New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-03
LORD DUNRAVEN CONFIDENT.
A RACE FOR THE AMERICAS CUP SEEMS
PROBABLE TO HIM

THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON LIKELY TO Sane
TIoN ACCEPTANCE or THE CUSTODY OF
THE TRoPHY-MoRE CORRESPONDENCE
London Jan. Lord Dunraven. in conversation
with a prominent in yachting circles, to-day
said:
Nobody can answer for the action Of the coming
general meeting of the Royal Yacht Squadron,
available or can be depended upon to be present
at this time of the year. 1t IS my opinion, now.
be sanctioned now that The New York Yacht tcit
what be done under the mutual agreement
clause. But the present Interpretation OF the
itsclf.
He considers that the New-York Yacht Club
Committee should advise the Royal Yacht Squad
roa mat This waving OF all conditions in the new
deed is permissible, and should also join in draw
ing up reasonable conditions for future challenges
under the mutual agreement clause
Lord Dunraven also said that he had in
some American newspaper the statement that he
Southampton. a new twenty-rater This state
ment he said, was not true He Is. however,
making some changes in the Audrey after his own
designs.
The letter sent by the Americas Cup Committee
to the secretary of the Royal Yacht Squadron on
December "a made public yesterday. II Is
merely repetition of the cable dispatches. except
in regard to the reply to Mr.. Grants last dis
patch On that point the letter says:
In regard TO your last cable of December 10 and
our reply few words of explanation seem proper.
Your expression ''or within three weeks of arr-
val We were unable to understand Your repeu-
ton of the proposal already submitted in your mes
of Fl VIZ that b he SaGS
Club for the Cup. should be left until after the
message of December II. we interpreted to mean
that In case Lord Dunraven's vessel arrived less
race We should shift the date so that he could
have the three weeks to nj out We think dis,
defend the Cup after having sailed match for 1t
would have been most deplorable state Of affairs
as to what portion of Lord Dunraven's letter Of
q @ G S S IT, or ssS1s ns s
portions of your dispatch were not specifically re-
piled to-
Ex-Commodore Smith. chairman OF the Cup Com
mttee. has received the following letter from Lord
Dunraven:
NO1fSlk.s Park Lane w Dec e. 49,
s beg to m s hf the reCss
the nature Of the receipt WHICH the NeT York
agree to give in the event OF their representative
winning the cup will be brought before special
necessary for TO trouble you with my personal
views on the matter It Will be within your recoI
ron in 1889 declined for certain reasons mentioned
in their letter of June q to y9n to agree to 9on'rm
the cup Is won by the club challenging II shall be
held under and subject the full terms OF the new
in way altered save by the authority OF
the assumption in your letter that personally have
any power in the matter. regret that was not
able 10 my intention Of challenging earlier
than did but as had never received the slightest
information that the chal.c- accepted In 1897 was
| considered unsatisfactory In any way by the New
| York Yacht Club. IL never entered into my head
! that a similar challenge would be refused in 1891.
and that any controversy that subject could pos
! sibly arise. In my letter OF December ] gave my
reas sons for not wishing to in October even
! late In September and asked for a modification OF
| the ten months notice The challenge was caoled
out and received December 6. and would
! point out that had the question of the terms on
which the cup should he held in the future not been
raised very slight modification OF the ten months
notice would have my views. ! much regret
| that we are somewhat driven into corner hut az
| | could not possibly foresee that n Challenge ac-
cepted In 1892 would be refused In 1894 do not think
that ca blame myself for IT, dear sir. yours
| faithfully, DiNRANEN.
James y. Smith. ESQ.
H. Maitland Kerscy received letter Of the same
date from Lord Dunraven IN which ne said
AS the Is likely to take place. shall be very
glad to confer with the Cup Committee on any mat
ter still under discussion. and hereby authorize you
10 act as my representative.