The sun., 1908-08-23
LIPTON'S LATEST CUP PLANS
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB NOT
LIKELY TO AGREE TO THEM.
Insist That Americas Cup ID for Speed and
Yachts Must BE Built without Restric.
tions-Loophole for Concessions Under
Mutual Agreement Cl&use-Challenges

Sir Thomas Upton Ia making plans to have
another challenge issued for q race for the
Americas Cup. He has said that he wants
to try again, that he 10 willing to race under
the old conditions. but cannot hnd designer
TO build under the old rule and that falling
that he will ask for o race under the present
rule Of measurement Of the New York Yacht
Club He viii ask this, he says. under the
mutual agreement clsuse which In the deed
OF gift says the clhb challenging FOR the
cup and the club holding the same may, by
mutual consent. make any arrangements
satisfactory to both ss to dates, courses.
number Of trials rules and calling regulations.
and any and all other conditions Of the match.
in which case. also. the ten months notice
may be waived"
This clause allows the New York Yacht Club.
as the holder Of the cup. to arrange almost
any match that it sees At. but whether
it will feel Inclined to meet Sir Thomas
Linton with q yacht built under the restric-
tions Of the present rule Is matter that
can only he decided at q meeting OF the club.
When Sir Thomas sent his last challenge
through the Royal Irish Yacht Club he failed
10 call attention TO this mutual agreement
clause. and the Royal Irish Yacht Club tersely
stated that it challenged for o race for the
Americas Cup under the present rules Of
measurement Of the New York Yacht Club
and named the Shamrock ~. yacht to race
In the class j. and In the challenge stated:
Rating to be not over 90 feet rating measure
ment by existing New York Yacht Club rules.
not a formal one, as It nesleeted to give the
water line length OF the yacht, and then
the club adopted set tool, o1 fSa sDsed on
given water line length only and that l.
could not accept chellepge for % a boat ipp built
sssoutioSs s%s XsSs' also said that the club would
accept challenge under tne mut%a, sa,,Ia seree o
1HSSs would make a match boat for boat with no
many TsmssTs ,sn Ts.e e tSs sss SsS sss
in s action sSoud Snd thes BE- 1sseG foS
Spt o1tfp by tt these members that from the time
1ns rules u the club in force al the time of The
many races have been used 70 aeteTmlne
time allowepce and that & ioHoWlhs Srl ooEes1 oEeee
races for the cup. These memoers were
outvoted at the meeting OF the ;,na club when hen
mn Unless H they have gained strength they viii
be outvoted again and the challenge coming
II framed has. as Sir tSnn ( was last
S The club is OH record against racing for the
sSR ssrcts a''a anything but length on the water
line. The present rule restricts over az
length dIaSht and ss sres yasbt ana Il does
not produce a boat IA fast n the old rule did;
~ 4 yacht built as Sir Thomas suggests would
IL iise length would Be about z foot less than an
that OF the Queen and her sail area would be
limited to sSsss now racing
that under the restricted rule he would n,sd have
by by the European conference and the Ameri:
can rule are similar and produce boats OF
ss the 9ssas Tass assrs .ss
sssiiy ca handled boats: IN IIsht weather thsr
boats OF the Reliance type. but in fresh winds
and IN seswsy the new type would an.
dol. .sm.s win ncssSSr sIS tns On light
90 that the old type would have the advan-
with q boat built under the new, rules and
allowance, but It is hardly likely that he will
o' The i British yachting publications are
supporting Sir Thomss now In h. his .nS efforts e
nHI little Attention was paid to the building Of The
ps Sr = ss sssns sy sy Sf' Ss.
much to stimulate the sport on the other
side, and although the challengers were
terest res Hf Of the same man do not help the sport
much These papers always sugeested that
Sir Ih0maS BnOulu Duuu u ydcHt hio Tdco Ia
homo water and this he has now done and with
success The 23 meter class, In which the
Shamrock has raced. has been O. good one
and now Morton r. Plant has determined
II meter yacht built by. Herreshoah, This
announcement has pleased the British yachts
men The Yoehtiro World in commenting ON
@Assumins-as there seems good reason
why we should-that the finest sporting pro-
posal yet made for next year, the statement
that Morton r. Plant viii bring across
q Herreshoff racer for the first class In carried
out, the position will require some considera-
tlon. At the outset II may be said that there
Is not yachtsman In Great Britain outside
the universal hope that Mr. Plant win be able
to carry through these plans. The building
and racing of such a vessel would mean much
more than the simple addition OF another
racer to the finest Of Our sporting olasses.
" would mean also the introduction OF the
element OF international competition. which
gives the keenest zest to the racing and the
possibility Of putting the contest for yacht,
Ing supremacy between this country and
America on q sound and satisfactory basis.
The old struggle which centres In the pos
session OF the America cup has played such
a large part In the sporting relations of the
two countries during the last half century
that 90 long as there is a possibility Of having
u continued ne one viii willingly take any