Evening star., 1896-07-28
Saturdays Boat Races Expected to Be
Lively.
PREPARATIONS PRACTICALLY MADE
Efforts to Be Made to Keep Clear
Course.
LIST OF OFFICIALS

gatta to be rowed next Saturday practical
ly all the details Of the affair were ar
ranged and everything was planned in ad-
vance. SO that it will only be necessary for
the committee to meet again Friday night
to receive final reports and to deliver the
last instructions to the officials Of the
course. The members of the committee
were pleased with the character of the en-
tries. which were published last evening in
The Star, and they agreed that there was
material enough in view to give one Of the
mcst interesting regattas ever held on the
Potomac. Especially in the senior four
Dared race for The Evening Star cup is
there good aggregation of rousing talent,
and there will doubtless be a fierce strug-
gle between the representatives Of the
three cities that are. this year, striving for
thls handsome trophy, which Is very high
ly regarded by the oarsmen of the east
me pennsylvania Barge Club of Phila-
delphia Will send a strong crew to defend
the cup, which 1t wen last year, but the
Arlels say that 1t Is high time the piece of
silver went to Baltimore and word comes
from the monumental city that the crew is
working hard under the direction Of Train
ei r Harry Vale, with the determination to
pun away from the Quakers and the Co.
iumbia and Analostan crews, entered I'm
this race.
Order of the Events.
AT last nights meeting the order of the
races was decided upon officially as fol-
lows: 3 pm. junior eights; 3:3O Junior
singles; 400. Junior fours; intermssion tc
give the oarsmen who rowed in the first
races and who are to row in subsequent
races breathing spell; 800 senior fours:
eights. ~
Various plans are being considered by the
CO mmlttee for the entertainment of the
"a In hsAt
junior four and senior four races Among
the suggestions that have been made is
one that there should be an exhibition
o. the hydrocycle or water bicycle that
mas just been completed at boat house
adjoining the Columbia Club float There
are three machines ready for Use. and
IL Is thought that race may be arranged
pet"een some Well-known wheelmen for
.he INVERSION or the crowd and for the
demonstration of the speed of these curious
craft as well. race between a HYDRO
cycle and an ordinary row boat NAV be
fixed up. In addition the committeeman
are trying to persuade some of the exnert
swimmers of the three boat clubs to en-
gage In swimming race, or perhaps an
uE set race. which usually produces great
fun The canoists of the Potomac are also
beirs sounded with q view to arranging a
race between two or more of the best pad
diers on the river. Altogether there is
an excellent prospect that most enjoyable
program will be devised, and the inter
mission will certainly not be slow or te-
d1ors. Should all plans for these extra
events fail there will be no long wait be-
tween the races.
Keeping Clear Course,
Precautions are being taken to prevent
the crowding of the course by steamers and
small boats, and to this end the Treasury
Department has been appealed to under the
law passed in the interests of the intercul-
legiate regatta by Congress last spring, Civ
ffioia a1c
all naVigable waters during regattas for
the purpose of preventing crowding swamp
ing and fouling. The officials have prom
ised to aid the committee in every way pos
slble, but there Is one serious difficulty in
the way. The piers of the Aqueduct bridge
are SO low that light house tender cannot
pass. ard there Is revenue cutter now
In this vicinity. Consequently recourse
mrst be had to steam launch, which,
however. will be sufficient, for the majesty
Of the United States is behind the little
craft, and the experience at Poughkeepsie
where the law was first invoked was that
the boat bearing the flag Of Uncle Sans
great fiscal department had sufficient pres
tige to keep steamers several hundred times
her size at a respectful distance from the
course.
Word was passed to the pilots in that in
stance that the slightest infraction of the
rules Of the course would be punished by
revocation Of licenses by the Treasury De-
partment, and as that Is the source of all
the country the warning was sufficient to
pr oduce an ideal course.
Capt. Shoemaker, chief of the revenue
cutter division Of the Treasury Depart
ment told a Star reporter today that the
Crawford was the only revenue cutter now
in commission on this station, and her
duties will keep her employed In the vicIn-
ity Of Baltimore, where she is at present,
for some time to come. The matter Is
within the discretion of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, and If he should see fl to
order the Crawford to this city for the
purpose Of assisting the regatta committee
In keeping the course clear it will be done.
Cannot Follow the Boats.
The course committee, headed by Capt
John Nolan of the Potomac, has decided
that no steamers shall be allowed to follow
the race except the Bartholdi, which has
been engaged as a combination referee and
press boat. An effort has been made to
permit steam launch run in the name of
the crews over the course, but permission
for this privilege has been denied, and
probably orders will be given to the police
beat, whatever craft may be assigned for
this purpose, to keep everything off the
course from start to finish except the ref
eree's steamer and the competing crews.
Excursion Steamers.
So far none of the excursion steamer
companies has applied for permission to
anchor boat at the finish line, as has been
done in former regattas, but some arrange
ments of this kind may be made before
sort of accommodations is not SO pressing
per course will be used and the Aqueduct
bridge will afford an opportunity to thou