The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-21
Upton GIVEN HIS
CHANCE TO LIFT
AMERICA CUP
Challenge Accepted BY the New
York Yacht Club
RACES IN SEPTEMBER 1914
Under the Rules Sir Thomas Says
He VIII Be Able to Build Sea-
worthy Boat.

New York, May 21.-The New
York yacht club yesterday cabled to
the Royal Ulster yacht club definite
ly accepting Sir. Thomas Lipton's
challenge for the America cup. The
races will take place in September,
1914, under the New York yacht
clubs present rules as to measure
ment, time, allowance and racing
rules. Sir Thomas considers that
the conditions of acceptance of his
challenge by the New York yacht
club are a great victory for him. He
says they will enable hia to build
good, seaworthy boat.
There are, he says, few small de-
tails yet to be settled, but he feels
sure these will be arranged satisfac-
torily. One of these difficulties is
the question whether Sir Thomas
will be allowed to tow his yacht
across the Atlantic. AS to this, Sir
Thomas said he feels sure the mem
bers of the New York yacht club will
do everything that is right in the
way of granting this concession, but
he continued; "As they have decid-
ed upon a good class of boat it does
not really matter much whether | am
allowed to tow or not. Anyway, /
should not want to tow except in the
case of head wind or a dead calm"
Asked whether he thought the de-
tenders would meet him with big
ger boat than the challenger, Sir
Thomas replied" That does not give
me the least worry. They have al
ways treated me in the most gener-
Gus and sportsmanlike spirit. The
difficulty / felt always has been that
of arranging a match. Once this was
settled they have ALWAYS done every
thing to make 1t pleasant for me-"
Charles E. Nicholson, the yacht de.
signer of Gosport, Eng, is already
working on the plans of the boat.
The New York yacht clubs accept
ance of the challenge says: 1.-The
races are to be sailed, as suggested
in your cable, under our present
rules and measurement, time allow
ance and racing rules. 1t being under
stood that the rule requiring yacht
TO rate at the highest limit of her.
class in certain cases shall not apply
20 this match"
The challenger will be rs feet on
the water line and built under the
present New York yacht club rules"
said Designer Nicholson yesterday.
This size was really fixed upon by
Sir Thomas Upton because in his
challenge he suggested racing under
the same measurement rule as In the
last contest and thought that with
the extreme type produced under
that rule having an enormous sail
area, a 75-footer was large enough.
In acknowledging the challenge the
New York yacht club apparently did
not understand Sir Thomas mean
ing because II asked whether he in.
tended to race under the old rules or
the present rules. Sir Thomas re-
piled in effect: Gentlemen | chal-
lenge you; you choose the weapons.
and said that he intended to race un.
der the old rules, but that If the New
York yacht club intended to race un-
der the new rules he was quite will
ing. AS this, however, was really al.
tering what he intended to be the
terms of the challenge, | advised him
that there was no longer any neces-
sity to adhere to the 75-foot length
and suggested that he race with a
e0-footer under the present New
York yacht club rules. Sir Thomas
agreed and cabled that Shamrock Nv
would be the 90-footer unless the
New york yachtsmen preferred that
the race should be with yachts of
any other length
in accepting the challenge, the
representatives of the New York
yacht club have held Sir Thomas to
the 75-footer named in his first chal.
lenge, evidently preferring to race
with yachts of that length. con-
slider this decision highly satisfac-
tory, because it means a departure
from races between extremely freak
ish yachts of 90-foot length, and
consider IL means more frequent
racing for Americas cup in the fu.
ture II is now agreed that the con-
test will be with yachts Of a whole
some type. The New York yacht
club rule, In fact. produces big.bodi.
ed boats like those built under the
International rules here"
Asked whether the British boat
veuld be designed to carry the larg-
est sail area possible, Mr.. Nicholson
replied: The sail area win be mod
crate, compared with her size, be-
cause under the rules governing the
Tsce, excessive sal area win be heav-
ny penalized.r Designer Nicholson
added he had prepared plans for a
freak boat, but that he had already
begun work on new plans and hoped
70 launch the challenger in March
1914 Sir Thomas Upton has not Sc
iected the skipper. but he probably
vin be either Capt Edward syca-