The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-19
GREAT INTEREST
DUBUQUE REGATTA
Not Since Sir Thomas Upton Failed
to Lift American Cup Has Nau-
tioal Event Attracted
Such Attention.
MANY MARINE RACERS
Wonderful Development Along Speed
Lines Have Seen Made During
Past Three Years In
Sport.
MANY MARINE RACERS

LA CROSSE, Wis, June 19.--Not
since Sir Thomas Upton last tried to
liit the American cup has a nautical
event attracted the widespread at
tention being directed to the annual
regatta this year OF the Mississippi
Valley Power Boat Association at
Dubuque, Iowa, July 3, 4, and 9Th.
Two score Of the greatest marine rae
Ing machines in the country will be
entered and fifty thousand people from
all parts Of the country are expected
TO be present to see worlds records
broken as predicted by w. II. Fauber,
inventor of the hydroplane, the new
demon Of speed.
In no field, excepting the conquest
of the air, has there been the wonder
ful development during the past two
or three years that has been seen in
motor boats. A few years ago a boat
making ten miles an hour was consid-
cred millionaire's delight. Now the
same boat is a tub" and the million
aire toys, instead, with a hydroplane
which viii skim over the water al
most at lightning speed-50 to So
miles an hour
The Mississippi Valley races at Du-
buque will be the first American com
petition of these new high powered
marine racers. The greatest boats
produced in America this year have
been entered, including Dixie ~,
speed 55 miles an hour, Vita II, =
speed so miles an hour. Red Top liz
speed SO miles an hour. Yankee,
with 500 horse power motors and
speed estimated at between so and 55s
miles an hour Besides these there
viii be many other great boats, all
the international defender class,
which are expected to trim the French
and English speed tends in later ra-
ces. All of these boats will receive
the first public trials in the Dubuque
races. 1t will in fact be virtually the
elimination for the international
events to follow
Boaters and visitors will come to
Dubuque from all sections aud from
all directions The cruise Of power
boats will be one OF the big features
of the regatta. Power boats will be-
gin TO leave the farther reaches of the
Northern Mississippi, lower Mississip-
pi, Missouri, Ohio, st. Croi8, Illinois
and other rivers late in June. bound
for the regatta city and scores OF
boats will come from the great lakes.
AS the fleets progress the boats will
be joined by others until the night Of
July End, when the northern feet
anchors at Cassville Wis, the north
ern rendezvous and the southern
feet anchors at Bellevue. the southern
rendezvous, there will be hundreds Of
boats of all descriptions all ready to
follow the reception feet which will
come out from Dubuque to meet them.
back into the harbor the morning Of
July 3rd. The Bird will be devoted to
the reception Of visitors and the big
races start the afternoon of July Attn.
This day the 40-foot class for such
boats as Dixie W." "Eph." Red Top
III. 'Hoosier Boy, fDisturber II,
'.yita r. and Yankee" will race for
the championship and prizes of $1,000
cash. and the Webb 81 600 silver cup.
The same day the 20foot class. con
sidered by many the most spectacular,
will race and speed as high as 80
miles an hour Is promised for these
boats which are no longer than fish
pole In the evening an illuminated
boat parade will be held and an ac-
quatc fireworks display which II is
promised will be the greatest ever
seen In the west
On July 5th the 30 and 2s foot class
es will De run and another Illuminated
narade will be held in the evening,
together with fire works. On the 9Th