The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-02-28
EyIr DUNRAVEN.

New York Feb. 27.-The following are
the letters received from Lord Dunra-
ven which will be considered by the
New York Yacht club at it's meeting
this evening:
London, 81 Norfolk Street, Park Lane,
Feb. 10.
~. V. S. eddie, ESQ., Secretary;
Dear Sir-In experimenting my ca
blegram and letter of February IA l
wish to emphasize the fact that my let
tiers to Messrs. Riyes and Phelps were
written and dispatched before / had
heard of the motion of Captain Led
yard
without commenting upon the
grounds or terms of the motion, as to
the justice of which l do not agree, I
wish to say in view of the fact that
motion of such nature has been made,
and is matter of record, do not de-
sire to remain a member of the club,
whatever may be the result of the mo-
ton.
II therefore beg that you will lay
my resignation before the Cuba course
which will probably be approved by
majority of the members. / remain,
yours faithfully,
"DUNRAVEN."
On February 10 Lord Dunraven adj
dressed a letter to the Hon. E. j. Phelps
as follows:
Dear Mr.. Phelps-The attitude of
assisting the inquiry as a witness and
not as prosecutor which in the nature
of the case I had to adopt and which
have consistently maintained, prevents
me from presuming to accept or reject,
or to criticise affirmatiyely or mega
lively the committees report officially.
But in view of the many misunder-
standings which have occurred I have
felt myself justified in writing briefly
to you, as / should be sorry if you or
the committee misunderstood my 81
lence, and in saying a few words to
which you may give such publicity as
you may think fit or necessary. My
complaint was made in good faith on
the direct evidence of the eyesight of
my own and competent men as to the
effects or cause of which they did not
know or attempt to define.
ut will in my opinion be impossible
| to find stronger reasons upon which
| ton for a complaint of like nature to
| that which l most reluctantly made,
and l am unable, therefore, to agree
that the complaint was unreasonably
| originated. / cannot admit that there
| was a mistake in the observed facts, as
| suggested by the employment of calcu-
| lations which were accepted by the
| committee as fundamentally proving
| that we did not see the actual objects
| which we did see. The only time for
absolute proof or disproof of the COM
| plant that the Defender did not sail
| the race on September Z under her
| measured load water line length must
have been on the day of the race
my conduct after the first race and
my attitude toward the inquiry when
offered to go to New York and before
the inquiry when / was presentsin New
York, all show my belief in that propo-
sition, a proposition which, in my opin-
ion, was self-evident, and think adj
mitted in evidence by members Of the
cup committee.
Feeling as do upon this point, I was
unable to adopt toward the Judgment
of your committee the attitude which
] should unhesitatingly have taken had
! the inquiry been conducted at the
proper time by the authority under
| which | sailed, to which I made my
complaint, and whose decision l was
bound to accept / fully realized the
| difficulty of the situation which had
arisen, l think largely through mutual
| misunderstanding and on the evidence
| before them.
! Il most willingly accept the main
conclusions of your committee and am
only too glad to consider the dispute
| closed.
II have throughout frequently stated
that I had no charge to make against
Mr.. Iselin or the other owners of the
| Defender, and / do not agree that he
and his friends and all connected with
the vessel must have been aware of
| it if the Defender sailed her first race
deeper than when she was measured.
AS this is a matter personal to Them
| / have written to these gentlemen to
| make the point perfectly clear.
There are two less important mat
| tiers to which | may briefly refer. l
believed, and for the reasons given in
evidence I think I was justified in be-
|
knew of my complaint at the time it
was made, but I fully accept Mr.. Ise-
Inns statement that he only became
| cognizant of it on October "a.
| II have also written to Messrs. Can
| field and Rogers, admitting the error
in my belief that the vessels were or
dered marked in Difference to my re-
| quest made to the cup committee on
September Z, though neither l nor any
| one connected with the Valkyrie Ill
understood that the yachts would be
marked on September s. I fully accept
the statements OF Messrs. Garfield and
Rogers that they believed they had
| explained the intentions of the commit
| tee to me.
II remain, my dear Mr. Phelps, yours
truly, "DUNRAVEN."
| On February 8 Lord Dunraven wrote
! to Mr.. George L. Rives, honorary sec
rotary of the special committee, as fol-
| lows:
Il beg to acknowledge receipt of a
copy of the report of the proceedings
of the special committee of inquiry
of the New York Yacht club and trust
that you will express to the members
OF the committee my appreciation of the
courtesies and patience with which the
| conduct of so difficult an inquiry has
been marked
Faithfully yours. DUNRAVEN."
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