Show SIR THOMAS IS DISAPPOINTED But Decides to Challenge for Americas Cup Anyway Under New Rules London Sept 26 Sir Thomas LIpton Is bitterly disappointed at the refusal of ot the New York Yacht club to accept his chal challenge challenge lenge lengo for another series aeries of races s for the Americas cup Sir Thomas said he had been led to believe that if he challenged under the universal rule for races in the United States there was every possibility of his challenge being bein favorably received He added however that he had not given up hope of sending a yacht to Sandy Sand Hook In 1908 1903 and already bad had telegraphed to William Fife the designer to come to London for a consultation There was wa but one thing which Sir Thomas was em emphatic emphatic emphatic about and that was that he would not challenge under the old rule One reason for this is Ia that there Is no de do designer designer signer of ot note in Great Britain which in includes eludes both Fife and Mime Milne who will de do design design sign a boat similar to the previous Sham Shamrocks Shamrocks Shamrocks rocks They say that to do so would necessitate the production of even a n greater freak than those which have al already already already ready gone to defeat Besides the danger of sailing such a boat across the Atlantic must be taken Into account and Sir Thomas is not prepared to again risk the lives liveD of men in such a venture Will Challenge Anyway Sir Thomas Thoma however authorized the Associated Pr Press today to say that he is prepared to challenge with a boat boal under the New York Yacht club rules In sending the challenge said Sir Thomas I r conformed with the deed or ot gift of the Americas cup which says that sloops stoops must be over feet on the water line Une and under ninety feet tee I 1 adhered in this respect to size inas inns inasmuch Inasmuch much as the boat I challenged with would have been about seventysix on the water waterline waterline line This also conforms with the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yacht clubs rules for tor the class J boats I am prepared now that they have hae declined to accept my challenge for this class of boats to enter a boat under the New Now York Yacht club rules There Is no class expressly defining this class except that class H providing for tor boats of two foot rating Is capable of producing a n boat up to ninetyfour feet on the water line Ine Not Used to Rule In explanation of his action in chal challenging em ing under the New York Yacht clubs new new ne rules Sir Thomas said International rule which applies to Great Britain France Germany Spain Spam and Portugal Is different rent from the rule now existing in the United States which is known as the universal rule nile and which has been in use In America for three or four years 3 and under which h dozens of boats have been built Some of the moat mo moe famous such as the Queen Ef Kf Effort Effort fort Avenger Istalena Winsome and Neola are well known to yachtsmen On the other hand a boat has never been built In Great Grent Britain under the universal sal sa rule so that In making my m challenge I had no pull and was not asking any ad advantage advantage advantage vantage It was quite the other way The American designers d and builders with their experience In building boats under the universal rule have havo all aU the best of it Shamrocks Were Freaks Freaks such as the Shamrocks which I have been racing with for eight ight or nine years jears p were ere built under a measurement nt rule which now does not exist In any an part of the world and to prevent such freaks from being bein raced In America the universal rule nile was adopted So natu naturally naturally rally I concluded that by challenging un nfl under der the universal rule 1 was meeting all of the wishes of those Interested in sport After Atter a race win or lose a boat built under such a rule Is of some use the win winning winning ning fling boat being an example to naval and marine architects TV when hen as In the other ease case the boat Is I only fit for tor the rubbish heap and the education of designers I 1 was prepared to build two boats and take the th faster of the two to the starting line had the New York Yacht club given me permission to do so I have always found the members of the New York Yacht club to be ready to meet my every request and It would be Impossible to get better hetter men to sail against and of course I am most sorry that they did not accept my challenge the reasons for tor which I 1 am anxiously waiting to know I certainly would not have sent a challenge had I thought for a moment that It would wo ld not nothan have han been accepted and I 1 hope that any difficulty In the way of a race will be overcome as I 1 would love oe once more to find myself off oft Sandy Hook fighting over oer again the old battles for yachting supremacy supremacy macy New York Sept 26 Prospects for tor a arace arace arace race for the Americas cup next year were Improved greatly today toda by the announce announcement announcement ment meat of ot Sir Thomas LIpton that he will submit Members of the New York Yacht club were reticent but It was wao said that It is obligatory upon the club to accept the challenge provided certain conditions are complied with |