New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
Victory Brings
Lipton's Life
Ambition Near
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thlngs that had been weighing on him
throughout the day.
AT the outset he declared the win
nlng of the race was due to the in
domltable spirit of Captain Burton and
skill of Captain Nicholson in designing
the challenger.
II was very much surprised" he said.
at the comments in the newspapers
TINS morning about Mr.. Burton. No
one could have sailed Shamrock better
than Burton sailed her to-day. \ hope
now that we will have good winds fair
to both boats"
Sir Thomas started to make his
statement in the form Of an interview,
nut the, guests. trooped into the smoke
DOM, where he&had gone with she news
paper men, and the event transformed
lelicitous speeches.
Reaching into his pocket, Sir Thomas
took out leather case AID then ex-
tracted from it small gold plate.
This plate was brought to me this
morning by Commodore Eugene Ouip-
ley, of the Cleveland Yacht Club, who
Is here. Isn't it beautiful! You read
1t to them, commodore"
Life Member of Cleveland Club
Commodore Quigley took the plate
and commenced to read: "Thc Cleye
land Yacht Club, in recognition of pa st
courtesies and the keen interest always
exhibited by him in the honorable ad-
vancement Of the sport of yachting.
and by its board of directors being au-
thorizcd and directed to do so, hereby
makes Sir Thomas j. Upton, b., X. c.
V. o., ETC., etc., etc, life member.
Signed. Joseph Kirby, Commodore; ;
John +. Ellsler. secretary"
II just thought it would bring you
!uck,' added Commodore Quigley, as
he handed the plate back to the
baronet.
Sir Thomas again took up the thread
Of his statement. II started this morn
lng." he said, "as I usually do hoping
that | would be fortunate enough to
win, but in yachting, like everything
else in the way of sport, there is no
certainty. If there was there would be
nc pleasure in it for me. 1t has al
ways been my greatest desire for the
best beat to win, and / feel that
judging by to-day's sailing, l am
l will win.
"I've been working for this twenty
one years now, and l hope that my
life's ambition will be fulfilled in the
next race. To-day's race makes me
very happy 1t is the first time in my
life that I've won here without any
flukes.
cat home. have the biggest collec-
tion of cups and trophies in the world
that l have won at races in various
parts of the world. l would willingly
swap the whole blooming lot for this
tuppence- -ha'p'ny one here"
This expression brought great
laugh from the guests, and it gave a
Thomas's lifelong desire. The Irish
baronet then assumed a more humor-
Gus vein, and continued.
Success in Silent Motor
"I know these newspaper boys won't
say anything about it. They are very
discreet but our success to-day lies in
that little silent motor l was telin.,
you about the other day. In The
previous races it made little noise,
but Henry Ford came over to hav.
tea with me yesterday, and we dis
cussed it. Now it's all been fixed up
and it worked like charm to-day"
Aa this moment Lord Dewar = who
throughout as "Whisky Tom," in dis
tinction to "Tea Tom" by Sir Thomas
broke into the conversation: "The rea-
son you won is because / brought you
this hair from an elephants tail" said
the British liquor magnate, as he cx-
hibited q wonderfully knotted bracelet
made from the tail hairs of an ce-
phant.
when I got here on Saturday," he
continued, Everything was going bad
" with you. Shamrock was in bad
hole. The elephants tail brought you
luck and the race was called off. Now
to-day you have won. shot this ele-
phant for you in the Congo
IL brought you monkey from Africa
when you brought Shamrock over in
1914. | brought it across the Atlantic
to you, and didn't it bring you safely
back to England through the submarine
zone 2"
"Yes," replied Sir Thomas. "When
you gave me that monkey it was
dressed in kits. It's conduct was of
such a nature, though, l had to take
the kits Off"
Six Hours of Thrills
Then Lord Dewar broke out: ITO
day l have had six hours of thrills
This year l thought was going to wir
the Derby in England. My horse was
leading all the way, and then, wher
within a few yards of the winning
post, he sat down. That gave me
thrill for few seconds only. To-day
have had six hours of it, but it wa:
worth coming 5000 miles to see.
"We are all glad Sir Thomas ha
won, because he's a good sport and hc
stuck to the job for twenty years
That's a combination the public likes
| to see.
"In fact, Sir Thomas Upton has be
come an institution. Upton and th'
Americas Cup are two institutions.
at looks now as though America.
Cup is about to be divorced from
America and become married to Upton
He's often said to me that if he win:
the cup he'll marry an American
woman"
Continuing, Lord Dewar said: "1vt
mourned with Upton when he has
mourned, but when he's mourning he is
always cheerful. He's an Irshmar
improved by being Scottish. He's al
lrishman in America, a Scotchman in
Scotland and anything in England"
This is very close race day
and it reminds me of two races thai
occurred over on the other side. Ar
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