Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
THE ANNUAL REGATTA
Rain Ceased in Time for the
Yacht Club Races.
Plenty of Wind and Several Contest
nnts Made the Events Lively
The winners-BaIi in the
Evening.

Evening.
one OF the most successful regattas IL
the history Of the Lake Chainplnin zach,
cluo was held Tuesday and the event,
were watched with enthusiasm by a large
crowd. The weather was threatening ir
the morning. and a drzzling rain at frs
put damper on the programme, but h,
ten O'Clock the sky had cleared enough
FOR the opening event, and with a good
stif breeze from the south the boats 70,
the first event were in line ready for the
start. The race for the challenge cum
which was to have been sailed between
the Challenge and the Witchcraft wa
omitted. as the two boats failed to show
up.
The first race had four starters and fin.
lshed In the following manner: First
Scud. NJ. b. Page, New York; second
captain. Capt Cushman OF Fort Ethan
Allen; third. Zip. The Sinner. owned by
F. @. Perpont. commander of the Saw
annah Power Boat club, Savannah, Ga
entered and had a good lead on the first
round but was swamped and had to he
lowed in by the Marquita. Time hour
IA minutes and Is seconds. Distance five
knots This race was open to all sail
yachts between II and 90 feet.
The race, open to all sail yachts under
il feet, finished IN the following manner:
First Sinner; second. Zip: third, Captain.
Time. 81 minutes. 20 seconds Distance,
two and one half knots
The laiies cup race was not finished
on account of tho wind
The race for power yachts 2s to 35
feet finished as follows: Abbiegenia
owned by George D. Jarvis, first; ca
yuea, owned by Clarence Morgan. sec
ond; Havana, owned by George Valley,
third. Time 80 minutes. 50 seconds
Distance five knots. A special prize
Of brass anchor light was awardc 4
the Havana
Tho special class race open to all
sail yachts q to 80 feet---First. Skeet-
er; second. Lake Bird; third. Scud.
limo. "a minutes, 30 seconds. Dis
tance, two and half knots
Race open to power yachts from Il.
to 26 feet-First, Gypsie; second. Idle
Hour; third, Hazel Time. Sc minutes.
Distance. FIVE knots.
.''oe race one-hat mile
First, f. l., Ward; second Russell
ia"u'hl canoe race-tlrst, ward and
MaiaheE' second Pierpont and Lud-
lam
Junior swimming race-First Byron
Herman OF st. Adams; second, +. l..
Casanova Havana. Cuba
Senior swimming race. 200 yards
First. Brown; second, shepard; third,
Ward.
A special feature of the regatta was
the high diving OF Ward and Patter
son off the roof Of tho cIuh bouse
Among the contestants IN .he sr,r,-
min, rae. woe , .ror, -, 49, .ron,
Caun XIII Kara n, G. Alb,ns p,v
The Damn Ia in cb,rya ~ O. T or,or
L. V. NJ o.. and most o+ tho r,er,h.rs
are from P.nn,nrto, scr,parv Pow.
nington. n. J.. in which Mr.. orion 10
one Of the instructors There arc % f., all
Part Of the number arc On a ,rar,n IN
Mt Mansfe,d tho ror,a,,d,r ,,o.,,i,, .
burlington with Mr. Ortor "a or,.r tho
swimming races Yesterday leaving at
ter-ward for Richmond 70 io,,, tho o,hors
The names Of the marty are F.i,aeno ward
of Yonkers. n. V entered I, the dout,e
canoe and swimming races. Frances
Lewis Of Brooklyn swimming roco. Eli
omeno Casanova. If Havana C,,h,
swimming race. Edward perov ~ r..
uador. south Amor,c, su,r,,,,,r, rooo.
Rollins Malanev of New york civ
double canoe and swimming. Rvron