New-York tribune., 1896-01-20
ADVISED TO "GO SLOW"
CORRESPONDENT OF THE LONDON
YACHTING WORLD" SAYS DUNRAVEN
is "ALI, WRONG"

Sabbath quiet reigned at the New-York fach'
Club yesterday. and nothing was said or done 10
indicate that special meeting OF the cluo wouu
be called TO hear the report OF the Inquiry Coni-
mittee. Although the statement was mace Some
time ago that the report ready for distribution
and that 1000 copies had been received by the COM
miftee the story that the document was sui IN the
hands of the printer revived yesterday.
The report that Mr.. Isen is the bearer OF the
Inquiry Committees decision to the Royal Yacht
Squadron is not taken seriously by many although
people still insist that he took copy OF the
document with him for that purpose.
Lord Dunraven says little on the subject OF
the inquiry in England any OF the interested
persons this side OF the Atlantic He returned to
London a few days ago, after visiting Lord Lons-
dale with the Prince OF Wales but he refused 10
discuss the yachting incident which the Enslsf'
papers have been ventilatlng Some writer's nave
expressed themselves in strong terms against Dun
raven and have pronounced his action IN the matter
az a most egreglous bunder. and while this and
similar criticism did not cause Dunraven 10 break
silence by making defence it called forth letter
from his friend. Arthur Glennie, In which he says
TO the editor of "The Yachtsman'
To my intense astonishment read on my return IN
your number Of January a coumn , ana na1 oo 90
matter relating to the Americas Cup INQUIRY i, Does e.
It not strike you as being essentially un- hngllsh 20
crcise the case TO- the detrimen OF one & %no ma hs
always been sound and true sportsman Wneh tnn, o
case s being heard with closed doors! Wnat you
claptrap out of American papers. parts are
absurd and parts untrue. May J. in the interest,"
OF sport and fairness. ask you TO be little more
discreet?
THE reference to the closed doors shows where
the shoe p!nches" was said by one who read the
article "and makes me believe that the report IS
true that Dunrayen will make the closed doors the
subject Of his next wall
Henry George Harrallson writes a letter 10 the
editor OF The London Yachting World. under date
OF January 10. in which he asks those who have
taken sides with Dunraven TO 'go II little more
mild in your raids on the Yankee yachtsmen." lie
says:
have just come from NewYotk. and 90
not hesitate TO say the position you have taken ana
the rather too emphatic language you have EN-
ployed in defending DunraVen (who. by-the-way. Is
all wrong) has tended more TO incense the better
class of the Yankees against us all than all the russ
OF their President frontier lines. 1t won
do. for the gentlemen composing the New orK
Yacht Club equal In every respect those OF the Roya
Yacht Squadron
We cannot take the risk OF further antagoniZinS
the Yankees for they seem already too much IN
cllned for serious conflict and evidently you DO
rot know their numerical strength and resources !
do not doubt that at the outset We would get the
best Of them but equally positive In the end
would be badly used up and receive SUCH a
thrashing that may never again be the strong
Empire We are having enough trouble
In the Transvaal and Turkey without your sheet
trying to foment more discord.