Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-01
RACES ON MONDAY
Regatta at Dubuque Starting
July 8 Expected to Be
Biggest Ever.
GREAT SPEED COUNTED ON
HydropIanes May Make Up to So
Miles per Hour-New Craft to
Get Their First Trial.

Monday morning what promises to
be the greatest aquatic racing event
ever held in America will begin at
Dubuque, Iowa, with the reception
of the visiting fleets from the north
and south, numbering hundreds OF
motorboats, and for four days the
annual regatta Of the Mississippi
Valley Power Boat association prom
ises to see every world speed boat
record smashed by wide margin.
Already the fleets are moving up
on Dubuque, hundreds of boats from
the south and hundreds more from
the north, the Great Lakes and the
many tributary rivers. The morning
of July reception fleets will run
from Dubuque to Bellevue, Iowa, to
meet the southern fleet and from
Dubuque to CassviIle to meet the
fleet from the north. Arriving at
Dubuque about noon. a great naval
parade, including more power boats
than have ever before been gather
ed together in the west. will be held
in front of the city and reviewed by
officers of the valley association.
BIG EVENT THE FOURTH.
The biggest day of the regatta
will be July 4, when the 20 foot
and the 80 foot championship races
are run. The racing starts at 1:45
and will continue until about
O'Clock. In the 90 foot class such
boats as Emerson H., Comet, La
Crosse, Topaz. Pee Wee Ho and Sand
burr H., will appear and promises
are made that a speed record of
close to 40 miles an hour will be
made. Many of the entrants will
have a guaranteed speed Of So
miles. The 4O-foot championship
class is for the prizes of $1,000 cash
and the 81, 900 Webb cup and will
include such boats as Dixie w, Red
Top Ill, Disturber H., Eph, Hoosier
Boy and Yankee. Speed up to So
miles an hour is promised by some
of these hydroplanes. A naval pa
rade will be held in the morning of
the Fourth, while the evening will
be devoted to an Illuminated boat
parade and a big display of fire.
works. In the morning parade prizes
are offered for the best decorated
boats.
SEVERAL EVENTS JULY s.
The principal events July. 8 will
be the 4O-foot championship class
and the 26-foot championship race.
Practically all of the 20-foot boats
which have made a good showing in
the 2O-foot class will compete also
in the larger classes, so that these
races will include the best boats
turned out in America this year. On
July will be held several handicap
races between the winners and
mile against time by the champion
of the 40-foot class while in the
evening of the final day a banquet
will be held.
Interspersed with the champion
ship classes will be all manner OF
races for cruisers, cabin boats, two
and three cylinder boats and num-
erous novelty races between clam
scows and other odd craft.
The fireworks and general enter
tainment planned for this regatta
is said TO be the finest ever witnessed
in the west.
The convention of the Mississippi
Valley Power Boat association will
be held the morning of July 6.
La Crosse, Wis, is the strongest con-
tender for the 1912 regatta. That |
city will send a brass band to Du-
Ouque and promises to raise $40, 900 /
cash IN advance for entertainment |
and prizes.
MANY VISITING BOATS.
Thousands of visiting motor boats
are expected to be IN Dubuque har-
1or the evening of July 8 and as
he greatest collection OF racing
boats ever seen in the country has
,een entered there seems little ques-
ion but that this event will set q
lew mark for aquatic sports.
Reports coming in from all SEQ
ions of the central west indicate
hat there will be between 10000
md 10000 strangers In Dubuque
Turing the regatta, at the lowest es-
innate Many river towns, within
asy travelling distance of the regat-
a city will be practically depopu-
ated.
Some of the new racers entered,
ust announced, are:
water Witch" 26 foot. six cylin-
ers. Hudson Bros, owners. Musca-
inc, Iowa.
wv. d." 80 foot, six cylinders, W.
}. Disbrow, Lyons, Iowa
"P. D. OIL" 20 foot, three CYL
aders, A c. Strong, Burlington,
owa
Little Memo" 22 foot, two cyIin-
ers. Robert H. Gage, Lyons. Iowa.
America" 26 foot, two cylinders,
:. A. Naples, Clinton, Iowa.
Mississippi Pearl H." 26 foot,
aree cylinders, owner, s. n. Boett-
er, Davenport. Iowa.
Red skin,'s u feet, three cyl
lders, G.. F. Morlock. Burlington,
1wa I
"EIbridge Bug" 10 feet, six cyl {
lders. ]. T. Seely, Elbridge Engine !
,mpany, Rochester, y. Y.
Checker Players 20 Meet. c
Checker players should bear In I
ind the impOrtant rneetfnR Of the