St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-07
VIGILANT5S INDIGNANT MANA
GER WITHDRAws FROM
FURTHER RACES.
YACHTING RULES VIOLATED.
THE NEW BOAT,s JOCKEYING
MANEUvERS ARE UNsPORTs-'
MANLIkE.
ANOTHER CASE OFF 1T occurs.
Defender Wins the DrexeI Cup
and Establishes Her Light
SVeather Superiority.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 6.-This
evening, while every one was dis
cussing the merits of the Defender
and specializing on how much great
er improvement the new yacht would
show when she would again meet
the Vigilant later in the week, Mr..
Willard, who is George Gould's rep
resentative and manager of the Vigil
liant, gave out a letter which at once
shattered the well-laid plans of
yachtsmen and others interested in
the race. Mr.. Wizards letter is:
"On Board Vigilant. Newport Har-
bor-Executive Committee New York
Yacht Club-Dear Sirs: / hereby with
draw Vigilant from races on Thurs
day and Saturday In doing so 1 de-
sire to add a few words of eXplana-
ton. AS you are aware, Mr.. Gould,
! and I as his representative, fitted out
and prepared Vigilant for racing for
no purpose in the world except to as
sist in developing the fast American
yacht and thus aid in the defense of
Americas cup. To this end Mr. Gould
has cheerfully gone to a great ex-
pense, and L have taken much pains
L
ever, consent to continue racing Vigi-
liant unless the contests are to be con-
Quoted according to the rules of yacht
ing.
81 have now twice given way to De-
fender at the start of a race, when
Vigilant clearly had the right of way,
because l was unwilling to risk col
lision which might leave America with
out AZ
L have been to waive my rights in the
past, 1 am not willing to go on waiv-
ing them Indefinitely. AS you know,
I have already protested Defenders
action at the start on July %. In to-
days race Defender again violated the
rules, and forced Vigilant out of po-
sition to which she was entitled. In
both cases there would have been a
collision if Vigilant had not given way.
In each case the responsibility of
avoiding an accident was cast upon
me. 1t would not be fair to either the
yacht or to her owner to continue rae
ing under these conditions. Very re-
spectfully yours, "E. WILLARD"
YACHTSMEN AGHAST.
When Mr.. Willard handed the let
ter to the press tonight he remarked
that the Vigilant was in service yet
to be used to defend the Americas
cup. Mr.. Iselin was taken aback
at the news that the Vigilant had de-
cided to withdraw, but he would
make no answer to the letter. Mr.
Kane, chairman of the regatta COM
mlttee, also refused to speak on the
subject, as did Mr.. Grinnen, another
member. It is known, however, that
as soon as the committee received
Mr.. Wizards letter all hands went
out to see the writer of the missive
and had a long talk with him The
result of the interview is not Off
cially known, and probably will not
be known until the clouds of war
settle, but the appearance of Mr..
Willard after it took place was one
that indicated a f1rmness of inten-
ton that could not be mistaken. That
there is strong feeling between the
owner of the Vigilant and Defender
is. evident. The stand taken by the
Vigilant people bids fair to annul
the action Of the meeting of the
Americas cup committee, held on.
the flagship Sylvia this afternoon.
When 1T was decided to hold formal
trial races off Sandy Hook on Aug.
20 and %, and further races if they
should be seen to be necessary.