New-York tribune., 1920-07-29
Shamrock Put
On Exhibition
I'm the Hudson
Cup Challenger Will Be
Open to the Public I'm
til Monday, When She
Will Be Broken Up
Resolute OFF to Bristol
Skipper Burton and Wife
Sail for Home Saturday;
Upton to Remain Month

for the Americas Cup, will be anchored
off the foot of West Ninety-sixth Street
early to-day and will remain there un-
til Monday. During her stay in the
Hudson she will be on exhibition and
anybody who cares to inspect ner will
be welcomed by her crew.
This move was decided upon last
night by Sir Thomas Upton after he
had received several hundred telegrams
urging him to anchor the international
racing sloop at some point where she
could be seen by the public.
The New York Yacht Club syndicate
which owns Resolute, the successful
cup defender, received many similar
requests after her final victory on Tues
day, but Robert W. Emmons I'd, her
managing owner said all arrangements
had been made to send Resolute back
to the Herreshsff yards at Bristol,
L. l., and it was too late to alter them.
The defender left her anchorage in
Sandy Hook Bay early yesterday morn
ing and started for Bristol in tow.
w
towed to the Robert Jacob shipyard at
City Island and there she will be
broken up. This will be the final act
IN Sir Thomas Lipton's $500 900 effort
to lift the trophy which represents the
Yachting championship of the world
Effort Begun Six Years Ago
This effort had its beginning nearly
SIX years ago with the laying of the
fourth Shamrock's keel in Gosport, Eng
land, and reached its rather melancholy
cilmax on Tuesday when she went down
10 defeat at the hands of Resolute after
she had won two legs on the cup.
The 23-meter Shamrock, trial boat
FOR the late challenger. will be anchor
ed beside her big sister in the Hudson
to-day and will also be taken to City
Island on Monday. 1t is understood she
has been purchased by Herbert Pulit-
Zer and will remain in this country.
The houseboat Killarney, on which
the afterguard and crew of the chal-
lenger have been living for the last
two months, will join the racing sloups
IN the Hudson and will later be sold.
The steam yacht Victoria, on which
Sir Thomas is making his headquarters
off the foot of West Eighty sixth
Street, will be returned to her owner.
Arthur Meeker, of Chicago, on Satur-
day, when her charter to the Irish
baronet expires.
Sir Thomas will remain in this coun-
try for another month and announced
last night that next summer he would
forward his fifth challenge to the New
York Yacht Club for series of cup
races to be sailed in 1922
When the writer visited the Ulster
yachtsman on the Victoriu last night
he found him going through a great
pile of kilograms from persons in all
parts of the United States and Canada,
in which sympathy and encouragement
were expressed. Many of the telegrams
urged Sir Thomas to arrange a series
of races between Resolute and Sham
rock " in which the crews of the two
sloops would be exchanged
The Burtons Sail Saturday
This, it was pointed out, would def
ritely determine whether it was sea
manship or design that gave Resolute
victory in the Americas Cup contests.
Sir Thomas declared that nothing
would please him more than to hold
such a series of test races, but the
departure Of the defender for Bristol,
he believed, would make this impos-
slble.
Captain W. P. Burton and Mrs. Bur
ton virtually severed their connections
with the Upton forces yesterday and
engaged passage back to England on
the White Star liner Baltic, sailing
Saturday. The amateur skipper of the
challenger said the cup series was won
by the better boat, although he CON
sidered that Resolute got far better
break" in the matter of winds thar
did Shamrock
While Captain Burton will probably
never again be at the helm of Liptor
challenger, he intimated he might re
turn to this country in the not very
distant future with another cup hunt.
ing yacht. He said there were several
men in England who were ready te
challenge when the rules governing cur
competition were changed so that the
invading yacht would be given faire1
chance.
Charles f. Nicholson, designer of the
fourth Shamrock, left the Upton base
IN Sandy Hook Bay yesterday and came
up to the city with Mrs. Nicholson
@sy will leave for Canada on Satur-
day.
Will Entertain Sir Thomas
Last night the entire Upton fleet
was towed from Sandy Hook to the
Sea Gate anchorage of the Atlantic
Yacht Club, and the crews of the two
racing sloops spent the evening at
Coney Island.
On the evening of August 8 81,
Thomas and the challengers after
guard with the exception of Mr.. and
Mrs Burton, will be the guests Of the
city at reception on the Mall in Cen
trai Park. There will be band con-
cert, followed by dinner at the BIZ
more.
On her way to Bristol, Resolute
stopped at City Island to leave sails
ana an gear she borrowed from William
tGardner's Vanitie for the cup races
The last of the cup defenders is not
70 be broken up, as has been reported.
rat herreshoff. her designer, is about
10 retlre, 1t IS said, and will keep the
sum white sloop as long as he lives.
SIR Thomas was not downcast yes
terday over his defeat, but it was OBJ
Vious that he was far from satisfied
with the way Shamrock " was handled
IN her races with Resolute. He said
ne had learned great many things as
result of his recent experiences off
Sandy Hook and would profit by them
when he challenged again.