The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-14
Wiling to Sacrifice.

Wiling to Sacrifice.
II would willingly sacrifice every penny
. ! lave and start over again" he de-
chred. At any rate. he has spent more
hat $l,000,000 in the attempt. These
feures are convincing that building and.
Gaintaining cup defenders had become
fnsncial problems of gigantic proper
ions. Millions OF dollars tumbled Into
he wake OF races for the cup.
The change the present racing rules
hye wrought not only In the cost OF
COP yachts. but in the development OF
Wholesome hoats, WAS being discussed
recently by a group OF, members OF the
f9prtb street. and a comparison of the
cd defenders OF the cup made. Back
.fors- -thres years ago: when James As
bury brought his schooner, Cambria, here
% take the CUP back 10 England, there
were twenty-five boats anchored in New
. York bay all ready 10 defend the cup.
The cost 10 construct all OF them did
Me Reliance The schooner Magic,
owned by Fra nklin Ossood, afterward
. .ftpr commodore OF the N. Y. Y. c..
.tfrtled tie Yachting world with her vic
.over the Cambria while eight other boats
lnlsled ahead of the English craft. The
NHglcs running expenses were not heavy.
The frst Columbia may have cost Com
.;no6ore Osgood $4,000 when she was de-
iirered TO him nj staten Island. Her sup
.0emeniary fittings and extra sails neces-
fzry for the cup match may have added
>sepo to that amount. The sappho was
not called upon TO make any changes.
She was always ready for fight. An
.pvners bills were comparatively meager
N those DAYS
Much the same condition OF cup de-
Iense affairs ruled during the year 1876.
when the Countess Of Dufferip came from
Eanada. The schooner Mad deIine. owned
. " 5ohu $. Diclierson, was the defending
@st She WAS originally u sloop and
pad been built eight years wien she
net her Canadian opponent. She had
peer lenS thened and had new set OF
.rars and new sails for the races. but
pes owner was an experienced yechts-
nan aud her new trim cost only a small
mount
In 1885 the Royal Yacht Squadron sent
e challenge on behalf OF Sir Richard
foiton, who sent over The cutter Gen
<sta- Then really began the building OF
pew Boats for the races The Puritan,
aeslgned by Edward Burgess for J. Nal
.onh Forbes. aud the Priscilla. designed
A. .Caiy Smith. were the result The
'Flsellla, with her iron hull. cost s45, 900
. build and run. The Puritan. which
dsleaied her in the trials. was of wooden
fohstructiou. which. with her running
Rpenses, reached $40. 900.
uhe year later came the Galatea. Cen
.Idl Charles j. Paine of BostoI built the
Aeyflower 10 meet the British boat at a
fost OF about s2J 900. Then a syndicate
Atlantic Yacht club members con-
-ifucted the Atlantic for the same pur-
lpse. The trial races were between the
Nayflower. the Atlantic, the Puritan and
'1e Priscilla. The cost of defending the
op mat year climbed 90 sum approxi-
nated at $3.50, 900. From then on the in
'rsase In the cost was rapid.
Ihe following year. 1887, the Thistle
~ designed by Watson under lock and
~ ~ and 10 meet her General Paine built
VOC volunteer. She cost to build and
maintain about s70 900, while the sum
. svil
1shooO. That winter the Eastern Yacht
,up subscribed sll,500 and presented
4sueral Paine with beautiful vase and
5sSsard Burgess with handsome purse;
S~,pns The same time the treasurer OF
s New York Yacht club sent Burgess
cneck for sl0,t7c, which was the
Ingunt OF subscription collected by the
G'ao " recognition OF his services IN the
taicn occurred In 1891. fund Of $780,
was raised for the education OF his
The next races brought tho cost OF an
p,annyg p,Slng several, This was the. year the
2Eilant, CoIoua, Jubilee and Pilgrim
,:sd :sd i1r the honor OF defending the tro-
puys The Vigiiant at the end OF her cup
s,s,,n ,so,n oronz below the water line and OF
~, above. The Colonia cost Siib,ooo
snereabnuts The Jubilee and Pilgrim
n eIs, S,Sg possibly from tI $1,000 70 ,be SSS Ss
INNING OF Nat Herreshoff's designing.
~ build and maintain the Defender
t et ABOUT sl50,0o0. w. *. Vanderbilts
ssness representative made the signifi-
n' remark just before she was broken
frgate.'
Morgan Foots Bills.
mHa Sir Thomas Llpton's entering the
LEI %st With his Shamrock /, the late j.
Aorgan was serving his second term
Spmmodorc of the ". Y. Y. G. He al
~ ~ had made the club present OF the
L%. On which the Forty-fourth street
louse Is built. He built the Colum-
s. which twice triumphed over Brit
yaehtlng representatives. Not only
Somrnodore Morgan foot the bills OF
Sounoia's construction and main1e-
n put he also paid for the fltung
<rsT the Defender again and or her
Ens expenses as trial horse
4, YES estimated that 100000 WAS spent
%s m columbia that year and $4,000 on
iii :, I1etsnder. The gift OF the land for
&r,nn. nu.nhoiso. rumor at tho time had IL.
<5ntn.ea <5nts 70 $3.50. .00D; 80 Commodore Nor
- contrtbution for tho season amount
w F.2 epout $4,000.
Thn,.e ns did not stop there. When Sir
6tsrasaas tried for the cup again with the
.e .sssst a the colum6ia out to race Tho
Svhsutution. which boat she defeat
Ia AN ne charged another 500. 600 70
[olu,ntinpertca's cup account. But tho
n. Iulh Inn,h was one sof MorGans pets
orjnvson jvon the deepest interest in her. fol-
uer construction and races close
iencc I, aIlways had the greatest comb
|rIih IN NJ ner. Just before her. FIRST race
- hile fSlid utlppI< to ,yas qkpI how