The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-17
MORE BOATS FOR
HANNIBAL RACE
More Than a Dozen Boats Entered
in the Regatta at Han
nibaI IN
July.
EXPECT MANY VISITORS
Believed Over Thousand Boats From
Other Cities Mil Arrive
at Hannibal For the
Races.

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| best honors of the eighth annual re-
gatta of the Mississippi Valley Power
Boat association at Hannibal, Mo-,
July 5, 6 and Z, are going to be car
rfed back to Saint Louis, by the big
lis ever sent to a valley regatta.
Announcement was received here to-
day from President Judson II. Bough-
ton of the Saint Louis Yacht & Boat
company that he will send not less
than a dozen boats to Hannibal, sew
eral of which will be entered in the
class events. Among these Is a 16-
foot stock model monoplane runabout
which does better than 81 miles an
hour Another is the 2O-foot mono
plane "Whiskers,' built for Mr.. George
Dement,, and which has speed in
excess of 33 miles an hour. However,
the star boat to be entered from ST.
Louis will be the 20-foot single step
monoplane now under construction for
which a speed of As miles an hour is
promised. It is understood this boat
is to be powered with the same type
of Sterling engines which powered
the famous "Baby Speed Demon H."
which cleaned the boards at Peoria
last year. This will be the first sea-
son, however, that Valley" concern
has undertaken to compete with the
builders of the Baby Reliance for
championship honors. The Saint
Louis company also expects to enter
a fast cruiser in the race at Hannibal.
A speed has not been assigned to this
boat, but she is expected to make the
Alamo" owned by Scribner & Item
of Clinton, for several years the Val
ley champion, hunt cover when the
race is called. Besides the boats en-
tered in the races, Commodore Bough-
ton says that he will send several
runabouts and cruisers to Hannibal
bearing parties of ST. Louis people.
This company which is the largest in
the Mississippi valley territory is CO.
operating with the regatta officials
Systematically in promotion of the
event. and the largest fleet ever sent
out of ST. Louis and southern waters.
will cruise to Hannibal by pre-ar-
ranged schedule This fleet will he
Joined by fleet from Chicago and the
Illinois river, all of the boats cruising
up from Grafton, H., together, and
timing their schedule to arrive at
Hannibal at the SANG time the I'M
mense fleet from Minneapolis and the
north reaches the regatta city. It Is
expected there will be more than one
thousand visiting boats In Hannibal
for the meet The cruise plans for
the upper river are in charge of Com
modore Arthur L. Gibson of the Red
Wing Yacht club, and Admiral st.
Clair EIDE of Dubuque, former head OF
the Mississippi Valley association.
J. w. Sackrider of Chicago, mem
Der of the NJ. V. P. B. A. cruise COM
mittee, will visit the cities on the
upper rver this month to organize the
cruise feature. He expects to visit
the Red Wing Yacht club May 81, st.
Paul Motor Boat club, May %, and
the Minnetonka Motor Boat club of
Minneapolis on May %. Commodore
Sackrider expects to address the MEM
bers of the Dubuque Motor Boat club
on May 10. He has already addressed
meetings of the boatmen at many OF
the Iowa cities and during the re-
mainder Of the month will call on the
various clubs which are expected to
contribute to the big fleet which will
cruise to Hannibal from the north.
Hannibal is on the Mississippi river
about 135 miles north OF st. Louis.