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Show L Iffi MI Of II AMERICA'S (jfc It Is Worth About 5 as Old Silver, But Millions Have Been Spent to Win It. Tilt ' merlca cup " or to speak mora accurate!) the Hundred Guinea Cup li nt TlfTan In Sew iork Million! of dollnra hate been spent during the autumn In Die couteet for Ita kihi Ion and thin fart furnishes a strange noma!) fur Hit- oup la not Intrinsic nil) tattinhl If It could tell lla own itorjr. it wouM liao something Ilka the following to HA) ' hen Sir Tliomaa Upton the tea man trlrl to win tno uway from tht te United State, It will bo tha truth W tlmo an effort of that kind haa been JB made In fort eight years It seems jf that t am aa desirable to sportsmen ni the golden fleece wss to the rgunauts. Hleton tlmrw tno uatloua hate been : i wildly excKed ntor Ihcao couleata ' which hair rout enough to build a de cent naty for each one of them j "And what la It all about I am only ' n little old misshapen allter mug of no particular design and ao out of data nnd commonplace that a Drat iIih ; ( Jeweler In these dnya would be aanam- i el to confea me aa hl workmanship The bottom la out ot me my carting k:, li Inferior an I If melted down I uotill ha rorth Jmt $75 A Junk deiler - would think bird before offering that " ' V tint hi the world am I that you ahould make eo murh fuss otrr me ' ltenlly t frel quite bored oer alt thin ntteutlon for In rontldence 1 tun of no talue at all and my career haa bien quiet I waa made b) It i R (Jerard, on I'anton street lindon on n hurrj order when the yucht morI- ca cume otor In 1J51 mi I beat our 1 1 ngllsh regatta at Covin I waa nat n celebrated firm und the workmen only ordlnnr) Ono of them aall ha thought I ougqt to he faihloned In tho Myle of Henry II and anuther thought a Heury III deJgn more aultnble so I am a aort of mlxturo I had no Idea that I ahould become hii lulernatlnnat prize thou nor did the men who or , dire-d mo dream ot m comln; Impnrt nnce a matter of fact the r m re , roceltrd Just $.25 for me and now I ould he duplicated for $IC0 'I weigh 131 ounce am 27 Inches u' tall measure 30 Inches around the i waist and 21 at the base 1 he decora " tlve work on me Is tery simple hut I !? pride myself that my lines have an tf aristocratic appearance ni) lip Is cer p talnly uirted graceful!) and m) necl. k beautiful One thine more Many call me the Queens oup becatiae I was , bought by the committee of the Itoyal jacht squadron but thla Is wrong for 1 when the gentlemen took me oft tho belt In Gerard s office I distinctly heard them aay, "Thla la to be known us the hundred guinea, cup' and that a what I used to be called on both aides ' Nevertheless thousands of parsons from all over America will come to New Wk shortly, and, standing ba tore the Tiffany window on Broadway, gate at thla mug long and deferentially (or, attar all, It Is the most hlatsrlc -S trvpaj of Its Up existence, and haa coil ao murh uiuiiey that H glres your ordinary American a thrill to think of It Surh enormous sums hare certainly iisrer been epent liefore on a Ilka ob Jet A member of tha New York Taoht club In looking over the Inscriptions oa the cup the other day to refresh hla rsmlulsceuces of the bygone con teats figured roughly that the Pngltah men had spent In tha neighborhood of $1000 000 In belnlf of this trophy, and the Kmerlons proliabl) n little more owing to the expenses Incident to tho trial races This of course Include only the mono spent In striving for li t defenllng the cup When )ou tig ure on the expense of the public In wit uesalng and betting on the race an approximate ostlmite la Impossible The rliAllensers find n heaty expense In rigging their veiuel tor sea travel Thla la eenentlil owing to the condl tlona lal I down by (leorge U Schu)ler, who re dee lei tho cup to the N v l. C In iss: Owing to the present an I lncre,i Ing site of oci-an steamers" ssld Mr Schuyler It would be qulto feasible for an American Kngllaii or Trench club to transport on their decks )achts uf large tonnage this might be atall rd of In aurh a way that tho match woull not be a test of aea going qual lllm at well as ttpeed which would essentially detract from tha Intereat I of a national