Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-11-23
THE AMERICAS CUP.

Dunraven,s Letter and the Reply of
the Committee of the New York
Yacht CIub-Litile Change Neces-
sary for the Race.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-The letter from
Lord Dunraven relative to a challenge for
the Americas cup, read before the mem
bers of the New York Yacht club special
committee last night and approved, was
made public to-day by ex-Commodore
James D. Smith, one of the committee of
five appointed to arrange the preliminaries
for match with the earl. The letter
reads as follows:
GALMoRGAN, Nov. z, 1892.
Sir-I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the Goth of
October, containing the reply of your COM
mittee to my letter of the 10th of Septem-
Der. On the general terms of the races we
seem to be at one. With regard to your
remark that Gas to the details of sailing
the match alluded to in your letter, we
think they can be easily arranged after a
challenge has been made in proper form
by qualified yacht olub,"I take it that
the details would be arranged within the
propositions made in former letters.
With regard to your proviso chat no
yhCub VI IuC bpcCluco cllueT uOW
listing or under construction" 1 am quite
Agreeable to sail any such yacht without
any penalty beyond taking or giving the
ordinary trial allowances, according to the
New York Yacht clubs rules, and as my
letter appears to have been ambiguous ON
this point, 1 may say it was under that
rule of measurement and scale of time al
lowance that proposed the match should
be sailed.
In 1889 suggested that in calculating
time allowance the mean of the rules in
use by the challenging and the challenged
clubs should be taken, but the committee
did not then see their way to agree, and
have no wish to reopen the question.
In respect to the final clause of your let
ter I stipulated that ''should win the cup,
the club containing the custody of 1t
should hold it open to challenge on the
same conditions as those under which
challenged" To this 1 adhere, being
only in accordance with my own ideas of
fair play, and no yacht club would place
itself in the position of having the power
to expect, or of appearing to expect us. the
party challenged, to terms different to
those under which it challenged. But feel
ing that your committee with, I am sure,
equal faith, believe in the absolute fair
ness of the conditions laid down in the
deed of 1887, had no intention Of barring
challenge under these conditions.
To make this perfectly clear 1 am quite
willing to substitute for my former stipu-
lations, SIT is to be understood and agreed
that should 1 win the cup the club obtain
ing the custody of it should hold it subject
to a challenge ON precisely similar terms to
those under which challenged, provided,
always, that the club shall not refuse
challenge in accordance with the conditions
laid down in the deed of 1887, and is at
liberty to make any arrangement mutually
agreed upon, as provided for in the deeds
of 1857, 1882 and 1887"
1 trust that no difference now exists be-
tween us, and on your cabling me that a
challenge on the terms of my former letter,
as herein modified, will be accepted, l
shall at once endeavor to arrange for a
formal challenge being sent through a
qualified yacht club.
remain your faithfully,
DUNRAvEN.
The committee decided to send the fol-
lowing reply: eff all reference to former
and absolute deeds is omitted, the PROPOSE
ton in your letter of the 18th OF November
will be satisfactory to the committee and
will recommend the New York Yacht club
to accept. (Signed) PAINE"
Elk Commodore Smith said: 'It looks as
if there will be race. 1 think that Lord
Dunraven wants to catch us mapping on
some little legal question when he quotes
portions of the obsolete deed. The New
York Yacht club is perfectly willing to
challenge for the cup under the same con-
ditions that Lord Dunraven wins it, if he
happens to race for and win it. We might
even grant him extra concessions now,
provided he accepts challenge under the
deed of 1897"
LONDON, Nov. 23-Lord Dunrsven who
has just come to town, has received a
press representative tonight. When
asked about the reply of the New York
Yacht club to his letter setting
forth the terms on which he
would agree to race for the
Americas cup Lord Dunraven said: 81
know nothing of the reply of the New
York club. 1 have received no word yet,
though expected to hear from the New
York club before now. The position,
therefore, remains unchanged. 1 have
nothing further to impart."