Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
MOT0RBOAT
CARN|vALS.
Long List Of Events Planned
For Power Graft In 1910.
RACE OF A THOUSAND MILES.
Contest From Juneau, Alaska, to Seat
tie, WASH, Will Test Endurance of
Frail Water Craft International
Events April I to 14-Other Races.

Frail Water Graft International
Events April I to 14HOther Races,
Judging from present indications, it
looks as if motorboat enthusiasts
will have a big inning in 1910. Any
number of races are scheduled here
and abroad. The first of these will be
held on Lake Worth, Palm Beach.
Fla, March Is to IS. In April a power
boat race from Philadelphia to Ber-
muda will be run, and the internation-
al races abroad are to start April /
and continue until April 4.
There will be seven events for en-
trants in the sixth annual regatta of
the Palm Beach Power Boat ~associa-
ton, which Is to be held on Lake
Worth, Florida. on March 10. 1G. II
and IS. Judging from the list of
events and prizes, it appears as though
the club proposes to make the races
more pretentious than ever. The fea-
ture event on the regatta card is the
Palm Beach grand prize. worth $4,000
in gold, to the winner.
The racing committee has already
made certain stipulations regarding the
races. Boats that are unable to make
twelve miles an hour are ineligible to
compete for the prizes, and entrants
for the grand prize will be disqualified
unless they reach the Royal Poinciana
basin on or before March G.. These
are also required to show q minimum
speed Of twenty miles for the entire
course.
When the power boat race is
from Philadelphia to Havana next
April it is planned to include an aux
Hilary class, so that interest in the
event will he increased. 1t is said that
there will be no restricting size rules,
and both power and sail may be used.
A valuable cup will be awarded, pro-
vided there are three starters.
Probably one of the longest power
boat races ever staged by an Ameri-
can m%ctorboat club will be held next
August under the auspices of the
Motorboat club Of Seattle. The race is
from Juneau, Alaska, to Seattle,
Wash, which is a distance of about Il
thousand miles. The cours over which
the race is to be contested is a very
dangerous one, and it requires the
most skillful navigation. A number Of
entries have already been received,
and present indications point to the
Pacific coast as being the gathering
place for motorboats during the month
Of August in 1910.
The rac will be started probably
about the third week in August, giving
the contestants from the south time to
cruise up leisurely. Stops will be made
at Ketchikam, Prince Rupert and Van
couver to report and take on gasoline
If necessary. Both the United States
and British governments will be asked
for vessels to patrol the course. The
measurement system of handicapping
will be employed. Boats nay take a
pilot, but they must be accompanied
by the owner or some other member of
the association. 1t will probably take
between four and five days to COM
plete the course.
The seventh international motor
boat meeting at Monaco, France, will
be held from April 1 to IA. This event
is the largest of it's kind Of the motor
boat racing year, as it not only draws
the cream Of the power boats for COM
petition, but the prizes awarded are
the largest presented to winners Of
motorboat contests. According to the
arrangements. the first two days Of the
meeting will be given ove to exhibit
tons. while the racing events will not
take place until April 4. The prizes to
be awarded aggregate the sum of $24,-
600. Except where otherwise stated
in the list of events, the length of the
race is fifty kilometers. and any boat
which completes three times without
winning a prize will be guaranteed 500
francs.
The challenges for the British inter-
national cup for motorboats have been
received by Walter Murray BieIing.
secretary Of the Motorboat Club Of
America. The Dixie H., owned by e.
j. Schroeder, last won the cup at a
speed Of 2T.75 nautical or thirty-two
statute miles an hour. There was no
race for the cup last year owing to the
failure of the Motor Yacht Club of
Great Britain to follow up it's chal-
lenge by sending the necessary boat to
race The challenges this year come
from the British M%otorboat club and
the Motor Yacht Club of Great Britain,
both sent by cable, and the former fol
lowed by I'm immediate letter of con
frmation.