The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-26
REGATTA DRAWS
GREATEST BOATS
Fastest Speed Boats Of West Are
Racing Before Thousands on
Lake Cooper This
Afternoon.
RECORDS WILL FALL
Experts Predict That With Good
Weather Conditions World Rec
nrds WIN be Shat
tered.
RECORDS WILL FALL

With the fastest speed boats of the
west on the course, the annual regat-
ia of the Mississippi Valley Power
Boat association opened this after
noon with races Witnessed by several
hundred members of the association
and by thousands who are in attend
ance at the Keokuk celebration. The
course on Lake Cooper. stretching
from a short distance above the ice
fender OF the power house to beyond
Rand Park, is the finest in the coun-
| try. Together with the prizes hung
! up by the association it has attracted |
boats that are expected to smash sew
/ eral world records. The Oregon Kid, |
Van Bleark, Baby Reliance, Barnacle |
and Hydro-Bullet arrived this morn
ing from Chicago and were immediate
ly put into the water and tuned up for
the afternoons racing. The Teaser
Nv, Little Leading Lady, Ethel Nv,
Red Hummer, and other craft have
! been ON the ground and tuning up for
several days. No one anticipates a
I walkaway In any class, and Keokuk
and her guests will witness some OF
4 the greatest contests in the history q
speed boat racing.
The officials of the Mississippi Val
ley Power Boat association arrived in
keckuk yesterday and this morning,
and this morning at IL o'clock held
preliminary meeting on board the
; Lad" The annual meeting OF the
association viii be held Wednesday
morning at II o'clock at the Elk's
club, at which time officers for the
J ensuing year will be elected, and other
, business transacted. The officers and
directors of the association and party,
i and the officers of the Keokuk Motor
Poat club and party will witness all
J of the races from the official boat.
J the Red Wing and barge Mae. which
also will carry the representatives of
y the press.
) Array Of Boats.
, Motor boat fans have been putting
: into keokuk for the past three days,
! and this afternoon the water front
from the end of the defender to the
, dry dock is lined with cruisers and
, smaller craft hailing from river ports
. all the way from st. Louis to st. Paul,
! and including Peoria and Chicago
, boats. The headquarters OF the
Keokuk Boat club is just below the
!, end of Seventh street, where large
! tent has been raised to accommodate
the club members and their guests.
Below this are number Of tents
raised BIZ out-of-town visitors, while
many more are living in their boats.
with the hundred or more craft OF all
descriptions tied up at the bank, and
the racers darling here and there, the
forebay presents an animated and in.
teresting picture.
Racing Dope.
A boat race liz on par with horse
> race when 1t comes to predicting who
: will cross the line first. Close follow
! ers of the sport, however, are predict
! ing that Ruddick's "Scarey William
e will set the pace in Class B, that the
Ethel " will lead the field In Glass D
while the Little Leading Lady" looks
good for Glass G. In the other classef
experts are slow to make any predic
> tons but agree that whoever wins
will have to make faster time thar
i. has ever been attained in MiBsis
sippf valley regatta.
The aLittie Leading Lady" owned
nv w. r. Cleveland of Galena, Ill, ii
d one of the dark horses OF the regatta
n She carries 120 horsepower Elmer
j. son six cylinder motor on hull Jus
IS fourteen feet long. When at full speed
J. from ten to eleven feet OF this hull Il
X out Of the water and the diminutiyt
A. craft seems to be riding on her rud
b. der. She is a planer. OF course, ant
y has been In the water just three times
II Quincy Is well represented arnoni
ii the speed boats and with cruisers
e The Teaser Nv is expected to taxi
;. down one or more of the trophies
It while the "Silyer Heels" and thu
p Greyhound look good in sheir classes
al BarnacIes Banquet.
feature OF the regatta will b.
TIM Barnacles banquet, to be hell
Wednesday evening at the Elks' elus
i. The Barnacles is fraternal organi
h. zation of boatmen. II was foundet
e In Milwaukee some fifteen years age
y and recently has become a nationa
fraternity OF good fellows who fee