Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-21
UPTON ASKS A RECONSIDERATION
States That Challenge Agrees With Conditions of Deed Gift of Americas Cup-Asserts ChalEenger's Right Fix Dimensions-"Chalenge and Intentions Misinter- preted," by N.Y.YC.

Belfast, Ireland, March 2o.-A re- quest was sent today by cable by the Royal Ulster Yacht club asking the New York Yacht club for considera- ton of it's refusal of Sir Thomas Lip ton's challenge for the Anerica's cup This was accompanied by a long state ment from Sir Thomas Lipton. with which the committee of the Irish club signified it's agreement The committee hopes that the har- monious relations of the two clubs will be further cemented by another sue ceSsful series of races. and therefore requests the New York Yacht club to reconsider it's challenge. Sir Thonaae' Version of Deed. Sir Thomas Iipton's statement is as follows
 T deeply regret that the New York
 Yacht club has been unable to accept my challenge. After reading the ex-
 plantation given of its refusal, l can only conclude that the challenge and the intentions of the challengers have states:
 'The competing yachts or vessels, if of one mast, shall be not less than 65 fee: nor more than 90 feet at the wa ter line
 Tt must be presumed that the fraIn- CTS of the deed of gift intended that some reasonable meaning should be attached to their words, and they could never have contemplated such an ab- surdity as challenger of 65 feet being met by 90 foot defender.
 ''The deed of gift also requires that ten months prior to the race the chal- 1enger shall communicate the dimen- sions of his yacht, which dimensions shall not be exceeded If the real meaning of the words quoted is that the challenger is tho person to fix with in the limitation of the deed of gift the dimensions of the competing %ha+ hAf tn of that dimension. then the deed at once becomes intel1igible and reason able.
 q submit this is the true interpreta- tior of the deed of gift
 Tt was on this understanding that I challenged, and I repudiate the idea that any attempt has been made to inn pose limitations or restrictions not within the deed of gift.
 Different from 1907 Challenge.
 q venture to disagree from the state ment made by the New York Yacht club that the present challenge does not differ in principle from the cha1- lenge I sent to America in 1907. The 1907 challenge asked for a variation from the deed of gift in order to per init of a race under the universal rule. No such variation Is asked for in this case, and I fail to see that there Is any analogy between the two chal- lenges.
 T fully understand the decision of the New York Yacht club in 1907 to permit no variation from the deed of gift, despite mutual agreement of the clause, but I maintain that this has no bearing whatever upon my present challenge.
 "The New York Yacht club states that it would have accepted with pleasure an unconditional challenge. The only conditions ask are those of the deed of gift, for I cannot conceive that the framers of that. document, after taking pains to prohibit all time contemplated races between such ridiculous extremes as yachts of 55 and 90 feet
 eff upon reconsideration which am sure the New York Yacht club will be good enough to give this matter they accept my interpretation of the deed