competition Mr Schti)Icr therefore Inserted this I clause In the deed Vessels Intending to compete for this cup must proceed under sail on their own bottoms to the port where the contest Is to tnko place " The only thing about the cup Itself however, that tells of these millions spent on account ot It are the Inscrlp Units, cartel In different styles and t pe In looklag luck lift) years the brlet legends Inspire nwe In the heart of the veteran yarhtsmsn They tell lilm at one struggle after another when the countr) waa all In a flutter over the approach ot a challenger, and when It seemed sure that Yankee supremacy su-premacy on the water woul 1 he snatch ed awa) by the Urltlsher On each oe caalon the result of the contests has been the same The nearest that the game challeugera lute cter been to the cup la to look at It In Tiffany a window, or perchance view It on the banquet tables of the New ork Yacht club house Tlffan) Is uow concerned aa to where he will carvo these Inscriptions There la only one small panal below the six large shields about the body ot the cup that la not tilled On these shield Is told the story of the trophy And tha narrative haa taken all the space available avail-able there for the Inscriptions, alao on the panar underneath with the exception excep-tion ot one, leaving Just enough room to contain the aocount ot this years race shouM there bo mora than two That n imber can be crowded In and ait 1 1 1 leave space for another con teat More than that will fill the cup Ot all the chillengers the moat per alstcnt have been James Ashbury and ljrd Dunraven Sir Thomas Upton has been quote,! as vowlug his Intention Inten-tion to win this cup If he spends his entire fortune In the attempt l'ach year the enleavor leeomes more costly Mr Ashbury delcrmlaed to have a try for the cup In ISM when his vesssl the Cambria beat the Sappho around tha Isle of Ight but he did not get the match arrange I until two years la ter It cost him 110 000 to build the Cambria and ot the fourteen American yachta which raced her the Magic won She stood her owners $15000 Twenty thousand spectators, wltnesiel the first of these races an I lota of money was lost on the Cambria which had been loudly heralded Other rarea were run at Newport anl It was sufficiently di monetraled that the rngllsh boat waa outclissnl Nothing daunts) the Lngllshmen made an expedition lbs next year In quest of tha cup with the I Ivonln lie spent HO 000 nn her I-rauklln Osgood put $J5 000 In the Co lunibla whli h waa selected to meet the challenger and she won two races On the third she lost her flying Jib stay nnd finally her alecrlng gear broke, compelling the crew to tnke In her main sail Kten with this gig the II-vonla II-vonla beat her onl) by fifteen mlnutea nn I ten seconds Tho Sappho built at a cost of $10 000 then took the Colttm hla a place an I proceede I to clinch our hold on the up Mr Ashbury wanted to take It willy nlll) however nnd clalmel the trophy oil the following basis The second race beatio the Columbia went on wrong slle of the atnke boat the third race when U-tonla U-tonla beat Columbia nnd the sixth Wytf .ORP WNKAVCN JPie.K.PUNT fAOttft "C OLIVER litem. the EicpTy W&M&P '.'ii?-wPv 'f lliK' VMi:niCVCUIV'8IHTIIOMV3LIPTON, .n SOMK OP TUB JIBS WHO HAVE n TTM1) TOIt TUB UtOi'llY IN TUB PAST and setcnth races I ecause no boat was on haud to meet the Utonln He accused ac-cused the club of unf ilr treatment and left with unpleasant memories In lilt tho Cnnadlana tried conclusions conclu-sions with tha Countesa of DuRerln, which cost 116 000 and the Madeleine a HO 000 yacht took care of her Klvo years then elapsed when the Atlanta came down through the Brie canal and met the Mischief got It, too The formor cost US 000 and the latter cost $30 000 The jiar UI6 was a gala year for racing The Fngllsh deterrali td that they would get back the old mug that foe )eara had been resting In Tiffany a vaulla entered with cement and acquiring ac-quiring age and dignity Sir Illchard Mutton sent $J-.