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Rule IV.— Strike out concluding paragraph, "Any yacht entered in 
a class in which there are no other entries shall sail in the next class 
above her own which fills, and shall be rated at her actual measure- 
ment." 
Rule VIII.— Strike out second paragraph and substitute the follow- 
ing: 
"Distinguishing numbers are assigned to each sailing yacht enrolled 
in the club and published as the racing number of the yacht in the 
club book classification, which numbers must be provided by each 
yacht and be fastened to the mainsail above the reef points. Yachts 
of other clubs will be furnished with distinguishing numbers or letters 
by the r«gatta committee." 
Rule XIII.— Strike out first paragraph and substitute "The starting 
line will be an imaginary one between the Craven's Shoal buoy and a 
stakeboat anchored to the westward of said buoy. All yachts must 
cross this line, leaving; said buoy on port hand." 
Lines 6 and 7, strike out "between buoy No. 11 and a stakeboat 
anchored to the southward and eastward," and substitute "between 
Craven's Shoal buoy and a stakeboat anchored to the westward." 
Rule XVI. — Strike out the entire, rule and substitute as follows: 
"All starts shall be flying. The time at the start and finish Bhall be 
taken when the point marked by the foremast in schooners and the 
mainmast in single-masted vessels and yawls crosses the line. If this 
point in any yacht be across the line when the proper starting signal 
for such yacht is given, she must return and recross the line. 
"A yacht so returning, or one working into position from the wrong 
side of the line, after the starting signal for any class has been given, 
must keep clear of andg;ive way to all competing yachts. Bach yacht 
must cross the starting line after the proper starting signal for the 
class in which she is entered." 
Changes were also made in the starting signals, etc. 
Rule XXVII— Add the following paragraph: "If in a class but one 
yacht starts, such yacht, after having completed the course as above 
stated, shall be entitled to a walkover prize of one-balf the value of 
the prize offered in that class; and if five or more yachts start in one 
class, a second prize of one-half the value of the first prize shall be 
awarded to the yacht second to complete the course, corrected time." 
An amendment increasing the number of meetings to four in each 
year was lost. The proposal of the Sea Gate Club that the Atlantic 
Y. C. should establish itself permanently at Norton's Point, Coney 
Island, was referred to the trustees. 
Seawanhaka International Cup. 
The race committee of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y . C. has issued 
the following circular relating to the international cup established 
last year by the club: 
- "The experiment of introducing an international contest as a means 
of arousing greater interest in small yacht racing was successfully 
tried by this club during the season of 1895. Through the efforts of 
Mr. William Williard Howard, a well-known American canoeist, and 
of this club, Mr. J. Arthur Brand, representing the Minima Y. C. of 
London, England, was induced to visit the United States with his 
35ft. yacht Spruce IV., and to sail for the challenge cup offered by 
this club for international competition between small yachts. In Sep- 
tember last a series of five hard fought and exciting races were sailed, 
of which Spruce IV. won two and Etiielwynn, the successful defender 
of the cup, won three. 
These contests attracted general attention, and have resulted in the 
construction or projected construction of a larger number of these 
handy little vessels, not only in the vicinity of New York, but also at 
many other points throughout the United States and Canada. 
H Several challenges for the cup for matches during 1896 have already 
been received from clubs in Canada and Great Britain. A challenge 
from the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. of Montreal on behalf of Mr. G. H, 
Duggan has been accepted, and the races will take place probably 
from July 13 to 18. Tnis challenge is for a match in the 15ft. racing 
length clasB (Seawanhaka measurement). A later challenge in the 
same class by the Royal Corinthian Y. C. of London on behalf.of Mr. 
Linton Hope is also under consideration. The defense of the cup is 
open to yachts owned by members of yacht clubs of the United States 
in good standing, and trial races will be held as hereinafter stated to 
determine the choice of a yacht to defend the cup. 
