Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-15
County Commissioners And
Town Officials Asked To CO.
Operate In Workboat
Races
LETTERS BROADCAST
TO AWAKEN INTEREST
Arrangements Being Made TIC
Accommodate Thousands
Of Visitors

Incorporated town in Maryland have
been invited 10 cooperate with the
regatta committee of the Chesapeake
Bay Yacht Club. OF Eastern Mary and.
and 10 attend the big Chesapeake Bay
Championship Workboat Sailing
Races To be held in Eastern Bay, on
Claiborne. Md. July 2
The letter sent out broadcast TO the
civic and State authorities of the
State by the regatta committee which
is managing the races is as follows:
Easton. Md. June II. l9el
Gentlemen: May we extend an m
yitation 10 the members OF your BODY
and the residents OF your c,ty and
county TO cooperate with the regatta
committee of the Chesapeake Bay
Yacht Club to bring TO a successful
conclusion the Chesapeake Bay
Championship Workboat Races To be
held In Eastern Bay. of Claiborne
Talbot county, July ,.
These races. as no doubt you may
have read i'm The Sun and The Even
ing sun. will decide which are the
fastest sailing workboats on the
Chesapeake and will undoubtedly be
the greatest sailboat races ever held
on the bay. Once the Chesapeake was
literally crowded with swift white
winged craft-"birds of the Chesa-
peake" they have been called. Today
Fo hal at,fn i.x.
steam and gasoline-driyen craft II is
with The hope of keeping alive the
grand old sport of sailing that The
Sun and The Evening Sun of Balti-
more are promoting the Chesapeake
Bay Championship Workboat Sailing
Races.
The program OF races include five
contests There will be races for Bug
eyes. Glass tboats more than so feet
i'm length): Bugeyes Glass II (boats
less than so feet in length. Skip
jacks. Working Canoes and Racing
Canoes. with valuable prizes to the
winning boats in each class The first
race will start at 1880 a. m. and III,
other races will follow at quarter OF
on hour intervals
The course over which the boats
will race is about nine miles i'm
length. and has been so arranged that
the racing boats will be in plain view
OF the large pier. the breakwater and
adjacent shores at Claiborne. that can
accommodate thousands of spectators
Claiborne itself Is easily accessible by
boat and train from every section of
the State.
The general interest which the
races have awakened in all parts of
Maryland and neighboring States. we
feel. warrants US in soliciting your
cooperation 10 encourage the citizens
OF your vicinity TO attend these con
tests Why not seize upon this occa-
sion as a holiday day of picnickine
on the beautiful shores of the Chesa-
peake!
Trusting YOU will place your in
dorsement upon the plan. encourage
publicity in the daily and county
newspapers thereby stimulating inn
terest largely and hoping that your
community will be represented at thu
Chesapeake BlN Championship Work
boat Sailing Races by large delega4
ton. We are. yours very truly.
TIE REGATTA COMMITTEE.
CHESAPEAKE BAY YACHT
CLUE
Easton, Md
Arrangements are being made To
accommodate thousands of spectators
who are expected To come from all
sections of the State and neighboring
States by automobile. by excursion
boat and by trains to view the races.
the like of which has never before
been attempted
Governor Richie, members 81 his
stan and other State officials will bt
the deck OF the Governor MeI.ane. the
fiagship of the fleet OF five boats to be
sent by the State Conservation Com.
mission. Boats OF the Coast Guard
and Revenue Service will be on hand
10 patrol the course and the new State
police have bean detailed to Claiborne
for the day to handle any emergencies
that may arise.
The entry list in all class OF boats
bugeyes .skipjacks and canoes-is in
.creasing by leaps and bounds. Each
day brings new entries from different
sections of the bay. indicating that the
bay shippers are not going TO pass up
the prizes and the honors TO be
awarded the winning OF the races
without a struggle. Included in the
various races-fiye in number-are
boats that have been famed for their
speed and beauty of line for years.
Many OF these boats have been i'm
service for twoscore or more of wears.
but owing 10 the wonderful care
taken of them by their owners and
the fact that they are craft of such
remarkable strength and workman
ship they are as sound and staunch
today as they were the day they We're