The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-11
SMART WAWASEE YACHT
TRIM LITTLE CRAFT FROM INDIANA
ASTONIsHES COASTERS.
Since Her Arrival at Oyster Bay East
erners Admit She Has "a Decided
Chance for the Cup.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


NEW YORK, July 10-The one-rater
Mary, which represents the Wawasee
Yacht Club, of Wawasee lake. near Indi-
annapolis, was towed from Morris dock to
Oyster bay two days ago, and ever since
her arrival has been surprising the water
men of the neighborhood. The gentlemen
who brought the Mary from Western
waters are the most energetic and en-
thusiastic of amateur tars, and they have
their vessel out for practice and tuning up
purposes from early morning till late at
night. Their names are DIR. Henry S.
Hicks, DIR. George Edwin Hunt and r. B.
Pierce, all of Indianapolis. They are not
boastful trio, but have strong hopes of be-
ing chosen for the honor of trying to bring
back the Seawanhaka's international chal-
lenge cup which will be raced for early
next month on Lake st. Louis, near Mon
treal, and to select challenger for which
the trial races will take place off this port
next week.
When asked this morning if he expected
to be the selection of the committee, Mr.
Hicks said: THAT is a great mile-wide
question but you can bet that we would
not have gone to all the trouble, not to
mention the expense we have been put to.
unless we believed we had a chance"
Whenever the Mary goes 'out for an air
ing she is watched with the keenest inter-
est. In her first trial she showed such
quick movement in Swimming over the
water and in going about that the sharps
hereaboutS came to the unanimous conclu-
sion that the boat from inland would
make the coasters hustle from start to fin
ish. In each succeeding trial the favorable
impression strengthened, and to-day all
hands agree that Mr. Hicks is amply justi-
ned in his belief that he has "a chance
There has been no strong blow here since
the Mary arrived, but in moderate breezes
and smooth water the Indiana yacht has
moved through the water easily and made
no fuss al all. Her rigging is in taut and
strong condition, and her canvas will have
been we'll stretched by Monday, the day of
the first trial race. Her managers have
been careful students of the tides and cur
rents which run about the triangle to be
sailed over, and, altogether boat and sailor
men stand high in the estimation of critics
who have witnessed their performances.
With the beginning of next week the at
tention of all yachtsmen, American and
Canadian, will be turned on oyster bay,
where the trial races will begin to decide
which of the new fleet of "twenties shall
go to Canada on the hunt for G. Herrick
Duggan's scalp and the Seawanhaka inter-
national challenge cup for small yachts,
which the same Mr.. Duggan took away in
his gripsack to Montreal last year. The
races will be decided on July II, - and IA.
The big boats have to cOncede right of way
concerned, TO the little fellows. and Aneri-
ca and Canada, with the Americas CUP
gathering dust in its locker. will fight il
out with boats whose racing length, under
the Seawanhaka rule cannot exceed TWEEN
| ~ feet, and whose sail area is limited to
preliminary races, with their dimensions,
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