YACHTING IN THE NORTHWEST 23 
Speed the time when this assertion will be 
substantiated. 
The annual races of the Northwest 
International Yacht Racing Association 
are invariably held on the Fourth of July, 
alternately in each city represented. To 
Victoria, the first city of the Northwest to 
become famed for yacht racing, was given . 
the honor for 1904. Vancouver, one of the 
latest to gain distinction, had ‘the regatta 

THE “ WIDEAWAKE,”’ OF VICTORIA—SHE, ALSO, HAS WON THE BIG RACE 
when the fliers of the seven clubs contest 
for the supremacy ‘of “our inland sea, 
formed by the waters of Juan de Fuca, the 
Gulf of Georgia and'Puget Sound. For a 
number of years the Townsend Yacht Club, 
its harbor being about an equal distance 
from’ all the cities ‘of the association, had 
the entertainment of, the yachtsmen. In 
1903, however, it was decided to race 
for 1905, while Bellingham will handle the 
meet for 1906. All of the association cities 
are fortunate in having splendid sheets of 
water in close proximity to them. Weather 
conditions, though, differ materially; which 
is most satisfactory, as each type of boat has 
a chance. At Victoria and Townsend, the 
““machines”? have but little show; some- 
times they do not venture a start, for the 
