The sun., 1908-07-19
AMERICAS CUP AFFAIRS.
"FIeld" Criticlses the Conditions rs Inter.
preted by N. Y. u. g.


That Sir Thomas Upton is still in earnest
trying again to lift" the Americas cup few
have any doubt, but whether he or the club
through which the negotiations are made
with the New York Yacht Club will succeed
In getting the New York Yacht Club to agree
to the terms proposed no one knows. The New
York Yacht Club has announced that 1t Is not
In favor Of racing for the cup with yacht
built under any restrictions except those
named In the deed OF gift
In spite OF this announcement, however,
there are quite a large number OF members
of the club. and among them are some OF the
.keenest racing members. who think that the
cup should not remain on the shelf but should
b6 kept in competition and having been sue
cessfully defended under the many different
rules that the club has adopted since the cup
was won In 1881 should be defended again
under the present rules and II Is not at all i'm
probable that II these men should get together
and have a good talker to present their views
In the club they would win out. In the
meantime nothing will be done until some
foreign club makes a proposal to the New
York Yacht Club. ,t3 i.... .t.
Sir Thomas Upton authorized the London
Field to make public his suggestions and that
paper In It's latest issue says:
we may remind our readers that until
Saturday last. June 27. when the clear and
authentic statement made by Sir Thomas
Upton in connection with the Americas cup
appeared In the Field. We have for many years
been silent upon the question OF the bs GeTd
none other than the fact that we have always
believed that unless fair conditions were LAID
down It would be better that the race did not 9
take place. Every yachtsman in England
and America knows that the old CONDITIONS
hhee by hs Eew Sa
the challenge be under rule producing a
mere seow; !2l that the challenger must name me
may select the best of as many yachts as he
likes. No race Is Il fair race unless the condi-
tions are equal for both sides; Unless they
readers of the Field"
Nov. Of the above old conditions OF the n,
sert he Sew cS YORK Yacht cS
scows ss sSsn as 6eins s Useless s and Exploded
Universal univ M all rule f Of the New New YORK Yacht Club.
under, which Sir Thomas Lipton desires to o
ss & aWs the no
many yachts az he, wishes and to sail with
the best Of them. while 1t ties the challenger
by the, old condition. No, e, the defender had
several chances. the challenger only one
1T is not a matter Of surprise that Sir
Thomas Upton will never challenge again
under these old worn out conditions No
do oion so f'aa II the New z York yacht Club insists
that, the challenge must be under the OLD
conditions IL and OF which we nave IN erect
quoted aboyel. then. 80 far as we are con,
up in the cellar of the New York Yacht Club.
In courtesy to the club. however. we par
ticuarly wish to add that there is no reason
whatever to suppose that II wishes to lock
up the cup, nor that after due consideration
the members will find 1t impossible to fall
in with the equitable conditions which haye
been proposed by Sir Thomas Upton. In
short, If the New York Yacht CLUB sees It's
way to accept a challenge upon the simple
conditions given in the Field of June 27,
namely, the present universal rule that their
own CLUB has adopted. and the challenger
to be allowed to build two yachts and select
the better. then the Americas cup, should
produce good sport in the future. good fellow
ship between the yachtsmen Of Great Britain
and America, and all sportsmen will agree
that IL is only fair that Sir Thomas Upton
should have chance Of winning the cup with
another Shamrock"