The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-27

The Spanish yacht clubs viii also
give the Americans a royal reception.
The races In Spain viii not take place
until September, so that the Ameri-
cans win have quite a stay abroad
Study Of the German courses. tides
and weather viii form 4 very serious
part Of the preparatory work Of the
American crews at KleL The cOnci-
.tions dlffer materially from those Ia
which the boats have hitherto sailed.
OF MarbIehead. There will be no
windward and Ieeward courses, as
here. This is due, In part, 70 dim
Guilty in getting sea room IN which 10
lay out such course.
The starting line is across an estu-
sry, or arm Of the sea. In Kiel harbor.
which has a width from shore to shore
CT about = mile and a width Of prac-
tlcable channel Of about half a mile.
The boats are started on q straight
line to a mark boat anchored In mid
channel, northeast three-fourths o.
mile. On turning that they begin sail
Ing a triangle.
The course is sailed twice around.
the full distance being 14.5 nautical
miles The direction in which the
boats are sent around depends on the
direction OF the wind
On two sides the course parallels
the 1o-meter depth line Of the chan
mel An onshore breeze IN this depth
Of water results in a strong chop,
which in high winds Is very trying
According to reports from the govern
ment observatory at Kiel the wind
averages above 20 knots an hour there
throughout August.
The German method OF starting
their races is somewhat different from
the American The starting line Is
determined by ranges on the shore.
and a starting steamer Is anchored
on this lIRe at one side OF the channel.
| and a flag boat at the other. On the
steamers mast are three large black
boards. or fields, and two white
boards. past which a red starting bali
slides.
A preparatory gun is fired at 12
o'clock, and the red ball is hoisted 10
the lowest black field. At one-minute
intervals it is hoisted one field higher.
Al the expiration Of five minutes It
is az the masthead A gun IS then
fred. This is the signal for the start.
The rules provide that when the re-
! suit Of the races has been determined
the committee may recall the other
boats and declare the race finished.
The dates. rules. etc. for the Span
ish match have not yet been arranged.
Il IS possible that part Of the races
may be sailed at the watering place
Of San Sebastian and part al the
commercial port OF Bilbao.
OF this match the young king OF
Spain Is the enthusiastic promoter A
British yachting paper, referring to
the match, says:
ut Is an open secret that King
Alfonso takes the very keenest inter
est Ia yachting, and he shows his pas
sion fOi he sea Ia The best possible
was By building small yachts for
racing. His .aajesty does not dis
crlminate in the matter OF nationality
or class. He has built At least one
sender class boat for himself. A
diplomatic and very sporting arrange
ment has also been made. at his
ma1esty's initiative, with the yachts.
men of America. whereby the three
boats which will form the American
team in the German-American match
at Kiel viii be shipped from Kiel to
San Sebastian to sail against three
Spanish boats Of the same class ia
September"