The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-15
TOMORROW WILL DECIDE.
CHALLENGE RACE BETWEEN SA-
yANNAH AND CAROLINA CLUBS.

The Dragon VIII Be Opposed by the
Titanin and the NatrinI1a-The
savannah Flyers Trip over by the |
sea Route and in Rough Weather
opcned the Eyes OF the Charles
tonians-CharIestOn Boats Both |
Larger Than the DragOOn-To-
morroVv's the Third Challenge
Race-The Rules of the Contest.
Tomorrow at Charleston the race for |
t5e challenge cup will be sailed by the |
Dragon of the Savannah Yacht Club and |
the Titanla and Katrinza of the Carolina |
Yacht club. The race is exciting much |
interest in Savannah, and there will be
number of yachting enthusiasts who
will 20 oyer to Charleston in time TO see
The start and wait for the finish The |
Plant system will run special train that |
viii make this possible.
70 anxiety is felt among Savannah |
vachtsmen as 10 the ability of the ORA |
coon to win the race. If she is properly |
handled, and they are sure that she will |
there is nothing south of New York that |
can beat her and though she Is best with |
tho wind in her quarter, she is good
enough on any tack to run away from
anything in these waters. 1t has been
thought that she would not do well in
a rough sea, but the trip she made from
Savannah to Charleston, by the sea route
and in worse weather than is at all like |
III to come upon her during the race, open |
cd the eyes of the Charleston people to
the fact that she could hold her own I'M
der any conditions and that to win they
must pin their hopes to some more solid
foundation. They are beginning to real
ize this, and as a consequence the ORA
COON stock in the Charleston betting ring
mas RISEN several points.
The Dragon has been over the course |
over which she will sail tomorrow each !
day since she sailed to Charleston on last
Saturday. Her captain and crew have thus |
tamllariZed themselves with the Windings
and currents of the course and have trim
med The sails of the Dragoon TO catch
every faVOring breeze that is likely to
splins up. The course is eighteen and a
half miles in length and has been mapped
out accurately and definitely marked by
buoys. The steamer Planter will carry
over the course the members of the two
clubs and their friends while the judge 4
and sailing committee will watch the race
from The deck of the steam yacht E. Ii.
The Titania and the Katrnka have each
greater sailing length than the Dragon
and viii thus be compelled 10 give her a
time allowance in the race. This allowance
VIII be about five minutes in the case OF
The katrnka and some hing less in the
case of the Titania and viii give the Dra-
eo9n a greater advantage than she will |
Iced. Indeed he local yachtsmen think
she viii run away from her opponents and
beat them without a time allowance being
considered.
To-morrows race will be the third that
has been sailed since the challenge cup
was purchased in the early 90s. The first
race was sailed at Beaufort, ten miles 10
ne WindWard and return. Ii was won by
The Mantle. The cup remained the prop
erty of the Carolina Yacht Club until last
year, when the Titania entered under the
nag of the Savannah Yacht Club and won
me cup for that club.
The rules relative to the challenge cup
are as follows:
This cup is TO be the joint property of
the Carolina Yacht Club of Charleston,
5 c., and the Savannah Yacht Club. of
savannah, Ga, to be held by them under
ne following rules:
This cup to be kept as a perpetual
chalenge cup between the two clubs, open
Tor competition between regularly enrolled
cibn yachts of q feet to 80 feet load
water line length.
An challenges for this cup to be made
N The name of one of the two clubs, and
When Won to be held by the winning club,
not by the winning yacht
T. The cup 10 be raced for but once each
year during the yachting season. which
s4all be considered to open on the 18th of
Nay and to close on the 18th of Au
a. The challenge club shall give at least
4TlN days notice in writing, naming the
gay Tor the proposed race
a. ne club holding the cup shall have
Cao privilege of fixing the course, said
curse 10 De not less than sixteen or more
nan twenty knots, to be raced for under
SaggI time allowance, measurement and
ft11linS rules and under the direction OF
uie sailing committee.
~ ne club challenging shall specify
NNn inelr challenge the number of yachts
ci15y propose 70 enter, and the challenged