New-York tribune., 1901-10-10
DENY LLPTON'S REQUEST.
WON'T GIVE THE SHAMROCK A
CHANCE IN 1902

Vice-Commodore Sharman- Crawford, OF the
committee representing the Royal Ulster Yacht
Club. submitted yesterday to the challenge com
mittee of the New-York Yacht Club a PROPOSE
ton to waive the rule against allowing de-
feated challenger to contest for the America S
Cup second time within two years subsequent
to her defeat. Sir Thomas Upton wished to
bring a second match for the Cup in the
coming Of 1902. the present Shamrock to
be the competing vessel.
The meeting of the committees for both the
Royal Ulster Yacht Club and the New-York
Yacht Club took place at the home of the de-
Tending club yesterday. Mr.. Sharman- Crawford
desired to make the arrangements for next
years races conditional, so that II any other
club challenged in the mean time the Shamrock's s
proposed race should be withdrawn.
In reply to the commodore Lewis Cass Led
yard said that while the mutual agreement clause
in the deed gave the club perfect right to
make arrangements for all the conditions of the
racing, the altering of courses, dates number
of trials and the like. the committee of the
New-York Yacht Club considered that the deed
gave no power 70 the club holding the Cup TO
accept a challenge which the instrument Itself
expressly prohibited. He said that. the com
mittee did not think 1T intended that
defeated boat should have further chance to
try again for the Cup before the specified time
should eapse
The request OF the foreign club representing
Sir Thomas Upton was therefore not granted
1t is. however. generally supposed that the
Shamrock will meet the Columbia and the Con-
stitution in the racing Of next year, when, al
though the contests will not be for the chief
trophy, they will have the effect of trying cut
the merits of the present Watson design. This
Sir Thomas Upton is most anxious to do
Hugh Kelly, the secretary of the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club, said yesterday as he was going
aboard the White Star liner Majestic that he
perfectly satisfied with the treatment he
had received here and with the treatment ex-
tended to Shamrock H.
II going back to Glasgow after having
witnessed a magnificent and perfectly fair yacht
and have no idea who will. yet / have doubt
that some Englishman will make another try
for ii. No doubt the designing for any further
challenge would be between Watson and Fife,
but there are other men in England who bring
out very fast yachts for the smaller classes, and
of these may turn out a faster craft than
either Watson Fife. One OF our men,
Sibbick. of Cowes, designed the craft called the
Invader, which recently took the Canada's Cup
from q fleet of seven yachts, all of which
lea. 1t is possible that similar design, IL pro-
duced in the 9O-foot class, might win the Ameri-
cas- Cup, because ii is sure that the Invader
beat the best that could be had for money in the
United States. Arthur Payne, of Southampton,
has also been very successful. and is among the
possibilities in the future of Americas Cup chal-
lenging."
Mr.. Kelly further said that the New-York
Yacht Club quite right in not granting the
request of Sir Thomas Upton to race again for
the Cup next year. He said, speaking of the
New-York Yacht Club: "They did the right
thing in not giving us what we wanted"