New-York tribune., 1901-05-25
Mr.. LAwsoN's TART REPLY.

ter IS member of the club and subject TO its
Jurisdiction.
Mr.. LAwsoN's TART REPLY.
The Boston yachtsman's next contribution to
the correspondence, dated May II, is long but
interesting. Ii reads:
Your letter of the 10th irst received to-day.
and would agan that there may De no ts con-
tents You state that your club VIII netner & fd the
on nor pdsSi Wav ne for heT 70 enter the trial
and Consequently. the races for the Cup VIII ,be be
name of a member Of the New-York Yacht Club
when cease to be her owner by making member
OF your club her owner. or by giving t ~ her
~ ,b Tneaib Of Your letter is correct the New
YORK i Yncbt TSub with the knowledge that / am
The sole owner Of the Independence that nave @ nr on
her for the sole purpose of competing Ior t tine
Of defending the Americas Cup and naesI AT "a baHe
an equal chance with the challenger and Of being
as good boat as any other candidate Tor the ir Sr
of its members that she be granted an equal chance
that she wiii not be given any chance unless make
q gift TO member of your club or all lnaI
the responsibility of an act which no member of
your club any other individual desired to per-
If my understanding is correct. I deeply regret
estimate of my intelligence as to have thought 1t
necessary to call TO my attention that 1t was WITHIN
pendence to member Of your club. for II n my - un-
committee has said to me in its courteous and wei
come but nevertheless unsolicited. correspondence
can, IL desire in any way that deem best, trans
fer the ownership from myself TO a member OF
Charter her woald respectfully cali the attention
of your committee TO the fact that did not build
and L therefore would not sell ownership. in
FurtheTmore. If it was my intention to profit in
ship dicker, she would, Of course. be sold TO the
any club. OF course, your committee and all mem
find individual 0f hilitV
have been admitted TO any club who would treat
go before your club and the public with the decep
tive assertion that ne was the owner or the Inde-
pendence and therefore entitled to those things that
necessarily with such ownership. and ! think
your club members upon second th0ughI Wi agree 9 e
at large would ask any one to assume position
OF such duplicity.
PLEA FOR FAIR PLAY.
Imagine the situation of a responsible owner who
had voluntarily intrusted ship like the lnde-
pendence an Individual irresponsible as one
ca SGga of sne 2 e if if a he
she sank an excursion steamer or in any one a OF
ages; or it, at a critical moment in the race this
those which prompted him TO pose as the owner of
q ship in which he had no ownership, should pur-
posely lose 10 the opposing yacht! or course the
righteousness of such situation must appeal 10
your committee, Recognizing that it might be ab-
soutely necessary for successful defence Of the
Cup that the New York Yacht Club should have
candidafes for the defence. determined at the
time / decided to build candidate to do anything
% 90 70 nae my Iu had Gecided before received your
@ that ,a repeTdss Of personal feeling to
the contrary, / would, upon request, turn over the
your club and at the same time free your club alb.
solutely from all responsibility and bind myself
Judgment OF your club, were deemed necessary;
ana sIpposhe as oio no MIA Se T "onsfi,ifion its
rules its regulations, was supreme, and that 1t
from its clubhouse. buildings, club tenders, yachts
OF other PT0PerS at MIL am Ydrhf hPA Cub I0 Would
have any trouble in deciding way which would
Standing of the meaning of your correspondence is
correct, it is impossible for the Independence TO
defend the Cup; therefore, Impossible for the lnde-
pendence enter the trial races for the selection
81 era af is not S Unfair for the independence to
previous to the Cup races against any vessel
more / am that it may not be unfair to
the independence to race subsequent 70 me Cpp
loser Of that match for the Independence 10 race.
subsequent 10 the Cup match, the winner Of that
Therefore am OF opinion that If my understand
ing Of the meaning OF your correspondence is cor
rect the reason for the Independence no longer
exists eca Ior S oaf IS fhat boat which defengs he
Cup. because it is impossible for any boat owned
York Yacht Clnb 10 have any part in the Cup
As we are rushing work the Independence in
an endeavor launch her next week. and 1
against the Constitution and the Columbia will not
your committee favor me as soon as possible after
venient whether my understanding of the meaning
OF your correspondence is correct. that may decide
whether to abandon finishing the Independence and
cancel her entries?
CLUB REFUSES TO CHANGE RULES.
To this somewhat remarkable Interpretation
of the New-York Yacht Clubs proposition, Mr.
Ledyard replied May IS saying in part:
1t is true that the correspondence which has
taken place between US was. as you say, not
licited by you. This committee voluntarily ad-
dressed you upon the subject, in attempt
enable you TO procure your vessel TO be entered
competitor for the honor of defending
in the only way in which il possible for her to
be entered under the constitution and laws OF the
club.
If the committee erred in extending you this
courtesy the error is not one that causes them
We have desire to enter into any controversy
with you, and do not review your letter in
detail Your principal objection TO the terms OF
competition seems TO be that IN your judgment Ii
would be impossible to find any individual of suffi-
Gent respectability TO have been admitted to any
club who would be willing to have competing
and you cTicise, in language which refrain from
repeating. the position Of any member accepting
40 respect whatever from that occupied by Mr.. w.
Sutler Duncan, manager Of the Constitution or
that assumed by Mr.. Edwin d. Morgan,
ager or the Columbia, and have yet TO hear the
suggestion from any that either OF these gem
uemen would consent 10 assume any relation that
was not justified by the highest OF honor
We have already shown that II IS entirely within
your power TO qualify the Independence for these
events by conforming 10 the rule which has been
VIZ that a competing vessel should be qualified
70 ny the flag of the club and entitled be
Dy member The suggestion that to your
individual views the New York Yacht Club should
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