The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-17
ABOUT THE EATE Yacht RACE
Ex-Commodore James D. Smith
Declines to Be interviewed.
THE COMMITTEE SCATTERED.
at IS Said that Lord Dunravcn Is
Talking Of Having Twenty
Rafer Built by American Build.
ers-'Wns Dunrayen Right is the
Question.

LONDON, September 16.-The West
minister Gazette publishes Lord Dun
raven 5 series of letters under the gen
eral head, Was Dunraven Right?"
IN It's comments on the letters thetia-
2ette gives prominence To the argument
that Lord Dunraven well knew the con-
altiohs before starting in the race.
ihese conditions We're the same for
both the Defender and the Valkyrie
ana the chances of the boats were
wherefore equal When Lord Dunraven
Made up his mind that further racing
was impossible Ii was asked ought he
not to have communicated the fact to
Ine committee and to the Defender?
70 go down TO the start TO pretend to
get ready ana make q show of cross
ang the line and then retire seems like
the act of a school boy in the Sulks
Even If the odds were against Lord
a1unraVen winning. he certainly ought
20 have made an effort If he had been
peaten everybody would have sympn-
thized with him. But now the effect is
dtnerent. Nobody would then have
1eit as he must do upon u calm review,
OF all the facts. that the course he took
was hardly consistent with the homo red
traditions and the highest code of
sportsmanship. 1t may he true that
yacht racing in America is not as clean
as II might be, but Englshmen have
not monopoly of sportsmanship and
Lord Dunraven has given our Amer
n.
NEWPORT, r. !. Sept l6.-Lorl
Dunraven and Fl. Maitland Kersey
TOOK a sail on +. w. Nanderbilt's yacht
Conqueror this afternoon and informa-
tion Is received that. John Il. and Ma
thaniel Herreshoff were also aboard
The yacht first headed outside then as
a huge steamer hove lin sight il came
ABOUT and under coNea of the st na,'
proceeded up the bay. being last seen
heading in toward Bristol where IL is
understood the party quietly landed at
Herreshohs s boat shop. A knowing
party said as he observed the yacht
heading up the bay, that the purpose
OF the trip was To continue the little
tax in the pilot house OF the City of
bridgeport, in New York. when it is al
legged that the subject OF HerreShofT
building 20 rater 10 beat the Niagara
was discussed. If Dunraven is talking
or n new boat, and that. too. of Ameri-
can build, for racing purposes there
IL assuredly n grand surprise for yacht
sng circles.
NEW YORK Sept. 1G.-Ex-Commo-
hore James ID. Smith. chairman OF the
America Cup Committee. was seen at
his office to-day, but lie declined 10 ex-
press an opinion on Lord Dunravcn's $
latest letter, saying:
This is letter which will have to
be officially considered by the commit
tee. and in the absence of my fellow
members, do not think IL would be
right for me To speak, but I win say
that have an opinion on that letter-a
most decided opLnon-and it Will he
made known in due time"
"Win there be any more races be-
tween the Defender and the Valkyrie 2"
was asked.
No. do not think so. Sometimes
am mistaken. but ! am confident that
there VIII be no more races between the
boats. Dunravcn has said that he will
race no more and IL he means what he
gays he will not do So Mr. Iselin has
also said that he will participate in no
more races with the Valkyrle, and that
seems to settle it,
"As to Mr. Nanderbilt's offer to race
The Defender against the Valkyrie / do
not believe there is a word of truth in
II. but l wish there would be another
series.
Il would Just like to show what could
he done-to see how easily the Defender
can walk away from that English
boat"
Commodore Smith said that the cup
committee was pretty well scattered
now, but that it wOuld"get together and
as soon as possible. and settle up m,
Hnal details of the races.