The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-02
SEATTLE, SUNDAY. FEB. ..
/ CANDIDATE FOR kEELuAuLTNG.

A CANDIDATE FOR kEELTIAULING.
Ny noble lord has made a consummate
ass of himself. The investigating commit
tee of the New York Yacht Club do not an
nounce IL In so many words. but they fur
nlsh a statement Of facts. and conclusions
OF common sense follow as naturally as
melting OF snow follows.the rising of the
sun. The conduct of Dunraven all through
has been that of "A soured, suspicious,
cross grained boor. From the time the De-
fender ehowed in the first race that she
was the faster craft. the owner of the Val
kyrie has acted like a boy, and conducted
himself In a way that ought TO keep him
out OF any firsi-class yacht club Not con-
tent with whining over trifles during the
series OF races. he went home sore and dis
gruntled and In the solitude of his closet
built up \ series OF senseless charges
against American yachting honesty which
an impartial investigation has shown TO be
the veriest trash 1t is a cheap man who
cannot take defeat with good grace, and
Lord Dunraven appears to be OF that five
cent counter order.
His highly sensational pamphlet so fun
OF intimatsons that he had been the victim
OF Yankee trickery is shown to be ridicui-
Gus. 1t is hard TO believe that man Of
Dunraven's experience would have based
his Impressions on such trifling grounds as
he did. and that ne should have made such
foul accusations Of fraud and doublo-daal-
ing with 50 little to base them on Is simply
incomprehensihlc. When he came 20 sub
stantlate his claims and prove his allegs-
uons he failed miserebly. and although he
with Indecent haste left the Investigation
before II was finished. and without ordinary
courtesy and poiiteness 10 the distinguished
members OF the committee. there is per
haps reason Ca regarding his conduct
lightly. knowing hcw utterly confused ard
ashamed he ought 20 have felt
The facts as brought out in the testimony
are about as follows: There were on the
Defender three tons OF lead. They we're
put en- board 10 take the place Of 3.o0
pounds OF material removed from the yacht
IN the shape OF interior hN,ngs when Be was
''stripped" for the race When lt was founi
that tao yacht had not enough bailas; on
board TO give her the proper water line tNo
tons Of lead were placed In her hold AZ New
Rochelle. ard then -afterwegd. at the Erie
Basin as she stin was not deep enough. a
third ton Was placed on her cabin ioor ana
she was measured. That night for conven-
ience's sake this same ton or lead was
transferred To the Hattie Palmer. cut Up
into suitable pieces and slowed away In the
hoga of The Defender. /, was lhls innocent
transJertal ~ the tweny-oae piss Of Iea3.
weighing a ton. from the Hattie Palmer
that oceas!oned the whole trouble.
tbs hs,dllak of lead Immediately
awakened suspicion They talked it for ard
ana they talked IL arr. ana the officers and
crew communicated IL 90 the owner. and
he swall5we,l Il as frog does a ~. and the
next day ais clear vision, practIced 60 a,-
eura;ely jujre distance cn THE sca. este
mated that the Defeadcr VAS three or four
inches lie yer ~ The water ard foot longer
in water pne. When Ae came 20 testify
,owcvcv. he confessed chat ne Raj only
a ronSa general l3~a" os what was wronx.
sasnea from glance eo feet away. and vet
b. thsse indeaayte ard ens5ientiac meth DDS
h was Wiling to be convinced that fraud
hal teea practicea and nc FASTENED - pro-
clam IL ~ assaA.as the hanor RnI integ-
r.,y % American yachtsH1en,
HOW pl,iae'e DaDraven's attitude before
she investigating committee AZ tAc ne-cy
Of NJ. Choate must have Been can ~ easily
imagined. lselln. Hevteshon an3 HAN ;oia
OF the three tons e lead, ard Mr.. Caoate
had . verisaale picnic with che earl IN show
ing that 70 smnlerse the Defender tArce 81
f9ssr inches would longthen her water lie
not one foot. but ncariy three fest and that
u Aoald require fourteen tons % lead Or so
- DO ~ Hls trough estimate - INNER