| Show 1 a lA r r s a seat I t r Vie il Ali 1 D E InDy 0 i YEOMANRY IN c rt f t l p f a vR r rf i 17 I i el al sett 0 I 1 j y t r r D It r l MI t tp p y 1 t SILVER SERVICE tt I THE 5 CUP LIPTON UPTON a I r O 0 other foreigner who ha lifts No rom come to Ue thin Ihl to In win honors honor for himself an and 1 for hi hili hie fellow flo countrymen ha hu drawn drawns dr n nI s w I and nd TO sn largely on the god 0 will and sympathy of the th Amerl AmrI Amerlan an a as has haa gIr lr Ir Thomas Thom John Johnhn Mont hn Lipton Upton LIp Ion thrice Ih a plucky con lent 4 it t for the th coveted Americas Am sup aup N e that h has ha expressed a willing willingness c cau ness au ts nay na proclaimed prod aimed his hi ardent de Ie ilie to make a fourth venture linn tm 1111 In a bout boat I devised ed by b Fife his i n sportsmanship and ad ability to In take lak a view vi of hi his re rp reverses verses veree are r nil ell the more men end n nd his hIli reputation rut on this th I side ld Id of nf the Ih water tr Is le to expand to tIt even evenIe greater Ie tar proportions proportion Bash Fh time Sir Ir Themes Thoma Th ma has ban h sent rent a ays t ys ht to 10 America h he ha has bad the moat mat hiding i faith In her a as th the prospective winner There Th I is absolutely nothing et t 1 all in the Ih dark hint hints of hi his bill enemies Deml to 10 the Ih effect eel that he h la b I recompensed amply for tr all II hi hla trouble and aM a fl expense by the publicity which comes come to him from th the greet I International event fir Thomas Thoma In 15 I quite enough of a busl bui ul ulman MSS man to appreciate the value of o He lie u I th the sort of oC bI im ss man who ho would undertake a Ii aar arch ar Ih h for the to l ole north or south as aa best beet mulled lulled the occasion to advertise a 1 staple alpl article If It the fancy fan wised spied him Those p who whIt know him Intimately how hew hn over ever are re convinced beyond the shadow hado ot of a doubt that hoe lit til desire deIr deal to In lift the Americas Arica cup up Is la a passion free fr from Wary every sordid consideration from with tHe t lie Us has h proved t to be a gen genuine sportsman Each h time lime that h hIMS he ha IMS 1 met mAt with defeat he less has submitted I II with a r dv v acquiescence nul and I good nature that Ibal have captivated American and nd have ha assured him the warmest sort eort af of o welcome on oft this tha side 14 More adore than that It has grown to be the popular feeling that tt should h uld th the time ever r come com when the t stubbornly defended trophy must mut be glyen up It would be law leaa 1 humiliating to deliver It Into the possession of Mr Thomas than lo to 1 lose It In III any Dr other ether I way And Anti Sir fir Ir Thomas TM ha hea quite a as II IIAn pod good goodAn An opinion of oC IM WI us as l have v we w of 11 hint him Just Juan previous to wiling en as hl h last at attempt attempt tempt to 10 lift IUt the cup lie he It was visited on Oft onboard board bas his hs hi yacht the Erin by b a well known English artist who remarked to him By the way w Sir Thomas Th I t read clad MIlo a statement In a London peter the Ue other d day y something like Ilke this thin Sir Thomas Themes Lipton Upton will not brim back Leek the cup even fn It he to happens happen to 10 have the better yacht The American Alean will not allow 1101 him to win With them It Is III and al always ways way will be a case sae of ot win tie or What have ha you to say about bout that thai thaiL Look L ok here h replied Sir Thomas Themes em emphatically emphatically Id d sooner owner If It t f had my choke choice rare race f gainal America than with any an other nationality The mere tact fart of being a foreigner foner evokes Interest and lInd real sympathy In the American Am people Tiny They TI are the th best beet t sportsmen I have Mye ever met fair minded mInd square and just Jut to an mu Iota lots I have always alway found them Sir Indeed Quite Quit as generous Is to his him of o American women omen I l dont donl mind INI say saying N saying ing he declared positively po on a er certain urn tain occasion that I 1 think the th Amen Ameri American can ran women are tb lit the smartest martt and brain brainiest brainiest iest It women In the world and I dont Int t e t it b i I 1 r 7 I tf h l t Z J l 1 I iW I i 1 1 f f 0 V f I J 1 i I care rare who ho knows that I 1 think so no They The have tact and comprehension lon and M I 1 Ido Ido 1 do not wonder that thai they are appreciated wherever they go RO Yes Tes y the American woman has ham confidence In herself and recognises her ability to go BO where whre she pleases pl and do what she h i pleases The Th bet best of oC It U Is I she ahe