The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-19
Details of Big Event Were
Perfected At Enthusiastic
Meeting Which Was Held
Last Night.
VISITORS TO BE
ROYALTY RECEIVED
At Least Two Boats Are Ex-
pected to Compete in Long
Distance Race From
Southern Club, N. 0.

At a largely attended and enshus-
iastic meeting of the Pensacola Yacht
club held last night at the san car
los hotel, all arrangements for the re-
ception of the visiting yachtsmen who
will participate in the long distance
race beginning at the headquarters
of the Southern Yacht Club at New
Orleans, on the afternoon of Thurs
day, July 8, and terminating off Pala-
fox wharf, Pensacola, on Friday morn
ing, July 4, We're perfected.
The boats should arrive here begin
ming at about a m, and until IL
o'clock. Already quite number or
the express cruisers making upward
of 20 miles an hour as we'll as the
heavier cruisers of 10 to Is miles
speed have signified their intentIoA.i.
of participating in this race.
The regatta committee, of the
Southern Club, which, by the way, is
one of the largest in the country, en-
bracing over 1,500 members, after OBJ
tanning the time of the start at New
Orleans board the train and arrive il
Pensacola early next morning and
will be met by the regatta committee
of the Pensacola Yacht Club, and
together, aboard the army post chaser
boat LBS, will anchor off PalatoX
wharf and around her the boats par
ticipating in the race will turn to re-
ceive their final rating
The Entertainment committee Of the
Pensacola Yacht Club, among other
entertainment features. have provided
for an auto trip for the visitors on
Friday TO the naval air station and
the same evening at 9 o'clock a Dan
auet will be held at the San Carlos
hotel and trophies will be awarded to
winners. On Saturday morning the
visitors will be given a dip in the surf
and lunch will be served over at Fort
Pickens, through the courtesy of Col.
J. L. Hughes, commanding that post.
On Saturday afternoon at O'Clock
the Osceola Club will give a daNce
TO it's members and the visiting
yachtsmen, and on Sunday morning
the yachts will leave Pensacola on the
return race to Biloxi. Miss, after
which they will participate in the re-
gatta of that club.
c. b. Hervey has presented the
Yacht Club with a beautiful silver
loving cup, to be known as the San
Carlos trophy, and which will be COM
peted for by cruisers of II miles speed
and under This cup is now on uis-
play. at the motel.
The Southern Yacht Club offers
several very handsome trophies, the
main one being the Carrie cup, which
has already been competed for for
five years, but which has not been
won by any one boat three times.
Capt Paul p. Stewart and party,
of this city. have decided to leave
Pensacola on the Mary Keller in am
ple time to reach New Orleans and
compete in the race Jack to this city.
Commodore c. B. Rogers has also
sfenified his intention of being in the
run with his fine yacht, the Firefly.
Officers of the local club who will
have the entertainment of the visit
ors in hand are. s. NJ. Cross, com
modore; Max L. Bear, vice commo-
dore; p. Lindenstruth, rear commo-
dore: J. c. Watson, captain; III. S.
Merwin, lieutenant, and w. G. Fred
eric, secretary.
]. c. Watson is chairman or the
regatta committee; Sal A. Levy is
chairman OF the entertainment com
mittee, and A. c. Carroll, chairman
of the house committee.
The event bears every promise of
being one of the most interesting and
ENJOYABLE in the history of the Iov...
organization which dates back to 1908.
These races have been run annually
from the New Orleans headquarters
since 1912, except for the years 1917
and 1918, when they were called off
on account of the war.