Show YACHTSMEN INTERESTED R port That English Peer Will Try for the Americas pup ui Rece Received ved With Pleasure New York Jan York yachts yachtsmen achte men are much Interested In It a report from England that the Duke ot of Sutherland will make an effort to challenge for tor the Amer AmerIcas AmerIcas cup with a yacht ot of moderate size The acceptance of such a challenge by bythe bythe the New York Yacht club Is doubtful but yachtsmen say that It would mean the liveliest season In the history of the sport here At least five new yachts and possibly ten or more would be built to meet him Henry Maxwell vice commodore of one of the smaller local yacht clubs says In Ina ina a statement given out here today u If the duke should hould I hope he willit would be one ot of the most de desirable things that could happen for the sport In this country I think we can beat him easily The Englishmen have so far been unsuccessful with large boats and they will stand even een less chance wIth wItha a small boat There lIS l nothing In the deed ot of grant to warrant a I refusal of a challenge from troma froma a The limits fixed are to ninety feet teet waterline Of course the club would have the option of matchIng a against a sev but that would not be very good policy for tor the records of the past few years show that when the time al allowance allowance lowance Is considered the results have been largely In favor of the smaller boats |