The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-06
ENGLISH FAIR PLAY.
Howard Gould Accused Of
Crooked Yacht Racing.
BY DEFEATED COMPETITORS.
They Soy the SiaaHA shifted water
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i.on1oz. Jane 5-Aaozhe- international
etHeSaiFy has arasen- X las already
thre~a another wet Blanket over yacht
srg. ard IL behaved 10 have sesr tn. cause
~ NJ Howard Gsasdts txentv-r1ter Nag
ara rot sssrtiHx y tAs race scr tire smaller
craft on the programme OF IRE Royal Lon
don yacas Csuass regatta yesterday when
the Meteor. Emperor Williams yacht, won
her uza.fsn race.
In brief. English yaehssrsea fei, sore
ossr the repeated Victories OF tie Niagara
last year. AID TIE present Tuning and yap-
crtng a me result Several tnxsRnatsons
expsstnsag n~r power were given. One
aquatic expert mad II that the Niagara
vas using shifting water ballast. and this
Vas finally settled upon as being the ex-
PLANTATION Of ha< success. Eventually COM
plant was made 20 the Yacht Racing As
ISOLATION. and the following letter was sent
10 the secretary % that organization. dat
ed Nay q. 70 Howard Gould.
Howard Gould. E.a.-Dezr Sir A re-
port has been made 10 the council % the
Yacht Racing Association that your yacht
Niagara h fitted vic = water tank under
TIE sea on each ssds o. the cabin. and that
these tanks arc connected BY q pipe. so
ss 20 make II pzss by merely turning
cock 70 run water from one tank into the
other. ard thus use them as a shifting wa
ter ballast which might BE- advantageous
In certain cases. THREE members Of the
coffncil were consequently requested to
sBsTect tas tanks. which they did in1rne-
6iasely after the race OF the Royal Thames
yatnt f'1ah on May =. and N your abb
ssnce were afforded every facility by Capt
Barr. The ns~ribers OF the council do not
wish 10 conway any idea on their part that
the tanks xere used for TIE purpose insii-
Gated Gu the contrary. the impression IT,
the ether way But / am requested 10
suggest. In order TO place the matter be-
you'd Suspicion. that II r. desirable 70
make irlpractscabis the run OF water from
one tank 10 ths Other. which could readily
be done by q small alteration Of the pipe.
| should be glad TO hear. for the informa-
At once. DIXON KEMP.
Secretary"
The yachtsmaa referring to this matter.
SAYS: I'VE have seen the water tanks. and
there II absolutely no room under the floor
for any pipes. IL IS true there II con-
Meeting PIPE between the tanks. but we
fail to see tina, /; would have been used
for supplying ballast. as IL takes ten min
ates for ore tank 20 empty into the other.
and this can only be done when the yacht
H. heeled over
The writer In the yaehtsman concludes
with rem&rking: We regard the incident
as peculiarly unfortunate, because the sas-
psCion which many treat as gross Insult
attaches 10 a foreign gentleman who has
done much for British yachting and who
Is known to be thorough sportsman
The fact that Mr.. Gould Is an American
makes IL all the worse. for In spite OF dis
chalmers saehtsmea in America will
gard u as a national insult"
Under the circumstances nobody would
be as;onished 10 howard Gould refused
to take part In any more races on these
waters Mr.. Gould writes TO the Field in
regard 20 the dispute over the water tanks
on Niagara as follows: .sThe tanks were
never used for ballast or for any purpose
except for water for the crew. The Yacht
was measured and ALWAYS raced with the
tanks empty. snd even II they were filled
the idaa that they could he of advantage
IL absurd. because n would take eight or
ten minutes for the water to run from one
20 the other Had the committee advised
me OF their intended visit should have
been pleased 10 aid them in their lnyestl-
cations"
An EDITORS footnote saws: We under
stand that Mr.. Gould has offered to COM
ply With the confmittee's suggestions"