The Seawanhaka Corintnian Y. C. earnestly desires to interest 
other yacht clubs in providing for the defense of the cup. For the 
information of any wno may be interested in the subject, and espe- 
cially for the guidance of those who may contemplate making entries 
in the trial races, the race committee announce the following general 
conditions governing the cup, which are extracts from the declaration 
of trust executed by the Seawanhaka Club, and the following general 
regulations for the control of the match and trial races, subject to 
such modification of detail as may hereafter be agreed upon with the 
challenger: 
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE CUP. 
Article I. The cup shall be known as the "Seawanhaka Internationa 1 
Challenge Cup for Small Yachts," and shall be preserved as a per- 
petual challenge cup for friendly competition between foreign coun- 
tries. The term "foreign," as used in this instrument, shall be so con- 
strued as to permit contests for the cup between any country and its 
colonies and dependencies, and between such colonies or dependen- 
cies themselves. 
Article II. Any organized yacht club m good standing of any coun- 
try, foreign to the country of the yacht club in whose custody the 
cup' may be, shall always have the right to challenge for the cup and 
to sail a match therefor, provided that such challenge shall be made 
and such match be sailed in accordance with the terms and provisions 
of this instrument. 
Article III. Matches for the cup shall be limited to yachts propelled 
by sails only, whose racing measurement or size shall not exceed the 
maximum limit of the so-called "25ft. racing length class" or fall 
below the minimum limit of the so-called "15ft. racing length class" 
of the Seawanhaka Club, as such classification exists at the date of 
this instrument; or whose racing measurement or size, according to 
the rules of the club having at the time of challenge the custody of 
the cup, falls within the limits of size substantially corresponding to 
the limits above specified. 
Article IV. All matches shall be sailed between a .single yacht on 
behalf of the challenging club and a single yacht on behalf of the 
challenged club. Neither club shall be required to name its represent- 
ative yacht in advance of the races, but the match shall be sailed to a 
conclusion between the yachts selected for or sailing the first race 
thereof, and no substitution of one yacht for another shall be permit- 
ted after the preparatory signal of the first race has been given. 
Article V. A match shall be constituted of not less than three nor 
more than five races, and shall be awarded to the club whose repre- 
sentative yacht shall win a maj irity of such races. 
Article VI. The representative y achts of the challenging and chal- 
lenged clubs must be constructed in the respective countries of such 
clubs. Centerboards or plates or sliding keels shall always be permit- 
ted In construction and no restriction shall be placed upon their use. 
All ballast must be fixed. 
Article X, The helmsmen sailing the representative yachts in the 
match must be amateurs and must be residents of the countries of 
their respective clubs. The challenging and challenged clubs must 
name In writiug, each to the other or to their respective representa- 
tives, at least 24 hours before the day appointed for the first race, 
the helmsmen who will sail their representative yachts, and such 
helmsmen shall sail such yachts in aU the races of the match unless 
prevented by illness or other substantial cause, in which event substi- 
tutes will be allowed. 
Article XI. The challenging and the challenged cluba may by 
mutual agreement fix and decide all the terms and conditions of the 
match, whether relating to dates, courses, rules of measurement, 
sailing regulations, notiees, or any other matter whatsoever pertain- 
ing to the match or preliminary thereto, and may also by mutual 
agreement waive for such match such of the provisions of this instru- 
ment as would otherwise govern the.match or the preliminaries there- 
of, provided, however, that the limit of the racing length or the size of 
the competing yachts shall in no event exceed the maximum limit as 
established by this instrument In Article III. thereof, unless the con- 
sent in writing of the Seawanhaka Club to so increasing such limit 
shall first have been obtained. 
GENERAL REGULATIONS GOVBRNING^HE MATCH AND TRIAL RACES FOR 
I. The courses shall be on the waters of Long Island Sound in the 
vicinity of Oyster Bay, or in the bay itself. Tney shall consist of a 
triangular course and a course to windward or leeward and return. 
