The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-28
THE PEQUOT DAY PROGRAM
NEXT TUESDAY TO BEA GAL4 DAY
 AT THE CLUB HOUSE,

Yacht and Cat-Boat Races-Excellen
 Prizes Offered for Each Event-Race,
 for Boys and Girls-Dancing and IlIumi
 nation in the Evening.
 The official programme for the an.
 nual Pequot day, to be celebrated Tuesday, August 31, at the Pequot club
 is as follows
 Band concert from 130 to 3 p. m An open race for cabin and open cat
 boats will be started at 80, for which
 the following prizes are offered, given
 by several members of the associa ton:
 Cabin catboat class-First prize,
 Rltchie spirit compass; second prize,
 set of international code signals, con- l sisting of nineteen flags. l Open catboat class-First prize,a pair
 field glasses; second prize, aneroid | barometer.
 The Hinman cup will be competed for | by boats sailed by club members. En- tries may be made up to 10 a. m. on the day of the race. with the race com
 mittee, who will also furnish all fur | ther information.
 During the afternoon there will be a
 boys swimming race, girls swimming race, blind-folded rowing race and a tub race
 Dinner will be served to transient guests at o'clock and to members staying at the house at 6:30
 An orchestra will play during din- ,ner, and for dancing from 9 to II.
 There will be an Illuminate in the evening, and the committee announces special care to be in waiting at 1O:30 and Il o'clock.
 The course and racing regulations as announced by the committee are given in full:
 The course will be from an imaginary inc drawn from the flagstaff on the Pequot dock to boat anchored in lront or 1t; thence to and around a mark boat anchored off Lighthouse Point, leaving 1t on the starboard hand: thence to and around Pardee's Bar buoy (Black Can, No 3 leaving it on the starboard hand; thence returning to the starting line.
 Course to be sailed over as many times as the race committee shall de- eide, which shall be indicated by the number of flags hoisted on a staff on the club dock for fifteen minutes be- lore the preparatory signal is given.
 The preparatory signal for the open cat class will be a gun fired from the dock as near 1:30 as possible, when a red ball will be hosted. The start ing signal for the race will be a gun nTed the red ball will be lowered.
 The starting signal for the cabin cat class will be gun from the dock five minutes later and the red ball hoisted
 Boats will be timed from gun-fire and the time of finish shall be taken when the mast of the competing boat crosses the finish line Boats will be l limited to mainsail only. No shifting or ballast will be allowed All boats must be measured on or before the day 1 of the race. Measurements and time | allowances will be figured from rules and tables of the Yacht Racing union | # Long Island Sound Distinguishing numbers will be furnished each boat md must be fastened on both sides of he mainsail, at least five feet above he boom. Numbers must be returned o the race committee immediately af CT the race. Boats may carry one man or each five feet of water line length IT fraction thereof In addition to the Ripper. Any boat touching mark lnless wrongly compelled to do so by mother boat will be disqualified.
 Any boat which by a violation of the acing rules shall foul another or cause mother boat to foul any mark, vessel r obstruction, shall be disqualified Protests must be filed with the chair 1an of the race committee within one our after the race is finished The ace committee shall have power to ostpone the race should unfavorable 'eather render such course desirable. igned, E. S. Osborn, c. F. Dudley, w. , Futile, race committee.