The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-08
LAWSON SHUT OUT
NEW YORK CLUB BARS HIM FRos,
YACHT RACE.
A COMPLETE THROW DOWN.
CLAIMS EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF
CHALLENGE cur.

Mr. Lawson Notified of the Commit
tees Decision Inst Night-Hc Is
Given Positive Notice That the
Club VIII Have No Further Dis
cussIon With Him-No Member of
the Yacht Club Cares 10 Enter the
ndepcndence-Laws Had Oner-
ed an Interest to Members of New
York Club.
New York June Thomas w. Law
sons yacht, the independence, win not
be allowed to compete in the trial races
preliminary to the races for the Amer
ica's cup.
This decision was arrived at by the
Challenge Committee of the New York
Yacht Club this afternoon. and was con-
veyed to Mr.. Lawson in a letter mailed
tonight
Arc All Sore on La.-son.
The last two paragraphs of the letter
explain the attitude of the New York
Yacht Club They are:
1T is evident that further discussion
mittee. therefore must decline to pur-
SUI VIC SupJtNl lulllti With you.
''If member of this club notifies the
secretary that he has chartered the m
dependence or that he has accepted a
transfer of her, it will be for such mem
ber to enter her for such events as she
may be qualified to enter
Seemingly, the last paragraph in itself
might open way In which the Independ-
ence might be entered, but as a matter
of fact it is stated there is no member
of the NpW York NlttI, tn Al, ,.,I,s
would accept a charter or transfer of the
boat owned by Mr. Lawson under any
circumstances. Therefore she is shut out
absolutely from participating in the
races.
The yacht club committees letter fur
ther says that Mr.. Lawson's last com
munication Indicates a settled purpose on
your part to misunderstood the position
OF the committee which has been again
and again stated to you in terms too pain
to be open to any but wilfu misconstruc-
tion."
This position was that the charter
should be made with an individual mem
Der of the club.
Lawson states His Position.
Mr.. Lawson's letter incosed a charter
Which he thought allowed the New York
Yacht Club Ito maintain your position
that the vessel defending the cup is the
representative of your club, also allows
me to maintain the position whieh'I have
held from the start. viz: That any Amer
lean owning the best American boat may
defend the cup without giving away his
boat"
The form of charter which Mr. Lawson
enclosed with the letter states that he
charters certain interests in the Inde-
peildence to Lewis Cass Ledyard, r.
Nicholson Kane, August Belmont, C. f.
Robinson, l.. V. s. Oddie. T.. D. Nor
gan, r. M Brown, j. Pierpont Morgan
and c. Oliver Iselin, members of the
New York Yacht Club; that the yacht
was built for the purpose of Offering her
as candidate for the honor of defending
the yachting trophy, called the Americas
cup, and of defending the said cup and
keeping the same in America, provided
the yacht be the best American butt yes
sci for that purpose; that the New York
Yacht Club holds trustees the cup un-
der deed Of gift in trust, and the New
York Yacht Club has notified MIR. Law
son that match for the cup can be
sailed only between challenge (foreign)
yacht club on one hand, and the New
York Yacht Club on the other and is not
open to other contest.