Show I NO FURTHER CONCESSIONS Cnn It be thal Sir Thomas Lipton la about to insist upon a further mod If callon of the deed of gift under which the New 1011 Yacht club holds the America cup won at Cowos In 1851 He proposes to bring l his new Will ion cUttCI r > Erin and Ialso I the Fife I boat nr last year Snamrock and af I tel carcful tests ln American waters Lo select time betlel of thc two to race for the otip HC admits that extensive Itratlons will be made in Shamrock 0 by her I CHlsnor before she leaves the I oilier Hide I TiTrJlT TI110S eJcscd Us belief In Sir Thomas good faith last summer I and nrxf I T1011 to iJianRo il i opinion now provided the skipper understands whtJt VM hue Is a lting 01 Uio New York I Yucht chub We c ° nl < < cntly believe wo Imow more about the hiHOIY of this coniest of nearly fifty years than does he nnd we see m his Proposition what would be mistaken for a bit of very H S VracLIc If suggested by a dls cIedltcII > > lsan M I I ho Lord Dun ravon Sir Thomas Is a different sortOf man hut time fact Is patent that he brings I over two practically new boats to race I against one defender thai ne mufll name before he leaves British waturs Our opinion is that the rules of the turf must apply to this open sea con test If sir Thomas chooses to bring two Quitters he must forward two sep arate challenges There must be entire frankneFH Jf he Iniend to sail the yacht best suited for the prevailing breoe of the day the same privilege must be conceded to the challenged party It Is l to be feared that Sir Thomas forgets thai Henry Slcers won the sil ver cup that has cost British and American yachtsmen several million dollars against a fleet of English I choonprs Does he remember that Com modore Ashbury the first challengor H lied Cambria in 1S70 against nearly every other schooner of the New York Yacht club without protesl Does he recall the fact thai when Ashbury re turned In 1S71 with the Livonia he asked and was granted the great con cession thai IL single eontcslanl be named on thc morning of each Inee In all the conlcsls that have followed Sir Thomas has been the I only sportsman sports-man who has not asked some concession conces-sion Is he going to break that record When thc type of yacht was changed to the culler the defenders of the cup agreed to a single contest between two boats named In advance to be decided Irrespective of accidents or changes of weather conditions Surely that was the limit of concession Come over Sir Thomas with your two cutters but understand that they I cannot be bracketed as Is said on I I the lurf against our one boat Wc can I build yachts and our record Is one of concessions innumerable In thc interest of a glorious sport Philadelphia Times |