The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-09
AEERIcAxs HArE BEEx ram.
Ths Louao. Yaehti.e woris Says thst
Lera Drnraven shosla ne satIsned.

TIE London YaehtinG Woris Says thst
Lsra D--r.vsn shouis he Satisfied.
The Yachting World Of London. one Of the
most Influential yachting papers in Great Brit
ain. In commenting on the Americas Cup Com
mittee's concessions IN Lord Dunraven, says:
"The changes for which Lord Dunrsven asked
IN this conditions for Americas Cup cannot,
looking At them from either point Of view, be
considered eIactine. Under the rules as they
stood II was almost impossible for a yacht de-
signed in this country TO be successful. and rec
ognizins this disadvantage was II worth while
TO challenge at all7 II the Cup is 80 hedged
round with restrictions that II can only be Sc
cured by accident, II is plain that the contest 4.
not on equal terms. Undoubtedly the challenger
IL heavily handicapped by having to name his
boat before che Is launched. She may be the
speediest or she may be the slowest Of her sea-
son. II she IL the latter, as has occasionally
happened, II Is an act Of folly 10 take her across
the Atlantic.
"If the Americans really want 10 encounter q
representative British yacht they can hardly
object to the seventh OF Lord Dunraven's pro-
posals. This clause il TO the effect that the
challenger shall have the right to select his ves-
sci after the trial races. The Americans claim
this privilege for themselves obviously with =
view to he represented by their best boat. BY
glvin 2 way on this poipt they will make the
contest q strictly international one. though in
the future the chances Of opposing an inferior
boat will be denied to them. On the other hand,
II the retention Of the trophy, and not sport, lie
the more desired OF the two. than there
is no necessity on the part Of English yachts
of n fast vessel against one inferior II no test Of
the calibre OF, thu. two, countries. Americas
acme against the British best Is what all true
s%portsmen desire TO see. and any regulations
which tend to bring about this result will be
welcomed by the people on this side of the At
lantic, not excepting those on the Continent, IL
writers in the French newspapers arc to be re-
This condition. although it is the last, is by
no means the least and its concession will ma
terially influence Lord Dunraven in his decision
To a great extent he has obtained all that he
demanded. We can scarcely blame the New
course rSrx S %nd. 80 SiG long tos 4. u Il IL Suitable si ter , .he
manGnvring Of big yachts, we fancy that the
Sandy Hook course Is impeded with trippers,
but we question whether this nuisance
Is generally the yacht behind that suffers, and
let us hope that this will, not be the British.
much Importance to the course. The course is
the same for both competitors, and we trust
ish boat will lie built to suit 1T.
Although this clause is numbered I on. Lord
:, ), and 4 are practiesii y the i"o same IueA' They are
inserted 70 prevent the shifting ballast tactics
q the 1893 struggle. Even the Americans were
prising that they should cheerfully have waived
these claims. Clause y. which was not agreed
To-, was. purely optional. 1t contained an III"
which left IL a suggestion. The New York Club
to determine which was the fairer Of the
the challenger furnish the sailing
length according 10 the New York rule or the
length of the load water liner Apparently they
have decided to retain the rule In force.
III the letter which follows the brief cable
gram that we have quoted Is an amplihcati0n OF
the message we may safely aver that Lord Dun
raven will be satisfied. He could hardly expect
that his proposals would be accepted en- bloc.
and we must admit that we are rather astonish-
Dd at the amount which has been yielded. The
course and the sailing length are trifing mat
when compared with the advantage OF be-
Ing able to challenge with the best boat. This
decidedly tho cruz OF the concessions.
There are other alterations which. II not exactly
boon, place the competition on fair terms. We
will wait to hear what the letter has 70 say, be-
congratulating the Americans on the ex-
libition of q more s~portsmanlike spirit than we
believed them capable Of. For the first time they
rave shown that they are willing to put Ameri-
as Cup to be fought for without handicapping