Show I I ANOTHER YACHT RACE j FOR A AMERICAS AMERICA'S CUP New York Club Unanimously Y Acre Accepts I its Challen Challenge a of Sir Thomas Li Lipton p ton r X rw W York Sept v By 5 ll By an au unanimous vote vole tonight the New Nety York fork Yacht club declined tho rho fourth challenge clial chal- lenge o of Sir Thomas Lipton Upton for Cor an nn 1 yacht race to take lake place In American u waters during 1905 The salient reason given sl for tor this refusal reCusal was teas that the baronet ho had felled failed to name an any dimensions fur for the competing English yacht and that this Is hI contrary to lu U the conditions of the deed decd of oC gift Ift of the thc Americas America's a cup th the trophy troph n which Sir Thomas rhomas has t vainly trI cn to lo win rein The reason u as that the thc club would not lot taco race tt with Ith smaller yachts than 90 00 footen The Thc meeting lasted laste for tor only 30 0 0 and n while the thc members cheered at the thc close It was ads plain they felt Celt an anything but cheerful J J. J I I. F. F lia Morgan MorS gau nud nd C C. 1 Ji Olit Oliver vcr cr and und ninny nany mall others who havo part pert In lu prat previous lou taus sup up ra J 1 hn 1 S crt y Geona A A. read cad a tho Uto tho members s l- l neil neil- me Intently to e ci every Briery wo d. d Yacht Ci t to h In t r. r h Thomas Thoma Instead o of oC adhering t to iu to ho thu 90 90 foot foot class hall had challenged for COI fora COIa or ora a fourth race with GS He Ile pro pro- pose In his Ills to build two oats boats and antI to bring the l 1 faster one of or orthe the etc two iwo to lo tills country to race roce o against n a similarly built craft without time allott allowance anc Beyond l staling that thal the thc competing boats joata would be raters GS the baronet had lad not named a single dimension He lIc had Insisted I that hat tho they thoy be he built under tho the new note rules which would mean that thc they must bo be cruising as well as rac rac- racing ing g- g yachts ts Ills challenge made this ore ole point clear that he Ill would woul not undertake another another an an- an- an other race with racing machines an and undertake to cont one that could could- 1 Dear bear ear the tho brunt of or trans Atlantic a voyage troy voy age and then compete compute for fur the thc cup From hrom the first Arst It Il seemed u foregone conclusion that the challenge would woul 1 bo Do 0 defeated ef and tt ton after discussion and a Q few fete short abort speeches from members mem mem- I bers the lite vote came an und and the yacht own era ers who alone of or the thc membership I lied na nathe the tho power o of or decision quickly I do du u. u cUne the challenge u l' l That the members and especially tin the yacht owners were disappointed an and almost angry over the th terms of ot the tin challenge was vas evident c tt when hen they left the meeting room That Sir Str Thomas should have sen sena sent n a challenge that thc they n were powerless to do other than refuse Irritated them Most blast of the yacht acht owners went away In fu gloom but one of them who declined to allow BIlow his name namo use used broke to lo prophesy that no race roce would b lie be I possible The American l yachtsmen hi he hc sal said could coul not meet Sir Thomas Lip Lip- tuu's con condition un und and it seemed equally equall certain certain- that he Ire would woul not tl try a aln under nn anything thing but the thc new rules It was tuns said sold tonight that the thu yacht yach owners of the club would not to a a 0 ruse race under the now new t rules ules but bu 11 would insist on the rl ri lh to 1 bo Du 0 unrestricted as to lo the dimensions of ot th the i acht achl to defend the cupro cup r o lUll rill II b l y As a u matter mutter of or fuel fact the New tien Yacht club Is III t 1 bound by Dy b uny any o oHie or of the Hie rules made either cither by the com com- ml tlc at t the III International torna con in 1905 nor the triple committee a athe at atthe the international conscience conference In London in n January 1906 The club at Ars accepted the rules rule o 01 of the American America committee adopted by man many American yachtsmen i that racing yachts be Je bullon bull on frn cruising lines and ontI that the scantling scant scant- ling S' measurement ement which Insures sta sta- pret prevail In lu their conah construction lat Lour Lator r th the New York Tork Yacht club ro 10 these rules through Cass Cara Lc L Ix-dyard Ix dyard one of ot J. J P. P Morgan hand hancl handy II gul ul aids aide s who has tae been lIeen Irrelevantly antl vantly referred to b by yachtsmen an na n a sea Ian Ian- lawyer rbi j. j Hence the club taught ht was twos In a n position to decline to tu race rac undo under the new rules I |