Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-28
LORD DUlRAVEN EXPELLED
New York Yacht Club Strikes His Name
from the Honorary Roll.
LARGE NUMBER or MEMBERS PRESENT
only One Voice Raised In Dissent ut
the Clubs, Action-Members say
No other Course WAS Left
to the club.


NEW YORK. Feb 27.-The club house OF
| the New York Yacht club was absolutely
packed tonight with members and yacht
| owners who were anxious to testify by their
presence that the Dunraven- Defender case
| should be settled once and for all. Up to
the time of meeting $50 o'clock this even
ing, no direct apology or notification Of in
tended resignation had been received by any
| club officer from Lord Dunraven. 1t was
rumored that a letter embodying resig-
nation was on its way from the doubly de-
feated owner of Valkyrie, but it was not in
evidence when the meeting was called to
order by Commodore Brown.
As soon as the meeting was called to order
by Commodore e. NJ. Brown Captain l.. C..
Ledyard requested that his motion calling
for the resignation of Lord Dunraven from
the New York Yacht club, which he pro-
posed two weeks ago, should be withdrawn.
The request was granted unanimously. Cap
tain Ledyard then cited chapter 81 Of the
bylaws Of the club. which reads as follows:
I'm 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 meet
ing" Lord Dunravens actions, he said
should be summarily dealt with Captain
Ledyard then offered the following preamble
and resolution:
The earl of Dunraven, an honorary mem
play on the part of Defender in the re-
cent races for the Americas cup of such
nature as necessarily implcate the man
aging owners of the vessel.
The charge. has been investigated by a
Lord Dunraven has appeared and given
his own and other testimony, and has been
mittee has unanimously decided that the
charge was false; that 1T was not merely
bH but nd as
ieaying no possibility of doubt.
The committee has also found that the
cording to his own statement, furnished
no justification for making such a charge.
rules which regulate the course of gentle
men that when one finds that he has been
led, led by n, mistake to cast unjust mputationss
promptly make such reparation as remains
In his power by acknowledging his error,
his, regret. Such reparation to Mr.. Iseln
afta and MS "a, associates the earl Of Dunraven,
It further appears from the % evdence, @ e,' f1 IN
Guiding Lord Dunraven's own admissions,
that that at a, the time Of the cup races, he in
charge formally, or making any protest, as
REQUIRED by ths rules, because il was i'm
he was unwilling to take the responsibility
of entering it..
gentlemen are engaged in any sport and
one suspects another of foul play, he is
bound se to to make the charge then, in such
sibility therefor, or thereafter to remain
1t further appears thar in print and in
public speeches Lord Dunra bac sougbt
to justify the making of the charge by
numerous m!srepresentations of facts.
untruth of most of these yet he stubbornly
refuses to- retract the injurious differences
The Representatives OF this club engaged
IN the international yacht races with Lord
1iG,l 1Din,nravenn,a as the representative of Eng,
confidence and honor. He has requited their
courts courtesy and confidence by dstrust sus
a refusal of reparati ton.
Lord Dunraven, by his course, has for
feited the high esteem which led to his
club. Therefore,
Resolved, That the privileges of honorary
earl of Dunraven are hereby withdrawn
and that his name be removed from the list
of honorary members of the club
Commodore Brown put the resolution to
the forty yacht owners present, all of whom
but one answering in the affirmative. The
only dissenting vote was cast by Chester +.
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 1t was understood that
Lord Dunraven's name was no longer on the
roll of the club. every member. with the |
one noted exception, expressed himself as |
being perfectly satisfied that the rule of
the majority was in every way right and |
deserved. Tie vote was 80 to 1 in favor of |
Captain Leiyard's resolution dropping Dun
raven from the roll The remarks of every |
one interested were in accord with the views |
tersely by eXCommo1ore James |
b. Smith, who, in reply to the query of a |
representative Of the Associated press said |
What do l think of it? Why, it is the |
most just and satisfactory decision that was |
ever arrived at by any yacht club in the |
world against man who had violated the |
rules of sport the honor and in
tegrity of men his peers"