Evening journal., 1895-09-24
THE DEF ENDER WILL DO
She VIII Probably Meet the
Distant Shore Next Year.
ANOTHER SERIES IS NOW ASSURED


The Challenger TO BE Buiit by Mr.. Rose
WIN BE an EightyNine Foot cutter-Hs
Leaves Everything to the New York Yacht
Club and Makes No Conditions.
NEW YoRE, Sept. 9l--It is now a Ger
tainty that there viii be racc for the
Amorica's cup next year The following
cable from the secretary of the Royal Vic
toria Yacht club has been posted on the
bulletin board at the New York Yacht
club;
THE formal challenge by mail Will
follow and will rcad In behalf OF tho
Royal Victoria Yacht club and in tho
name Of G. d. Rosc "a mombor, the clul
challenge 90 sail series of matches foi
the Americas cup against any yacht OF
vessel built in the United Staite.
Following are the particulars: Chal
lengcr's owner, G. ID. Rose; name OF
yacht the Distant shore; longth of load
water limo, 80 foot; rig, cuttor.
"lho challenge will be absolutely un.
conditional.
IL will be noticed that the Royal Yacht
squadron does not issue tho challenge.
Club, challenger and designer are all
changed from the old condition of affairs
before Lord Dunraven quit. The Prince
Of Wales is said 10 indorse @. ID. Roses
challenge
Tho intimation that the challenge was
coming was contained In the following ca
begram, received on Friday.
Americas Cup Committee, New York
Yacht Clubs
81 beg 60 challenge for the Americas
cup next year. Tho race TO be sailed on
conditions satisfactory to the committee.
CHARLES ROSE
"39 Hill street. Berkeley square, London"
Ex-Commodore Smith Pleased.
Ex- Commodore James d. Smith, chair
man Of the Americas cup committee, was
greatly pleased at tho arrival Of the olli-
cinl notification In his opinion the early
challenge was conclusive proof Of the Eng
lish belief in the good faith and fairness
of the committee In conducting the races.
I'm the official cable the attitude OF Mr..
Rose, as expressed in his first cable, is
borno out, said the cx-commodore "He
leaves tho framing Of tho conditions in
the hands of any cup committee that the
club may appoint. Whether / will be
mombcr Of the now committee or not
cannot say. Unless a special meeting is
called To discuss the Rose challenge there
will be- no meeting of the New York Yacht
club until Oct "a. The present cup COM
mittce has nothing to do with Il. It is
very likely that as soon as the mail ohal-
lenge arrives the club will call special
meeting to appoint new cup committee
"pho challenge is a most sportsmanlike
one, - continued ox- Commodore Smith.
1T is good news indeed for American
yachtsmcn. As the Distant Shores water
limo measurement is put at 80 feet Il is
eyidont the intention is to build % boat
right up Go the 90 foot limit, of the same
class as the Defender and Nalkyrio. In
my opinion it will not be necessary for us
20 build another cup defender TO hold our
own with the Distant Shore. Mr.. Isclin
says thore are some improvements which
can be made in Defender but l think her
fast enough as she is.
Commodore Brown and Secretary Oddie
were at the clubhouse. They were we'll
pleased ovor the arrival Of the challenge.
We are congratulating ourselves, said
Commodore Brown, that the challenge
has come so soon after the recent failure
TO sail race with Lord Dunraven."
Confidence In Defender.
That it was vindication of the man
Rgement of the races by the cup commit
tee was the general opinion of the MEM
bers who visited the clubhouse They
seemed confident, too that J. NJ. Soper,
who is 60 design c. ID. Roses challenger
would not outbuild the Defender, and that
she was equal to defeating any yacht in
her class. Nothing was known about any
further challenges from abroad, and the
feeling seemed to be that G. ID. Roses
Offer was enough for one season.
Captain Cranheld and Navigator Har-
rison were together on tho Nalkyrie's
tonder tho City Of Bridgeport, when a ro-
porter asked them what they thought of
the challenge from Rose"
"I don't think much Of it, said Gran
field bluntly "Of course IL viii be an 50
footer for what's the uso of bringing out
75 footor to go against the Defender.
Bat oven II his boat IS good one he won't
have half a chance, with all the crowding
about the course
With so many steamers interfering 1t
makes it really an obstacle race broke
in Harrison. lt was evident that the Eng
lishmen are still unreoonstructed.
81 don't know Mr.. Rose" continued
Cranheld, but fear he will be disappoint-
cd. 70 escape tho steamers in the first
place thoy viii have to sail the match in
the middle OF the Atlantic. It's all rot to
sail races under such conditions "