Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-25
Tie INDINE BOAT CLIR
IFrOm the Turf, Field and Farm, Nov. -. I
"Phaselus lille, quem yiditis hospites
Al fuiSse nayium celerrImus."

Al tulS>e nayIum celerrImus.''
THAI pinnace friends can boast that erst
Twas swiitest OF its kind
CatulIUs euloSy on his favorIte craft savored,
no doubt of pOetIcal exaggeration. and would
certainly he q Little too strong Tor thr Undiue
Cf Wa>hlE ctOn. now, alas f, no more to be seen
cieaying Tie Potomac. Yet she was a beautI-
Iui and f3sf boat, not unworthy tn bear the
name OF FouqUe's enchanting sprte. a few
de>ultOry "reminiscences o her aud of the crew
that once found pleasure and pride in her.
VIII, trust prove not uEinterest ting 20 the
readers OF the TUrf, AMI j am conf lent Will
evoke pleasant ASSOCIATION m such of to. club
-stdiy scattered by tire and w4r-as ~ =
The Tndine Boa Club, Of which your c.
respondent wa ore 81 the original members,
Was organized some years prior - he waI al
tie outbreak Of wGIch II was in Il HJurIshIng
CONDITION. one Cf he prime movers IN start
Ing 4 was A. Il. =. well known in the cisy as
one % - most energetic and deservedly sue
te>sfuI business men- Though .."I fOTtIaT
JftsT he has al ways combined, with attention
10 business, hat genial wisdom which enjoys
i.fr as J. passes; intsfstigabie aRi devoted to
his Ork, vet when he dOns his boating 1ian-
mel his cares drop of with his business garD,
aud no Jolly waterman ever moIe thoroughly
ENJOY ed himself OF entered more fully into tha
spIIit OF the hour Nowhere will you lind a
better glass OF claret a heartier welcome
than AT The delightful rural abode of our stall
wdrt NO :, on The ROCKVILLE turnpike, hear
Silver SprIDg. the seat of the ancient chef OF
tie famous Blair family"
Another CT cur original crew, and famous
stroke, was Col. Wm. NJ, OF the President
stsff. who distinguished himself on the IN
TeaCbmsn Mt trial by the HGifs confession that,
though paymssjer, he never had paid any,
body Few, who see the trim Colonel in his
drawing g-ToOm rig ard diplomatic phiZ or - ate
occasions, wOgId recognize the roaring Bill VI.
Of Cats blum days, hrst amateur oar on the
Potomac.
StIll anO;her was the portIy President Of the
" \. and WasnIng gton Steamship Line. In has
ihreefold capacity as President OF the Steam
Company. OF the Metropolitan Railroad, and OF
the leading Boat Club, hs nvaled the holy
father with his triple TIARA, or emulat.d CsT-
berus, who according - Mrs. Malaprop, was
three gentlemen al once" No wonder that.
under the weight OF these .solushing honors,"
ne wakes fat and has 20. into bad rowing con-
GItiOn.
There was b. W, who was wont 10 cut short
The curiosity Cf Paul Prys, VINO desired 10
know the exact relations mp IN which be stood
20 the "Eather OF his Country" by informing
him that he was has soa. There was u. II , son
of the celebrated DIR. H, physician 10 Andrew
Jackson, w. +. prOmi inent OF an eminent
sire, distiD Dguished Tor legal and literary attain
rnents; W. e., son Of the celebrated Mrs. e., of
New Orieans, whose Ieng lawsuit for an
AiaddIu-hke amount Of property has made her
name familiar To the world; Alex. y , brother
10 the Confederate Senator from LCuisiana,who
went 10 New Orleans snd started u boat club
Jnere- "CTt1rn non rFi1tgDt Htiltdnf gHi trans
lGTs ~lr,uAt" / last saw him surgeon 10 the
1ih Louisiana regimen at Manassas; - A,
formerly of NOrfoik. and contributor 20 the
>hOri-HNeo '"s"gI"-- a magazine of Bal'i-
more of a review OF Dir. Euchiuan's admins
tIatiOn, " hIch, in tn humble opinion of your
correspondent l. a very able and elegant con-
trIbutIOn &c magazine literature Others tl,.r.
Were, good oaTsmen and agreeable cOmpluions,
Hll Of whom my memory Jes NOT ~ th!s mo-
rlenf r-1all.
The war swept over u, a over evsryIh hing
Else IN the stricken land, and W. were seat
tered, far and wide. never - DE- collected agaln.
Some of Southern birth ob.yed what they be-
IIevei 10 be The call Of patriotism, and proved
ne faith that was in them IN the severe ordeal
If many "a toIlsome march and many a fiercsly
fought field from the Potomac 10 the Rio
tiTande. Others looked from an other point OF
- view upon the question which shook the 4. Pill
Jared State" and with equal gallantry kep;
step TO the music of The Star Spangled Ban
ner, the production, by The way, of a South
ern maD, on Southern soil / was about u aid
But in truth be was between British DECKS
when he composed IL But Dy whatever i'm
pulse NOV ed, or In Whatever direction, far aud
wide are they dispersed:
Some are dad an some are gone
And some are scattered and alone,
And some are in afar CoUntrIe;
But never more, oh never We
Shall meet to reyel and To roam"
Another club, thr Falcon, eight oars TO our
SIX though they Were shorter and pulled with
aquIcker stroke. naturally, often met us in our
pleasure excursions and tne edentalIy the speed
Cf the boats would be tested for a brief spurt
Nothing, however, ever occurred, which could
warrant either side IN claiming the SUPERIOR.
~ Much interest was felt IN the questjon
sbrewd (observers on either side hazaried
opinions in confidential conversation, bnt these
were probably blassed Dy natural love for
The boat 10 which the knO wing ones spectiyely
owed feaIiy. A regular match offered ths only
solution; but this, though often talked of. never
cane n. Lake many other visions Of the fu-
tnrp II was forever dIssipated 0y the mailed
hand of sgrm visaged war"
In lrIrh We were n rather sentimental and
lotus eating set OF watermen, a little nors yives
% along pull with the elbow crooked than with
the elbow Straight fonder OF luleps aud cla-et
punches than would be approved by our mus
cular brethren in the faith- the Champions OF
Oxford nd Cambridge.
While Ii the vein OF confession j must ad-
init, too. a most unorthOdox Propensity tor
taking out the ladies 10 admire the beautiful
scenery OF the Potomac and the skill OF the
crew. Our exhibitions IN this line commenced
rather prematurely, too, and remember an
IncIpient oarsman who, in displaying his skill
TO the Object OF ms admiration with more zeal
Than discretion caught an enormous crab and
landed with such violence in the bottom OF the
boat a. to endaEger The frail structure As he
lay on his back, with his face 10 the clouds and
his feet 10 the fair foe, his feelings can readily
be compre hended oy any man who has ever
handled an oar, or felt pul sstion under the
rlbS at the sigh; OF his duICinea
MANY of the Washington bellies in those DAYS
favored Us with heir company, especially on
moonlight exc ursions. The beautSous FIRMS