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BUGEYE RACES ATTRACT
Sailing Event at Cambridge Yacht
Club Regatta Attracts Atten-
ton Far and Near

Cambridge 1acht Club, Wnlch VIII
be held July %, promises TO be til
greatest affair of its kind ever heit
in Tidewater Maryland, for not onl.
will it take place during the annua
cruise of the Chesapeake Bay Yach
Racing Associa ton. which will brin,
the six principal yacht clubs of tn,
Bay TO Cambridge, but there will be
a number of features that will at
tract lovers of water sports from
all sections of the Bay.
One of the big features will b.
a race among three bugeyes, two OF
which are from Baltimore and the
other from Annapolis. The boats
are:
Nettie b. Greenwich, Baltimor,
Capt. Davis Price.
Lola r. Bennett. Baltimore, Capt
Mont Jones.
Joseph S Faulkner, Annapolis.
Capt. thmael Wiley.
Boats more representative CT
their type or more evenly matched
could scarcely have been obtained
for a race than these three. There
is but difference of eight tons
between the Greenwell. the largest,
and the Bennett. the smallest,
The race for the bugeyes will
start at 8 o'clock, and they will
sail flat. that is, they will start to-
gether, and the first boat home will
be the winner. The course will be
from the nun buoy off Cambridge,to
"a special buoy off Horns Point,
thence to d buoy off Shoal Point,
and return, a distance OF about 10
miles. Two-thirds of the course vii
be in view from the committee boat
at the starting line.
These vessels are regular traders
between ports on the bay and Balti-
more, aud while they have often
met on their routes they have never
before had an opportunity to have
real contest in racing trim, which
means with bottoms smoothed and
with just enough ballast to put
them on their designed sailing lines.
Capt Price has just become the
owner of the Greenwich, and, natur-
ally. he believes that he will cap
ture the trophy. The Greenwich Is
q product of the Madison, Md, ship
yard, yard that is noted for Its
fast and able craft, and as she did
not come off the stocks until 1897,
she is comparatively modern boat.
She has the reputation of being very
fast in light weather.
On the other hand, Capt. Jones
wants a stiff breeze. and believes
with this he will show the others
the way home, but thinks he will
win anyway, as he considers the
Bennett the best all-around boat, of
her class, on the bay.
But while the owners and friends
of the Greenwich and Bennett are
telling what they expect TO happen,
Capt. Wiley is estimating what he
will be able to do with the Faulk-
ner. The Faulkner is a thighs ~.
Island boat, laid down by masce
hand. and any Eastern Shoreman
will be willing to wager that for
speedy boat one must go to Thigh
mans Island. Therefore, Captain
Wiley and his friends feel pretty
sure of winning the trophy.
The three shippers are well
known in Cambridge, and the COM
ing race has created the greatest in
terest The boats will have picked
crews, the best sailors 10 be OBJ
tanned on the bay. The race will
be interesting. especially as it is
to be sailed over short course in
the river, so that almost from start
to finish it can be seen BY those
who are at the starting line.
Only little less interesting than
the bugeye race will be the skiff
race, III WHICH there Will pt thASC
boats, one from Cambridge, one
from Oxford and one from St Mich
aels. These boats will be sailed by
professional watermen,an If there
is any wind at all the affair will be
well worth seeing.
For the yachtsman there will be
races for all classes of power and
sailing craft, with special feature
of the first race of the series for
the Governor Goldsborough cup by
sloops of class P. In this race the
Heller, OF the Corinthian Yacht
Club, will meet the Sue and Zilli-
Goa, of the Cambridge Yacht Club.
The second race of this particular
series will be sailed at Annapolis,
July IS, and the third race at Bal
timore on September IL.
The Club has arranged a pro-
gram that will give the visiting
yachtsmen plenty of racing In ev-
cry class, and there will be big
reception and dance at the club
house in the evening.