The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-22
ITS REGATTA WEEK Most Important Events Will Be Races on Hudson and
 Thames. UNUSUALLY BUSY WEEK Yacht Club Cruises, Automobile Car. nival, Gold Tournaments and
 Sports Galore.
UNUSUALLY BUSY WEEK

New York, June 21.--Overtopping all else In interest this week in the sport- Ing world will be the intercollegiate beat races at Poughkeepsie Saturday, and the annual race between Harvard and Yale at New London Thursday. For both events the oarsmen long have been In training and are now said to be in condition. It Is generally conceded that the crews are so evenly matched this year that the winner will be hard to pick. Cornell. Columbia. Syracuse, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin share gen. eral favor and all have done hard work In their preparation. As In previous years the historic course on the Hud- son will be thronged with spectators ahoat and ashore and a stirring contest is promised them. The Yale and Har- yard senior and junior oarsmen are In fine fettle for their contest.
 Yacht Club Plans.
 In yachting several regattas have been arranged for the week. The In- uidll dCnt SluU diLu0l VI uA5S ing race to New London. Conn. will be started early Tuesday morning; on Friday the eawanhaka-C Corinthiap club will hold a special regatta. and regattas have been arranged for Sats urday by the New Haven, New Roch< ellie, Bayside and Brooklyn Yacht clubs. While this year there are no ria t,. ha rib o1 es. the usual amount of interest wilu be taken in the United States in the Kiel regatta, which begins today off Kiel and continues for several days( Beats from France. England. Russia and Seden and Belgium will sail against the Germans for the varioug trophies offered by the home yacht clubs in the German emperor. Dmperor William and the empress and crown prince, Frederick William and Princd Eitel- Frederick all have boats cntered4 Automobile Carnival.
 The big automobile event of the week will be a four days carnival in the Pennsylvania mountain district. The contests, which begin Wednesday, in- clude durability runs from New York and Philadelphia into Stroudsburg, hill climbs and gymkhana games NumerS ous cars are entered In all the events. Of interest to the automobilists will be the annual meeting of the Society of Automobile Engineers at Detroit, bssj ginning Thursday. Z
 National Skat Congress. "
 skat players from all over the Uu{)ld States have gathered in New Yox for the eleventh national skat cQ1 !fess. which began today and runs krough Tuesday Valuable prizes haze been put up for the contestantsH Experts from Boston, Chicago, PhilS6elphia and other cities will compete.
 Golf ToiAnaments.
 Beginning next Saturday and running through to the Saturday following, the links of the Royal Montreal Golf cluD will be thronged with contestants for the Canadian golf championships. ama- teur and open and for the intercolonial title. The chief tournament of the United States will be for the cham pionship of Staten Island, next Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday on the Fox Hills course and in which some of the best players of the country have sent In their entry blanks.
 Miscellaneous.
 All the high class bicycllsts in tho east, professional and amateur. will take part in the bicycle races to be held in Madison Square Garden, New York, Monday night.
 The horse racing events of the weeiD will be the Coney Island Jockey clubs stakes, the guaranteed cash value of which Is s25,oOo and the Great Trial, also for a s25,0o0 purse. Both will be- 1 ea- a...x Al nla Iu.s