For the loft, class, each leg of the triangular course shall be 2 nautical 
miles in length and shall be sailed over twice, making a total of 12 
miles. The course to windward or. leeward and return shall be 3 
nautical miles to each leg and shall be sailed over twice, making a 
total of 13 miles. 
II. The start shall be a one-gun flying start. 
Ill The races shall be sailed without time allowance. 
IV.' Yachts must not exceed 15ft. racing length (S. C. Y. C. meas- 
urement). 
The formula for determining racing length under the S. C. Y. C. 
rules is as follows: 
VII. No outrigger or other mechanical device for carrying live bal- 
last outboard shall be allowed. 
VIII. In determining sail area a system of measurement shall be 
employed which will give, as nearly as possible, the actual number 
of square feet thereof. Sails shall be limited to mainsail, jibs and 
spinaker. The combined area of mainsail and of the jib used in wind- 
ward work shall constitute the factor of sail area in determining 
racing length. The area of spinaker and balloon jib shall each be 
limited to four-tenths of the total area of the mainsail and jib used in 
windward work. 
IX. The helmsman shall be an amateur, and the total number of 
persons on board shall be limited to two. 
The race committee also announce the following programme for 
the trial races, subject to change, of which due announcement will be 
given: 
Trial races to select the defender for the year 1896 of the Seawan- 
haka international challenge cup for small yachts, June 22, 23, 24. 
COURSES. 
1. The course for the first and third races shall be triangular and 
shall be as follows: 
Triangular Course— From a line between Centre Island Buoy off the 
entrance to Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound, and the committee steamer 
anchored southeast of the same. 
E. by N. Yz N.— Two miles to and around a mark bearing a red flag 
or ball, leaving it on the port hand. 
N.W.— Two miles to and around a mark bearing a red' flag or ball, 
leaving it on the port hand. 
S. by W. }4 W. — Two miles to the finish line between Centre Island 
Buoy and tne committee steamer anchored northwest of the same. 
Course to be sailed over twice; total distance, 12 nautical miles. 
On the second round yachts will leave Centre Island Buoy on the port 
hand. 
Note. — The race committee mayin their discretion direct the course 
to be sailed in the reverse direction, leaving buoy and marks on the 
starboard hand, and the signal for such reversal of course will be the 
anchoring of the committee steamer at the start to the northwest of 
Centre Island Buoy. In this case the committee steamer will be 
anchored southeast of Centre Island Buoy at the finish. 
2. The course for the second trial race shall be a coursa to windward 
or leeward and return, 
Course to Windward or Leeward and Return — From a line between 
Centre Island Buoy and the committee steamer to and around a mark 
bearing a red flag or ball, leaving it on the starboard hand ; distance 3 
miles and return; course to be sailed over twice; total distance, 12 
nautical miles. The direction will be signaled by the general yacht 
signal code from the committee steamer at least 15 minutes before 
the preparatory signal. 
STARTS AND SIGNALS. 
The start will be a one-gun flying start with a preparatory signal, 
and will be made at 12 o'clock noon across a line between Centre 
Island Buoy and the committee steamer. 
First Signal— Preparatory (whistle 15 seconds long). The club bur- 
gee on the committee steamer will be lowered and a blue peter hoisted. 
There will be an interval of 5 minutes between the first and second 
signals. 
Second Signal— Start (whistle 15 seconds long). The blue peter will 
be lowered and a red ball hoisted. 
Note.— Attention is called to the fact that the fl'g and balls consti- 
tute the signals, the whistle merely calling attention thereto. 
SPECIAL CONDITIONS. 
1. The yacht selected to defend the cup shall be the one which, in the 
judgment of the race committee, shall be the best adapted therefor 
and not necessarily the winner of the majority of the trial races. Ad- 
dirional races may be ordered by the committee between such con- 
testants as they may select. 
2. The owner of each yacht entering for trial races must, on or be- 
fore June 20, furnish to the secretary of the committee the rac- 
ing measurement of his yacht, certified by the measurer of the Sea- 
wanhaka Club. 
