The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-26
HEIRESS-LOVE YACHT
Is NAMED RESOLUTE
Announcement by Secretary Of
New York Yacht Club
Syndicate.
FOLLOWS OUT PRECEDENT
Has Eight Letters - Upton
Must Make Special Re-
quest for Towing.

The Americas cup defender building At
HerreshofY's is to be named Resolute. The
Announcement, of this name was made yes-
terday afternoon at the New York Yacht
Club by George 4. Cormack. secretary
Of the syndicate-Commodore Henry
Walters, Commodore Arthur Curtiss
James, Rear Commodore j. l.. Morgan.
vlce-Commodore George +. Baker Com
modore Cornelius Vanderbilt and Commo-
dore FIR, derrick @. Bourne. Robert W.
Emmons I'd is the manager OF this yacht
and with him will be associated Charles
Francis Adams ID.
The name Resoute fulalls the require
ments Of those VINO have n superstition
about the name OF n defender. II has
eight letters. but it has not the double
90 that many prominent yachtsmen
favor. The Tr-City yacht mas been named
Defiance. No name has been announced
FOR the Gardner designed yacht, which IL
building for Alexander 5. Cochran. but
Mr.. Cochran will announce his selection
shortly.
Mr. Cormack said that no date had
been selected definitely for the launching
Of the Resolute. but that the yacht would
be put overheard from the builders shops
some time IN April
The Americas cup committee has issued
q preliminary report which contains all
the co,ro.nondencc apd cabIeyrar,s that
passed between the challenged and the
challenger leading 20 the ARRANGEMENT ot
-he coming series of races between rem
resentatives of the New York and ROYAL
Ulster Yacht clubs. This pamphlet also
contains the correspondence relating to
the chalicnge ~ 1907 ana some letters re-
lating to the matter OF towing the chal-
lenger across the Atlantic.
I'm to the present time the New York
Yacht club has received no communica-
zion from tho cnnuen.ers about the sham
rock " towing ucro.s tho Atlantic and
IL such communication il received. II VIII
be acted ON in proper time. Sir Thomas
I.iptnn recently ,nnoun,el that he was yo-
ing to ask the New York ynchr Club for
permission 10 tow across
Mr. Corm,c(t called attention Yesterday
10 the mention made os towing in the let
ters that were exchanged by the two in
terest.d clubs On, cable from the ROYAL
Ulster Yacht club requested that the con-
ditons govern includlny towing that
governed the last races To this the New
York club said AS TO towing the only
occasion on which any question OF inter-
probation OF the deed on this point has
arisen for decision was in connection With
Shamrock L. when we accented III. con-
struction suggested in Mr. Russell's
letter"
1t then quoted fully from the letter of
Charles Russell asking FOR permission to
tow as follows:
I'VE propose TO send out the Shamrock
under sail and with 81 view In mining
ing the strain of the passage ana also
increasing the safety Of IN. crew she will
take a very southerly route II has been
pointed out TO us however thar she runs
fh. risk OF being becalrned and II Is the
intention thai she should be-. followed
closely by n steam Yacht which would
carry extra provisions. ufeboats &c. in
cas-. of any accident and Sir Thorc,s
Linton has asked IN. whether in the event