New-York tribune., 1895-09-19
A LETTER TO DUNRAVEN.
THE CUP COMMITTEE REPLIES TO HIS
COMMUNICATION OF LAST FRIDAY

POINTS on WHICH THE COMMITTEES AND THE
EARL DIsAGREE-A FRIENDLY CONTEST
ENDING IN a WAR OF WORDS.
Ex-Commodore James d. Smith. chairman OF the
Americas Cup Committee. gave out yesterday for
publication the following letter which mailed 10
Lord Dunraven Newport Tuesday In reply
TO his Dunravens) letter to the committee dated
September l3:
September It, 1896
To the Earl OF Dunraven.
We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt OF
your letter dated September l3. We would be glad
70 limit our reply 10 acknowledging It's receipt Dut
as this whole matter Will probably come before the
public. feel that should correct certain misap-
prehensons. which We fear may arise. .,, ...,,
open my .etter of the 10th necessary. as the
Cup Committee were not hearing the protest You
informed m Mr. Garfield that you hSa learned & tnaI r
test and at the same time you requested MN 10 Keep
had '5efr Seon decd You did not norm him hat
was unnecessary TO refrain from opening your let
II the details which you give to times Of deliy
cry. etc. Of letters imply any neglect or dscourtesy
on the part Of the committee. We must deny tna'
there has been any such neglect and must dlscaim
any Intention of being observation-disclosures, We
agree with you that these facts are OF minor i'm
portance.
Your assertion that you named new conditions
In your letter OF the 10th Is absolutely exact We
should have said in your letter OF the llth In your
letter OF tho 10th you only declined to continue the
contest under the existing circumstances, ard gave
your reasons for declining In the interview at the
Waldorf az p M sepiem1oeT H. you sta sta'e d upon
peated substantially the same conditions in your
In the interview at the Waldorf. the two repre-
sentatives OF the committee pledged the committee
to Ole concitlon-namey to secure clear start al9
obtained your permission to postpone the time OF
starting for tina, purpose.
TO the condition that the committee should assume
the grave responsibility Of declaring the race void,
with by the attending vessels. IN our opinion, II
would be impossible to secure race absolutely free
reference would be much too delicate point for
to decide. The representatives declined 70 agree
TO postpone the fixed for the next day Thurs
day The representatives informed you that the
question OF not announcing the dates and tunes OF
committee. The representatives assured you OF re-
newed efforts through the press and durng 5ne
to say whether you would sail the next days race
aEyr hEy9fays woua Or cros no the a@d stating % Inc
In view of the definite replies gwen py then' We
cannot understand how you could doubt that the
representatives. sen; you were acting for and with
the authority OF the committee. ~
slider your letter OF the lth, the committee let tnat
the points had been fully covered IN the conterecr zee
at the Waldorf. and did not desire more uine h . aO
reconsideration Of the answers given py tde d rep pp
resentatives at that time the coii'tse e ui cret @
consider practicable your suggestion 10 Keep ses'e'
the dates and times OF starting any future races,
You raise the question as to wiener b r yotr Uot The
steamers undoubtedly interfered with ahSI n am
Defender as well and there seems 70 DC Of no such m
reference: but we certainly demur 70 your con, con
edmjpeiiy done ali in their power bound to
give redress before the next race was sallru ~
You fully knew the objections TO a course ,, VI,
New-York years ago. and nearly one year ago you you
suggested a change Of locality. This proposluois.
we declined a; that time There was . IN tha Course
ss vel as the start would be kept clear II seems
10 us that the question before every one u, no.
Vour action in withdrawing from the contest on the
grounds OF your complaint was l1stnto'C l1st,t Committee
ss to your suggestion hat the Regatta NOrhii'tec
might have ordered Tuesdays race ,b rest action Of
Committee In conclusion we would express
our profound regret and chagrn that rienG
ssbou,d have degenerated into war OF WORDS W
have the honor 70 remain TH XSH5 o9saf Gbarman.
A. CASS CANFIELD Secretary,
For Americas cup Committee