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PLANS BIG SEASON.
Cambridge Yacht Clubs regatta
To Be One of The Leading
Features of Summer.

of racing motorboats will be fht
Cambridge (Md.) Yacht Club, which
will have an elliptical course OF
miles for it's entries to the annua
regatta to be held June 9.
This course will consist of twt
straightaways with turns each hav
| ing a radius of one-eighth of mile
The turns will be marked with
stakes so as to make it impossible
for a pilot to make mistake and
cut the course. Another feature will
be that the club will have, hall
way down one of the straightaways
a large float, on which will be the
starters. There will be an Immense
blackboard on this float and the
numbers and names of the contes-
tants, as we'll as the times of the
finishes will be chalked up so that
the spectators not familiar with
the boats will be able to know Just
what is going on.
Opposite the starters float will
be another float, on which will not
only be the line flag, but band,
which will play between the events.
Attached to this float will be an
other float, which will be known as
the supply float" having on 1t a
couple of barrels of gasoline and a
barrel of oil, so as to enable the
racing craft to get fuel quickly.
For the convenience of the racers q
number of stakes will be planted
near the supply float" and to these
the contesting craft may be tied un-
til their turns to enter.
The methods of racing the craft
will also be little different from
those customary. For example, there
will first be a series of races for
displacement boats, in classes ac-
cording to the number of cylinders
of engines; Glass A, with six cylin-
ders; B, with four cylinders, and 90
on down to Glass E, with one cylin-
der.
These boats will be raced in their
respective classes without handicaps,
and the winners will be given tro-
phies, but the events will be but
the preliminaries to the class handt-
cap races, which will be run IN
classes by not less than one-half
nor more than one-third of the mum
Der of boats that qualify in their
respective classes by making thu
best speeds. This will force thu
racers to exert every effort in the
first event to qualify for the class
handicap, and at the same time give
the judges a good line upon the
performances.
Following the class handicap there
will be an inter-class handicap, In
which event the winner in each
class handicap and elimination class.
in it's respective class, will be elis
gible.
This method of racing is more: p
the order of horse racing, in VIII
there is the running of heats, b.
it is believed that by racing
boats and obtaining the times
handicapping in the finals tie ~
suits will not only be more spectaca
lar, but will be more satisfactory fel
those who race.
Wherever the committee finds
two or more boats in class that
are nearly of the same speed, there
will be trophies offered for special
match events.
Having found that in their regat-
ia last year the ladies took consider.
able interest, three of them partict-
pating in a race, there will be q
race for boats plotted by ladies. The
boats, however, must be those that
have figured in one of the previous
events, so that the handicapping can
be done without special speed trials
There will also be series OF
races for cruising motorboats, the
courses for which will be to IL
miles in the open river.
The club will also make an effort
to have some hydroplane events, but
these will be confined to special
match races.
In putting most of its attention t.
the displacement speed boats, the
club is endeavoring to develop the
material it has in hand, hydroplanes
being scarce on the Chesapeake, and
there is a feeling that by populariz
ing the more modest type of boa'
there will be more real sport. AL
of these races will be open tf
yachtsmen regardless of being clut
members.
In addition to the motor ant
sailing races, there will be othel
features, such as exhibitions by thS
Navy hydro-aeroplanes. high dfvlnt
by expert swimmers, and, probably
a boat race between crews OF TIT
Maryland Naval Brigade and tn
revenue cutter that will be assignee
to keep the race-course clear.
At night, there. will be a waite
carnival, with decorated boats, bon
fires on the headlands, and fire
works, after which there will o.
q danca at the club.-Motor Boat