The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26

|roosIER BOY 80 Miller


"A
4. biR three days races and regatta
! !, ,hst city In August viii be well re-
: "a sor their visit to the big Illinois
! An Every one Is working hard for
4, afiair and tie races promise to be
! ,ke most exciting ever held In the mid
/ lk vest. Hundreds 81 speed and
sls.sure craft from all over the coun-
81 ;,Y VIII be in the regatta and the
/ ,soes FOR which most interesting
woram has been arranged Win be
MI Is to long be remembered In
rs minds Of followers of this exciting
I port
INA Peoria Herald Transcript Of
Il Bafurday eveEing has to say OF the big
/ ncers which are being brought into
( H. for the excitement in August:
All Trnitt, Of Chillicothe. left
Peoria yesterday for Detroit. Michi-
IN, and Cincinnati, Ohio. on missions
vhich will be of immense interest to
{ local motor boat speed merchants in
!: the near future. His visit to Detroit
i TO see an engine company regard
III / high speed. powerful motor for
/ racing machine. To whom this en-
aine Is to belong, Mr.. Trnitt declines
! Is state; but that 1t will be powerful
( I'd must be delivered Immediately
makes it seem certain that 1t is in
4 tended for local man who contem-
plstes grabbing on honors In the
western regatta to be held August
II IS and ~.
After Aerser Fox"
Ii Cincinnati the speed shark,
nom Chillicothe. who is a member OF
lie racing committee OF the Illinois
/ Valley Yacht club. expects to interest
{ tie owners Of "Br'er Fox. and Sc
cure that boat for the free for all till
\ here against Champion Corsepius
! from Fort Madison, Iowa, In August
] HE Fox is owned by an engine
company at Newport. KY, and be
came famous in June by making tbs
nun from Cincinnati to New Orleans
! ! distance Of 1900 miles, at an aver
ase speed Of 20 miles per hour. Since
that time the Fox" has cleaned W
@GaEelle, the crack racing machine
Of the upper Ohio. owned by thu
Htkburg power boat club. Within
] few days this boat will do battle witt
"Hoosier Boy at Cincinnati. for tn,
championship OF the Ohio river val
Icy.
Designs "Hoosier Boy
Tie "Hoosier Boy is owned by J
{ ". Whitlock and was designed b
Truitt himself. II is credited wit
thirty miles an hour performances
Il Is the local racing mans intention
ofsecuring an agreement for the wir
ner Of this championship to come t
Peoria and attempt to wrest wester
honors from Corsepius.
TO Juoole Titles.
Few people realize the extent {
the titles which will chhange hands
the coming regatta on Peoria lax
The Western Power Boat associatio
championship goes to the winner an
Is to be commended for by last SCI
y sons -.ississippi Valley champion
Minnie 6 II, 7" owned by Corsepius
Fort Madison, who will have his o.
rival, independence H." from s
Louis, owned by Ed. Koenig to co
tend with; to say nothing Of tt
prospect OF meeting Lamb ~, owne
q Clinton, Iowa, and which boat no
holds the official Mississippi Vale
championship. Should the Ohio bo
butt into this fray. together with 7
Chicago. the Red Wing, Mimi. Il
Duluth and Detroit cracks. there W
De battle which will attract the {
tention Of tae whole motor boat worl
Teaser In Il.
The "Teaser," owned by J. A. N
ssli