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VArilTlN S.M AND 1805. 





presence of an uncontrollable fl t <>f excur- 

 sion steamers, special I measure* were taken, and 

 *>me at least of the English spectators declared 

 that thev could not see that one boat was in<>i- 

 un m i than the other, 



The first race was wi I.. 1 -.d.-r" 



won br right minutes, twenty seeoi: 



he race was satisfactory, with a good 

 Muling brwce and fair all 



second race was on >.-|-i. 1". When the 

 boats weft 1 ' "' 1| " 1 l;: .r-i.-n 



. -d. e.-mnii: >ut "'r tin- lino, was t.. the 

 lUrntly ha\ini: 

 light of way. i: ilalion " Yalky 



ig and 



carried away one <>f her topmast shrouds. ' 1 ' 

 fender" hoisted a protest flag. but oontinoed 

 the race and was beaten. Every 

 made to call the race "off" and resail it. but 



Ihinravon declined. 



The third race was started Sept. 1'J under 

 what seemed extremely favorable oonditi< 



linen, a clear course, and the exeur-ion 

 fleet quite out of the wav. \: r ding l 

 fender across the starting line, Valkyrie" put 

 nUitit and returned to her anchorage. 

 Dunraven explained this a ig that 



,u r conditions (specifying tin- ex- 

 cursion fleet) he must decline to sail any more 



1 much Indignation in 

 i-a and some surprise in l-ln-land. l>ut 

 i? could be done, and Ixml I >unruven sailed 

 for h 



In a few weeks there appeared in " London 

 Field " a letter from Dunraven specifically 

 charging that after having been officially meas- 

 ured t i with 

 extra ballast, sinking her 4 Inches deeper in the 

 water than when she was measured. 



As this was a direct charge of scoundreli-m 

 against the managers, it could not be ignored, 

 and a meeting f the New York Yacht Club 

 WMcalM ' "" A cotninittee \\ 



.' -f .1. PierjiMiit Moru'un. Wil- 

 liam c. Whitney, George I* Rives, ( a|.t. \ I. 

 Main : the H...,. K. .1. I'hrlps 



i Dunraveii cmnied the oc.-aii. hrinu'ing 

 with him distinguished legal coim-.-i. The New 

 York Yacht Club engaged Joseph 1 1 . < 

 of the New York bar. L<>r<l I >unrav.-n n-t uni.-l 

 at once to Rnglan i aft-r -ivi MLr hin own testi- 

 mony, in effect thnt to the \>*i <>f his judgment, 

 from ocular observation, the trim of UK 



fender" was altered as charged l.y him in his 



letter to the M Field." Many witnesses were e: 

 ainined. including members of tin- crews >f h.th 



r.ilicii of all 

 thd evidenOC the committee made the following 



rt : 



"I I", n a rar. fill ron^di-rat i<Ul of the \\holi- 

 Case, the -, .iniiiiil. are unainmoii-I\ <>f the 

 opinion that tlir < har-r made l.y Lord LJunraven, 

 and which i 'In- subject of this in vesti- 



n. had its origin in mi.-lake: that it is i 

 onlv not -u-taiiicd by evidence, but i- < -mpl. 

 Iv disproved; and that all the ciivumstai;' efl m- 



aioatea i>\ him M> t-. hi- Mi-j.i- 



ntirely and -at 



deem it. therefore, but ju-t to Mr. l-clin and 

 :-'mcn eoncerned with him. as well a- to 

 Micers and crew of th<' I Vfcml.-r,' that : 

 rmplialically Ih.-in 



viei ion that nothing whatever occurred in con- 



n.-elioii with tin- race in <|iie-tion that ca>ts the 

 least su-picion upon the integrity or proprietj 

 their conduct. And the committee an' not Bill- 

 ing to doubt that if Lord hunraven had 

 mained jresent thriMigluul the in\-t iu r ai i-n. so 

 as to ha\e heard all t he evidence t hat ua- in! 

 duced. he would of his own motion have with- 

 drawn a charge that was so plainly founded 

 upon mi-take, and that has been >o unfortui; 

 in the pulilieiiy it has attained and the \<>. 

 to which it has giv.-n ri-e." 



A courteoii- message was sent to |.,,rd Dun- 

 raven, informing him of thi> condu-i-iii and 

 hinting that as a member of the dub some ; 

 sonal recognition of thiseom-lu-ion would be. 

 pectcd. None was forthcoming, although it was 

 understood that his lordshio's resignation was 

 on the way. It did not arrive in time for the 

 meeting of the dub. and if it had the fan would 

 probably have made no dill. the dub 



in its then temper would have refused to ac- 

 cept it. 



The club therefore proi-.-ed.-d to pa<* n 

 lution. with only one dissenting vote, pxpdlr 

 Lonl Dun raven from hi- Imn-irary member-hip, 

 on the Around that having made diar_'e- ..f dis- 

 honorable conduct against fellow-members, and 

 having failed to prove them, he had al-o fa, 

 to make the only aim-mi, possible for a genl 

 man when he finds him--|f mi-taken. 



The yacht club acted throughout with the 

 utmost courtesy and consideration for Lord 

 I>unraven. and a number of the be-t Kn^lish 

 journal- have atlmitted the practical just ; 

 its verdict. 



