New-York tribune., 1896-02-01

had been made and that all the weight put itso mo
@ thc Pernaer after me a " "posi,vey certain
she sailing at least foot De?ohu ar,,fs, m on
portunlty Of mentioning the matter to the c9mmit J
tee. Mr. Fish asked me what siigsesto,'S, u,ished
maKe ma ana reped to II the s ellfS, members or some
reliable representative on board OF ta.h % sessss re-
mea sure}. If possible hat evening. II that were
impossible. then that the members OF 'he pnra IN
charge Of the until they were measnrea; 'ha'
The l. W. L. should be marked on nG,n vieibIe and
that The commtee should take any other steps they
thought desirable 10 Insure that the EnCu,nn ~
meiiaiey after the race. No acton was ra,ooas
ured and marked externally on the day following
40 members or representatives. or the Uo'', JIM, a.
We're paced in charge pending rtmfasureihe"' d.
Had this been done my contention that the Defender
exceeded her measured length and the cS'i t1
llmi, Of length imposed by the agreement and deed
Of gift namely, nine; feet, would have pen p,Js ~ d.
Gisprovei The De te ier lay Saturday night a, pa
Ridge. with the hattie Palmer alongsi,de oi ne, d
Both yachts were measured on the ioHowo.,S s uaS
Sunday afternoon, when their l. w L. length wis
or the Friday prcvous but obvious hat I ,ar, , nl
exceeded their measured length when sailing on Sat
urday.
Lord Dunraven's pamphlet. besides the charse oi
secret alteration OF the water-ne length con'a,e'
various criticisms Of the competence or good Juds
ment OF those who were charged with the manage
ment OF the races on behalf Of the New-fork facht
club
LIMITS OF THE INQUIRY.
The committee have confined ;helr inquiries solely
10 the question Of the truth OF the charge o snrfep
titious changes in the bsiiasiing OF the Defender on
September T. not dcening ihemsel Ives authorized OF
called upon TO investigate any other clrcuHs'h,c'
connected with this or the subsequent races be-
tween the same yachts except so far as they might
assis; IN determining that question >-
The committe, met at the clubhouse Of the New
L.,
lN'J End from day to day. With the exception ot
sunday. untn Of the 5st for The purpose, OF
Tho Earl OF Durraven appeared before them WIN
his counsel Mr Askw.ih and produced his own and
various Other evidence in support Of the charge he
had made. He declined 10 undertake. to SUBS ahtia,1
or prosecute the charge, but said thai ne iet ooun
to attend ard make his statement and 10 iurhish
to the committee In aid OF their inquiry such EVIL
dence in support of the charge a. he possessed
Mr lsehn. the managing owner OF tn. yacn' ,'
fender. also appeared with rs counsel MI 'hoa'e
ey.dc ce to = -proye the cAarse made by the Earl OF
1t wa. the purpose and the cffor, Of the committee
TO avail themselves OF al existing evidence on both
s'e5 ol ' g%S, So ,'t , al , Wac ,irb, excepfions
hereafter mentioned. and not I'm their Judgment ma
heard ana considered all the evidence that would
tend TO throw any Eight upon the i>sue
DUNKAvEN's STATEMENTS.
Lord Dunraycn's statement befor. the committee
was contained In statutory declaration given by
him in London. and also in hi- oral evidence"
The substance OF It that on august 81. l'''
from on board the Valayrio. hc observed the De
ioricr vciy closely a. she lay near by IN the Eric
Basin. and noticed her trim. her lire ~ Immersion
ana general appearance That on September "
when ihe Defender again in the EIic Basin for
,hc purposes OF the official measurcm,nt above re-
i,rIed tc. he again her from The Valkyrie, and
noticed that she WAS floating much lighter thah on
That ho specially noticed the port side OF III"
Defender outlet hole about amidsh!ps. which wa.
lust cut h' ihc water litlc ahov" tho base ana
which ,nr fhouphu was rather more man on" inch
iu dian. that D." also noticed tho line of hoz"
PLATING ol IA" sl. ~ the Defender. and the hos,ay
That both va hts lay insd" Sandy Hook on tho
nirht Of that day. ani that he slept on board the
stcamhoat Cy OF irlgspor .hor, a,'nn.s az ,o,
that about hat-past in ne morning OF ,he nest
Was awakcncd by Mr. Glennic and requested to
up and look a, tho defender that h" i9okeI
at her through pair Of glassc- and vas convince
ina, she lnv deeper in the water than when meas
urcd That he rowoi ny to me pciender IN MS ti5
of her for the race. and had further opportunity
observe tho vessel IN the particular anoEc s,H,,H
;hsn along tho port sid" and round th" bow and
pipe hole and the other marks which NJ hhl or
served the prey ,ious day were In the sam" position
whore visible ahov" the water ana ihat ID NJ. ('as
m, ut and belief the line Of bronze plating and the
hohstay holt '.crr nearer 10 u" "nier than "h'n
That iulging from the fac, that ths Pipe hole was W
hron4e plating and bobs,ay bo, from me water ne
to tnc conr.urion which II" siili neHeV'I 10 ne
inches deeper IN the water than when she was
measured the day before
OF the Def nder. and sh. was lying true on the
water and had no list to port or ''nrbcnn'
accnan, nar y he ree appearenc. ~ the Defender ami
her trim, In addition 10 the other matters berore
mentioned.
CONVERSATION WITH MR.. FISH
Tha. aftcrward and when the valkyrie was tow
ing out to star, in the race Latham Fish. member
- q ,fru l.er ram on
sentative Of the Defender; that Lord Dunravcn then
stated to Mr. Fish that he was cure the defender
more deeply immersed. AMI was sailing AZ leas'
fco; beyond her proper length Of load water-linc
That he said to Mr. Fish that h wished the com
mltiee to put Of their members. or some reliable
mediateiy after the race and desired that the yachts
should be remeasured rhe same evening" II pGssble:
me up n. rr,r ,onk mlaca Ana that
the load waterline both yachts should before the
neXi race be designated 1y plain external inarHs,
request before the committee and that immediately
after the Mr. Fish was put on Board the COM
lord pnnraven also stated tina, the Hattie Palmer
lay alongside Of the Defender the night before ne
race and that work was going on TIL ! IN the
morning on board the Defender.
II appeared. and was not questioned. that ne
Defender crossed the line on the completion OF the
match at 500 30 o'clock in the afternoon: that both
yachts went up to Bay Ridge to pass the night:
that from the place where Mr. Fish was put q. on
miles and that 1t would have been impossible to
roach the Basin, which the only place where
q measurement could be had until long after
dark and Mr.. Fish stated TO Lord DunraVeh
when his request above mentioned was made.
THE REMEASrREMENT.
on the following morning. Sunday. at about 10
o'clock the Defender taken into the Erie Basin
and remcasured upon notice both parties and IL
presence OF their representatives.. and the meas
rement Of the load water-line found to be
substantially the same as at the previous measure
mcnt on tn" 9Th, the variation being too trlilih
TO bc material. The accuracy OF neither measure
mcnt was questioned. And the same occasion
the load watrr-linc measured plainly marked
by a paint erk the stem and a red disk on each
side. .
Upon examination Lord Dunraven admit
ted In substance that he judged by the eye solely,
and that the Defender might not have been sunk
more than two inches; that he could not be tied
down to a definite statement In this respect: that
the DISCHARGE hole mentioned was The only mark
by which he enabled TO verify the accuracy