New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-03
HAS THE EARL DECLINED ?
THAT RIGID DEED OF GIFT AGAIN!
kxNEEAL BELIEF THAT THE AMERICAS 'of
WILL YET BE SAILED Fon BIZ
THE vAIKYRIE

Thu r,mor that the Earl of Dunraven wouid MOI
eocpt tho conditions Of the Americas Cup races SUI
plttod by tho New-York Yacht Clubs oomm.ee W.
AVE thrown dampcr on the enthusiasts 80 :,
II the contest he'd It boon generaily o1oo -
g. only few yschtsmen give the story osodo,oo' ,
verifcstion IN tho form OF commune 49,, nor,d
,hslenssr himself is the only sreumu' u~s w..
,h,ne. tber ytevs Such . letter is now ABOUT uuo'
MT h.. mt arrived James ID. Smith, tho chSH"a'
n thu Americas Cup Committee looks upon .no ,u"o'
u idle gossip, entirely inconsistent WIN 'no 60 -,
etter to 1Londoo Field" in which nc oeciarod us
willingness to sail any American Saeh'' II" ""'"'
Ebat hsr size - A..
.uen,., Increasing tho number OF races from three
N i've and agreeing to sail all OF thon on tno out
dds course The only cOndiiio ion proposed oy inc har
md refused BY the committee was tho eugsesuon ina
Ma eomputatIon for hme- allowance should Dc psseo
N thu mean between English Yacht Racing Association
and Nsv.York Yacht Club rules. This demand could
not we'll be reconcled with the requirements OF tne
ised Of Gift and the committee expressed their reGre'
n not being able to grant the request Inc btll'sn
,s takes into account both waterline length ana SAL
area 40 does the New.iork ruie' Out III
aerent way Tho ratings of the vessels under BRUSH
rules would be smaller than under Ne~'l"A ru''''
though the actual differences In hnGth "oo'u W
oesriy the same. But on the basis that nihe'ee.
loot boat gets more allowance from twenty ZOO.
ma. than ons OF sixty nino feet does from one OF
,sventv feet though the actual difference In iensth
4. thu same the Valkyrie under British rules, "ouiu
,,,, n,nute over forty -mile course. II the moan
Of the two systems employed the Vakyrie "ou'u
stal have half minute advantage lhousn tni' =,
somethlng, Of course. set 1t can hardly DO oo"o
that so sportsmanliko a man as the challenger "oui
,I,ow n comparative trlfe TO interrupt the Arrange
ments for the races.
Tha Valkyrie, as message By caDle ahno"i'so
restcrday was successfully launched at south@np''
and looks highly promising. The Ne"-forA isH
Clnb people have received an intmaaoh Oh eo'
authority that her length over all will be much ia,sc.
than has been supposed. II has even been sdiu '"
h.r greatest length Is as much as nlne'y-lour ioo
II This De true the new yacht IS not to De
with any OF Americas present seventy-foo'ers' Eve
%. ,.r,.s, ~ the home feet Is not less than seven
tact smaller over al than the British yach'' n'r
measurement OF ninety .fIar feet &c coTe'.
vaIkyrte will be fully as good boat as 'i'o i'''
and possibly will carry more sail.
Hr.commodorc james d. Smith has received as
the first entry for the Americas Cup uiai races 'N'
Ecdouin owned by Archibald Rogers. Ids oelenuei'
n selected would hardly be satisfactory. hG%e'o, !,
Ne she Is an English cutter. built rom oeslSns w w
John Harvey. The Titsnia. Katrina ana ehSiD, Vo,
them lifted up so as So bring out their peg. d,n
M osieiA entry has however. been made 70 o"'o'
The Yachtsman- for this week pnolishe. on en-,
craving from photograph o, rhe 'n nn VI Ro
ion The design Is mad" with view 70 era, sa
carving capacity, and having large lateral pau"
n Should hold on we'll to windwar Inc onemH ,
are follows lonGth over all: III te' I Tss, With
.ne mar Ssntre-board: displacement. about so tons
She is to be built of steel or composite