exer exercise cise cia this Independence without losIng los losing ing an atom of her femininity I really do admire her Immensely Coming unsolicited from the lips of af a confirmed bachelor of fiftysix this Is to gallantry Indeed Sir Thomas means mynA every word of It HI Ills reverence for forthe forthe forthe the sex I le well 1 known and U It has hac con contributed contrIbuted contributed to the lofty social Octal position to which he has attained There Tha Is II no more mere welcome visitor I to te the bouse b bras of ot I the great geal than Ihan I this h same m Tom Up Lip Lipton Upton Upton ton captain of ot Industry and nd maker make of hi h his own fortunes though he h be and the splendid pl hospitality 11 I aUt which he h of offers offer fers fora In rut return urn Is I sought eagerly by those who Ihn were w born Mn la in the purple purI The Till story tor of ut th the early career earr of ot such sucha a man i Ia always Instructive and Interesting Inter Interesting esting and especially so 0 when related by lf This Thill Is I how he ha tells it itI ItI I 1 was ww w born In 1311 the th year that saw the Ih birth of the Itt Americas cup QUit and my birthplace WM was all Glasgow Soot Scot Scotland land Ian My father and anti mother had gone gen there some sense years yera before from the north of o Ireland Irland and nd my father had started d dall as all a dealer In In n II small u way wa I 1 WM was w MM is of three th children Ire lout but t tm my m brother brot and sister deter It never nver reached adult ago an dying when quite quits young Earns Ea HI First FINt Dollar Up to tile the ag age a of twelve I attended aU school chool and when hen I was waa old enough I 1 helped my lather father at al odd hours bou Then I wanted want to ta do 0 something for the lot family family 1 ly I and Induced my parent parents to allow me to leave I school and become a mes ma MD r for tor another shopkeeper I do elo MM net know kno and I cannot con COD conceive calve leve of at any aDY greater creator tr happiness than I 1 experienced ed at the th Hi end of my diet Int week work My I hour houra were w low laity aad nad my work wort hard for or so ao young a chap but t all 11 that was aa forgotten foot when whan 11 my m em r handed me m a dollar a as my m mI I I w Wf ek k wager wage w I ran ren with It home hems and nd gyte m It to In t my mother I I lied hud ether ambitions for mv my I family a as I grew older and n they Ute were w In I a ar great r I measure realised rf but I 1 do not that any ny of them ever gave me half hlf the Ih pleasure ar Sr halt bait f the Ih pride I felt feu over oa my mv tint first weeks w earnings rat ratI I remained ml with the merchant for a comparatively short Mm time tt and an did more mo because 1 could attend nig night class clau than Ihan anything el sloe I 1 dated them th the dnn of ot a 11 good goad education as aK I 1 do now and anCI every v spare hour I 1 had bad I J spent pent In lit study al Besides Resides I already I y had bad begun 1 to took halo I about bout me ma m send and nd I realised nell that In le I this tl country nver here her In America there t were Wf opportunities for fin finI men twee and andI I wanted to 10 try them Game Coa t to is In It ItI e eI I 1 came rami am to tn America at the tM aare sae of crt twelve and nd I 1 was a steerage lit pas paa r I 1 had h very vr little enough h to t get I me m across a and aa then to tota take lake ta me to tt t Charleston f C O There Th In Inis is about me m for an opportunity for tor work week I 1 heard arel of the tile rice etc gelds and ad after arl a time Um I 1 secured a position p lon with the owner of ono one of them I 1 was waa not a laborer a p as has ha been stated but more on of f an accountant and later an t tt Mt sat t manager r 1 I o ed heed hard sad and alter at several WIlli years year tiara when nearing Marine ra my m ma me majority I returned home bona with money In my m pockets t to neja stage e In the tb beaus u as my III tether father had hail hadA hailA haddens dens hOre mr mrA A an If Advertiser A vett Questioned a as to hi his 1110 experience asan as asan an advertiser fir I Thomas chuckled softly and nd replied 0 I tried hundred hundreds of schemes one erne of these there Ih was by placing cleverly drawn dran cartoons cartoon na In my windows window touching touch touching ing I upon popular events ente or of 01 a hu moron morou character One Ose of 0 these tb I III recall re recall call II now no was p a picture representing two men mn one on very vry stout lout and the other ether very WF thin The lean In man had bed a s legend Tm going to Upton th toe the tout man mana was Wa a supposed to be he saying eating I 1 I I am ant a lust Jut from Upton