The sun., 1919-03-31
SIR THOMAS Upton
HERE SEEKING RACE
Sachtsman Says That Cup Has
1 Been in America About
Long Enough.
SORRY FOR THE "WETS"
Finds Consolation in Fact That
"Dry" Law Won't Affect
Tea Business.
SORRY FOR The "WETS"

The silver lining OF the dark thun-
Der cloud OF prohibition was revealed
yesterday In all its glitterinE splendor
by Sir Thomas Upton. who arrived here
yesterday on the Aquitania.
"'Tis hard, suppose" Sir Thomas
eaid wnen the bad ievs Was sadly re-
called during a talk with newspaper
men In his rooms at the Hotel Commo
dore. But" he added genlally. With
sven a touch of consolation in his voice,
At will not hurt the tea business any"
That was the only comment save the
statement that the war had brought
great prosperity TO the Far East. where
the grip of Germany has relaxed, that
The yachtsman had TO make concerning
Industry. for his trip here is for another
purpose. Indeed. his arrival IL enc of
The most positive signs that the port OF
New York has 81 Ell since the armistice
was signed that peace, despite the
rumblings OF Rolshevism, is here. For
Sir Thomas formerly OF the British
RED Cross hospital ship service. ia now
q private yachtsman looking for trouble.
that Is to say sport.
Probably the most emphatic statement
tfat Sir Thomas made was that he had
always been beaten fairly and souarely
during his twenty years of endeavor to
recover the Americas Cup and was pre-
pared to give the New York Yacht Club
another opportunity to thwart his am
hilton In 1920, the earliest moment set
by the American club for receiving a
challenge.
THAT cup. ] am sure, must be very
IN IN.
Thomas said genally. II know ] would
like to 20 home, even II I remained only
n month or so. II lad been away from
my own country for sixty years, as the
cup has"
Shamrock ". Ready for Water.
Regret was expressed by Sir Thomas
that his late opponent, Commodore
Frederick G. Bourne OF the New York
Yacht Club, had passed away since his
last visit TO this country in 1919. He
was a thorough sportsman in the best
sense OF the word. Sir Thomas said.
During his present visit. which win he
Of five or six weeks duration. Sir Thomas
will look over the Shamrock ". now
lying in drydock in Brooklyn. lie has
been informed that she is in excellent
ehape and ready to take water. This Is
the new model, on which the irish
sportsman pins his hopes of lifting the
cup. which was to have been used In the
race of 1914. He will also look over the
prospects for racing here this year.
"There probably will be very little
racing here this year" he said. ~
know there will be very little in Eng
land. although King George will sail his
Britannia I quite understand and SYM
pathize with the viewpoint of the New
York Yacht Club in refusing my recent
challenge. because II would not be well
for wounded soldiers TO see on their re-
turn from Europe yachts racing OF
Sandy Hook"
Sir Thomas said that he might send
over the Shamrock Of % meters TO use
late this summer as a trial horse for
the Shamrock ". In tests He expressed
che opinion that the New York Yacht
Club would rely on the Resolute when
he renewed his challenge in 1920.
After all, I really think 1t Is better
FOR me that there Is to be no racing this
year, for crews OF the best sort are ex-
fremely hard to find In England at the
present time The sailors are making
large amounts of money in fishing at
the present time, for fish Is very dear
now. Others are busy with the trawl-
ers sweeping UP the mines with which
the North Sea is filled"
his secretary, John Westwood. was In
perfect health. and surveyed the waters
Of the harbor with a keen eve as the
Aquitania made her way up the harbor
from Quarantine to her pier at West
Fourteenth street His former yacht
ing companion. Col. Duncan L. Neill, Il
still In the service OF the British army.
and at the present time has the pleasant
task OF running the British transpor,
eervice In the River Rhine. He has been
decorated with the Distinguished Ser
vice order by King George. and has also
received the Croix de Guerre. Sir
Thomas said.
Tells of DIR. DonnelIy's Work.
7 was in the Mediterranean waters
with the Erin. my steam yacht, which I
turned into hospital ship in 1914" Sir
Thomas said In telling of how he had
met DR.. Donnelly. AT Salonlca in
March. 1915, learned that DR.. Donnelly
was with the American Red Cross unit
in Ghergeli. a Serbian town near the
Bulgarian border. Typhus was depopu-
hating the country. ] made a trip to tho
town, and DR.. Donnelly borrowed from
lne big American flag to ny over the
hospital as protection for the 1900
people In II from Bulgarian air raids.
They were in bad shape on account of
lack OF supplies and several OF their
nurses were Ill. We sent up the flag
and what medical supplies and food we
had. but three weeks later, when the
Erin returned to port. I learned that he
had died of typhus."
Sir Thomas will probably look about
Sere for steam yacht to replace Aha
Erin, for the high prices OF materials
end labor mako her replacement by a
new ship imnracticaL