The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-28

lord DUNRAVEN-
should be withdrawn. The request was
granted unanimously. Captain Ledyard
then claimed that under chapter 21 of the
bylaws of the club Lord Dunravens s actions
should be summarily dealt with. This by
law reads as follows:
TN case of an occurrence injurious to
the welfare of the club, the name or names
of any member or members implicated
therein may be removed from the list of
members by vote of the majority of the
yachts represented at any general or
special meeting"
Captain Ledyard then offered pream-
BILE and resolutions, which are in sub
stance as follows:
1.-THE Earl of Dunraven, an honorary
member of this club has publicly charged
foul play on the part of the Defender, in
the recent races for the Americas cup of
such nature as necessarily implicate the
managing owners of the vessel.
'The charge has been Investigated by a
commission of the highest character, which
has proceeded iudicially, and before which
Lord Dunraven has appeared and given
his own and other testimony, and has been
heard in person and by counsel. The COM
mission has unanimously decided that the
charge was false that it was not merely
improved, but was af1irmatively disproved
| by competent and uncontradctory evil
dence, leaving no possibility of doubt.
'The commission has also found that
the facts upon which Lord Dunraven acted,
according to his own statement furnished
no justification for making such change.
1T further appears that in print and in
public speech Lord Dunraven has sought
| to justify the making of the charge by nu-
merous misrepresentation of fact He has
been forced himself to admit the untruth
of most of these, yet he stubbornly refuses
| to retract the injurious inferences drawn
! from them.
"The representatives of this club en-
gagged in the international yacht races
with Lord Dunraven, as the representa-
tive of English yachtsmen, upon the foot
| ing of mutual confidence and honor. He
has requited their courtesy and confidence
| by distrust, suspicion, unfounded imputa-
tions of fraud and refusal of reparation
! By his course he has forfeited the high es-
TEEN which led to his election as an hon
orary member of this club.
Therefore be it resolved, that the privi-
leges of honorary membership heretofore
| extended to the Earl of Dunraven are
| hereby withdrawn, and that his name be
removed from the list of honorary mem
bers of the club"
In introducing the resolution Rear
! Commodore Ledyard said:
Lord Dunraven is still carping, still
hedging, still evading and still insisting
that he saw with his eyes what we know
he never did see, as has been conclusively
proved. l think that this course has been
such that it is due to the dignity and self
respect of this club that action shall be
taken which will leave no room for doubt
as to to the attitude of the club.
When Mr. Ledyard had done speaking
he was greeted with wild cheers and cries
of "bravo," "bravo," AS soon as quiet
was restored Commodore Brown put the
resolution to the forty yacht owners pres
ent, all of whom, but one, answering in
the affirmative. The only dissenting vote
was cast by Chester e. Monroe, owner of
the sloop yacht Oriva.
When the result was announced the
yells of the club members could be heard
blocks away, and when it was understood
that Dunraven's name was no longer on
the roll Of the club every member with
the one noted exception, expressed him
self as being perfectly satisfied that the
rule of the majority was in every way
right and deserved.
Ex-Commodore James ID. Smith, in re
ply to the query of a representative of the
Associated Press, said: "What do think
of it? Why, it is the most just and salts
factory decision that was ever arrived al
by any yacht club in the world against q
man who had violated the honorable rules
of sport, the honor and integrity of men
his peers"