The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
NAY DELAY CUP RACE A YEAR.
SIR THOMAS IN DOUBT ABOUT
CHALLENGING.


New York Yacht Club would Accept. buf
Prefers Another seasons Trial Of New
RuIe-Every one Agreeable TO . Con-
test In 1905 wholesome Type wanted.
Whether there will be a race for the
Americas Cup next year remains for Sir
Thomas Upton to decide. II he makes up
his mind to challenge he still has time to
arrange a race, and there is not the slight
est doubt that the club will accept the
challenge and agree to sail for the cup
under the present rules OF the club. ii
Sir Thomas delays much longer it will
be too late to arrange a race for next
season, and il is very doubtful in the minds
OF many II he could range one now. Sir
Thomas has said that he hopes to arrange
another race for the cup in the near future.
but Just what the near future means only
Sir Thomas knows.
When he arrived here a few weeks ago
Sir Thomas said tina he would confer with
the officials OF the New York Yacht Club
and try to find out just where he stood on
cup race affairs and under what rules a
challenge would be acceptable to the club.
, He has met many Of the club members during
his stay here, and on Thursday lunched with
the flag officers and some members Of the
club, and at that luncheon cup affairs were
discussed, but very informally, and Sir
! Thomas knows officially nothing more than
he knew when he landed here, but unofh-
cially he has learned a lot, and now il is upto
him to say IL there Ii to be a race next year
or in 1903. II he could arrange things salts
factorily Sir Thomas would like 20 have the
race next year, because he realizes that each
! year the race is postponed the defenders OF
the cup are becoming more familiar with
the new rule, while his designers will have to
start in at the beginning and learn in a short
time what it took the New York Yacht Club
men three years or more to find out.
Sir Thomas has learned unoficially that a
challenge for the Cup for a race to Ne sailed
next year would not be welcomed by the
club. The members of the club. or some
OF them at least, think that q cup race next
year would upset things very much and
that what the best racing yachtsmen have
been working for for some years would get
a great setback. A Cup race always does
upset the regular yachting. He has learned
too hat il he chooses to challenge for a
race under the present rules OF the club
the challenge will he accepted. The club
must accept or give up the cup, put ne mas
J learned also that If he challenged the friendly
| relations that now exist might be strained.
Sir Thomas wants a race. Every one
will admit that. He has set his mind on
winning that cup II he possibly. can and
thinks that there may be lack with a fourth
: Shamrock. He realizes too that II he ia
, defeated next time he Will have to with
I draw from the contest and give up one OF
the ambitions OF his life. In order To make
a good race and have a fair chance OF sue
cess lots OF preparation will have To lie
made and when Sir Thomas sends his chal-
Ienge TO the club he wants to he in a position
to tell his designers and builders to go
ahead and get the new boat out as soon as
ii. Dr,zanV hA - NOT in a WnnaNfinn
to do that. He intends to return 10 the
other side about the middle OF next month.
Ii would he the last week in November
before he could consult with his advisers
and even If things we're rushed II n doubt
full il a challenge could be arranged and
accepted in time for a race to be sailed next
year.
Sir Thomas realizes this. He also realizes
! that TO challenge now would embarra~s the
New York Yacht Club. and that he does not
want 10 do il he can help IL, and 80 while
he IL doing a pile Of thinking and docs not
even know himself Inv he will do. the
chances are that ne will not send "A challenge
for q race for next season. hut Will arrange
for a race in 1908. and having delayed his
challenge. there j. no doubt that the New
York Yacht Club will feel more like meeting
the suggestions Of the popular Irish harOnet.
A yaChtsman who is very close to SIR
Thomas said yesterday: -Sir Thomas
realizes that his next attempt must be his
last and he wants TO feel sure that he has a
good chance Of success. He also wants To
90 very carefully into the matter and II -
very probable that he wIl on his return
home consult with Fife and Mylne and let
those two desi to work To plan a boat
that will meet the requirements Of the new
rules and Il II not az all improbable that
next time he comes he will have h. boat
here early IN the season and will take part
not only IN races for the Amer cas- Cup hut
in other Yachting events during the season
here
IL was learned that at the luncheon on
THURSDAY when Sir Thomas was viii the
aag officers on the New York Yacht club
tho rules were talked about and the Vow
YORK men ~aid that they were a. much m
the dark about the present rul" - they
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fs-t with it, WORKING and think that a set ~
-rantlng rules will have To 10 framed in
ORDER to make the rule a better one and
these ~cantling rIl.s are 10 be discussed
thus winter.
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