Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-07-10
aThe Dan Rhodes and the Yaehr,.,,

EDIroR LEADER The Secretary of the
Ivanhoe Boat Club published in the Pl4in Dsa-
icr of the sth inst, an article, in which he says
the statement in the Morning Leader, of the
same date, under the above head, &" is SO entire
ly false in all its statements, &c, as to need
reply from the Club, and then proceeds to give
one. He says
The {" Dan Rhodes - was chartered by the
Iyanhoe Club some days previous to the 5th,
for the of the Club and their friends, to fol-
low the Yachts through the Regatta. 1t was
at their request that the tug towed in the 'Chai-
lenge after she was dismasted, and 1t was not
expected that the crew would express their
thanks - privately or publicly for the assist-
ance rendered.
That paragraph was the first information |
had that the party on the Rhodes was the Ivan
hoe Boat Club or any part of it. l supposed 1t
to be party who wished to see the race with
out being particularly interested in any one Of
the boats, and consequently that any service 1
rendered the boats, the owners of them and not
the party on the Rhodes should pay me, or at
least thank me for, and the conclusion of the
above paragraph is an indirect admission that
my first statement so far from being entirely
false was entirely correct.
The next statement in the article was as fol-
lows:
The Collins caPsized, and Capt G. ran down
70 the wreck. which was IN muddy water and
breakers, as soon as possible, and the men cling
ing 70 it clambeEed aboard the tug when she got
near enough, apparently right giad to escape
with their lives, and without asking to make the
wreck fast before leaving it.
In an article in the Leader of the 9Th over the
signature of "The Crew OF the Yacht Club, -
they say;
The crew of the Collins did not leave her with
out thinking Of attaching a line to her, but sup
posed that time would be given them aferreaeh-
ing the tugs deck aud divesting themselves OF
the ropes which encountered them, 10 make
proper arrangements for towing in the yacht.
Whatever they may have thought about it, il
is certain they did not ask for anything mOr'
than to be helped off the capsi1ed boat as thel
here indirectly acknowledge, and thus indiree.
y acknowledge that statement entirely coHec
instead of entirely false.
That it was not prudent 10 attempt more thai
was done is acknowledged by the Secretary 0
the L B. c. in his article in the Plain Dealer.
The statement that received personal abus
from some of the crew of the Collins is aekno vi
edged in the conclusion of their own article /
the Leader ofthe 9Th, which expressly says:
He was reproached for his cowardice az man
ifested in his unwillingne IS to go to the rescue
of the crew.
Justice requires me 70 make one more extrac
from the article oftf.e Secretary of the l. B. C
and few words of reply to it. He says;
We don't know who the "reliable and disin
teresied gentleman" is that makes the ssatemen
in the Leader, but are of the opinion he is YER
much Interested in In tug and wishes 10 Great
feeling sympathy 70 Capt. GreenhAlgh.
That gentleman as not q particle of interes
in the tug, direct az indirect, and is almost a
entire stranger to me, and all the statement h
m'de, was made TO you at my request, he think
ing, as did, thJt the leas: the owners or crew
of the un' .ncky boats could with propriety dt
would b. to thank me for assisting them in the
trouble, not suPpOsing that those on the tn
had my more interest in the matter than he ha,
An here let me add, that this opinion on m
an, was the real cause of my statement to yol
and of my calling on him to corrobOrate it 1
( far as he WIS knowing to the circumstances.
JOSEPH GREENHALGH,
of the "Dan RHODES"