Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
CUP CONDITIONS Close
The Formal Acceptance OF
Dunraven's Challenge.
The Recognition OF the Deed OF Gift
and the Agreement To Accept the
Custody of the Cup, in Case Brit
ish Boat Wins, the Only Point
of Contention.

New York, Jan. 9-The American
Cup committee have formally accepted
the Dunraven challenge of December
6, subject to the notifications made
by late cable.
There were present at the meeting
Commodore Smith, chairman; A. Cass
Garfield, secretary; Latham A. Fish,
J. Frederick Tams, and Gouverneur
Kortwright. The cablegrams received
from Secretary Grant of the Royal
Yacht squadron, were read and were
deemed satisfactory.
The recognition of the deed of gift,
under which the cup Is held, and the
agreement to accept the custody of the
cup, subject to the deed. in case a
British boat wins, covered the only
point in contention, and the committee
drafted the following cablegram, which
Grant, Cowes:
Terms of challenge as modified by
your cable of 7th inst. are accepted.
Smith, Chairman"
This closes the international contest
of sea lawyers as to the terms and
conditions under which the races of
1895 are to be sailed. The cup COM
mittee have insisted upon a different
challenge from that under which the
races of 1893 We're sailed, for the rea-
son that considerable uncertainty ex-
listed as to the holding of the cup for
future races.
They did not want to give the Brit
onS chance to take the cup over to
English waters and lay courses for
the next International race such as the
Vigilant sailed over last summer and
met with defeats by yachts her infe-
riors in open waters.
Lord Dunraven desired a race with
conditions to be arranged under the
mutual agreement clause of the deed
of gift and nothing said about the
holding of the cup in case he won.
The inference drawn from this on this
side of the water was that the British
yachtmen would not recognize the
deed of gift in future races and would
not lay down fair terms under the
mutual agreement clause.
After two months negotiating by let.
ter and by cable, the Royal Yacht
squadron has recognized the deed OF
gift, and while the Americas Cup COM
mittee has made some concession, il
has won signal victory.
The arrangements for the races will
now be pushed with vigor on both
sides of the water
Lord Dunraven will build a new Val
kyrie eighty-nine feet on the load-wa-
ter line. She is supposed to be al
ready completed on paper, and for all
the public know actual construction
may have been begun by Watson, her
designer
Nothing definite Is decided as to the
new cup defenders to be built here. 1t is
expected however, that F.. D. Morgan
George Jay Could c. Oliver Iselin
August Belmont, and some of the
other wealthy members of the New
York Yacht club will get their heads
together in few days, form a syndi-
cate, and give Nat Herreshoff carte
blanche to build a ninety-:1oter that
will beat the world.
Commodore Smith said that he has
heard nothing definite about the syndi.
cate or about the refitting of the Jub.
lice. Colonia and Vigilant He said
he did not think that Lord Dunrayen
will permit the substitution of the boa
now building on the Clyde for A. B
Walker. This boat cannot compete II
she is over ninety feet and 1t Is
thought that she will exceed that lin.
it. The fact that she is nearly ready
for launching is in her favor. but Com.
modore Smith was of the opinion thai
Lord Dunraven himself wants the hon
or OF taking the cup to England il il
is to go back this year