(UTAH) Souvenir First Grand Regatta on Great Salt Lake

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(UTAH.) Souvenir, First Grand Regatta on Great Salt Lake. 4 pages, 5 x 8 inches, on one oblong folding sheet, printed in blue and gold, illustrated with a vignette of two oarsmen; minor wear. Salt Lake City, UT: Tribune Print, 30 August 1888

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Printed program for the first rowing regatta held on the Great Salt Lake, sponsored by the local Elks Lodge and organized by the Mississippi Valley Amateur Rowing Association. The 5 participating clubs came from Chicago, St. Louis, Moline, and Grand Rapids. The saline water proved to be "the fastest in America for shell racing", and a new speed record was set by the St. Louis club (Outing Magazine, June 1889). None in OCLC.