3. Each yacht must carry a racing number (which may be obtained 
at the club house on the morning of the first race) fastened securely 
on both sides of the mainsail. 
4 In the event of a race being postponed or ordered resailed, it will 
be sailed at as early a date as may be practicable. 
ENTRIES. 
All entries for the trial races must be made by the clubs to which the 
owners of the respective yachts entered belong. Clubs intending to 
make entries are requested to notify the secretary of the race com- 
mittee, and will receive printed or written blanks upon or in accord- 
ance with which entries must be made, and at the request and upon 
the responsibility of any club entering a yacht to compete in the trial 
races, all the privileges of the club house at Oyster Bay will be ex- 
tended to the owners and amateur crew of the yacht so entered dur- 
ing the period occupied by said races, upon the same terms as to mem- 
bers of the club. 
In connection- with these conditions, we give a chart of the waters 
on which the races will be sailed. 
L.W.L. X ^Sail area 
Racing length. 
V. Yachts shall be measured without crew on board, but instead 
thereof a weight of SOOlbs. Shall be carried amidships during measure- 
ment to represent crew. .. . . . 
VI. All ballast shall be fixed. (Weighted centerboards shall be 
considered fixed ballast.) 
Spruce and Ethelwynn. 
Tn a letter in a recent issue of the Field, the writer, a Mr Joseph 
Parker, of Boston, tries to depreciate the position of Spruce IV. in the 
half -rating class in England, and also of Ethelwynu in her victories 
over Spruce IV. at Oyster Bay. Mr. Parker, who from his statements 
certainly did not see the Oyster Bay races, misrepresents entirely the 
performances of Ethelwynn as compared with Spruce. Mr. J. Arthur 
Brand writes in reply the following letter to th« Field: 
In justice to Mr. C. Field and Mr. W. P. Stephens, the owner and 
designer of the Ethelwynn, I cannot allow the remarks of Mr. Joseph 
Parker, of Boston, Mass., U. S. A., to go unchallenged; besides, they 
are most unfair to Spruce and her designer and builder, Mr. H. C. 
Smith, of Oxford. Spruce was the fastest half-rater in England, run- 
ning and reaching in light winds, when the challenge was made, as the 
extract of my letter to Minima Y. C. on the day the formal challenge 
was sent proves: "I have built Spruce IV., and she has had Beveral 
trial tests, and I am now in every way satisfied that she is most satis- 
factory for Bailing for the Seawanhaka Cup in America. I have con- 
sulted an eminent American yachtsman, and he is of my opinion. The 
weather and winds in Oyster Bay, wh»re the races" are to be sailed, are 
light, and the waters smooth, and Spruce IV. has been designed for 
that weather, and in such she has proved herself wonderfully fast, 
particularly in running and reaching, and since her alterations she holds 
Her own when beating to windward; and when she is fitted with tier 
American canvas she ought to prove a smart boat altogether in the light 
winds." After losing four races running in her own weather. Spruce 
was hauled up, and her plate was found very badly bent. She then 
had two new plates put into her and all but 501bs. taken off her bulb, 
the last of which plates she raced with in America, which wonderfully 
improved her to windward. This 501b8. bulb even ought to have been 
off when racing on the other side. Spruce, who could not be touched 
by the other English half-raters she met, running and reaching, was 
beaten by Ethelwynn on these points; it was only going to windward 
that Spruce could get away from her. In what would be ordinary 
light winds in England Ethelwynn could walk round Spruce, but in a 
blow and very light airs Spruce turned the tables on the American . 
The bulb-keelers Rag and Viva would not have had a chance except 
on Thursday, Sept. 26, when they would have beaten Spruce by some 
ten minutes; but she beat the Ethelwynn that day. Perhaps, sir, you 
will kindly state why Spruce was left out when you gave tne account 
of the half rating races. Her record was in your table, though I was 
unable to give it you through my absence in America. By Thalassa's 
order of merit Spruce was third on the list of the boats she had met, 
Bag first and Viva second. I may state it was not three prizes that 
Spruce won, but fifteen. 
