New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-21
Contest To Be Sailed Under
New Rules for Measurement
and Time Allowance.
Upton GAINS HIS POINT
Nicholson Says Sir Thomas
Offered to Build a Ninety
Footer if Yachtsmen
Here SO Wished.

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TODAY accepting The challenge Of the
Royal Ulster Yacht Club. in the name
OF Sir Thomas. to race for ;he Amer
icas cup. on Sandl Hook in Septem-
her. 1914
The message added that the races
would he sailed under the present
rules Of The New York Yacht Club as
TO measurement and time allowance.
This vas more than The Irish baronet
had hoped for, as he long has urged
That the strict letter of the deed OF
gin operated against wholesome
type of yacht and imposed Il hardship
on ;he challenging nation because Of
the necessity Of sailing across The
ocean
Sir Thomas said ,o-nieht that he
considers the acceptance Of his chal-
lenge 10y thu New York Yacht Club.
under the rules Of measurement sug-
gested. as d great victory for him.
and thai IL Will enable him 10 build
q good seaVorthy boat
There are be ADDED a few small de-
tails Yet 10 pe settled but he feels sure
that these viii arranged 10 The salts
faction of all concerned
one Of these difficulties is the cues
lion whether he will he allowed TO tow
his Yacht across the Atlantic. As TO
This, SIT Thomas SAYS he feels sure
The members of The New York Yacht
CLUB will do everything that is right
IN the way of granting this conces-
sion but. he continued
As they have decided upon Il good
class Of boat it does moi really matter
much whether ! am allowed to tow
or not anyway. . should not want 10
tow except IN the case OF Q head wind
or a dead calm"
Asked whether he thought the de-
Tenders would meet him with 4 bigger
boat than tic challenger Sir Thomas
Lipton replied.
That does not give me the least
worry. They have always treated me
iu the most generous and sportsmanlike
spirit The difficulty have felt always
has been that Of arranging a match
once this was settled they have always
done ever! thing possible 10 make il
pleasant for me
The New York Yacht clubs accept
ance Of the challenge was as follows.
The races are 10 Ice sailed as sug-
sested ina your cable under our present
. rules Of measurement. time allowance
and racing rules. il being understood
that the rule requiring Yacht 10 rate
At the highest limit Of her class in
certain cases shall not apply to this
match
Charles r. Nicholson who viii je-
sign the Shamrock II. talked freely to-
DAY when advised Of the acceptance Of
( the challenge and told how in recent
negotiations Sir Thomas offered to
/ build 9o-foot Yacht. although he had
challenged with q '5-footer Mr.
/ Nicholson said.
The chaneng r. will be seventy-hve
feet on the water line and built under
the present New York Yacht club
rules. This size originally was fixed
upon by Sir Thomas Upton. because IN
his challenge he suggested racing
under the same measurement rule as
the last contest, and thought that with
the extreme .ype 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's mean!ns
because il asked whether n intended
10 race under the old rules or tie
present rules. Sir Thomas replied ~
effect: Gentlemen. ! challenge YOU;
YOU choose the weapons, and said THAI
he intended 70 race under the old rules
but if the New York Yacht Club in
tended 10 race under the new rules lie
was quite willing.
As this. however, was really altering
what he intended 10 he the terms OF
the challenge / advised him that there
was no longer any necessity 20 adhere
10 the 7J-foot length and suggested
that no race with 9O-footer under the
nresent New York Yacht club rules
Sir Thomas agreed. and cabled that
the Shamrock " would be a 9O-footer,
unless the New York yachtsmen pre-
ferred that the race should he with
Yachts Of any other length.
.tr accepting the challenge. the rep
resentatives of the New York Yacht
Clnb have held Sir Thomas TO the 10
footer named in his first challenge. evi-
IDENTIFY preferring TO race with Yachts
Of that length.
- consider this decision highly sat's-
factory. because it means departure
,r,.,, races between extremely iieahlsh
,achts Of gO-foot length. and con
side, that il means more frequent rae
,re for the Americas cup in the tut
urs II Is now agreed That the contest
yin he with yachts Of wholesome
TYNE. The New York Yacht Gun rune
IN fact. produces big bodied boats IKE
,,o.e btdlt under the international RUE
here" ..o,,,d
Asked whether the British boat Wouiu
la Assigned 10 carry the largest sal
100 nossible. Mr. Nicholson replied
"rhe sail area will he moderate com
nod with her size because unoei inc