The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-06
KEEP YACHTS BUSY.
Minnetonka Club Ice Boats Will
Have Their Hands Full De-
Tending the Pennant.
Lake City Craft Will Meet Local
Yachts During Week End
ing Dec. 20. -

Minnetonka ice yachtsmen are looking
forward to a busy season. Legion is the
number of the clubs which wish to capture
the inter-lake challenge pennant, now held
by the Minnetonka club, and present indi-
cations are that most of the Minnetonka
club regattas must be postponed until
January to allow the club to take care
Of the various challengers.
Under the rules governing the inter-lake
pennant the club holding the trophy must
defend it whenever challenge is received.
The Lake City Ice Yacht club was the first
to send a def, and the races between the
Lake City and Minnetonka boats will be
held probably the week ending Dec. 20.
Lake Pepin was reported frozen over this
week, and the Lake City club is expected
to select next week the yachts which will
try to Wrest the challenge from Minneton-
ka.r Meanwhile the Minnetonkar club will
try to hold it's first club regatta next
Saturday.. .-.
The Lake City club wished to send five
yachts to race against five from the Min
netonka club, but the Minnetonka men
say three from each club will be a moro
convenient number, and that more than
six or eight would add an element of dam
ger to the regatta. The races will be best
three out Of five. -
+ Excelsior and Calhoun
If Minnetonka successfully defends the
PoAA1c'1I a6d1llSl Lake C1Ly, the challenge
of the Excelsior club will probably next
receive consideration, and if Minnetonka
sui retains the trophy after the meeting
with Excelsior the local boats must dis
pose of Calhoun.
Inese races will keep Minnetonka busy
uiitil the hrst or second week in January,
me. kalamazoo, Mich, club has an
nounced an open regatta ITO be held in
january, and it is probable that the Min
netonka club will send a boat to take
part IN these races. Nevertheless the
ciuo intends to put on club regattas during
tne winter, even if it is necessary to hold
| them on mid-week4 days. ~ 80, J: i
Inc boats which will probably be Sc
! lected to defend the inter-lake pennant
are ALT Pillsbury's Avalanche, Harry Bow
doln's Zero. and Theodore Wetmo S
Reindeer Up to date these boats have
| proven themselves so much faster than
I any Of the yachts sent by other clubs tc
lift the pennant, that it is not likely tina,
many new boats will be built this winter
D1squ1et1ng rune rs have been heard, how.
! ever, In regard to a. new boat which a
Calhoun yachtsman has under way, anc
winch will be larger than any Of the Min
netonka craft. b u \
May Build Steel Boat.
George and Ralph Gillette of the Mime.
| tonka club, it is said, are contemplating
the construction of a steel boat, which
| tney thlnk Will be able to show its heels
to any yachts in the northwest. In case
either of the three challenging clubs Sc.
cure the pennant; this craft can be com.
pleted in time to challenge again for the
pennant before the end of the season.
:. The. snow which has fallen during the
week has not been deep enough to inter.
fere with sport on Minnetonka. Three 81
four years ago a few, inches Of snow pu
an end to all ice yachting, but last win
ter, the Minnetonlxa boats sailed witho,t
difficultyrthrough snow twelve of fourteen
1 inches deep. In case snow covers the ic,
when the callenge races are sailed, It will
give a decided advantage to the Mime
tonka boats, ON account of their .grea
size. l- " 5.s- Zt-, - 4 go