New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-18
HAS THE EARL RESlGNEDt
v1rMoR THAT HE HAS SENT A LETTER TO
MR. ODDIE.
r,o>r,trNrs OF ENGLISH PAPERS ON THE sIIOA-
TIoN-EMPERoR WILLIAM MAY hA'N
EYE ON THE AMERICAS CUP


EYE ON THE AMERICAS CUP
AFTER ALL.
Dunravens letters to ex-Mmis'er np Wi,
y,eorse L. Rives OF which he gave 'he W." 49,.
Yacht Club notice just in time to save h''se''
being requested to resign from honorary Al" ,,
chin are stiu subjects Of discussion IN yac"'i"s
circles and will doubtless be talked aoou' -
,hsv have been read to the club at the ad)ourneu
,rse,,ng which will be held for that purpose o'
the evening Of February p. There are o'"e' 'e
ters In transit from DunraVen, II recent .'pO
may be credited and as one Oh 'hese 10 az" =.
v Oad,e secretary OF the club 1t Is De-
l,eved that the Earl has anticipated 'he o'uo a.
ton by resgning his honorary mehpe' snip
<,n,r,on ~ the club was expressed in the Leuyaiu
resolution and that was an honest re"eN "a VIZ
public sentiment on the subject lHe IePo ~
Europe which have come since the" nav nv
caused any change of sentiment. but they ha'o
given the yachting world much to talk ABOUT De
cause they show the lack Of fairness oil 'hose WIZ
rvr,te on the subject there. and their inabiity 10
view the matter in any other than Pai"Sa
Hight THE Sporting Life. of LONDON spe"As "a
the report OF the Inquiry Committee as nnpai ''a'
and businesslike" and then throws cold water on
its own statement by quoting famous sports
man" as saying that the report had just as 'iuch
value as that Of the paper upon which 1t was VIII
ten" Then follows this remarkable paragraph:
And truth to say this Is the general feeling over
me apology from the popular Earl with the al,erns
tiv, of ''beins expelled from the Newt OK An An
his aS ehf links apology
due to his confreres Of the hrt nsberWis
he will not trouble one tinkers cuss for all suc a1
anane threats or chatter eInana'ns IRON, Nave
every confidence In his lordship to 90 exact! me
right thing and exactly at the s 40 n rn1 which
see We know him. and the Americans 10 MOI ""'"
makes all the difference
In discussing this publication. member OF the
club said: III the writer of that article VIII come
over here and talk with the members of this cluo'
ne will learn that we do know Lord Dunraven,
and lust because we know him would prefer his
room to his company.
"The London Field" In which the Dunraven
charges were originally published devotes mucn
space to a review of the testimony before the IN
curry Committee, and echoes the position taken by
Dunraven who has lost opportunity TO say that
It would be impossible to prove now what he might
have proved on the evening of the day when he
made his first kick 'rhe Field SAYS;
The decision of the committee appointed by the
alteration OF trim OF the Defender was foregone
conclusion: but must confess that the report
of the committee impresses one with a sense OF us
impartiality far they could deal with the
evidence placed before them. The committee de.
We think, however. the strongest te,m which ought
perceive that it would be absurd to attempt to
prove what the exact trim Of yacht was on
1t is the same old story again. 1t was
printed in THE Field" it spoken at Cardiff. +;
repeated in the model-room OF the NewYork
Yacht Club before the special committee. and It
comes now once more from the Earl's organ. and
leads many to believe that the letters Will contain
the twadde
For Dunraven. tumblng. still IS grumbng. still
mumbling
In his lordly castles the shore:
And his talks have all the daft and jealoIs
And the through him streaming show he's u-falr
at the
And because the Yacht Club him
Knows he's unfair at the
He will here