The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-08-24

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN Sfr: VIII YOU
permit n Briton to enter a protest against the
surly, churlish, brutal. caddish. and snobbish
treatment accorded to your fellow townsman,
Mr.. George Gould, and TO his Vigilant by the
British press in general, and also by the Britons
who witnessed the various races in which the
Vigilant participated. The defeat OF the Vigil
liant in most Of the races in the Solent was a
~fOregOne conclusion in the mind Of any one who
knows that racing ground thoroughly. and who
knows that the Britannia was built for the
ground. while the vigilsnt was built for the
open sea. Even In the Solent, however, the VI
gilant showed her remarkable qualities, when
ever there CHANGED TO be any wind and she found
water deep enough to pass her over without
grounding or without smashing her centre
board.
What I wish to protest against is the stolid
brutfshness or the Britons toward Mr.. Gould. I
never could size up" that stripe of surly bru-
tality until l got far enough away from England
Gle; Now Ioan understand Il in all It's nastiness.
and ! am s9rry II Is Just what Il Is; Just fancy
H vi k r; D. OF Sir Tx P saits1i'a 81 OF w sETg DH BaI,snnis
brought TO New York for racing. Could the
A A% 1ss ,s,sI Be 8 nasty, :, TE shgrbLi;Stow.rd eiI.Sss,
with the rotten, nasty treatment OF Mr.. Gould
with an open-sea and strong wind boat manned
by a new crew. with the exception Of the Cap
thln. INTO n SHALLOW, lan0-ptnt course utterly
strange to the Vigiiant and her men, known ike
the \ B ca to the Britannia and her men. handi-
capped him, refused 70 sell him a sail. greeted
his few victories with bitter contempt. de-
bounced him as a common cheat, while they
~jockeyed him several times openly aud every
Victories as evidence OF the superiority OF the
keel boat over the .ccntreboarder, and now are
winding up with a blast in all their sporting"
In Msshonaland. II Is not a pleasant spectacle
for the Brtton away from home to contemplate.
" England and Englishmen love fair play" tall
most ~justiies the French comment on Great
without a smile. without a soup. and
without manners enough to distinguish It's surly
s sts,1S %Srl fsq% t SSr 'n was the of , 5ss Mi,SsrG SiSsS % %
were jockeyed from preface TO hnis. They re,
work writes me that Z" fair play is an unknown
thing nowadays in English sports!" These
Great Britain, Who. living abroad, cannot feel
pleased TO see that his native country, while
l sISiIiaIEn In . %angfsG ~ si Il Sscm .In .u and i'm IN
OF the culture and real civilization OF a people.
70 TO England to engage in sports hereafter.
The Britons have invited them. II is a lament
10 go to England, and for this very fact
do not like English manners and can
OF the Americas Cup send that piece Of
back TO England without the for
such nastincss and s~urliness as have
been poured out on ,Hr, Gould and his Vigilan,, |
the sooner II Is out OF the way the better for the
cause of international courtesy and good feel
] am sure that the Prince OF Wales does
not approve Capt. Carriers jockeying. and that
he must regret the villsinous discourtesies OF
the English sporting Journals TO Mr.. Gould.
Aside from the yet unsettled question OF superb
Ority OF yachts. the whole seasons record Is such
AS will discourage future International contests,
and particularly In England. / and other Brit
ons living here cannot help feeling that we are
by the surly brutality our people At
have shown to their American visitors
this summer. and ! hope that the States will
never again send over any contestants In any
line OF sport, IL their going must elicit another |
display OF British nastiness, yulgarity, discOur-
lesy, thciviltty. and downright dishonesty like
he one Just displayed.
4; ALEXANDER MAcoHLICuDDY.
BUFFALO, y. Y. Aug. is.