(mo on billdlng the Oenesta un, Ueut V Httnn about $10 000 less on the Oalatea The former for-mer came over first To meet her Jamea Oordnn Dentist and William r Douglsa flag offlcera of the N Y Y C gave ordere to A Cary Smith to build the I'rlaollla at an expense of $36 600 At the same time Doston yachtames were aroused to tha task and hnadel by Gen Talne, they turned out the orack Puritan She represented UW 000 and walked away from the Ooa esta Ueut Henn next year brought over his cutter, and the Iloatonlans agate took the lend and built the Mayflowir for 1-0 Tl e Sew Yorkers spent a like an tut nn lha Mlantle and tho Prlsellla and lurltan coat $10 000 each as trial )r Yacht ra ng by thla time la heoom Ing m e expensive and we find Messrs i srk and I It! I spending $M-000 $M-000 in " to win back this old piece of alive ware Hut the Thistle Is beat en by He olunteer which cost her owners $ ooii and the Unions were so much lis ouragel that they let -lx yenns elaj before bating anoiher try for the ip In tsis eame lord Dun raven a hallenger an I four hoit ware bu t on this si lr to nun! lha mug II ioit furnlshe the Jubilee and Pilgrim costing reetlely $M-000 $M-000 and $10 000 while ( Oliver Iselln and other sw orders Invested $1-000 $1-000 In the Mgllant anl M00 on tha Colonla The VUllant s extra externa waa due greatly to her brume bottom The Valkvrle stool Duuraten $71000 Tha trophy Is kept In a Urgo vault year In anl year out ami only removed remov-ed on great occasions to the club house where It Is taken with solemn pomp It Is regarded as mi Immense ly preHmu b) the members that lo speak ot It as an old mua they con aider rank desecration So more will they allow It to be handled and ao It was only I) heme a few )cara ago that the cup was llecovered lo lie hoi tomleM The -immodore -e a mighty htinor lo a llrltleh guest order I lha steward lo fill It with wine lo drink to the foreigners health The steward cracked the I tle but lo and behnll the wine Rushed out tho other en I much to et enures nnuxeninnt anl oterflowi-d man) an etenlng drexi So one had dared Wore to turn the bot (mil up or the) would hate seen that the bise wbl h unscrews has n liolo three Inches In diameter Cither lb" Bngllah slU-ntmlihe intendM it this way or did not have time to it In n bottom ROYALTY TRAVELS INCOONITO Hum of tlie tll.i. lr H I Icli I re l Of ll-Kk tt. liMIMK II has become the habit of people ot distinction in Burope to tratel tinder assumed names In order that the) may avoid runspli iioueneea whlrh at times becomes annoying Their custom Is to adopt for the time being smh a t tie aa the) may select of a lower rank than thai whl h by birth they hata the right to hold Queen Iclorla takes I her Incognito title from her favorite I realflejice As ennntesa of llalmnral aim fltiw tlslis the sunny shore of h'ranc&fach )fr llmhtlasa the many railp)Tetr(lletlniie conne ted with her Scottish linm- lafluenret her decision In the matter for eter slme 1S7I ah" haa assumed the style of the chatelaine ot Ilalmaral when ubrosl before, that date ahe traveled aa the countess if lOnt which Mile the duchess of I'd In liurgh since lsli baa occasionally is sumel when la V.ngland The prince of Wales haa levaral Incognito titles the enrl of Cluster belug erhspa tha one hiisesjiuutjicqenlly He haa sometime traveled as duke ot Corn iwall, l"arl Ciirrlik and Ilaron Itenfrew 'Princess llenlrlce takes the title ot I ad) Carlslirooke since her appoint ment as governor of the Isle of Wight on the ill nth ot her husband There Is Infinite pathos In the sight of a re fined looking end fared woman who moves quietly about Parts during her frequent tlslis cla I In tho black, trait ling robea whlrh show that ahe Is H widow and hereatel mother This Is the Countess de Plcrrefnnda who aa sttmea the title aa her Incognito, but whom the world know heat as Bu genie ex empress of the Trench Queen Natalie of Rervla la never so well pleased aa when she throw a oft her rojal titles for a while and assumes cne ot tho many appellations of lower rank to which she Is entitled Die king of tho Hellions tratela na Count nitcnsteln, Intarlahly putting up at his hotel In Pirla with far less bustle than that which the arrival of an or-dinar) or-dinar) foreign count would entail Die king of Sweden trntels aa Count d lluta It waa under thla title that he stayed at Cannes last spring Tho pre cnt tir and czarina have neter tt tratelel Incognito |