Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-30
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With the national regatta at Baltimore
only fifteen days away, every oarsman Of
America who expects to attend it is bend
ing his nerve to get himself in shane to
justify the hopes of the club sending him
Everything for the time being is regatta
over in the monumental city-in fact. the
people have actually gone crazy over the
subject and the two clubs of the city are
receiving the greatest amount of backing
in their endeavor to make the place a row.
ing center. The TWO club houses-ArundeI
and Ariel-are busy places now as every
afternoon sees large crowds of ambitious
oafsmen and rooters watching the trial
spins OF the various crews and scullers.
| The club houses will be inadequate to house
the throng that is expected to come, and
hence temporary quarters are going up
along the Spring Garden branch, where the
races will take place Formerly Lake Ro-
land was Baltimore's aquatic battle-ground
but in late years sthe clubs have gone to
the other end of the city and erected their
houses near Ferry Bar in the extreme
southern end of the town. The course Is
away from the boat houses-in their rear
In sense-as crews quartered in the houses
have to row down to the Long bridge as it
is called. pass through the draw and then
row back up the other side of the peninsula
until they are right in the rear of the
houses. The course Is fairly good one.
but does not compare with the Potomac
river, and the committee who surveyed 1t
says 1t is absolutely straight and correct
1t starts up Spring Garden a a point near
the new bridge of the Norfolk and West
ern railroad. and finishes about fifty yards
from the Long bridge 1t is liable to be
rough II there is an easterly wind but 9th
erwise it is well protected and under ordi-
nary circumstances, will give good smooth
course. with plenty of water surface To
twelve pipht -Oa red b,t
number enter in any one race.
The Baltimore committee is very much
pleased with the course, and says that its
success will be proven at the coming re-
gatta. and henceforth the city will be able
to hold annually, perhaps, big regattas
The clubs of Baltimore have this idea in
view more than anything else-the future
Of the city rowing center-and with
this before them they are putting forth
every endeavor to have things in such a
shape on the water as to please the ma
uonal committee and the oarsmen in gen
eral.
If they make this move success they
can go ahead and compete with Washing
ton and Philadelphia for all future aquatic
meets. In regard to the attendance at the
regatta all ideas at present are conjectural
but, from the information in the hands of
the reception committee and from Secretary
Fortmeyer of the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen, the gathering will far
eclipse any regatta ever held under the
auspices of the association The largest
entry list ever given out by the associat ton
was the last one at Worcester Mass, when
1t footed up seventy-three crews present
and competing but from an estimate re-
Gently made, from letters received, etc, it
Is believed that this year will go UP in the
eighties
The list, too, promises also to embrace
the pick of America and Canada, and the
winner In each particular event will know
that he has been in the race.
The eight-oared race for seniors 10 ex-