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ADDITIONAL MONEY
FOR WORKBOATS RACES
News Comes ThatCambridge Is Sub
scribing To Increase Value vi
Prizes. Ran Strong Last Year
CriSfield Plans Elimination Con
test To Pick Best Boats Eol Bay
Even.

Eveni.
Though only the bare announce
ment has been made, interest has al
ready reached the ''boiling point IN
some sections in the Second Annual
Chesapeake Bay Championship
Workboat Races, to be held off Bay
Ridge. near Annapolis August IL.
Bay captains, yachtmen and citi-
zens of Cambridge, which made
strong bid for the races to be neio
in the Upper Choptank river, nave
pocketed their disappointment at
not getting the races this year ana
have already begun to subscrlpe
money for extra prizes; Crlsneld
the thriving port on Tangier Sound
is planning elimination races 10 oe-
termine the best boats to SEND TO
the workboat races Mayor Jones ana
Senator Brady of Annapolis. Wild
Governor Ritchie and other leading
public figures and citizens offering
cooperation is getting al popped up
in anticipation of the regatta, which
will cause thousands of persons ana
hundreds of automobiles to pass
through the Maryland capital
More Money In Race
The news that there is going to be
more money in the race in addl-
ton to the cash prizes offered by The
Sun and The Evening Sun and the
silver loving cups to be awarded by
the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club,
which will manage the contests,
came from R. L. Gould, of Cam
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of the Chamber of Commerce and
member of the regatta committee OF
the workboat races, declared in
letter to The Evening Sun that he
had received information that the
citizens of Cambridge had pledged
close to 5000 for the purpose of in
creasing the value of the prizes. j
He intimated that this sum would
probably be further increased and
that a formal application would
probably be made to the regatta
committee to include it's funds In
the prizes for the winning boats.
Cambridge folk elated over the
splendid showing Of the boats from
the Choptank river section in last
years races, are said to be willing
to go the limit toward Offering them
every encouragement to repeat their
victories. A glance over the results
of last year show that it was the
Emma A. Faulkner, Capt. c. S:
Leonard, Cambridge, that captured
first place in the bugeye races; that
the Lola D. Bennett, Capt. Louis T.
Marshall Cambridge came second
and that third place was also won by
a Cambridge boat, the J. c. Armiger.
Capt. Harry M. Cook. The results
show that the bugeye race last year
might be termed Cambridge
race" 1t might also be stated that
boats up and down the bay and feet
crafts from Virginia waters are
planning to show the winners of LAST
year a clean pair of heels. Il
In the skipjaek class last year
year Cambridge boats also figured
prominently, capturing first and
third prizes The Agnes, with Capt.
Arlie P Baker, at the helm crossed
the line first: the Elmer E, capt. c.
A. Hubbard, Oxford was second
while the Rebecca r. Ruark, Capt.
w. A. Cook, Cambridge, was third.
No wonder that the Cambridge
clllZtuS pidu W CuSSI 'ACii iSPh y
sentatives along.
Rumors have also filtered through
from Tangier Sound that Crisf1eld
has plans for something in the way
of special prizes, and is going to-
make doubly sure that the Crisfield
boats will bring home the money
this, it is said, will be accomplished
by holding series of elimination
races to pick the best boats to send
to the races. When the elimination
trials are to start has not yet been
announced but when they do there
is little doubt that they will attract
the attention of watermen all over
the bay who are anxious to know
what is the "best" that will repre-
sent Crisfield in the various classes.
Plans for the races are nearing
completion and when the conditions
and rules are finally decided upon
they will be announced by the re-
gatta committee.
One change that has been decided
upon is to increase the horsepower
limit of the engine in the workboat
motorboat race. In this class mo-
tor boats used for grabbing, oyster
ing and fishing will be entered. At
first it was decided to limit the boats
in this class to those equipped with
engines up to FIVE horsepower, but
the limit has been increased to per-
nit boats with engines up to seven
l.