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Show LIPTOi'S YACHT IS SLOW lli BUG Workmen Must Hustle to Have Challenger Off Ways by May. Dy International Ifew-j 8errlcc ' GOSPOItT. England. April U.-lt la a good cren bet right now that Sir Tliomaa Upton will not even attompt to lift" tho cup this year. Tho International Nevra Servlco correspondent today to-day finally succeeded In uncorking a bottlo of information concornlnc tho slate of affairs existing exist-ing In tho Ehlp-bulldlns plant of Campbell &. Nicholson hero and tho rcfiultant stream of facto ma km this otiitotnunt In 110 wiso exaggerated. "Tho truth is. tuato," said a workman employed em-ployed by the desilsner and builder of tho new Shamrock IV, to tho correspondent, "tho blooming bloom-ing boat Is nothing but a net ot ribs uow, with tho propor launching date already here. "If the goes off tho ways tho middle of May a lot of changes Imvu got to happen, not tho least of which Is settling tho grievances ot tho rlvcton and drillers who object to working overtime at rceular time wages." A atrlko was averted by "Charley" Nicholson, the designer ot tho craft and tbo nctlvo head of tho concern. His plan ot compromise resulted In the men continuing work Sundays and overtime over-time for regular pay on tho unilerstnndln that tho btUaucn would bo forthcoming from Cr Thomas. They ovon worked yesterday, Good Friday, which hero makes nu American Fourth of July look like a bargain Friday to far a holiday spirit In concerned. Tho feeling among tho calta along tho waterfront, water-front, who know racing and what It entails an thoroughly as any body of men anywhere, may bo Hummed up In tho cxprvralon of 000 who gave tli la opinion; "Anything that floats, from a rowhoat to a dreadnought, needs, first of all, a master. That's what alls this new Shamrock IV. Tho shipbuilders ship-builders arc all right In their way, but their hearts arc not In the work llko tho owner's. Let Sir Thomas show himself at the plant and act a bit concerned and you would too thing move and sallormen ready and auxlous to put In a word for borths," In tho meantime, tho builders of tho several defenders In America may pauau to consldor tho possibility that thcro may bo no occasion to put their boats to a tcaL Dy International News Serrlco. NEW YORK, April 11. No comment wan forthcoming forth-coming at tho New Tori: Yacht club tonight on tho cablo dispatch regarding the Improbability of an America cup race this year because of the delay In building Sir Tliomati I.ipton's challenger. All Inquiries on tho subjeet wero referred to A. O. Cormocl;, the eecreUry of tho club, who was not at tho clubhouse In Wost FortH-fourtlt street, ond could not be located elsewhere up to a ltte honr. |