Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-24
A GREAT SPORTING EVENT

OhEAI SfOhIlNS EVENT
The First Annual Regatta of the Fair
haven Yacht Club Tomorrow
The first annual regatta of the Fair
haven Yacht Club, which taks place to-
morrow, will be the greatest event in
the line of aquatic sports that has ever
occurred on Puget Sound. 1t is at
tracing considerable interest among
yachtsmen and will be the first regatta
ever held in which all the principal
sound cities are represented.
The Hattie Bell, the fastest yacht
owned in Seattle, arrived yesterday
forenoon on the j. r.. Mcdonald and is
at the yacht club wharf She looks
like a flyer and will doubtless carry
away one of the best prizes. The Idle
wild, which belongs in Lake Washing
ton, was brought down to the sea es-
pecially for this race and is expected
here this morning, coming down with
her own sail.
Victoria is to send the deep draught
cutter Petrol, which took part in the
Anacortes race on the fourth of July,
and also the Scud with steam yacht
and launch loaded with ladies and club
members. Anacortes will be repre-
sented by the well-known American
and Ariel, which took part here on the
fifth of July, and the Queen Bee, which
was here at the Bellingham Bay race
last September. Tacoma will be repre-
sented by the McLaren, and Port
Townsend by the Wasp, both of which
are fast sailers.
The race will be started at II o'clock,
If the wind is favorable, and should be
over by o'clock. The meeting ofdele-
gates from all Sound clubs for the pur-
pose of forming Northwestern Inter-
national Yachting Association will be
held Immediately after the race, or in
the evening at the club headquarters
which have been tastefully decorated
with flags and bunting. Commodore
Clarke and Roland G.. Gamwell will
represent the interests Of the Fairhaven
Yacht Club at this convention, and
great enthusiasm promises to result
from its formation.
The visiting yachts will continue to
arrive today and before night the city
will contain many visitors. The Dis
patch has been chartered to carry all
who care to have a fine view Of the
race from start TO finish, and the Sue
cess will be used as a judges boat.
The Seattle Post-Intelllgencer Of yes
terday contained the following:
"Several Seattle yachtsmen are ar
ranging to go TO FairhaveD to attend
the convention called to organize the
Northwestern International Yachting
Association, to be composed Of all the
yacht clubs in Puget Sound and Brit
ish Columbia towns"
"The regular delegates from Seattle
Yacht Club were g. p. Blanchard and
f.. l.. Ruddy, but several other men,
bers are going along and taking the
sloops Idlewild, Hattie Bell and g. II.
Bakers new sloop, TO participate in the
races there on the 25th. Captain q. V.
johnson sent his boat, the Hettie Bell,
up yesterday on the J. X. Mcdonald
and the Idlewild was TO start last night
and sail up. There was some doubt as
TO whether G. III. Bakers boat would
be ready or not, as she Is just being
completed by Earl 4 Elgelbrecht, but
last evening IL was thought she could
be gotten ready in time"
"a. NJ. Towle would take his boat
Chet up also, but he would have 10 get
her new rig, and he did not feel like
going to 50 much expense. He will go