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FIRST RAGE TO THE DOROTHY 0i First Event In Annual Regatta ofI). !Pine Lake Yacht Club Is SailedTHE NEW YACHT RITAA FORMIDABLE RIVALDorothy D. Turns the Course In 50 Minutes, the Rita Crossing the Line 18 Seconds Later—Accident to the Mary Ann Eliminates the Shick Boat From the First Race—Next Race on Saturday.HTin- first ran- of the Yacht «■]ii’i in tin* annual i he sih it lovinu lt;*!111. now \\ ;;tv \1111. 11n- w inn- : ofI'ino Lake ■. for.old by l h ■ last \earY.regatta. was sailed Saturday aft* •• noon o’.tr i ho : ’1 - • -11»i! * - course on Pirni in1'edinHigeas..Ti; y on llo ho IM ;;im-hik . Tho winner nunloI l.o good i into of :•«! in innTliroo boats purticipn' rat o. lini. liiny as follows:Dnroi ity l.. first.Rita, sri tmd..Mary Ann. thirdThe throo boats that startod Saturday afternoon am undoubtedly the fastest throo on tin* lako. They got away in nice shape and for a timo P was as pretty a race hotwoon ihlt;* trio as ono t‘ould wish to see, but an aoci dour to one of tho sails of tho Mary Ann i dim in at (Mi that boat from til.* raco. Tin* Dorothy I. was sailod by Mayor Lemuel Darrow. tho owner; the Rita was sailod by Kdward Schultz, tho owner, and the Mary Ana was sailod by William Craig. For some works the prediction had been made that tin* Rita would prove to be tho fastest boat on the lake inn n found a formidable rival in the Dor othy D. after the accident to the Mary Ann. The two yachts kept together down the home stretch like two horses running nock and nock in a raco.* but the Dorothy D. finished just is seconds ahead of the Rita. The time id the three hots was as follows;Dorothy D. Mi minutes.Rita, At) minutes. 18 seconds.Mary Ann. r».“» seconds.The next race will be sailed Satin-da\ afternoon.
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La Porte Weekly Herald
La Porte, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 13, 1908
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