Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-13

There viii be races between 'seights" and
fonrs and working boat, and single shells.
as wen as swimming races, and altogether d
promises 20 be q very interesting event
The FIRST hop Of the series was given last even
ing and hops win be held every other Friday
evening Until October. Admission h by card
only. The boat house was well filed with the
friends OF the member and the many bright
faoes gave evidence OF the pleasure the hons
give, and u ts the regret Of the club that the
repairs 10 the boat house could not have been
hurried aloag aud completed sooner. rs during
the months Of July and August these hops have,
IN former years, been a feature.
Az EIGHr-oARED RACE s1rwEES rHx ruRrr
LOCAL cLCBs
As the chances OF an open Potomac river
regatta are growing daily more minute. and NJ
something must he done not ouiy to revive the
interest in rowing here. but to give the rowing
men an opportunity Of trying their mettle and
skill. and ss compensation for their seasons
unrewarded training, would sGgges; that steps
be taken AZ once 10 arrange an eight-oared race
Tor the intermediate class between crews from
the Analostan and Columbia and Potomac
clubs. The two latter have good material 60 get
good crews from. and now that the Analostsns
have prospect Of an eight cared boat here In q
week or SO. and Ne the club has had some very
likely Juniors 20 put In with its seniors n could
very handily get up good intermediate crew.
OF course neither club need sacrifice anv Of its
.
ably be willing 60 have them 80 into an inter-
mediate event Certain IL il that the local in
terest would be worked up TO such pitch 10
has not been worked up in four wears. l be-
heNe more interest would be centered in such
an event than in an open regatta The
members Of each club would take some
pleasure in coming down 20 the river and for
whole month more we would have plenty Of
boating. As to the time make IL. say. about
September 20 or IS, or thereabouts: have IT,
/ II Won will. nhonf thu ifne a fba I. A
campment. Az 60 the cost. IL need not be an
expensive Affair. IbeheVe $3.50 would cover IL
al-medals. tugs and banner aud everything.
Let an agreement be entered into between the
committees appointed from each 81 the three
clubs TO the eject that the two losing clubs pay
Tor the medals. and so on. This would be easv
on all hands, and il the clubs could not stand
that expense certainly the members and their
friends could very quietly subscribe the amount
necessary.
THE MIDDLE STATES RKaArTA-
Interest in rowing at Newark, one OF the
great rowing centers, seems never TO abate. and
two CT three times q year big regsttas are held
and each as successful as the other and all at
| tended by large crowds. The entries for to-
day are large and Of a good class. the fact that
| the n 4. A. c. chippie crew did not enter
| brought out several new sspirauts for senior
eight honors, and notably the Palisades. who
VIII In another season surprise some Of the
|
OF entries was published in The STAR this
week place some Of the winners ss follows
and see how II comes out: Manhattan A. Q.
wins junior singles; intermediate singles. by
either NJ. A. c. or Ariels OF Baltimore; Hedley
wins senior singles; Naruna b. {. wins senior
doubles; Palisades B. c. OF lonkers wins in
termediate and senior Fights
| THE NATIONAL REGATTA
| The number Of entries In the national regatta
is growing larger each year, and OF course OF
good quality. As the national ID the one event
where the championships in each class are de-
cided. would II not be good plan 20 have rep
| resentative crews in this event. 1 mean, that
where, as ON our river, say in the senior four
Class, we have three crews preparing to go TO the
national, now my plan is. instead Of having all
three go, let there be q race between these
three few days before the closing Of the en-
tries and after a fair, square race, let only the
winning crew be entered as the crew represent
ing this river or wherever it may be. II it ID
desired TO. still further make il a representative
crew, let all three clubs divide between them
the expense of sending that crew away 20 the
national III the crew wins, IL would be
not only the champion crew OF
Its own river but OF the country
| IN Its class and thus you would, from year to
year, have an interest in rowing and something
| TO look forward 10 and at the least possible ex-
pense to any one club. OF course. on such
rivers or in such rowing centers. where there
are several representative or well-known fast
crews or scullers. this plan would not work nor
would il do at all, as half the pleasure in going
TO the national regatta is TO see the fyers, the
well-knosn crack crews Of the country. be-
lleve II this plan Is adopted by next year IL will
be productive of much good and will rebound
TO the interest OF all concerned in the Of
/ rowing on our river and elsewhere.
| THE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA
The more l hear Of the suggestion thrown
out by me last week to have the international
regatta on our river if Chicago does not have it
the more feel that il is just the thing aud that
Washington is just the place for holding any
thing that savors of a national event Now, all
visitors TO the fair from abroad will certainly come
TO " Washington, and certainly our city IL nearer
the seaboard than Chicago. and here at first the
oarsmen would stop. Tho regatta over with.
I their next step would be To 20 TO the fair at
Chicago. They would leave their boats here,
and on their return from a trip around our
country come by way of this city, take their
boats, and in q day or two would again be
homeward bound. Other cities who claim the
regatta say they are much nearer the sea-
board and offer that inducement. but they
are not the capital OF the nation
| aad would not prove the same attraction to
visitors that our city would. Then we have the
course, one of the finest in the world BY next
year the wall viii he finished. a narrow
gauge road could be built along the wall and for
nearly the whole length of the course OBSERVE
tion trains could follow the races as at New Lon
don. A gentleman told me the other day that he
with one or two others would IL the regatta il
held here that a steam launch of no less speed
than the Yankee Doodle is brought here for
the use of officials to follow the races. &c. As
to the money for prizes and other expenses for
such an event that. he would almost guaran-
tee that there would be no trouble at all 10 raise
almost any amount. OSCAR Z. ScHnIDT.