The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-09
DUNRAVEN'S CHARGES.
Correspondence of Importance Has
Been Made Public.

Correspondence of Importance Has
Been Made Public.
NEW YORK, Dec. S.-George l..
Rives, member of the committee ap-
pointed by the New York Yacht club
to investigate the charges made by
Lord Dunraven against the manage
ment of the yacht Defender, made pub
lie the following correspondence today;
The committee, upon careful con-
sideration of the subject referred to
them, decided to send the following
communication to Mr.. H. Maitland
Kersey, Lord Dunraven's representa-
tive in America. and to the secretary
of the Royal Yacht squadron:
To H. Maitland Kersey. Dear Sir
Your letter of the 18th inst, ad-
dressed to Commodore Brown, was
laid by him before the meeting of the
evening. At the meeting the under.
signed were appointed a committee to
represent the club in the matter of
charges purporting to have been made
by the Earl of Dunraven.
I'VE have to request that, in &C.
cordance with the offer contained in
your letter, you will communicate with
Lord Dunraven and inform him that
it is the desire of the New York Yacht
club and our intention to begin imme-
diately an investigation of the facts
connected with the race of September
z, and the charges made against the
representa- tives Of the yacht club.
"They will be prepared to enter upon
this investigation Immediately upon
the arrival of Lord Dunraven, of the
probable date of which we would be
glad to be advised
u. PIERPONT MORGAN,
''W. c. WHITNEY,
&c. L. RIVES.'
November Is.
ITO Richard Grant, Secretary Royal
Yacht Squadron, Cowes:
"sIir-At a special meeting of the
New York Yacht club, held on Monday.
Nov. IS, the undersigned were APP
pointed to represent the club in the
matter of certain charges made by the
Earl of DunraVen in reference to the
recent Americas cup races and pub
liShed in the London Field of NoVem-
Der 9, 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
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 no discrepancy was found to
exist between the two measurements.
While Lord Dunraven intimateS that
the owners of the yacht were not per-
sonally cognizant of the fraud, the
charge is none the less explicit.
1T appears from Lord Dunraven's
article that this statement as pub
lished in the Field is mainly extrac-
ted from a letter which he sent to the
secretary of the Royal Yacht squadron
on Sept. "a last.
1--WE therefore beg to inquire wheth-
er the charges last mentioned have
been laid before the Royal Yacht
squadron and whether any and what
action has been taken by the squadron
upon the subject.
I'm view of the grave imputations
thus made by the representative of
the Royal Yacht squadron in an in
ternational race between the two great
yacht clubs, the New York club feels
that the most searching and complete
investigation should be promptly be-
gun. 1t is our purpose to conduct such
investigation so as to satisfy every
fair-minded man on each side of the
Atlantic, and to that end we have
already communicated with the Earl
of Dunraven and requested his pres
ence in accordance with the offer made
by him. The result of the investiga-
ton with all testimony will be trans
mitted to you.
-. PIERPONT MORGAN,
wv. c. WHITNEY,
&c. L. RIVES."
On Tuesday, December 3, the COM
mittee received the following cable
from Mr.. Grant:
FLONDON. Dec. S.-Committee thank
you for your cable. Squadron has not
taken and can take no action, it being
purely a personal matter Lord Dun
raven does not request the Squadron
to interfere. Am writing
GRANT"
On the following day the committee
received through Mr.. Kersey two mes
sages from Lord Dunraven sent by
cable and dated respectively Sd and
4th. The first of these messages were
as follows:
Kindly inform committee T will
sail at the earliest possible moment, 18th
or 18th, probably former. Regret delay
but must have statements of shippers.
etc, now scattered"
The second message read thus:
'tShall come by Germanic 18th. sure.
Kindly inform committee"
The committee. after receiving the
foregoing replies from Lord Dunraven
and the secretary of the Roval
Squadron. decided to add to their num-
bers. as they have power to do so, and
they have accordingly invited Hon. e,
J. Phelps, and Captain A. T. Mahan.
United States navy, to act with them.
Both of these gentlemen have con-
scented to serve.
In Doubt About