IN connection with Colonel Norton’s article on “Ice-yachts,” the following record of all the races sailed for the challenge pennant is kindly furnished by Commodore Roosevelt, to whom the author is indebted for much valuable information, and for the illustrations that accompany the article:
Regattas for Challenge Pennant of America, open to all comers:
1881, March 5, at New Hamburgh, N. Y., Poughkeepsie Ice-Yacht Club challenging New Hamburgh Ice-Yacht Club. Won by the Phantom, N. H. I. Y. C. Course, 20 miles; time, 57m. 14s.
1883, February 6, at New Hamburgh, Poughkeepsie Ice-Yacht Club challenging New Hamburgh Ice-Yacht Club. Won by the Avalanche, P. I. Y. C. Course, 20 miles; time, 57m.
1833, February 23, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., North Shrewsbury Ice-Yacht Club challenging Poughkeepsie Ice-Yacht Club. Won by the Jack Frost, P. I. Y. C. Course, 25 miles; time, 1h. 14m. 35s.
1884, February 9, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., North Shrewsbury Ice-Yacht Club challenging Poughkeepsie Ice-Yacht Club. Won by the Haze, P. I. Y. C. Course, 20 miles; time, 1h. 5m. 30s.
1885, February 14, at Poughkeepsie, New Hamburgh Ice-Yacht Club challenging Poughkeepsie Ice-Yacht Club. Won by the Haze, P. I. Y. C. Course, 20 miles; time, 1h. 1m. 15s.
1885, February 18, at New Hamburgh, N. Y., North Shrewsbury Ice-Yacht Club challenging Poughkeepsie Ice-Yacht Club. Won by the Northern Light, P. I. Y. C. Course, 20 miles; time, 1h. 8m. 42s.
1887, February 14, at Poughkeepsie, Hudson River Ice-Yacht Club challenging Poughkeepsie Ice-Yacht Club. Won by the Jack Frost, H. R. I. Y. C. Course, 16 miles; time, 43m. 40s.
1888, at Crum Elton, North Shrewsbury Ice-Yacht Club challenging Hudson River Ice-Yacht Club. Won by the Icicle, H. R. I. Y. C. Course, 12 miles; time, 34m. 50s.