According to the gossip of those who were At Hand tv ion, one of the men who was here with the Oxford and Cambridge Society's team said in the smoking room one night, in a sneering manner, that if the oup went to the United States the Englishmen would never be able to see it again.*1 don’t know was the rejoinder of W. W. Burton, “we hare taken good care of the America’s Cup. and it is always on view.As an outcome of the chan that followed. Burton felt Impelled to accept all the wagers against Travis winning that were offered to him by the Britishers. Before they were bet to a standstill, as the racing men say, Burton had both of his cuffs scribbled over with penciled memoranda of the wagers, and his winnings were close to 13,000.