A drifting match
A drifting match. Illustration shows several small boats in a race for the Nomination Stake Boat; in the boats are William H. Taft in the Gnat under the banner Buckeye YC, Joseph G. Cannon in the Scat under the banner Danville YC, Charles W. Fairbanks in the boat Ice King under the banner Big Darby YC, Leslie M. Shaw in the boat Pshaw, and Elihu Root in the boat Root. The face of Theodore Roosevelt fills the sun, smiling down on the becalmed racers. Date 1906 July 18. A drifting match. Illustration shows several small boats in a race for the Nomination Stake Boat; in the boats are William H. Taft in the Gnat under the banner Buckeye YC, Joseph G. Cannon in the Scat under the banner Danville YC, Charles W. Fairbanks in the boat Ice King under the banner Big Darby YC, Leslie M. Shaw in the boat Pshaw, and Elihu Root in the boat Root. The face of Theodore Roosevelt fills the sun, smiling down on the becalmed racers. Date 1906 July 18