Lipton Another wa was finding a drove of hog hoc the foe streets with stem agu saying they were wese intended bit for fed Lin Up Linton Upton ton It attracted attention t but t was waa never W ted The Th authorities authorise thought bought that was wan a little tnt Ina much muchAs muchA muchAs As A He U II Wow Now F Thomas TIk ls a sort lIrt of nt Eft nh nt till which the hr bc h r rolls roils low and nd free me He li II I Isn III Ise sn se n Intense human specimen of nf man mankind mankind kind fond of creature comfort end and Impatient of t restraint Int although he b bm seems ems m to I bo be I a absolutely absolute without tin U tl lo to n overstep nt the lh hounds bound of fit rigid He lie H about ith him an nn sir air of rather rath Becoming self It ap appreciation p but bUI It II I t is entirely Inoffensive Inoff rive sive He HI la is I big III hearted rt to the theo verge of extravagance tran persistent In the ac as accomplishment a arom rom of 01 hi hl his purpose In n physique without being I until he h I Im a UH stint in tolerant to 0 n degree free and aad the lh master of a that adds cI greatly In hi personal charm For or the ret rest he h I is a till tall man and Inet built HI Hl eyes ate are very WI bright md end of ot a genuine lush Irish blue bill They Th have havethe ha halit havethe the lit rare fashion of seeming seaming ml to be bP merry merr merryen rn en n when th the subject of ot Is I markedly serious His face Is I lined with the Ih furrows furrow which appear to tn h have rome om from habitual miler I sad and hi hie I complexion Ia a i still Mill trash fresh without twine Ming ruddy Th The n Cup Cu CuTh x The Th history of 1 the tb Am cup I r known tn ta all those th who are a devoted deleted ew to tn r yachting and Its records ord but for hr the tb benefit nf of those th who are er lea tew wise e In la turn urh matters the tI following l brief brIf ac account count oun of fir th the origin of f the f b hens n of tt friendly contention may m prove e to tt be worth worl h while hll When the great t Industrial capet epo poel lion w we held in London In la int tUt one 0 of ot the lb attractions attraction planned by b Us Its pro pm promoters watt Was a yacht y rein r cn open on to craft from every part pari of set the world Eng En nh merchants and member of the nl n nr n who ho had the Stat and had bad admires admire I th the pilot hints b at nf set N w n York ork and th lh manner In which they Ih were WU hn han 1 wrote rota in to n their friends friend hero here h urging i to I rind over ovar one on of the pilot i b o sail In la lathe inthe the th great t International i a There Th was at the Ih limp Unit only one ens 1 yacht club the New York Turk and when hM ft the t matter was waa w brought before its t members be It p wa wu determined that America C should be represented not by y a pilot palO boat bunt but by b a lid built especially for fr th the purpose i L schuyler chuyler atilt and John Jaha C fit u the th Ih two foremost f moal sportsmen of nf New Nt York Toik volunteered to supply apply the t funds mid nd superintend the Ih boats bosts construction The Tb designing dI of f the th yacht ch I was ai II given Into the tit hands of George the h ht bet beet t designer In America and net the boat bent Ito l lw wa was w built at t the Ih yard of 01 William H Brown at the foot of Twelfth street Bast river New York The Th challenger which wa was christened the th America wa was aa J of the th schooner type toot feet I hug Ion from fn m stem Im to tIt tem stern eighty t toot foot keel feet drew eleven foot fist of water measured m IT no ton tea t tand and root cot The Th America was wag w the first fIt yacht FAt to MOA crow the Atlantic In either direction dl There Thera were w entries In bI the therace thera lb rare race ra which was waa w around the Ito Isle of Wight nautical tl muse m Th American raft craft won was w the victory al although alth although th though It was waa not known lIon In I America 1 for two weeks Thus Thu Th the th cup up became camp the property pr perly of the tie America ow nw rS rt I It At t fret first they the thought of molting melting it and making m hing 1 medal for th the the ahr rF holders but It II was not carried t i I enact effect act Several vera year yeah afterward 1187 1007 It was wu declared to be an as lit Int national trophy and aDd given to the tb Nt tole Nev York Yacht club for safe eat keeping It was w eighteen t years year ra before British yachtsmen made mad any effort to 0 re recapture recapture capture It U Th The first challenger r sent over 0 was the Cambria owned by b bJ Jame J Ho He 11 haled failed to get pt It k v vand sad and every ancy au trial ha has failed faitH to secure It |