We cannot quite reconcile Mr. Brand's claim of Spruce's superiority 
to windward with the facts in the two final races, Ethelwynn beat ing 
her on the four windward legs of the two races. 
The Yachting World of Jan. 31, with which paper Mr. Brand is 
connected, Has an editorial on "International Small Rater Races," 
apropos of the Linton Hope challenge, which concludes as follows 
after reference to Mr. Hope's allusion to "frivolous protests:" "Now, 
as is well known, Mr. J. Arthur Brand, who raced Spruce IV. against 
EDhelwynn last year, lodged a protest against the cup being awarded 
to the American boat, and it looks uncommonly as if Mr. Linton 
Hope, was expressing an opinion in the above extract as to the merits 
of that protest. We should be extremely glad to hear from the 
gentleman in question that he had no such intentions, as at the 
present moment the Minima Y- C. has taken up Mr. Brand's protest 
and claims the cup, aa Ethelwynn not only unshipped her ballast, but 
took out 50lbs, of lead on the morning of the Monday's raca, wnich 
was not replaced until Friday. " 
With the first part of these remarks we are not concerned, but the 
statement about the ballast infers that the rules were in some way 
violated by Ethel wyna. There was nothing in the rules or randiti ons 
to prevent a boat from altering her ballast during the series of races 
provided that she did not exceed her class measurement. Ethelwynn 
was officially measured with lOOlbs. of lead aboard and also with ISOlos., 
her racing length with the greater weight being only 14.62 as com- 
pared with Spruce's loft. Sue sailed the races of the first five days 
with but lOOlbs. of ballast; but on coming in from the fifth race, in 
view of Mr. Field giving place to a man some 45lb3. lighter, a written 
notice was sent to the committee that the other.501bs. would be shipped, 
tnd it was put aboard on Thursday afternoon and carried on Friday 
and Saturday. There is nothing in the rules to prohibit this, nor was 
any protest made by Mr. Brand over what he now claims to be 
irregular, tbe failure to carry the extra 501bs. in the early races. 
It is quitp true that on Saturday morning, when Ethelwynn was 
beached and turned on edee for cleaning, four pigs of lead were lifted 
out, as they could not safely be left in the boat; but they were replaced 
as --oon as the boat was set afloat. 
We should be extremely glad to hear from the Minima Y. C. that it 
is not seeking to c'aim the c ip on sucb a frivolous protest, and also 
that it would not pride itself on winning three races — one by a rank 
fluke (at the end of the first round on Sept. 25), one by the groundless 
withdrawal of her rival on Sept. 26, and one by a purelv technical 
protest. Mr. Brand freely admitted during the races that Ethelwynn 
was the better boat, and that she could be made to go faster with 
proper handling, and he must know that he was fairly and squarely 
beaten under his own conditions in the two final races. It is unfortu- 
nate that he has not seen fit to accept the result in public with good 
grace after admitting in private that his boat waB really beaten on her 
merits. 
New Tork "ST. C. 
The annual meeting of the New York Y. C. was held on Feb. 18t 
with Com. Brown in the chair and 137 members present. Immediately 
after the meeting waB called to order the following was offered by 
Lewis Cass Ledyard: 
Whereas, The Earl of Dunraven, an honorary member of this club* 
has publicly made certain statements charging that foul play was 
practiced by those in charge of the Defender in the recent races for 
the America's Cup, and upon investigation of said charges made by a 
committee of this club, appointed on Nov. 18, 1895, and participated In 
by Lord Dunraven and his counsel, it clearly appeared that the said 
charges were not only untrue, but, in fact, wholly unwarranted and 
unsupported by any reasonable grounds of suspicion. Lord Dunraven 
has neither retracted the said false charges, nor offered any apology 
for making tbe same. Under these circumstances it is, in the judgment 
of this club, manifestly improper that the Earl of Dunraven should 
continue to eDjoy the privileges of honorary membership therein. 
