Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-18

! notoriety. will be r@preS nted by their best
entries from, erewsseot . w,i, a. tbs as.
ISOLATION. but bein& entitled to make such
owing to their star ling IS amateurs.
The Cost tn Regatta.
| 1t will cost the Fotomac Boat Club some
| thing like $40 to run this regatta. the
prizes alone amounting to $500 AS this
is something for the benefit OF the city will
attract thousands Of people here to see the
sport, the PotomacsCiub expects that local
citizens will help generally in the way OF
| subscriptions to the regatta
At the meeting Of the club Wednesday
| last President Doyle laid the matter before
| the members and DETAILED the great amount
| Of work that would be necessary to make
! the regatta a success. There was n very
| large gathering of members present. and
! considerable enthusiasm was shown, as
| over ten medals were Immediately donated
| by those present. In order to make Il
| thorough canvass of the club a committee
| consisting of Messrs Odell Wh.pple, w X.
Garrett. Guy b. Marean John 4 La Gorce.
+. l.. Blue. J. Frank Medbury. JOS 7.
DAILY. C. w. P. Stodder, Richard RedinS-
ton and G. o. Walkers was appointed to
| get to work at once. The railroads are
| now being communicated with, and it is
i expected that a One-rate fare will be al
| lowed to all contestants and friends. The
! Middle States Association has sent on the
designs of the medals and banners. and
| they were approved by the local committee.
| TIE medals came from the firm of Robert
StOu of New York. who makes them an
nually, under contract with the association.
| They are made to wear a fob. and the
one selected is a massive piece of solid gold,
with raised letters. M. s. r. A. in burn
| iShed gold encircling the top. a figure OF
a dolphin. with eyes of rubes, forms the
lower portion while from the center breaks
out oarSmanS arm clutchng an oar.
The whole design is of the highest artistic
order and the winners will be more than
repaid for their efforts to land them as
prizes. From now on the whole intention
of the Potomac Club will be to boom this
regatta and make it the success that it
should be.
The National Regatta.
Among the local oarsmen just now the
| next thing in view is the national assocla-
ton regatta that takes place Lake
Quinsigimund, Worcester, Mass. August
I6 and IT, 1t is not probable that any crews
will be sent from this city. the distance
| is so great that it will preclude such On
account of the heavy expense the clubs
would have to bear 1t is more than prob
able that Mr.. William Britt of the Potomacs
wal go as a single sculler to try his speed
| among the fast fleet of Intermediates that
| will appear there He Is rowing daily with
that object in view. and is rowing fast and
| in good form. The Potomacs think they
| he We the coming sculler of America in Mr..
| Britt, and they watch his training with
| cor siderable pride Another pair who are
| anxious to go to the national are Messrs.
| Hecox and EdmOnston in the double inter-
| mediate SOULS. but 1t is uncertain if the
| trip will be made. They at work every
night and do their best rowing down near
the Long bridge. away from sightseers
| Hecox won the junior double SOULS last
| year. while EdmOnston is yet junior. am
| many of his friends would rather him
win his junior race before trying for
| higher grade.
Annual Lantern Parade.
Capt Young of the Potomacs has set
Saturday evening. August /. for the annual
parade at night Of the club. 1t will be re-
! membered that the club inaugurated these
| lantern parades a couple Of years ago, and
| the one last season was 80 successful that
it was determined to make the affair
| annual occurrence. 1t is expected that
there will be twice as many craft in the
show this year. or something like eighty
! shells. outriggers, canoes and barges. The
decorations will be unique, and Washington
people Will have AM aquatic night carnival
| in prospect that will be one of the finest
| parades Of its kind ever seen on any body
| of water The ArielS and Arundels of Bal
| timOre will come over In a body to view lhs
| show, the Baltmoreans anticipating sim
| liar demonstration for their city. Mr..
| Eugene Herman of the Lafayette Square
| Theater. who made his first appearance In
! single scull race Saturday at the regatta
| OF the Potomacs. Is one Of the most prom
| inent oarsmen IN the ranks of the club, and
| at the Labor day regatta.
Among the Analostans.
Over at the AnaloStans things were ex-
| tremely lively during the past week. duo
mainly to the fact that Capt. Nevious and
| his able corps of assistants were busy get
| ting the finishing touches to the junior
| eight-oared crew, as well as the four-oared
shell contingent. but now they expect lull,
as many of the men go away on their an
nual leave of absence Mr. George Stay
| baugh, one of the expert canoeists of the
organization and a 3Id degree member of
! the interclub Canoe Association is en-
deavoring to work up decided boom in
| CaEOeing among the members, but the older
men of the club cling close to the out
rigger when it comes to pleasure rowing.
Mr. Saybaugh is anxious also to get up a
/ lantern parade some time in August. The
new four-oared she'll is "A thing Of beauty.
and while much lighter than ordinary, is a
fine weather boat account OF its high
eunwales 1t is said that the reason why
the Octette Club is pricticinS so diligently
lies in the fact that they are going to give
a smoker at an early day. Lieut.. Josh
FTans. accompanied by Pete Whiting of the
Potomacs. will leave next week for canoe
cruise down the james river, and expects TO
remain away about month. The
greater portion of the rowing men of The
Ana lostans will start in regular work about
August II to make the crews that will APP
pear in the middle states regatta. which
Capt Nevious considers this ample time to
get the men in good shape, and is not an
a,dsnirer of long drawn-out training days.
Georgetown University Club.
The Georgetown University Club has
started right into active service and each
afternoon it has four-Oared gig and an
eight-oared shell on the water Most of the
men are novices and will require a lot of
trimming down to get them in proper
shape to compete against others. but If
they will listen to the good advice of Direc-
tor of AquaticS Zappone they will soon get
rid of their crudeness and become adopts in
the art of rowing. Young Claude Zappone
IS at present acting coxswain to the
crews and. like his father takes to the bust
ness with the ease and confidence OF an
expert. He cannot help but become num-
Der one coxswain. When Hayden, Shep-
herd. Curran and Kirby get down to work
and WorthingtOn. O'Shea. John Kirby, Ell
! Gibson. Lorando Forsythe. Edmonston and
others get on to the science there Is every
prospect that fair and fast junior eight
Dared crew will be the result. 1t has been
fully determined by the officers of the Or
ganiZation to enter four-oared crew in