The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
AFTER THE BATTLE.

of Mr.. Dixon kemp-Dunra gems Refus.
To Sail "n Thursday Upheld In Englsne
Universal Regret-Mr. IseIin Decline
to SAIL TaIkyGie Again.
LONDON. Sept. 1.-THE feeling
throughout England over the failure
of the match between Vaikyrie Ill
and the Defender, though embodying
many shades of opinion, generally up
holds Lord Dunraven, who is consid.
cred to have had just cause for aban.
doning Thursdays race. The opinion
most generally held is hat he was be
set with difficulties especially alb
horred by him, though in some quar-.
tiers it is thought that he was possibly
hasty. Knowing Lord Dunraven's
temper. those holding this view hope
that he will be willing to arrange
for contests between his boat and the
Defender over some other course than
the one off Sandy Hook, and especially
hat he will consent to reSail last
Tuesdays race, which was given tc
the Defender by the cup committee.
United States Ambassador Bayard.
in an interview about Thursday,
iiasco said:
Il deplore the inconclusiveness }:
the contest, but have abiding conf
dence IN the integrity OF the commit
tee, and do not believe that there wa:
any lapse on their part OF the slightest
nature. The conspicuous American
characteristics, generosity and fan
play, have always been displayed, anc
l am unwilling to think that there are
grounds for any criticism OF the sports.
manlike qualities Of the Americans.
l trust that Lord Dunraven will recon.
slider his decision and accept Mr.. Ise,
Inns offer to resail Tuesiay's7race. ]
recognize the difficulties il the way Of
maintaining a wide, clear course of
Sandy Hook in view OF the present IN.
thusiasm and general desire to see the
races. Qualification of this desire il
only possible by accompanying the
racers in a steamer"
Mr.. Walter Burns. of the American
banking house OF J.. 5. Morgan & Co.,
said:
The general feeling among Ameri.
cans in London is not inclined to blame
either the committee or the contest.
ants. As long as there are races of
New York the result will be the same.
The New Workers. with their owe OF
liberty, had not as great a degree OF
reverence for authority as the English
people, and therefore it is difficult tc
control them. The sea is free to all"
Dixon Kemp on the Americas Cup Con.
test.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-DixOn Kemp, the
well-known English yachting author.
ity and author of standard works on
yacting, has, at the request of tine
United Press, furnished the following
opinion on the Americas cup contest:
las far as can be judged from the
Geographic reports the Defender won
Saturdays race on her merits, but il
would appear that the Valkyrie pri
marily lost the lead through Il shift of
the wind. There is not much doubt
that the Defender is faster on a reach
than the Valkyrie, but that was ex
pected after the poor reaching displays
made in the Clyde. English yachts
men agree that the New York Yacht
club did it's best to keep the course
clear, but it is quite evident that a
motley lot of excursion steamers are
quite beyond control 50 long as they
are not amendable to any law.
"The foul at the start of TUESDAYS
race appears to have been the fault OF
the Valkyrie. The Defender being
close hauled, the Valkyrie did not have
the right to expect that the former
would give way for her. and it seems
to have been not a question of room at
the mark boat, but of getting over the
line too soon, which caused the two
sailing masters of the Valkyrie to foul
the Defender. 1t is Il great pity that
the race had to be awarded on a foul,
and not on the merits of the yachts,
although, in this case, it seems clear
that the Defender would have won but
for the accident at the start.
The real relative merits of the
yachts cannot, however. be accurately
gagged on account of the interference
both suffered from excursion steam
ers. Every British yachtsman will in.
dorse Lord Dunraven's action in with
drawing from the contest Thursday
and allowing the Defender a sail over
to secure the cup. 1t was an appro-
pirate ending to what must always be
an abortive attempt to win the cup,
and Mr.. Iselin's generous offer to resail
Tuesdays race, if accepted, would not
in any degree alter the objections to
all the existing conditions of the cur
races. 1t was quite right to disqualify
the Valkyrie for the foul, and this
could be borne with, but the fouling
of the course by excursion steamers,
thereby preventing the possibility
of fair contests, is beyond all pallia-
ton. and it is not likely hat anything
further will be heard about the Amer.
ica's cup for many years, unless guar
antees are devised for a fair contest.
[Signedl Dixon KEMP"
Mr.. IseIin Declines to Sail Valk,rIe Again.
BOsTON, sept 1.-THE following tel.
egram vas received by Gen. Charles
II. Taylor yesterday afternoon from
c. Oliver I~selin, who represents the
syndicate that owns the yacht De-
fender:
BROOKLYN, Sept. IL.
CHARLES II. TAYLOR, EDITOR GLOBE,
pnSroN. M,n- fh,pIrc fa- ranaro,,a