New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-23
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LORD puNRAvEN's spoRrsMANsHIP

LORD DUNRANEN'S SPORTSMANSHif'
IT is OF KIND THAT AMERICAN GENTLEMEN
WILL NOT CARE TO MEET WITH AGAIN.
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir Skipper Cranfed. who was brought over mere
to win a race II he could by his art OF jockeyns
the start. has been kind enough before leaVlhs
this country to make It clear why gentlemen o.
America. when they engage in any contest prefer
In future to have for antagonist somebody WIZ
does not fad Cranaeld his appropriate insrume''''
He who selects his trusted companion pe''os
who cannot tell the truth has nobody out hln'se"
to blame II he to define his own postum
thereby Crannelds assertion that in TUESDAY rh.'
half dozen tugs were racing alongside our CNa.-
kyrie's) bows all the time" Is not merely an eNas
geraton, but everybody who saw the perrori'a".
knows that II is markedly and mpudently iaise' i1
Dunraven himself frankly admitted, before ''''
protested had been decided that ne hau me. ="
interruption that day. II is sheer irsolence IN TINS
or any other British yachtsman to assert that
fair decision cannot be expected from men as ho'io
able and high minded as those who gave tne 'e''
against the Vakyre on that occasion. 'ia''''.,
came here to win by trckery IL ne cou.,
Now he tries by falsehood to make the Vic'o'! VI ~
antagonist appear OF no value. 49,
1t is good thing for free institutions 'ia' -.
merits OF aristocraoy have been thus tho'o'ss
tested. II not generally beheVeu ''"'
peers necessarily statesmen. or he0eS't'
competent lawmakers, or necessarily soou '
lords. necessarily men OF pure anu
vate life but there people OF certain gnu
who imagined that a peer must be as goou 90 ~
word. and would live up TO his agreements "'u
he entered into any sport must DE '" ~.
sportsman" The sIckish OF newspapers "h'.h
dearly love lord" has become nauseaN.is
Americans Dunraven challenged for the cup KNOW
ing perfectly well what the conditions anu u'n
culties were Never in thirty years has the cou's'
been kept so free from Interference as Il '"
been this year by the manly efforts ana we"
Months Dunraven spent in building boat an, anu
caused other people here to spend still more. ln,H
Dunraven came here and signed a ,I iot ~
agreement TO the terms ruIes anu - hono-
racing II lord any ordinary sense OF ho'io''
he is bound by his agreement ~, ., ,,., ad
He raced and WAS beaten by nIs o"i
mission there interference Wnlch alle..eu
him as much as hts competitor. some inter- eItVe,
affecting either OF both. he knew thar ne hau ~
expect when he signed challenge ana aisO W. 80
he signed MS agreement. he sailed again mn ~
the discrediable trick OF his captain. whose Tepu
tation in British waters FOR all sorts OF Sil its
tice was only reason for his selection ne u ,Se
race even then. Plain gentlemen would nave ue
clined TO run under such circumstances. " IN "a
absolute Justice the photograph OF inc az
the moment OF the collision proved the cItiii,l ~
dec,dsd against him Then Dunraven took MS TN
dishes and refused to play any more; -
Indeed less manly than the small DO! ~ "
nubc on Thursday morning that he did not intend 10
race though his refusal to raise racing sans prov.
II when the signal was given Like a eau anu , ~.
like a peer, he pretended to be ready 10 race Ju11t
who had beaten him. Then he crawled OUT no'
having the manness to accept the oner OF NJ NJ
Isel.n to run over again the second race, or tne
second and the third That is Dunraven anu n'te -,
ish sport The less OF II have on this SIDE OF
NewYork sent 10 lN5 FAIR PLAY.