Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-26
REJECTS CHALLENGE,
New York Yacht Club Votes Against Race With Upton.
BAR0NET's TERMS DON'T SUIT
Britisher's Suggestion to Sail Sixty eight Foot Boat Deemed Contrary to Conditions of Deed of Gift of Trophy.

New York, Sept. 26.-At meeting of the New York Yacht club, presided, over by Commodore Cornelius Wander bilt, the challenge of Sir Thomas Lip. ton to race fourth time for the Amer ica's cup was rejected.
 This is the first time in the history of the club that bona fide challenge to race for the historic cup has been declined The motion to reject the of fer of the Irish baronet, who has three times so valiantly struggled to lift the cup," was made by Lewis Cass Ledyard and seconded by J. Pierpont Morgan, both ex-commodores of the New York Yacht club. .. In effect it was nothing less than a blunt intinnation to Sir Thomas Lipton that his company was not wanted and that under no conditions will the New York Yacht club permit him to again try to win the cup. He has already spent nearly $1,0OO,0OO in his efforts to take it back to England.
 Defenders Regarded as Freaks.
 The rejection of the challenge is the result of struggle that has been go' ing on in the New York Yacht club for the last i've years. J. Pierpont Nor gan, MT. Ledyard and other prominent men who have controlled its affairs for the last twenty years have been lead ing this fight They represented the owners of the steam yacht" contingent in the club Opposed to them were the owners of sailing yachts. |
 To MT. Morgan, MT. Ledyard and their friends the Columbia, the Reli- ance and all other boats which have defended the cup in recent years have been freak yachts. : They believed that the construction of this design of boats did not con tribute to the advancement of the sci ence of navigation and rather retarded it. The owners of sailing yachts have steadfastly upheld the building of rac- ing machines and up to last nights meeting had successfully fought the others.
 Challenged With Sixty eight Foot Boat
 Sir Thomas asked for a race of sloops under the sixty-eight foot rat ing, and the members of the club base their refusal to race on the general proposition that the Americas cup rep resents trophy for the speediest type of yacht that can be produced on a water line length of ninety feet or un- der and that therefore any proposition to limit the size of the boats must be refused.
 This refusal of the New York Yacht club to accept Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge is not in conflict with the decd of gift. The Americas cup was deeded to the New York Yacht club in 1883 by George L. Schuler, who had won it on three successive occasions and was therefore entitled to hold it as his own
 He presented it to the club under the specifications as originally laid down by Queen Victoria when she gave the cup to be raced for. The cup was orig inally won by the yacht America and therefore came to be known as the Americas cup.
 The rejection of the challenge was brought about without a fight in the meeting, though it was evident that the struggle had been carried on bit terly ever since the issue was made acute two weeks ago by the news that Sir Thomas Lipton had challenged for the fourth time and that his challenge was on its way.