Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25
BIC RACE OF YEAR
Island City Boating Association
Holds Last Cente st of
First Series
BOATS EXCEEDING 20 FEEL
List of Entries Is Large and Hot Go
Is Expected-A New Scheme of
Handicappins Tried.

This evening the last of the first
series of boat races planned by the
Island City Boating association will
be run off at the boat harbor. The
last race is handicap race for boats
over 20 feet in length There are Is
boats entered and it promises to be
the most hotly contested race of the
whole series. The course is five miles
long, starting at the harbor and going
down the river to a buoy located be-
tween Suburban island and the oil
cloth works. from there up the river
again and around one of the piers in
the Rock Island bridge and then back
to the harbor. Boats going up stream
must keep on the outside of boats on
the way down. This rule was made
TO prevent accidents from collisions
and any boat breaking this rule will
very likely be disqualified
Prizes for this race have been Sc
cured from a number of the merchants
in the city. For first place Beardsley
& Bailey have given large American
flag. The second boat to finish will
receive a jointed fish pole from the
Rock Island Hardware company.
Gustafson & Hayes have given a fine
shirt for the third prize A time prize
will be awarded to the boat which
covers the course in the least time,
regardless of where it finishes. This
will be box of cigars donated by the
Bijou cigar store.
Officials Selected.
The judges for the race have been
chosen. They are James Hall, Addi-
son Gest. Edward Pearson. George E.
Bailey and Edward Concannon. C. L.
Beardsley and C. A. Jencke will keep
| the time of the boats. E. A. Briggs
has been appointed clerk of the
course, it being his duty to get the
! boats ready to start.
A new system of handicapping the
boats will be given a trial in this race
| 1t takes into consideration the power,
length and the beam of the contesting
boats. The principal trouble met in
giving the handicaps has been in de-
termining the horsepower of the boats.
Some do not know what their horse
power really is while others underrate
| it in order to get a larger handicap.
| The order of starting and the handi
| caps of each of the entries as calcu
lated from the official club ratings OF
the boats has been made out. but on
account of the undertaking of the
power in the official rating of the boats
some changes will probably have tC
be made before the race is run. Al
i the request of any of the boat owners
the horsepower of any of the boat:
will be figured out for them and a new
rating obtained.
Entries and Hnndicaps.
The list of entries. their owner ant
their handicaps is as follows:
Happy Hours, W. A. Strayer, q min
utes
Maybe, Charles Strate, 23 minutes
Summer Girl, C. L. Beardsley, 2:
minutes.
Mignon. Fred Setterdahl. 81 minutes
Seminole. Joe Ely. 19 minutes.
Holly, Harry Sage, 1914 minutes.
j. w. G, j. w. Graves, 16 minutes
Chap, Bert thinner. 16 minutes.
Tantum, Ralph Smith, 10 minutes
Il Montgomery NJ, w. T. Chambers
Is minutes.
Mabel, Johnson and Pratt, 121s min
utes.
Bundle Bee Otto Miller Z minutes
Black Hawk, H. w. Bennett. Z min
/. utes.
Mermaid, Edward Brien. minutes