The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-17
CUP RACES POSTPONED.
FIRST MEETING OF THE YACHTS
 FIXED FOR SEPT. 26.
The New York Yacht Club Not in ponement-Letterso on the Subject.

The New York Yacht Club Not II
 ponement-Letters on the Subject.
 New York, Sept. 16.--The challenge
 commit tee of the New York Yacht club
 in conference with the representatives
 of the Royal Ulster Yacht club met to- day at the New York Yacht clubhouse | No. 37 West Forty-fourth street, and after lengthy discussion announced | that the first race for the America S
 cup would be sailed on Thursday, Sep | tember 26
 The New York Yacht club committee 1 lad no voice in the selection of the date. They were under contract with the Royal Ulster club to sail on Sep
 tember 21, and the postponement could only be made by the challenger.
 The committee representing the Royal
 Ulster Yacht club explains in the fol- lowing letter its position:
 "As the committee of the Royal Ul-
 ster Yacht club, we write with refer
 ence to the date of the sailing of the
 international races. The committee feel that in view of the death of your
 revered president, whose loss the whole
 world unites in mourning, that there
 would be want of respect to his mem
 ory if the races should commence so
 soon, as would be the case if the date
 now fixed were adhered to. We, there fore, write to suggest that the date of
 the first race should be changed to Thursday in the week following. The races would then commence on Sep
 tember 26.
 "There will, perhaps, be some who would desire that the postponement should be longer. Were our own feel ings alone concerned we would propose a later date. But, in naming the date as suggested, we have been compelled to consider not only the fact of the very large number of persons who have come to this country with the chal- lenger in various capacities, some of whom have duties at home demanding attention at the earliest possible date, but we have also thought that we had to remember the many charters, hir~ ings, and other contracts, involving large sums, made by citizens of this country, and the thousands of persons who, in one way or other, find work and employment in connect ion with the races, many of whom, we have reason to know, would suffer heavy loss by a protracted delay.
 There are various other minor con- sideratons which will readily occur to you, such as the convenience of the very large body of visitors who have made the voyage from Europe especial ly to witness the international contests, which have some weight with the com mittee.
 We may mention that we have con- suited Sir Thomas Upton, and he leaves himself entirely in the hands of the two committees, and he will be happy to comply with any decision whatever, which they may come to-"
 MT. Oddie of the committee on chal- lenge of the New York Yacht club, re- piled: enf
 "On behalf of the committee of the New York Yacht club, upon the chal- lenge of the Royal Ulster Yacht club, l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this morning. The committee of the New York Yacht club desire me to assure you of their appreciation of the feeling which prompts your sugges- tion that the races for the Americas cup should be postponed Your sug- gestion is that the date of the first race shall be postponed to Thursday, Sep l tember 26 week following the date fixed for the presidents funeral.
 AS we have frankly stated to you in the conference that we have had upon this subject our committee would have | preferred a longer adjournment out of respect to the presidents memory. We | however that. you are the best judges of the condition in which | you find yourselves, and we cannot | doubt after reading your letter, and | after the further statements which you | have made to us in conference, that | you have fixed the latest day which in r your judgment it is possible for you to name, and, of course, the conditions are | such that we must accept your decision without question.
 We are quite sure that all American yachtsmen and the public in general | will accept as graceful courtesy on your part the suggestion that you have made that the races be postponed, in view of the terrible aff1iction which has come to our country"
 The full committee of the Royal U1- ,ter Yacht club was present at the con- terence which resulted in the above let CTS. Of the New York Yacht club committee, all were present except J. Malcolm Forbes and J. Pierpont Nor gan. MT. Morgan resigned from the as soon as the Columbia, of which he is the owner, was selected to lefend the cup.