Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-09

R:ves. member of the committee ap-
pointed by the New York Yacht Club
to investigate the charges made by
Lord Dunraven against the management
of the Yacht Defender, made public the
following correspondence, to-day:
The committee upon careful consid-
Grafton Of the subject referred to them
decided to send the following communi-
cations to Mr.. H. Maitland Kersey, Lord
Dunraven's representative IN America,
and to the secretary of the Royal Yacht
Squadron:
ITO H. Maitland, Kersey, Esq
Dear S:r:-Your letter of the 18th
inst. addressed to Commodore Brown
was laid by him before the meeting of
the New York Yacht Club held the same
evening. At the same meeting the I'M
dersigned were appointed a committee
to represent the club in
THE NATTER or THE CHARGES
purporting to have been made by the
Earl of Dunraven.
I'VE have to request that in accord
ance with the offer contained in your
letter, you Will communicate with Lord
DunraYen and inform him that 1t IS
the desire Of the New York Yacht Club
and our intention to begin Immediately
an investigation of the facts connected
with the race Of September It'll and the
charges made against the representa-
lives of the yacht club.
I'VE will be prepared to enter upon
this investigation Immediately upon the
arrival Of Lord Dunraven. of the proba-
BILE date of which we would be glad to
be advised.
Faithfully yours,
y. PIERPONT MORGAN.
wv: c. WHITNEY,
&C. L. RIVES.
November 29th, 1895"
LETTER TO RICHARD GRANT.
TO Richard Grant Esq. Secretary
Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes:
'Sir:-At a special meeting of the
New York Yacht Club, held On Monday.
November 18th, the undersigned were
appointed a committee TO represent the
club in the matter of certain charges
made by the Earl of Dunraven in refer
ence to the recent Americas cup races,
and published in the London Field of
November 9th, 1895.
This article in question expressly
charges that after being measured for
the cup races in September last, the
yacht Defender was surreptitiously
loaded so as to sink her four inches
deeper in the water: that she sailed in
that condition on the first days race,
and that Immediately after the race the
ballast so loaded was secretly removed
so that when measured the next day
Sunday no discrepancy was found to
exist between the two measurements.
While Lord Dunraven intim3tes that
the owners of the yacht were not per-
sonally
COGNIZANT OF THE FRAUD,
bhe charge is none the less explicit.
1T appears from Lord Dunraven's
article that this statement as published
in the Field is mainly extracted from
a letter which ne sent to the secretary
of the Royal Yacht Squadron on Sep
TENDER path last We therefore beg to
inquire whether the charges last men
toned have been laid before the Royal
Yacht Squadron. and whether any and
what action has been taken by the
Squadron upon the subject
On view of the grave imputatiOns
thus made by the representative of the
ROYAL Yacht Squadron in an interna-
tional race between the two great yacht
clubs. the New York Yacht Club feels
that the
MOST SEARCHING AND COMPLETE
investigations of the facts and of the
charges against the representatives of
the New York Yacht Club should be
promptly begun. 1t is our purpose to
conduct such investigation so as to sat
isfv every fair-minded man on either
side of the Atlantic, and to that end We
have already communicated with the
Earl of Dunraven and requested his
presence in accordance with the offer
made by him.
"The result of the investigation, with
all testimony taken, will be transmit
ted to you.
(SigneO q. PIERPONT MORGAN,
"W. c. WHITNEY,
&c. L. RIVES.
On Tuesday. December Sd, TIE COM
mittee received the following cable from
Mr.. Grant:
London. December 3. 1895
Committee thank YOU for your cable.
Squadron has not taken and can take
no action. it being purely a personal
matter. Lord Dunraven does not re-
quest the Squadron to interfere. Am
writing.
(Signed) GRANT"
On the following day the committee
received, through Mr.. Kersey, two mes.
sages
FROM LORD DUNRAVEN.
sent by cable and dated respectively
December Sd and 4th. The first Of
these messages was as follows:
Kindly inform committee | will sal
at the earliest possible moment, 18th oil
18th. probably former. Regret delay
but must have statements of shippers
etc. now scattered.
The second message thus read:
shall come by Germanic, 18th, GER
tain. Kindly inform committee"
The committee. after receiving the
foregoing replies from Lord Dunraver
and the secretary of the Royal Yach
Squadron. decided to add to their mum
bers. as they have power to do so. anC
they have accordingly invited Hon. E
j. Phelps Gate United States Minister
in England. and Captain A. T Mahan
L. s. n. to act with them. Both o
these gentlemen have consented t
serve.
Commencing tonight our store will
be open during the evenings until after
the holidays.
JOHN FRIEDEL & co.
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