National Republican., 1883-05-12
LAND AND WATER SPORTS.
Notes Picked Up at the Different Boat Clubt
and at tho Race Track.
what the oarsmsn WIN DO During the
senson-Niore Flyers Arrive at Ivy city.


the following crew: Cropley, stroke; Fisher,
=: Norrclieus, IS; Trescott, 8; Thomas, 4;
Mohun. 3 Erie, 2, and ofley, bow, with
Doyle as coxswain.
McCruy. sam Wheeler, Al. Wilmington,
Major Appleton, Brown, Johnston, Kearney,
and Others of tho Potomacs, will DO put
through their paCos for seats in the racing
crows.
Tho Potonacs will probably hold their club
races in Juno. There will probably be trial
heats between tho now mon who are clndi-
dates for position III the racing crews.
Con Bailey, the old reliable Of the Poto-
macs, will return to Washington in July and
show tho new members of the club how TO
handle spoons.
Zach Carpenter says the new men Of tho
Potomacs arc wonderfully promising oars.
mer.
The Potomacs will give barge parry to
Miss Katherine Rogers next week.
Tonight Capt. Johnston, of the Potonacs,
will give barge party TO several members of
the Vcspcr club Of Philadelphia.
Mai. Appcton's new shell, which was made
by RuddOcS, of Boston, was honored with
place in the Potomac house last week 1t is
said TO be the most elegant she'll ever
launched Oh tho Potomac, and is even sup
plicd with gold plated oarlocks Tho major
will train in his shell during the summdr for
a race with Jack Hollistcr in tho fall.
Tho Potomac house has been nicely i'm
proved by the addition OF number of
lockers Aisthetic stained glass has replaced
the clear pancs in the upper sashos OF tho
windows.
Fraser, new member of tho Potomacs, is
valuable acquisition. He is tho coming
stroke oar.
Baker and Ryan two new members, arc
pulling in the waist Of one of the Potomacs
four-oared shells
newspaper man recently visited the
Analostan boat house in search of boating
news. A prominent member of the club told
him that the members of the club did not
wish for newspaper notoriety. 1--WE are
ladies' club" he said, land merely row for
pleasure"
s.Thc prospects for tho formation of Ppto-
mac navy are not very encouraging. The
Columbias hold aloof from the project. The
Potomacs, Analostans, and Carroll Institute
club favor IL, however, and the upper river
club will probably agree after while.
Col. Frank Jones and Judge Warden Will,
it is said, contest shortly for the single scull
supremacy over course laid out from the
Potomac boat house to Analostan island.
McKennoy is in hard training for his race
at Newark, on May 30, and his friends s,em
confident that he will win. 1t is to be hoped
that he will bring home the medal but he
has some powerful sculers to contend With
who will make his success doubtful.
The Columbia boys say the EUoning Star
their house.
Wade proposes to make the she'll he won at
the Light Infantry fair n winning boat be-
fore the season is over.
The picture of President Coon, of the Column
bia club, is hung in the boat house.
Ionic Whiting ton, of the Columbias, gave
Il large party to Mr.. and Mrs Hill and their
bridal party Thursday evening.
Jim Lake, of the Columbias, is all smiles
and whiskers. 1t is boy and it arrived
Tuesday. Jim is having shell cradle built
for IL. aud says it can steer good deal better
ON Wednesday the whist club of George
town inauguratcd series Of parties to be
given ut Potomac Landing every two weeks
Tho Columbias are not as lively as they
should be, but the boys are beginning to come
down pretty regularly, and three or four oared
crews and half dozen singles are out every
evening.
The club races of the Columbias will occur
in June. Why not have tho Potomac and
Columbia club races on the same day, making
little rcgattay
Tho new piano of the Columbia club was
put in tho boat house on Thursday. 1t is n
nine octave instrument, the extra octaves
having been put ON to suit VIII kcyser'san
Arthur Mays tremblingly sweet voices.
The Columbias are making arrangements
for picnic ut their landing during the
latter part of the month TO be given to the
ladies who assisted at their fair.
The Coumbia's new four and eight cared
shells are expected to arrive on the twentieth
The new barge of the Columbias is colsid-
cred by boating men to be the prettiest chat
has ever been built. 1t will carry thirty per-
SONS. 1t is 50 arranged that the ladies can
sit beside the oarsmcn. This the boys say
will make the boat trim better. ,'i
The heavy racing four of the Columbia's
club for this season will probably be: Mute,
stroke; Knitncr, No. 3; Davis, No. 2, and
T. a.. ..ns,,. aI...N
this will be the case. Four better men never
sat in boat. 1t is the same crew that won
the hunors last year, with the exception of
Wade, who fills Nesmith's seat. Some niem-
bcrs OF the club think Wade will coifne
himself TO siuglo sculling, but his proper
place is bow OF the "heavics."
From present appearances matrimonial
wave will strike the Columbus next fall that
will completely eradicate single sculling in
lSS4.
Tennis is rapidly becoming the popular
game here. Midshipman Garrett and Mr..
Gait Davis are among the best players.
Tho regular Saturday shoot Of the Capital
City Gun club will be held on the dub
grounds, stone estate, Fourteenth street rbad,
this afternoon ut 4:'iO.
DR. scott and Messrs. Pollard and Cash iyill
practice overall the ranges at Benning's bta-
tion this afternoon.
This is fine weather, says ZaClI Carpenter,
for balcony Onrsmen. .
From the number OF new men in the fer
Ont clubs it is probable that the junior Ind
lightweight races next fall will be cloIely
contested.
The success Of the race meeting which be-
gins on Tuesday at Ivy City is almost as
sWed. Only "A very heavy rain would injure
the track now, and II is TO be devoutly wished
that il may not visit this section for a week
at any rate. A very large number of horses
will arrive at the track to-day Among tlem
will be Oden BOwie's stable containing Crlck-
more, Twist, Welshman, Ny Mollie, Bessie,
Empress, Nettle Analosta, Fairview, Castor,
Compensation, and others; William jennings
stable, with Blossom, Slipper Dance, Infanta
Farewell, Cloud, Barney and others; Jbter
Walden's string, among whom are Antiim
BuXom, Ruby, Roscius. and Chickadee r. w
Walden's bunch, with Virgilian, Tolu, Welsier
and others; M. j. Day's stable, with Hilaiity
ana others and the stables Of p Tobin, Chp-
ham Smith, and Mr.. Brown.
2. The Waverlys will leave for Annapolis this
morning on the GAO train TO play the Naval
Academy nine this afternoon.
Tho Potomac archers will hold their regu-
lar weekly shoot for the championship medal
on the Stone estate this afternoon.
At Kendall Green yesterday the Washing
ton High School nine defeated the Kenial
Green club by score of IL to 10. The game
was characterized by the heavy batting oi
both mines.
1.-TWO well matched picked mines from the
surgeon generals office will play on the Ath
letic grounds this afternoon.