The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-26
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Many Against Yacht Club Abid-
ing by Deed Of Gift Re-
strictions.

NEW YORK, July 25-That Sir
Thomas Liptonais still in earnest try
ing again to '.lift' the Americas cup
few have any doubt, but whether lie
or the club through. which the nego.-
tiations arc made With the New York
j Yacht Club will succeed In getting the
New York Yacht Club to agree to tho
terms proposed no. one knows. The
a New York Yacht Club has antlounced
that sts not In, favor OF racing for thu
4 stricttons except those named in the
! decd or gift
In spite OF this announcement. how
eyer sy there are quite large number r
them are some Of tho keenest racing
members, who think that the cup
should not remain on the shelf. but
should be kept in competition, and
X having been successfully defended I'm
der the many different rules that the
b club has adopted since the cup was
Won in; 1851, should be defended again
under the present rules, and It Is not
sat a1l Improbable that II these men
should get together, and have a good
Etalker to present their views in the
y club they would win out. In the mean
time nothing viii be done until some M,
New York Yacht Club.
Sir Thomas Upton authorized the
London Field to make public his sug-
gestions and that paper In its latest
Issue says:
1--we may remind orr readers that,
until Saturday last. June 27th, when
the clear and authentic statement MADE
Y by Sir Thomas Upton In connection
with the Americas cup appeared in the:
Field, we have for many years been
silent upon tire question OF the condi-
Itions for that race. The reason for
this was none other than the fact that
we have always believed that unless
I fair conditions We're laid down It
= - n -
take place. Every .yachtsman In Eng.
land and america knows that the old
conditions hitherto insisted upon by the
New York Yacht Club We're unfair.
They were in effect (D that the chal-
lenge be under a rule producinga mere
name his yacht before she Is built,
while the defender may select the best
\ OF as many yachts as he likes. No
race Is a fair race unless the conditions
are SO the race cannot seriously inter-
est the readers Of the Field" .s5
Now, of the above old conditions
of the New York Yacht Club No. 1 is
suntenable. because the New York Yacht
Club itself has abandoned the rule
less and exploded rule, and 1t has
adopted n now rule. namely, the uni
sversal rule Of the New York Yacht
Club, under which Sir Thomas Upton
desires to issue his challenge. Condi-
ton No. 2 is unfair because it allows
the defender to build as many yachts
as he wishes and to sail with the best OF
them. while 1t ties the challenger down
to name one yacht only. In other
words, by the old condition, No. 2, the
defender had several chances, the chal-
alenger only one chance.
ut is mot a matter OF surprise that
Sir Thomas Upton will never challenge
again under these old Worn out condi-
stions. No British yachtsman of ex-
York Yacht Club insists that the chal-
.lenge must be under the old conditions
Z and 2 of which we have In effect
quoted above), then, SO far as we are
concerned, the Americas cup should
he locked up in the cellar OF the New
York Yacht Club.
Z In courtesy to the club. however, we
particularly wish to add that there is
no reason whatever to suppose that
after due consideration the members
WILL find It impossible to fall in with
the equitable conditions which have
been proposed by Sir Thomas Upton.
In short. If the New York Yacht Club
sees its way to accept a challenge uponi(
the. simple conditions given in the Field
of June 9th, namely. the present uni
versal rule that their own club has
adopted. and the challenger to be al
l !s 70 build two yachts and select
the better, then the Americas cup should
produce good sport in the future good
fellowship between the yachtsmen Of 1
Treat Britain and America and all
sportsmen{ Will agree that 1t is only
fair that Sir Thomas Upton should !
nave a chance of winning the Gun with
another Shamrock .