger classes.
 Mir. Burton commenced yachting in l 1888 with the Violet. and as a member Of the Orwell Corinthfan Yacht Club l owned and raced several half and one raters. For the last sixteen years he has been connected with bigger craft and during that time has owned Pent- tent, Gauntlet, Lucida, Br1tomarte, 1 Ostara and Octave In all he has sailed about GOO races and has won more than half of these
 l The Penitent he purchased from the l late c. D. Rose in 197 and in his first season won twelve first prizes out of l sixteen starts. After sailing the Peu1- tent successfully for five years he had the Gauntlet built from designs by A E. Payne. This boat was followed by the Lucida, a Fife creation. and In two seasons. The Brituuaarte, de- 1 signed by My1ne, was his next vessel, and in this yacht in four seasons ha won ninety-SeVen prizes in t60 races. One prize was the international Cups presented by the commodore of th9 1 Royal London Yacht Club. In 1969 Mylne built the Ostara for MT Burton ! and this yacht was the biggest winner !; of all his fleet. In a very strong class ! Mir Burton secured seventy three prizes in 100 starts in two years He successfully defended the InternatFon- 1 al Cup. In 1911 MT Burton entered the nineteen meter class with the Oc- l tavia. another Mylne yacht, and he ] showed that an amateur could hold 1 his own against the best professional
 
 ! head of his class with record of i thirty-one prizes in fffty-six starts. ] Last year he repeated his success with 1 twenty -one prizes in thirty-four starts. ] MT. Burton is rear commodore of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. and 1 by virtue of that position Is an honor 1 ary member of the New York Yacht ! Club. He Is also member of the ! Royal Ulster Yacht Club which is the challenging club for the cup, and eleven other yachting organizations. ] The Yachtsman says: %Mr. Burton will go to America with the full con- l fidence of all the best judges on this i side that in his able hands Shamrock 1 " will be sailed right out in each race, for the Corinthians racing re- 1 cord in the past, for the most part
 against the best of our professionals 1 has heen one conspicnous sl1ccessn