Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-22

| ends each year there are rumors of a
| challenge for race for the America s
cup. Sir Thomas LiptoA has been the
| prospective challenger since the last race
| was sailed in 1903 and he has again an
nounced that he is willing to challenge
and ready to build yacht at once if the
| New York Yacht Club will accept a propo-
sitiOn under the present rules of the
club. Sir Thomas says that he will never
| challenge again for a race under the old
! rules.
| He, says: IF my challenge under the
present rule should. be accepted the de-
| Tending club would still have the ad-
| vantage because no yacht has yet been
| built by British designer to conform to
the American rule.
Il only ask for sporting chance when
the gun is fired at Sandy Hook. | want
no favors | merely say that the rule
adopted by the American club is good
enough for me. If you stick to. the old
conditions you may just as we'll send the
cup to museum as an ancient relic. The
Old rule permits of an extreme freak
boat being built to race, which is only
mt for the junk heap when the racing
is finished.
The cup conditions expressly state that
the rules can be altered by mutual con
sent. The New York Yacht Club refuses
to alter them, although the rules under
which they wish me to race are prohibit
ed and barred in every regatta in Amer
lea. The universal rule enforced by
every club in the United States is the
rule l wish to challenge under. The
Americas cup under present conditions
does not represent sport"
1achtsmen in New York and throu H.
out the New England states, except some
in the New York Yacht Club, are heartily
IN favor of race under the present rules
Some clubs have gone so far as to ex-
press their opinions of the action of the
New York Yacht Club in declining a
challenge, and we'll defined movement
mas been started to get expressions OF
opinion from yachtsmen all over She
country
| 1t is not at all improbable that the mat
ter may be brought up in the New York
Yacht Club by some of the members who
oppose the present attitude of the hold
| ers of the cup.
The club is dominated by owners OF
steam yachts They are in majority
| in the club. and the real yachtsnen the
owner of sailing yacht, is always out
voted. If the matter We're left to the
racing yachtSmen of the club d challenge
would be accepted very quickly and the
size OF the boat would be moderate, SO
that several defenders could be built
Under the present rules 100000 would
build and maintain cup defender, while
under the old rules ten times that amount
was needed. Sir Thomas Upton will not
challenge under the old rule and neither
will any other British yachtsman. sc
unless the holders of the cup modify their
actions the trophy will stand for moth
| ing.
| The Eastern Power Boat Club will hold
its second annual oyster roast at River
View next Sunday. and the boats in the
club Will start from their headquarters
in the Eastern branch at 10 am. sharp.
The Eastern Branch Club will elect it,
officers next Wednesday night for the
| season of 1912.
The member of the Corinthian Yacht
Club who signs himself Reader" has
/ written this department regarding the
discrimination of the ''Why and Be
cause" items which were published every
Sunday throughout the early part of the
summer When that feature OF the boat
ing page was put in commission it was
with the idea that boating people would
be glad to seize such opportunity of
getting all sorts of information on engine
trouble and every other thing connected
with the sport. for il was planned to
have the most difficult questions answered
by the most expert and experienced local
yachtsmen.
But it soon became apparent that inter-
est i'm the question column was lacking.
and because of a decided dearth of
queries the feature was dropped If
during the winter months and after the
opening of next season, inquistive
yachtsmen start firing weekly broadside
of questions over the side the why and
Because" items will be resumed
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Capt. Jim Douglas of the Alexandria
Old Dominion Boat Club will send a
barge crew to the Capital Yacht Club 5
oyster roast.
| The yawl Freya Of the Capital Yacht
! Club arrived Thursday evening, with
Skipper Oliver NJ. Bright and E. w.
Shepard aboard.
They report having had one of the best
cruises of the season, visiting almost
| every harbor and settlement between
Liverpool point and the Lower Macho-
doc. Chapel point, up in Port Tobacco
! creek, was the scene of the only trouble
encountered by the boys when a gale OF
| wind out of the southeast caused the
craft to drag anchors until almost on top
! of the wharf at that place, but she finally
| brought up well to windward of the land
| ing. and rode out the storm in safety.
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] The new power yacht Lounger H. re-
Gently built for James K. Hammond,
visited this port last Friday morning
while the owner transacted business in
| the city, and sailed for Florida early
Saturday. The order of cruise calls for
short stop at Norfolk, where about
| 1000 gallons of gasoline will be taken