Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-12
THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
But the Yacht TO Meet the Valkyrie Is
Not Yet Selected.

From the New York Times To-day.
The New York yacht club held a meeting
last night at the clubhouse, 81 Madison ave-
nue., and accepted the challenge of the Royal
yacht squadron of England to a match for the
Americas cup. The committee appointed last
week to consider the challenge reported in
favor of its acceptance, and the members with
out much debate voted to accept it. Mr.. Philip
Schuyler was placed on the committee in the
place of Mr.. Ogden Goelet. who is south in his
schooner yacht Norseman, and the committee
was given power TO arrange the details of the
race.
The committee will hereafter be known as
the cup committee. Its members are James ID.
Smith, chairman; Rutherford Stuyvesant. VIM.
krebs j. II. Busk Philip Schuyler, J. f. Tarns,
Gouverneur kortright. and the flag officers Of
the club, who are ex-officio members. These
gentlemen held an informal meeting after the
special club meeting had adjourned, but they
accomplished nothing in the way of arranging
the details of the race. They will meet again
to-day and continue TO meet until they agree
upon boat to meet the Ealkyrie and decide
upon their course in relation to the suggestions
made by the Earl of Dunraven. The action of
the New York yacht club was cabled 10 the
secretary of the Royal yacht squadron last
night by Secretary J. V. s. Oddie Among
those who attended the meeting was Gen. {. J.
Paine, of Boston. owner of the Volunteer.
ONLY PRELIMISARIEs DISCUSSED.
The New York Herald SAYS:
The result. of this, the first meeting was not
diyulged. 1t is presumed that only pre-
lminaries We're discussed. As was said i'm the
Herald of yesterday. the selection of a yacht TO
sail against the Nalkyrie is question TO be de-
cided hereafter. But what will be done
eventually is probably this ANY enterprising
gentlemen DESTROYS of covering themselves
with glory may order seyenty-foOters TO COM
pete with the Valkyrie. They will have an OPP
portunity of trial races TO test their speed. but
unless they beat the Volunteer there is little
chance of their being chosen to defend the
Americas cup.
This Is by no means official. No conclusion
of the kind was come TO last night, but there is
such an overwhelming feeling that the
Americas cup should be defended by our fast
est yacht that any other decision may be looked
upon as highly improbable.
The New York yacht club looks upon the
Americas cup as the emblem of the worlds
yachting supremacy, and they will not allow
any other than our very finest and speediest
boat TO defend ii.
Nothing but the kindest and most compli-
mentary words were said about the challenge
Of course il was a matter OF regret that he had
not challenged with yacht of about the same
dimensions as the Volunteer. but as he has
elected to try for it with a seventy-footer he
must accept the inevitable. The earl of Dun
raven will find plenty of American yachtsmen
who will be delighted to enter their seventy
footers against him after the Americas cup has
been sailed for, but unless the sentiment of
the New York yacht club changes very much
he will have TO try conclusions for that great
trophy with the vanquisher of the Thistle.