The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-04
EVERYTHING
READY FOR THE
BIG REGATTA
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE
CONCLUDED AT MEETING OF
PENSACOLA YACHT AND MOTOR
BOAT CLUB LAST NIGHT AND
SUCCESS OF EVENT BEGINNING
TOMORROW Is ASSURED.

That the great interstate regatta
which begins tomorrow under the aus
piees Of the Pensacola Yacht and
Motor Boat Club and which will be
participated in by boats from cities
all along the gulf coast, will be the
kind ever pulled off in this section of
the country is now fully assured AL
OF the final arrangements were con-
cluded at the meeting Of the club held
last night and as a sufficient number
Of boats are already entered to guar
antee the success of the event, the
only thing which can possibly inter
rupt now is the weather.
A number of the boats owned by
members Of the club viii meet tae
boats from New Orleans when they
enter the harbor this afternoon and
accompany them to the landings here,
wharfage space having already been
reserved for them.
For the purpose of taking measure
ments, Geo. T. Morgan. official meas
urer. viii meet the boat owners at the
store of the Pensacola Launch Com
pany this afternoon from 2 o'clock to
6. and on Friday morning he will be at
the club house at 10 o'clock for this
purpose.
HANDSOME TROPHIES.
The trophies offered for the various
the club house, are an unusually at
tractive lot and are well worth con-
FAST BOATS.
Some of the fastest boats ever seen
in this harbor will participate in the
regatta. Besides the number Of fast
boats which will be brought here from
other cities, some of the boats owned
by Pensacolians have had new engines
installed in them during the past week
and will be entered in much speedier
classes than have ever been before.
RACING FROM NEW ORLEANS.
OF the race from New Orleans to
Pensacola between a number of boats
which are coming here for the regatta,
and which viii arrive here sometime
this afternoon, the New Orleans
Times Democrat Of yesterday morning
communicative following:
With the long distance race to Mo-
bile decided by the arrival Of the Ca
dillac at the Mobile Yacht Club house
at 1880 Tuesday night, the start of the
big motor boats in the West End to
Pensacola race is next on the pro-
gram. The five boats announced last
night as sure starters win leave from
the Southern Yacht Club at West End
this evening at o'clock; one gun
viii be fired as a starting signal.
SOFT eLmribig -shr sh silr
The five boats are as follows: Violet,
fifty-two feet over all, owned by Percy
1 S. Benedict; Elizabeth, sixty-four feet
/ over ALL owned by Albert Mackie:
! Comet, forty-five feet over all. owned
BY L. A. Murphy; Wait, fifty feet over
ALL. owned by Robt. c. Mcclure, and
Tokay. forty feet over ALL owned by
Robt. c. Mcclure.
The boats are racing for the first
leg on the VIM. A. Carrie cup, which
has to be won in two successive races
to become the permanent property of
the winner, and also for the handsome
trophy cup offered by Capt. Albert
Mackie. feet captain of the Southern
Yacht Club. The latter cup becomes
immediate property of the winner Of
the race, taking elapsed time of the
cruise into consideration, while the
first boat in at Mobile wins the honor
in the competition for the Carlo cup
The boats leaving West End this
evening are due to pass through the
South Draw OF the Northeastern bridge
about $3.50 o'clock, and will be checked
through the bridge by a committee of
timers stationed there for the purpose
In passing the committee boat the
captains of the various craft should
call the name of their boat and Ais
Wen to the committeeman, if such is
the case on board and the time and
condition Of each of the craft will be
noted
The course to be taken by the con
testants, as decided by the racing com
mittee, is as follows
Leavin~ West End, they will proceed
through South Draw and the Rigolets
to Mississippi Sound. Through Grants
Pass and the ship channel to the
mouth of Mobile bay, to and around
the bell buoy outside Fort Morgan,
thence to Pensacola bar, where scout
boats from the Pensacola Yacht Club