Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-25
BOATING IN BURLINGTON.
The Peculiar Facilities of the Queen
CITY for boating, and our Need Of a
1SOat club and Other Athletic Assn.
Citations.

The Peculiar Facilities of the Queen
Gity for hoa,ing. and ou ,,, Need Of
Citations.
With its remarkable facilities for boat
ing and yachting it has always been
matter of surprise to us that the Queen
City of the lake does nothing, or next
to nothing, in the way of supporting II
boat club or yachting organization. We
have The finest opportunities in the world for
making such thing success. We have,
probably, the finest course for yacht races
10 the southwest, around Rock Dundcr or
Juniper Island-on the lake We have a
number OF gentlemen, both fond Of the sport
and experts in the management of "thr tight
craft" To be sure, we have no yachts built
for speed-or but very few still that is a
secondary matter With the will assured,
the way could be easily provided. 1t would be
only matter of 50 many dollars turned from
other avenues of pleasure and recreation and
applied to the celebrating and delightful
sport of yachting. The smaller towns on the
lake anu vicinity waters are away ahead of
Burlington in this respect. Plattsburgh,
Port Henry, Rcuscs Point, st. Johns, White
hall, and other places, take much more inter-
st in yachting than does the Queen City,
and have more and finer yachts than are
owned here. Pittsburgh and Port Henry,
il we are not mistaken, have successful
yacht clubs, ard yacht races are by no
means unheard o! ut these points of the lake.
| AS to boating, it is a shame that there arc
not half dozen clubs hcic. There could
not be finer courses for light cedar shells
than up and down our beautiful bay, and in
Shclburn barber Were it not so far away,
there is also tiue course for a paper shell on
the Winooski river, below lluesburgh bridge.
.ltr. H.. "a Ed tl...-
siasm which thee or four good
boat clubs would rouse among our young
men, ought TO be, and doubtless would be, of
the greatest benefit, physically, mentally aud
morally, to the community. There is some
thing fine about boating. II is no coarse, de-
basing sport, like many which our young
men engage in. 1t is free from the brutality
and spitcfui spirit of the ball ground "a
place which, often, no lady or true gentleman
can visit without regret. 1t brings out all
the manincss, ana the power, and the pride
of the conlesting crews, aud is free from
little personal auimosities and quirrels. Bur.
liugton needs yacht club, hut not so badly
rs she needs II few boat crews. Two oil
three good cedar boats, with handsome boa
hous S, genilemanly crews AID something
like enterprise, woull br linr thing for til,
city There is plenty of material here for OF
gani2a,ons of the kind For instance, Their
: might he college crew, a young bushes
mems crew, y. NJ. G. A. crew and two o
three independent crews. Practice during
the long Summer evenings of the boating
season would be II pleasure both to the crew
and to many of our people, who would b
, glad to be spectators Of 50 picturesque an
interesting sight.
i As il is now, all the boating that is done
by parties of two or three in small skill;
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