The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

entrusted the letter, TO hand 1t to you.
IN case you do not receive this TO-
night, 1 shall take Valkyrie to SANDY
Hook lightsnip tomorrow morning and
will cross the line to give Defender
start. enclose q copy of g. letter 1
have written TO Mr.. Iselin and ad-
dressed TO the New York Yacht club.
Yours very truly,
"DUNRAVEN."
Asked Too Much.
All the propositions of the above let
ter were discussed between Lord Dun
raven and the members of the com
mittee at g p. NJ. yesterday. The reply
given to these conditions was as fol-
lows:
"Flrst-That it was impossible to
postpone the race fixed for today on
so short a notice.
"Second-That the race would not
be started until a clear space for
mancuvring was secured.
"Third@That the committee could
not assume the responsibility of agree
ing to declare the race void if either
vessel suffered from the accompanying
steamers.
1.-The committee regret that they were
unable to send an answer this morn
ing. AS however. their reply would be
the same as that conveyed verbally
last night, the fact of no answer hay
ing been made is unimportant.
JAMES A. SMITH, Chairman,
"a. CANFIELD, Secretary.
For the Committee"
"Cannot Get a Show"
Lord Dunraven tonight made the
following explanation of his views to
an interviewer:
I am quite satisfied that I cannot
off New York sail a race for the
Americas cup under satisfactory con-
ditions. The situation is this:
II do not believe that 1 have q su-
perior boat.
81 do not believe that I should be
subjected to an insult from the re-
gatta committee of any yacht club or
from the representative of any chal
lenged syndicate. It was not my way:
was forced to It.
There is no difference of opinion
aboard our boat. 1t is a simple matter
of refusal TO sail under existing con-
ditions and rules.
Il know that 1 cannot get "a show.
saw Eaff put up his helnl-or
thought that 1 saw it. have no crit
icism to make upon Watson. He turned
out a good beat. She crossed the At
1antic ocean. and if she could not win
* is not the fault of Watson. Watson
is not responsible, and. Of course, you
know it from my actions.
A Special Cup.
''VaIkyrie is my yacht"
The Athletic club contemplates an at
tempt 70 arrange a race or a series be-
tween Talkyrie and Defender for a
special cup to cost s., Oo0 The MEM
bers of the club viii propose either
one race or two out Of three and sew
eral of them are anxious to wager
Dunraven S2O 900 to $4,000 that the cup
will be won by Defender. Dunraven
will be allowed to arrange details if the
plan materializes, to choose the waters
between Sandy Hook and Marblehead,
and the date within the limit of Oc-
tober J. to arrange that the public be
kept in Ignorance OF the date and to
select rules of either the New York,
Atlantic or Larchmont clubs, the three
leading clubs Of the country, to govern
the race.
After the report was given out, Mr..
c. Oliver Iselin arrived at the club
house in a pouring rain storm and in
company with Mr.. Werdbury Thorne,
went to the room where the regatta
committee and the Aremica's cup COM
Inittee were holding joint session. Mr..
Thorne later came down stairs and to
the newspaper men said he did not be-
gieve Mr.. Tselin would consent to
IL a $4,000 prize we're offered. He
Thought OIr. Jselin had had enough
racing for this year without taking the
Defender way round to Boston with no
certainty whatever that the two boats
would be free from the excursion
steamers.
This session of the Americas cup COM
mittee came to an end shortly after
IL O'Clock and eXLCommodore James D.
n md ~, FoI
lowing statement of his view of the
situation:
There is no condition of the agree
ment as to the sailing the cup races
that has not been strictly lived I'D to
10y the regatta committee.
1.-The endeavor to impose new condi-
tions Il few hours before an appointed
race by Lord Dunraven should hardly
have been attempted, certainly not in
sisted upon to the extent of imposing
new terms which, if not acceded to,
might result in his withdrawing the
race if he SO desired after reaching
and going over the starting line.
There was no course left but to
start the yachts by the committee, nor
could any course be taken but to have
Defender sail over the course today.
L nder the rules she was n ade winner
today.
Mr.. Iselin offered to sail the race of
September 10 over again. thus making
it no race. which Lord Dunrayen de-
clined to dc.
~ can enter into 40 discussion of
the reasons actuating Lord, Dunraven
IN declining to so on with the races.
He is a better judge than I as to the
course we should pursue, and If he is
satisfied / certainly must be-
Mr. Smiths statement created con-
siderable excitement and comment at
the club house when il was posted and
the bulletin board was surrounded for
some time with an eager crowd of
yachtmen-
Mr. Smith said the cup committee.
after the result Of the race today had
been announced, notified Mr.. Iselin