Yacht Racing at Lake Manawa
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tho opportunity of witnessing ono
of tho prettiest little contests
ever pulled oft on water. To be mire. It
wns not on the scale of the America's cup
races, but it Involved the possession of a
eup that 1b quite as Important b-eally as
the bit of silver for tho defense of which
so much moniy has been expended by
yaehtrmen of tho enft. One of the natural
Impulses of the Anglo-Saxon Is toward the
water. This Is merely the recurrence of
tho restlessness that led his forebears to
that eminence on the sea that has never
been shaken. Wherever ho can find a
pond big enough or a srtrenm wide enough,
he Indulges his penchant for aquatic spo'ts.
Bo It has come thut from the Independent
efforts of Individuals who could not with
stand the desire to row and sail on tho
waters of Manawa that the Manawa Yacht
club has developed, and along the Mis
souri Valley similar organisations hnvo
sprung up. It would be Impossible to have
two yacht clubs within reaching distance
and not have a difference of opinion as to
the sailing qualities of the boats and the
men. This leads to races as naturally as
water runs down hill. Out of this condi
tion has grown tha existence of tho
Manawa challenge cup, and the ability of
1 Manawa V'acht club to defend it.
Three years ago St. Joseph sent a boat
to Manawa to compete and said boat wns
beaten. Two years ago another boat came
up, and again tho local boat finished flret
Iinst year the cup races mere established
and again the supremacy of the Manawa
Jacht was maintained.
t,ast week another effort was made to lift
the Manawa cup, tho I,otus Yacht club of
St. Joseph again being the challenger.
After a competitive test of seven races the
Argo was chosen to denfend the cup, whllo
THE LOTUS, CLOSE) HAULED ON STARBOARD TACK.
the Ixtus was sent to win It. Three out of
five races was to win, and, as tho Argo won
three In succession, little doubt is left as to
tho merits of tho boats. The races were
sailed under fine conditions, all the wind
that either cared for being sfforded on fach
day but one, when the race was called oft
because of lack of time. In the first race
the Ijotus suffered from an accident, a por
tion of its rigging giving way. As it was
practically beaten when tho accident oc
curred, it had no real effect on the result.
One of the Incidents of the competition
was the effort of tho St. Joseph crew to
take the Manawa, the yacht that com
peted against the Argo for the honor of dev
fending the cup, and undertake to beat that
Argo with the Manawa's crew on board.
Tho effort was a failure, but the race was
given a tinge of excitement when ths
Argo's crew took the Lotus and sailed it
very close to a winner against both tha
Manawa und the Argo.
It
Uncle Sam's Jap-Like Soldiers
(Copyright. 19C4. by T. C. McClure.)
III.-M AmonTin BOA fnr the first
time the detachments of the phll-
ulary now In thi country tho
Initial comment Is usually "Why,
how like the Japs they look," and the
second. "They seem to drill every bit as
Well as the regulars."
The Filipino soldier, as Uncle Sam has
made lilm In the laut few years, la strik
ingly like the Jap lighting man In many
more ways than features and stature. II
Is also diametrically opposed to the regular
In almost as many respects; and In the
opinion of his superiors the equal of any
soldier in the world.
According to American officers In com
mand of Filipinos the little brown men
Of the archipelago display as astonishing
military precocity as that credited to the
Japanese. To prove their statements, they
declare that many a scout, wearing at
enlistment little more than a breach clout
skilled only In the use of the crudest
weapons, has become an Al soldier In from
thrco to six months.
Once a uniform is sl ipped on a Filipino
recruit's back, und his stomach comfort
ably tilled with food, he throws himself
enthusiastically into the taak uf doing
to tho letter what Ills superiors com
mand hi in to do. Here again he betrays
a strong likeness to the Jap. "In fact,"
said a captain of scouts, "we've got to
watch out thut the boys don't work them
selves to dcuth. Even men who have been
enlisted for u year or more are not content
to ill 111 merely at the regular hours. It is
customary all through the camp for
squads to form voluntarily in the company
streets of an evening and, under the eye
of one of their number, to go through the
manual of arms for half un hour at a
stretch. I've been In the urmy about nf
teen years und I've novur seen American
soldleis pa the time away In any cuch
fruition."
The Filipino recruit Is taught the manual
at sxins by iuuUtiuu. Of course, when he
enlists he does not understand English,
and the officer has little or no knowledge,
of VLsayan, Tagulogan, or whatever dialect
the "greenle" may speak, and he wouldn't
use it If he hud. The Instructor, rifle in
hand, places himself in front of the re
cruit, gives a command In the usual way,
and at the same time brings his weapon
to the position ordered. The Filipino at
once imitates and within a week he has
associated tho words of the various com
mands ujid their corresponding movements
eo well thut he goes through the manual
with almost the precision of a veteran.
In much the same fashion he is taught to
stand at attention, what "fours right"
means, the proper thing to 90 when ho
heats the command "Right forward fours
right, march!" and in equally short time
he is giving the officers very little worry at
drill.
Nor docs he cause them concern in other
directions. For one thing, he scarcely ever
gets drunk. Captain Ira Keithley, In com-
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