New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-29
rs IT VALKYRIE's FAULTf
WAS HER sLowNEss THE REAL Diff.
GUILTY?
At OFFICIAL NOTION rnAT THE puNRAvEN

At OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT THE DUNhAVEN
cuA1nEseE cASsor BE CONFIRMED.
Ths Americas Cup Committee Of the New'fors
Yacht Club has at last received an official communi
cation from the Royal Yacht Squadron OF Great
Britain and all hope Of an International yacht race
this year sooms TO be snufed out Early YESTERDAY
Secretary j. " s. Oddc. Of the NewYork Yacht CLUB.
received q cable message reading as follows
Cowes Isle Of Wight June %. 1850.
Committee regret cannot confirm eha'ense. be''~
fo,lows GRANT Secretary Royal Yacht Squadron.
Mr. oddie at onco tooh he message to the ohice
OF ex.Commodore James D. Smith, the chairman OF
the committee, and It's substance was TRANSMITTED oy
messenger to the members OF the committee who "ere
In town and by wire 10 Commodore EiDriogc 1.
Gerry and Secretary J. Frederic Tsms, who were IN
the country. Commodore Smith had received et
tar from General Paine few moments before mo
Dsws arrived in which the patriotic cup-defendor
asked for the latest developments. Mr.. Smith, haf
I'm sorrow half IN disgust teeuaphed 70 the General
the text of the cable message and added tho "orus'
Means no race, Think
After the Associated Press dispatch OF TuesoaJ
night giving the result of the Yacht squadrons DO
liberatiops the announcement from Secretary Grant
created little SURPRISE but cnchcd the feeling OF DIS
appointment which was prevalent The Promneho
yachtsmen here, such as George L. Schuyler j. " ..
Oddie and F. W. j. Hurst, reiterated their sentiments
expressed whom the first dispatch arrived j. Beavor
Webb who had doubted the truth OF Tuesdays 70
port was yesterday less sceptical, but had nothing
to say. Tho feelings Of many yachtsmfn are echoed
In the voice of one Of the NcwYork Yacht Clubs
officers who said yesterday morning:
aThere can be no doubt that the Royal Yacht
sauadron's Committee held no meeting to discuss the
conditions a for full month after tho decd
Gift question referred to them. In tho mean.
time they watched the valkyre's performances. ana
as her racing qualities became moro and more con-
spicuous by their absence the committee approached
their readiness to take action. Last Monday IN the
Mersey races at Liverpool, the Valkyr!e was again
fairly squarely and dsastrously beaten by the faraha
and Trek and that settled II. The committee met OH
Tuesday and fixed UP plausible excuse for refusing
TO confirm the challenge What such actiohs mean III
the consideration of sportsmen l peed not say "
American lovers Of yachting"
ExCOmmodore Smith asked whether. IN MS
opinion the Endorsement Of the challenge by any ohr
British yacht club would be accepted by the New ork
Club He replied II the supremacy OF The h"yH
Yacht Squadron DO considered as far as It's dc'suoh
of opinion In yachting affairs IS concerned cannot
be looked upon probable that any other yacht CRUZ
w take upon itself to offer its auspices to Dunravcn
especaliy when Il IS remembered that the Prince OF
wales Is On the committee which refused 10 confirm
the challenge No yacht club would dare TO oppose
the opinion OF His Royal Ushness. But even II this
Werc moi So daresay that the Ncw-iork Yacht Cup
would mako no more concessions, cno" I" wa a'J b.re
Welded tho ten months CLAUSE, have accepteu sA
months notice. and do not think We would conSidor
a notice now Of only threc months" 49,,
The committee will not meet to discuss the situation
until the letters arrive from Secretary Grant. They
are probably not due until the middle OF next wech
In the meantime the Americas Cup races must he
considered off and substitute for all the glonss OF an
intern contest this year must he looked for IN
the Paine Cup series at Marblehead or Newport