The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-16
FASTEST BOATS ENTERED
All Crack Ice Boats in Country, Ex-
cept Jack Frost, to Race y.
: >. at Kalamazoo. -S% ~, ~

According to letter from d. G. DIN.
commodore of the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Ice
Yacht club, under whose auspices the
great international ice yacht regatta is to
be held, all the crack ice boats in the coun
+ try. excepting the present holder of the
worlds championship flag, Jack Frost,
owned in the Hudson River Ice Yacht club,
will compete in Gull lake, twelve miles
from Kalamazoo, Jan. 20 to "a inclusive.
Among the entries thus far received
are Scud and Dreadnaught from the
Shrewsbury River club and three from the
Kingston. Ont. including II. S. Folgers
Snow Cloud, champion Of Canada.
The regatta will give the Western ice
yachtsmen good opportunity to COM
pare their craft with the Hudson river
boats, because Scud and Dreadnaught last
year sailed against Jack Frost for the
worlds championship and were beaten by
only six and ten minutes, respectively,
in the two races. If the western yachts
can do the same thing with the two
Shrewsbury river boats it will be safe to
try for the championship flag. Jack
Frost, the holder Of the pennant. is owned
by Commodore Archibald Rogers of the
Hudson River Ice Yacht club. The cham
pion has 749 square fet Of sail area and
% feet track of runners. The measure
ments of Scud and Dreadnaught are us,
%, and 619, 1911 respectively:
The official program for the big regatta
follows:
First Race-No Handicap-Michigan state
| championship flag. This race is open to all ice
yachts in Michigan. -
Second Race, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. race;
$3.50 purse: four prizes, $780, $40, $50 and 500
Third Race, Free-for-all-N Handicap-.-The
F. A. Stewart international championship trophy,
open to all ice yachts in the United States and
| Canada, this trophy never to become the prop.
erty Of the club winning it, but is always open
| to challenge. If not defended when challenged
for it reverts back to the club last holding it
and it shall defend 1t against all corners. No ice
trophy more than each year. No ice yacht
| can compete for this flag and carry to exceed
$50 square feet of canvas. s.: :. ,r,., =; va. -.
| Fourth Race, Handicap--Wills cup race open
/ for Gull lake boats only :, ...--. =.
| Fifth Race, MISREPRESENTATION race $50
purse; "$25, SIS, $40. Open to all ice yachts
| that have not won any prize, trophy or dag dur
ing the series. p - u. -. .,-.=s - - RI
| There will be no entry fee and all cham
pionship contests will be sailed without
handicap. The yacht covering the course
| in the fastest time will be declared the
winner Of the race. All handicap races
will be- sailed as follows: -. .,:' - -, ~
The yacht having the greatest number
| of square feet Of canvas carried on spars
shall be called the scratch yacht All
other yachts entered will be allowed one
second per square foot for the difference
in square feet Of canvas carried on spars,
as example. Scratch yachts. 600 square:
feet; other yachts entered. 400 square
feet. difference 200 square Feet 200 sec
onds or 3 minutes and 20 seconds handi-
cap. .I., s s { Z SO 80. 2 * .
| The distance of all races shall be
twenty miles. two or three. point course
optional with regatta COMMITTEE Time
limit, one hour, fifteen minutes.