The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-10
FIRST ICE REGATTA
Minnetonka Club Yachts Will Com
pete Saturday Afternoons Usu-
al Division of Glasses.
Conditions Which Will Govern the
Races for Inter-Lake Challenge
Pennant Are Made Public.

The Minnetonlla Club will hold the first
ice regatta of the winter Saturday after
noon The race will be club contest for
all classes, and the first race will be start.
ed at $3.50.
The customary division Of classes will
be followed, the yachts carrying more than
600 square feet of sail constituting the
first class. The result of the race In this
class will aid in the selection Of the three
boats which will race against the Lake
City Ice: Yacht Cubs boats in the contest
for the Hudson cup and the interlake chal-
lenge pennant s3:a -.l-..' =. 81
The ice on, Lake NIinnetonkaL is still a
bit tender for the larger boats, although
the smaller craft have been sailing for
several days. BY Saturday afternoon,
however, the ice Is expected to be strong
enough to carry the, largest yachts.
Following ARE. the, conditions for the
Minnetonla Lake City races for the inter-
lake challenge pennant: -
First-Each club shall be represented by
not more than three boats, which repre-
sentatives must be selected at least TWEEN
tv4four hours previous to the first race
and their names handed to the regatta
t~cOmmittee. 49,. s
=. Second championship series shall
be the best three in five races, and that
club. any one of whose representatives
| finished first in three of these races. shall
| be declared winner. $50. ..,.-. =
Third-Date OF races. The date Of the
races shall be left to the regatta commit.
| tee, who shall schedule same for the frs
| ice; that is. when. in their Judgment the
| ice is thick enough to insure absolute
safety-probably the second week in De
| cember on Lake Minnetonka -
Fourtf-7-The course. shall be triangular
and twenty miles long. The committe,
Shall start the boats SO as to get tn,
greatest amount of windward and lee
= Fifth-Unless tire winning boat com
pletes the course at: the rate of at leas
fifteen miles per hour the race shall b.
declared: off. T." .*.S<*- .:
sixth-Rules Of right of way. The Rule
of right of way as determined by the Min
netonka Club shall govern these races
an dthe decision Of the committee shall b.
! final. So - :ICS 49,
One design class racing will be intro
duced in Wisconsin with the opening O
| the yachting season on the Inland lake
next spring. The Pine Lake Yacht clu
has taken the initiative by letting a con
tract for twelve one-design boats of tn
pup variety, which will be ready 70
uss DIS SooH DIS. ,SpiiS puts IN an appear
ance. and 1t is likely that the Pewauke
Yacht club will follow suit.
The new yachts will be 20 feet over al
will have a beam OF feet 8 inches an
carry about 200 square feet of canvas
THEY will be built by L. o. johnson, tn
White Bear Lake builder, and will cos
about 5000 each. ,:t $50
t. The forming of a syndicate to defra
the expense Of building a yacht to com
|pete in the trial races to select a cha]
1enger3 for the Canada's cup which WI
be held off Charlotte, N. Y. next July, ha
1beerha discussed by the directors Of tn
milwaukee Yacht club the past two week
land viii be" brought DIP for official actio
"A at the annual meeting. Twelve Of tn
younger nefnberSs cot the club are arra1
Asging to gostnto tfie enterprisea ~,
n r. B. Browns Pilot the latest acuuis
ton to the Milwaukee Yacht clubs flee
arrived in Milwaukee, yesterday from Bos
ton, where it was, formerly owned by Req
maid Boardrnan. Pilot is the only twenty
one-foot cabin class boat built under til
Massachusetts, Yacht Racing associatio
rules in Milwaukee, 1t was brought her
to compete in the Upton cup races. .whic
: will be sailed here next season in the ever
of the local club accepting the regatta {
the Lake Michigan Yachting association.