Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-22
AN INTERNATIONAL RACE
Beginning an Era in Yachting on the
Lakes.
The vaneedOr to Meet the Canada I'm
Series Of Contests Near
Toledo Next Week.

IOLEDO, August 2.-The international
yacht race which will be sailed on the
Turtle Light course. OF Toledo. Monday
rext is doubtless the most pretentious re-
Satta ever scheduled for the inland lakes.
1t marks the beginning of an era in yacht
ing. which promises to put the sport on the
lakes on footing with sailing on the coast
No yacht races in this country have at
tracted the attention given the coming one
except the international saltwater contests
for the Americas cup. Now that an inter-
rational race on the lakes has become a
MIXTURE. Its Importance will be selt in every
port that boasts yacht cluo People have
been slow to recognize the quality of the
Two boats that are to contest FOR The fro
phles on Toledo. They have generally been
regarded as good boats. but the fact that
ehey are probably the best Of their Gle IS
ever built has not been accented wi,bont
allowances. 1t is the fact however. that
these boats will represent in a large de-
gree the yachting brains Of America and
of money. SP-'
Nancedor was designed by Theodore
Poekel and built last winter by the Ra
cine company to the order of Berriman
hiothers OF Chicago. especially for q race
with the best boat Canada could produce
The cor struction of the boat was proceed
ed with under the direction Of the designs r
with the greatest care. Every piece Of
scrutiny, and many of the more impor, ant
pieces were selected after a great eXpcndi-
lure OF time by the designer himself
sancedor Is modern fin-keel sloop. with d
racing measurement OF forty-five feet.
The first trial given the Vencedor in a
race was at Milwaukee. when she met Va
ncnna ana Siren, two Chicago boats Of the
modern racing type.
although technically beaten twice. once
by the Vanenna and once by Siren, she
sailed away for Cleveland with the conf
dence OF her friends. At Cleveland she had
her nrSt real race, and the way she walkeI
away from the cracks in that regatta gave
her friends renewed confidence In her
ability to bring back to Chicago the inter
national trophies. Her proper place in that
regatta was in the forty-six-foot class, but
IL was not a part of wisdom for the two
International contestants to sail in a pre-
liminary race. Canada being also in That
class So Nencedor went up into the
higher class, and left Canada to compete
with boats Of her own sailing length
The Result of the Eencedor's race was a
surprise to her most sanguine friends. She
beat her local rival, Vannena, and the
crack Canadian boat Vreda badly, 1t is
through the latter boat line is furnished
on the Canadian defender. Vreda and
Canada met early in the season, when Can
ada was outsailed by the Vreda one minute
and eight seconds. Vencedor beat Vreda
tWenty-seven minutes.
Canada is a Scotch boat. built expressly
for this race by Fife. She was got out on
the other side and shipped in parts to Oak
vile, Canada, when she was put together.
Her racing length Is about forty-two feet.
Until the Canadians saw Eencedor sail
they felt that their boat was well nigh in
vincible. She has been tried thoroughly
against the Zelma and Vreda, the two best
boats in Canada. She met Zelma a number
of times under a variety Of conditions and
beat her In a majority Of their races. Zelma
has long been the crack Canadian boat.
She was built by life to beat anything in
her class on the lakes.
The race which these two boats are to
sail Monday is the result of a great deal of
hard work on the part of both the Chicago
aid Toronto yachtsmen. The proposition
for an International contest came from Chi
cago last fall. Commodore F. c. Berriman
of the Lincoln Park Yacht Club, and his
brother decided at once to build boat
and issue a challenge. 1t was proposed to
sail for a perpetual international trophy.
and the challenge was directed to .he Royal
Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto.
The races are to be best two out Of three.
under the New York Yacht Club rules,
with a few essential amendments. The
trophy to be sailed for is a cup valued at
$500. In addition to this, the City of the
Straits Yacht Club offers a prize valued at
the winner shall sail This latter, accord
ing to the conditions imposed by the donor
becomes perpetual tnterlake. trophy. Be-
si'ies these prizes, there are 81, 800 do
rated by the citizens of Toledo through the
international yacht race committee
The crews of each boat are amateurs
Capt. Barbour of the Vancedor is some
thing more than a Corinthian. hut his crew
are nearly all clerks from Chicago. Capt.
jarvis OF the Canada has a crew consisting
chiefly Of bank clerks. However, both
crews have been well seasoned and drilled
to their work, and will perform as well in
the International race as a crew OF old
salts. toushened by cruise around the
world