Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-25
Upton MUsfS00NEQRM
TODEED OF G|FT,HRAS
Challenger for Americas Cup
Disappointed at Clubs
Action.

LONDON, March 25-Sir Thomas Lip
ton was keenly disappointed today to hear
that the New York Yacht Club had de-
clned to reconsider his challenge for the
Americas cup. He said:
II have not received any news of the de-
clination of my challenge BY the New
York Yacht Club except through press. re-
ports. l am hoping that the reply of the
New Yorw yachtsmen will leave the way
open to an unconditional challenge by an
intimation that the defending yacht will
not surpass In size the challenger.
Should a little bird from New York
even whisper this to me l would chal-
lenge Internationally"
Yacht Clubs Action.
NEW YORK, March 25-The New
York Yacht Club is unwilling to meet
Sir Thomas Upton in a match for the
Americas cup, so long as Sir Thomas
insists on limiting the size of the de-
Tending yacht to that of the challenger,
according TO announcement that was
made yesterday afternoon on behalf OF
Secretary Cormack of the club
A copy of the reply of the cup com
mttee of the New York Yacht Club to
the Royal Ulster Yacht Clubs request
for a reconsideration of its recent dec
lination OF tile challenge by the Eng
lish club on behalf OF SIR Thomas Upton
also was made public.
The club members maintain that it
would be in violation of the deed of gift
under which the New York club holds
the Americas cup as trustee to permit
the limitation of the defender to that of
the challenger.
Even .Terms Accountable
Many of the,members believe. however,
that should str Thomas challenge under
their interpretatton of the deed of gift.
the club would meet him with a boat of
the same size as 1he challenger.
The New York Yacht Club will be ask
ed Thursday night to ratify the cup COM
mittees action, and there is every indi-
cation that il will do so. In the reply
sent to the Royal Ulster Club the cup
committee denies that Sir Thomas cfal-
ienge has been misinterpreted by the
New York Yacht, Club. X adds that Sir
Thomas now OPENLY asserts the abso-
lutte right of theA challenger, under the
deed of gift. irrespective of the mutual
agreement clause. to fix and determine
the dimensions of both competing ves-
sells, not only thes challenging but also
the defending yacht, provided only that
they be not less than sixty-five feet nor
more than ninety feet on water line
Rights Under Deed of Gift.
The, rely continues: This club has
been called upon repeatedly to explain
TO him that the deed. gives no such right,
and has already twice by deliberate and
formal action and by unanimous vote
determined that it will not accept any
challenge involving the assertion of such
a right.
$50 in n Ia tn
move from the challenge the words to
which we object If we Will accept his in
terpretation of the deed-an interpreta-
ton which we have again and again de-
nied-it is manifest that this would SIM
ply reduce the whole matter to a ques-
ton of mere words and not of substance.
II am instructed by the officers of the
club to say that they do not feel that
they should be asked to again submit
to the club a question which 1t has thus
repeatedly and deliberately determined"