The evening times., 1895-12-12
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"TnE WHITE BUILDING"
PREPARING The EVIDENCE
New York Yacht Club Will Be
Ready for Dunraven.
The Special Com mmittee WIN Leave No
Stone Unturned to Thoroughly Sift
His Lordship's Charges.
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| Especial to the TiIpes.)
New York, Dec. livery extensiv,
arrangements are being made 10y the specia
committee Of the New York Yacht Club IL
the matter OF the charges of cheating wbici
! the Earl OF Dunraven has made against th
owners and crew of the Defender.
The investigation has now assumed al
International aspect, and yacfitsmen on boti
sides OF the Atlantic earnestly advocate lii,
sitting OF the matter to the bottom. That
no stone will be LEFT unturned to accomplls.
this. goes without saying.
Everything bearing upon the case vii
| DE male the subject OF q special inquiry
| and not single point now suggested, oi
| Will fail TO receive serious consideration
thai may be, during the progress Oft the trial,
! The special committee will avn themselves
| OF the cup committees knowledge OF the
| facts to secure a statement ans nswering IN.
| charges OF his lorlship in every particular.
This statement in itself, it is said, Will sa l.
| isfy every fair minded man that the alleged
dishonest work on the part of the Defender
| folks could not have possibly occurred, while
| the arraignmcnt OF the author OF the charges
is quite severe enough to satisfy the most
cxacting Of American y1cfItsnen.
Capt. Hank" Han of the Defender
passed through Boston last evening on his
way TO Deer Isle He is going to get as
many of the Defenders crew as possible
together and take them back to New
York with him to testify before the spc-
cial committee of the New York Yacht
Club. This step was not decided on until
| II was absolutely certain that Lord Dun
raven was about IT, sail from England.
1t viii not be possible for all the Defender
boys to be brought together at such short
notice, as a number of them are away nn
coasters and fishing vessels. but there
will be more than enough uf them to give
| all the evidence that can possibly be re-
Iuired in the case.
dispatch from Liverpool says: An in
terview was had with Lord Dunraven
who was a passenger on the disabled
steamer Germanic, Just previous tn the
departure of that vessel today. While re-
fusing to speak about the relative merits
of the Valkyrie III and the Defender,
he said that be wished 1T to be distinctly
understood that his going to New York
was perfectly voluntary act on his part
and that his sole object in making the
journey was to secure a fair and impair
tial inquiry by the committee of the New
York Yacht Club into the charges brought
by him against the defender of the Ameri-
cas- cup.
A. s. Cheseborough of New York has
finished design of a 3O-fuot cruising
boat for DR.. Z. H. Williams. president
of the Baldwin locomotive works OF tn .
city. The new boat, which will only draw
feet inches OF water, will be built by
Lawley of Boston. Her hull will be double
planked. She will be named the Hermitage ge
and will be used around Barnegat.
The German emperor evidently intends
visiting the Mediterranean during the spring.
With a view of entertaining the Prince uf
Wales and other distinguished yachtsmen
who annually pay pilgrimage Ia Cannes
and Nice, his imperial highness has char
tered Mr.. Richard Cecil Leigh's fine steam
yacht White Heather, which was built on
the Clyde in 1890.
1t is said that Capt. Jay and all of the
Ailsa's old crew have been discharged,
and that Capt. Robert Wringe, formerly
OF Admiral Muntagee,s 40-rater Carina,
will be in charge when the Ailsa meets the
Britannia next spring in the Mediterranean.
The new steam yacht which A. & j. Inglas
of Penthouse, Glasgow. are building for
Eugene Higgins of New York from designs
OF g. r. Watson will be fitted with engines
of 1000 horsepower.
VI. l..
son started in 4S3 races in Great Britain
last year. and Won 27S prizes, valued at
S21.S1O. The same number of boats de-
signed by William Fife, jr., won 239 prizes,
valued at $23.675.
Chaunccy NJ. Depew is candidate for
membership in the New York Yacht Club.
RING, TRACK AND PADDOCK.
Ed. Corrigan is trying to close the pool
rooms in California
The trotting mare. Kate C.. 2:1O3-4.
was sold at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, yester-
day, for $500.
The Westchester Racing Associat ion
cases will be heard before Justice Ingraham
today.
The bay stallion Purse Bearer. by Scot
tish Chief. dam Thrift, was sold at Licking
ton, KY, yesterday, for 1926.
The auction sale of thoroughbreds closed
at Lexington. KY, yesterday. During the
sale seventy-four head were sold for an ag-
gregate sum of $500.
George Sheridan, jr, OF Staten Island,
announces his acceptance or the challenge
of Mr.. Thornton Of England to trot his
pony, Matchmaker Patcben, any distance
from five to fifty miles for any part Of
$4,000, against any pony under fourteen
hands high. Mr.. Sheridan offers to match
his pony, Kitty c., 1872 1-2 hands, for the