New-York tribune., 1907-09-23
CLIP CHALLENGE HERE.
no BE READ WEDNESDAY
Understood That Sir Thomas Has
Named 75-FOOt Yacht.

,o-e of tba Ne,x York Yacht Club will know
+ha terms of the challenge of the Royal irish facht
CIub in its challenge for a race for the America
- This morning The Umbria. which brought
tho challenge over, did not reach port until late
on Saturday night, and as there was no postofilce
delivery yesterday, the challenge VIII not reach
the hands OF Secretary Cormack until this morn
inr Secretary Cormack was at the clubhouse yes
ter,iay morning, but he made no effort TO get ltie
letter from the PoStoffce
bano seemingly content to wait until the challenge
has been read by the officers before making any
effort find out its terms There Is genera
feeling among the members that there will not De
much to be learned and there Will not be much OF
interest until the challenge Is read 10 the members
at the meeting called for Wednesday night, when
the club will take action
Sir THOMAS Upton, who is named the repre-
sentative of the Royal Irish Yacht Club. In Its
efforts to capture the trophy. has had experience
in challenging three times, and he is such goou
SPORTSMAN that believes that his latest den
will hedged with all sorts Of conditions: IL Is
understood that for the cup is asked for ana
IL is taken for granted that the present rules ol
the club will govern the building ana measurement.
of the competing yachts II is also understood
that Sir Thomas has named a yacht about 20 rect
water line length the size OF the challenger ana
a boat of this size will fl In the 6S-foot rating
class The dates for tho are set for next Au-
gust which is according TO the terms OF the deed
of sfft, which says that ten months notice must
be given the challenged club
Just what the club will do at It's meeting on
Wednesday one can forecast There are apoue
five hundred yachts enrolled in the cIuo' anu each
yacht has vote Non-yacht owners may
taI< and they will no doubt try to induce the
owners to come their way of thinking. There is
an impression though, among the members that
# Sir Thomas has simply asked for a race under
the present rules and has named a comparauVeiy a
small yacht as challenger the challenge Will be
accepted. The racing members do not see no"
they can decline race under their own rules me
rules were adopted by the club after long ana
mature deIiberation, and were framed to bar the
freak and develop a wholesome type or yacht
These members fail to see how they can sspoas
n rule TO bar freaks when racing by themselves
and discard the rule when IL is 10 apply to an IN
ternational contest The rule question IS sure 10
bring forth an argument The size or the yacht
named will also cause difference OF opinion
Some yachtsmen think that the Americas Cup
should never be raced for except by yachts OF the
first class but deed OF gift puts the fnita
of size between 65 and 80 feet for sloops. ana tne
challenger can select boat anywhere between
those limits.
There are several OF the members, though, VINO
think that as new rule Is TO be tried In an inter-
paratively small boat. which be built at mod
crate cost They also argue that with a class OF
Yachts that cost less than 10000 10 build ana
race the sport will be doomed considerably ana
several defenders Will be constructed.
The latest be mentioned as a possible owner
of a defender is Commodore Vanderbilt he mas
been Interested in yachting for several years. ana
his friends say that Il has been Of his arnbi-
tions 10 own cup defender If he Is in favor OF a
bbat in the 66-foot class his influence VIII have
much TO do with many OF the members or tns
club Commodore Vanderbilt, after owning one OF
two small yachts had the Rainbow built. which ne
raced consistently. This year he Joined the 57-foot
class with the Aurora and he has won several
good races and Increased his collection OF tropnes
Commodore Vanderbilt will preside at the meeting
on Wednesday night and there Will be large at
tendance Of members of the club