Mr, Sopwith will leave Newport a bitter and disappointed man, "I am bitterly disappointed at the treatment have received here," he said. Iie refused to discuss the manner which his protest had been disposed 'The position of the American observer aboard the Endeavour is also very delicate, It is now learned that, on Saturday, when Mr. Sopwith first considered he had been fouled, he tasked the American observer' an board his boat, Mr. Havemeyer, whether ten minutes before the finish of the race would be early enough to display his protest flag. Mr, Have-meyer replied:-—"It seems O. K. with me Now that the protest has been disposed of on the ground that the flag Was not hoisted earlier, Mr. Have~ meyer Is feeling anything but comfortable. He says sorrowfully that he Is "now looking for a rope with which to hang himself."
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