Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-20 | Page 4 | Yachts Put to Test in Long Sail on Lakes

Yachts Pat to Tetti in Loner Sail on Lake CHICAGO, July to Br A. P J Tactat raclna honors on Ua iGraat lakes will b at sUka When tha startln sun booms hera July Jl for tha Chlcaro-Macklnaa Island race, tha lonf eat freshwater race In tha world. . . . Competition this year for . tha Marklnae cup. tha most eoreted Ureal Lakes racln. trophy, will ba even more aplrlted than during tha nineteen years" history of tha race, and will take on an International aenect with at least ona and probably prob-ably aweral Canadian antrlea. From, tha break In 'tha harbor at Chicago to tha and of the HI mile ran at Mackinac Island, a course etretchln. almost tha entire length of Iake allchlgan, yachtsmen concede con-cede that tha winning--of this race calls for tha maximum In eeaman-ship eeaman-ship and puta to tha teat a achfs beat sailing qualities. Ona Canadian bottom, tha flagship flag-ship of the Royal Canadian Tacht club at Toronto, haa Indicated It will start In tha raoe. aad other from tha Dominion are expected ta be on tne line. Preparatlona for this year's con-' teat recalls to old 'yachtamen tha first Mat-kinao race heM In 104 when the final winner was hot decided de-cided until tha laal few minutes of the long sail. In that race tha Vencedor. one defender of tha Columbia Co-lumbia Yacht club, beat out tha Vanenna by leaa than four minutee. tha Vanenna losing out whan' ah loat her haadaails after fighting almost bow to bow with the Vencedor Ven-cedor more than half tha distance up Lake Michigan. Tha laat day s run of this race waa fought out between be-tween the two yachta In a wind which frequently , reached gale strength. . j