Therefore. 
Resolved, That the secretary be instructed to inform the Earl of 
Dunraven that his resignation as an honorary member of the New 
York Y C. is requested by the club. 
Secretary Oddie then read the following cable: 
London, Feb. 12. 
Oddie, N. Y. Y. O., N. Y: 
Forwarded letter Rives Saturday; Phelps to-day. 
Dunraven. 
J. Pierpont Morgan, of the special committee, then made the follow- 
ing motion, which was carried by a vote of 25 to 10, there being 
thirty-five voting members present: 
•■In view of the dispatch which has just been read by the secretary, 
it seems to me unwise that th*> club take any action to-night on the 
resolution offered by Capt. Ledyard. Not that we are not in a posi- 
tion to do so, but we have extended to Lord'Dunraven every courtesy 
up to this time, and I think it would be a mistake, in the face of a dis- 
patch from him stating that there are letters on the way, to act too 
hurriedly to-night, when we can just as well do it a few days later. I 
would therefore move that this meeting be adjourned to two weeks 
from to-night, Feb. 27, to take action on the resolution offered by 
Capt. Ledyard." 
The reports of officers and committees were then read, the secre- 
tary's report showins a membership of 1,127 and a fleet of 297 yachts. 
Ogden Goelet, str. White La dye, offered two cups of $1,000 and $500 
for schooners and cutters, to be raced for off Newport on the cruise. 
A letter from the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. relating to a con- 
ference of representatives of the larger clubs for the purpose of 
securing a uniformity of racing rules was read and referred to the 
regatta committee with power. 
The following officers were elected: Com., Edward M. Brown ; Vice- 
Com., Henry C. Ward ; Rear-Corn., Lewis Cass Ledyard; Sec'y, J. V. S. 
Oddie; Treas , F. W. J. Hurst; Meas., John Hyslop; FleetSurgeon, M. 
J. Asch, M. D.; Regatta Committee: S. Nicholson Kane, Archibald Rog- 
ers, Gouverneur Kortright; Committee on Admissions: Frank T. Roo- 
inson, Charles McK. Loeser, Lewis Cass Ledyard, Daniel T. Worden 
and Joseph Stickney; House Committee: Edward E. Chase, Arthur 
Ingraham, H. Edward Ficken, Robert S. Bowneand Frank M. Oronise; 
Library Committee: Fordham Morris, Arthur H. Clark and Theodore 
C. Zerega; Committee on Club Stations: Wm. H. Thomas, Wm Butler 
Duncan, Jr., Clarence McKim, L. Vaughan Clark, Tarrant Putnam, 
Frederick P. Sands, George S. Payson and Henry C. Ward. 
The following new members were elected: John C. de La Vergne, 
C. W. Clinton, Wm. Watson Caswell, John A. Spoor, Harry E. Con- 
verse, tbe Hon. Morgan J. O'Brien, Edwin P. Baugh, Jr., Chauncey M. 
Depew, Robert Goelet, 2d, Robert D. Evans, Alfred ScheitliD, George 
Lord Day, Col. Francis Vinton Greene, Caleb G. Evans, Joaiah M. 
Fiske, Jr., Walton Ferguson, Jr., J. Montgomery Strong, Matthew A 
Wilks, Richard Stevens, Peter A. B. Widener, Frederic Elliott Lewis, 
Edward F. Darrell, Charles Fleischman, Horace Clark Duval, George 
S. Hoyt, M. J. O'Brien and C. C. Hibbard. 
Navy Members— Lieut. Wm. H. Chambers, Engineer U. S. N.; Com. 
Royal B. Bradford, U. S. N ; Lieut. Mark L. Bristol, U. S. N.; Capt. 
Benj. Rives Russell, U. S. M. O; Lieut. Roger Welles, Jr., U. S. N.; 
Lieut. -Com. Seaton Schroeder, U. S. N., and Naval Constructor Fran- 
cis T. Bowles, U. S. N. 
