The Cheyenne Daily Leader

Rumors of Challenges.

In default of any genuine challenges for the America's cup, the usual crop of rumors is now flourishing, there being now three rather airy challenges afloat. One of these is based on nothing better, according to The Forest and Stream, than a brief inquiry from a Mr. Phelps, N. A., of England, who certainly has not attained any great fame or prominence as a yacht designer, as to whether a vessel drawing seventeen feet could sail the course, an answer being requested by postal card. The second rumor has for foundation the report, which is probably true so far as it goes, that the Thistle has been hauled out under a shed to be deepened; though that she will have a centerboard, that she is owned by Mr. Coats or that she will challenge again for the cup are entirely matters of conjecture. The third rumor comes from the presence of Mr. Walter Reeks, of Sydney, in New York and Boston. Mr. Reeks has been looking for information in regard to challenges and races for the cup, but there is very little probability that the New York Yacht club will be called upon in the near future to consider a challenge from Australia, and at present there is no reliable indication of one from any other source.