Evening star., 1938-08-07
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LOG CANOE HONOR
Covers Smile Chesapeake
Course in 1::57-CapitaI
Shippers Shine.
Ry the Associated Press.

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ST. MICHAELS, Nd, Aug. g.
Island Bird spread proud sails tonight
before the admiration Of hundreds Of
boat owners who watched the craft
duplicate her last years feat and
capture the covered Governors Cup
in the Chesapeake Bay log canoe race
here today.
Covering the Smile course In hour
81 minutes, the Bird" owned by ].
H. Caulk Kemp. jr., Of st. Michaels,
climaxed q winning performance start
ed yesterday when she won the Sidney
w. Covington Trophy for canoes built
prior to 1917.
The victory of the more than 40
year-old boat was one of the features
Of day Of racing that closed the Miles
River Yacht Clubs 18th annual re-
gatta-a two-day show that attract
ed nearly 1,500 boats and thousands
Of spectators to this Eastern Shore
speedway, where three courses were
provided for sail and motor craft.
Eighty Contests Held.
From throughout the Eastern sea-
board, from Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Virginia, Maryland and other
nearby States sailors and speedboat
drivers came to enter the more than
80 events during the two days.
Only one event will be run to-
morrow, the Maryland Yacht Club race
from Tilghmans Point to Baltimore
Light. 1t is open to all sailboat owners
on Chesapeake Bay.
High scorers among the speedboat
drivers were Frank Muzzey, jr.. con-
sistent winner from Philadelphia:
Sammy Crooks Of Rumson, N. j.: E. F.
Dobson Of Annapolis and Dick Young
of Chestertown, Md. Young's Mickey
Mouse was the smallest speedboat
ever to win the Miles River Trophy.
finishing with a margin Of 100 points
in the three-heat contest.
Washington Shippers Score.
Washington comet shippers, making
. clean sweep of the feature sailing
race, held five of the first seven places.
Werner Smythe Of Washington in
Sassy Too led the fleet Of % boats with
IS points.
Next two positions were held by
Capital sailors, Ernest Covert in
Escapade with So tallies and Mac
Pherson Hubert in Aries with 81
points. Fifth and seventh went to
Col. H. H. Jacobs and Raleigh Daniels.
The final race today gave the sailors
of kA AavR q q
fresh southerly piped as high as is
knots. Fast time was made over .
| one-lap triangle Of S miles.
In this event Symthe led the heet
with Hubert second and the Wash.
ington comet, Freya, sailed by J. RAM
sey Speer, jr., third.
Summaries Of leading event:
Chesapeake Bay log canoes, Governors
Cup IS lesl-First, Island Bird 7.
Sod Sodav Ksmp ovsr r F. 5, bass g. Msh a
chsstsrtown, Md; Time; i;5;: ...,.,
Va; second curley. Harold Cox Norfolk:
yn ,s sorfaik so5d nsas va He%s!e's WINS Mar
Racing soops Universal and. 1ntern..
sons rule mIessTs5 ib,oa islsns tndsn
isss?ds .sisa sSs sSsfaood: s'S1
S0l Comet lnsni Class: T miesDFirst Sassy Too.
Werner smyihe; caD1tsl yach, club, Wash
inston; second. Escapade r. z Govert:
pIA thpd Arise sem Murray ray Huri6urt. West River.
ao-foot round bottom knoekabouts-
ins ehj jr C'uS West s'IsH River % yacht Cub Gales
.er ss nFs Rssr Sssh SssI ss5k eas f.
Ranger. ,.5 points: Variety. % points; Carl
Sark. ." points.
vile: second. Myrag. r. A. YOUNG. Cap
ital Yacht Club Washington; hS, Jhird, ,iN LAZY
Avon. AVON IS points: MyraE 80 points
aa4s IT, seslo1 Yaeh; css cHSt second Il
Club: third: Liza: W; J. serio. Hampton
80 points: Curlew. :5 points: Liza 2l
X.o.trosswwFirst. Raven. Arthur F.ier.
Cardinal, W; E. Wells. West River Y@scht @
Els West River Yasht Club oint, eslssvs 1ai
nal go points: Hawk and Emile Harteze.
soopS eistsnee s;s wles,mr5st w,Ss,,a..a1 Ms.
second Grllse W A. F. Bird. west River
Sailing Club: third. Sea Hawk. M. M: Big
ger. Tristate Yacht Club. Time. AZ ,35.
Free -for-all lover 81 feet a.6 miles,
First. Vingt-Trois. W. E. Noeld jr.. tired
Avon Yacht Club: second: Ballemena, r; z.
Breed Sd. Gibson Island Yacht Club: third
sunny, C. B. Mitchell, Gibson Island Yacht
Club. Corrected time. ::,".30.
Star class--First. Flapper. w; Mason
Shehan. T.. Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club
Bay Yacht Club: third, Eel. c. j. Lipscomb
Maryland Yacht Club. Series winner
Flapper 4S points second ftie). Duchess
and Eel each 80 points: Founder. John
Mueller. Gibson Island Yacht Club. 81
points.
Cutter. yawls and schooners distance
g miles)-First. Clean. j. Leo F1annigan.
Gibson Island Yacht Club; second. Jemra.
r. P. Melvin, Annapolis; third. Meme
Corrected time. 1851 10.