Honorary Members— Hon. Edward J. Phelps, Capt. Alfred T. Mahan, 
U. S. N. 
Flag Members— Mrs. Sarah Drexel Fell and Mrs. George Lewis. 
Vedette and Echo. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The item recently published in the Forest and 8tream concerning 
the Queen's cup race of 1895 is incorrect in several particulars; the 
main facts of the case being as follows: The Queen's cup is to be 
raced for by three classes or divisions, and under the management of 
t he club at whose home port the race is sailed— in this case the Royal 
Hamilton Y. C., of Hamilton. Vedette, which has raced twice In the 
lowest class and once in the class above, had notice in writing on June 
29, two days before the race, that she was over 33ft. and could not 
enter. Cyprus, of Toronto, and Alert, of Hamilton, both smaller than 
Vedette, were also notified that they were over the limit, and did not 
start. Echo, which, by the way, is enrolled in the Victoria Y. C., of 
Hamilton, but not the Royal Hamilton, did not protest, for the reason 
that she won the cup and was awarded it by the only parties having 
authority to award it. Neither the Royal Hamilton nor the Victoria 
Y. C. has consented to the appeal to outside parties, and neither has 
sent any evidence. The Royal Canadian Y. C. took the matter into its 
own hands in submitting the case to the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 
British Opinion. 
Wb have been unable to give space to the current comments of the 
British paperB on the Dunraven matter, but many of them have taken 
a very fair and liberal view of the case. We take pleasure in reprint- 
ing the following, the leading article from the Yachtsman of Feb. 6: 
In another column we publish the report of the special committee 
appointed by the New York Y. C. to examine and report upon the 
cnarges made by Lord Dunraven in reference to the shipment of extra 
ballast on board the Defender after she was measured. The report 
will indeed go far to convert even the most rabid partisan of Lord 
Dunraven in his late unworty war of words. Throughout it is couched 
in very courteous language, and although tbe verbatim report of the 
evidence has not yet been received in this country it is abundantly clear 
that there was no foundation in fact for the insinuations to which 
Lord Dunraven has committed himself. The perusal of the document 
will, we have no doubt, tend to raise the prestige of the New York Y. 
C. in the minds of all lovers of fair play. It is, therefore, the more to 
be regretted that such leading London journals as the Times and the 
Globe should have thought fit to publish misleading and, in some re- 
spects, unfair criticisms of the Cjmmiltee's judgment in their editorial 
columns. If any people still continue to believe in the truth of Lord 
Uunraven's accusations re the trim of the Defender, it would bs well 
for them to ask why none of the so disreputable crew of the Defender 
and Hattie Palmer offered to sell their guilty Beeret when this widely 
advertised inquiry was on foot? We do not for a moment believe that 
Lord Dunraven would have consented to such a mode of securing evi- 
dence in substantiation of his pamphlet, but in the case of such a 
dishonest crew the offer at least might have been reasonably ex- 
pected. 
Let us put the Royal Yacht Squadron in the place of the New York 
club, and suppose that such an action as that charged against those 
responsible for the management of. Defender had been leveled by Mr. 
Royal Phelps Carroll against the Britannia on the occasion of the 
match for the Cape May Cup in 1883. Tne premier club could not 
have behaved with a better grace than the New York Y. C. has shown 
throughout this unparalleled episode. Such charges as those made by 
Lord Dunraven did not leave room to acquit Mr. Iselin from complicity 
in the fraud described— a mere disclaimer to that effect on the part of 
the accuser was powerless to prevent some of the odium from attach- 
ing to everyone concerned in the Defender's management— and there- 
fore the club was bound to deal with the subject m the most thorough 
manner. The gentlemen selected to judge of the case are men of the 
highest possible integrity, and In oraer that there should be no room 
for doubt as to the thorough impartiality of the inquiry, the Royal 
Yacht Squadron was Invited to join the N. Y. Y. 0. in the matter. 
This the club refused to do, and whatever may have been the reason 
